diff --git a/backend/api/cloud/connections.py b/backend/api/cloud/connections.py
index c9e7500..3703299 100644
--- a/backend/api/cloud/connections.py
+++ b/backend/api/cloud/connections.py
@@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ async def reconnect_connection(
         ip_address=_ip,
         metadata_={"provider": result["provider"], "connection_id": str(connection_id)},
     )
+    # CR-05: The service committed the credential update; this commit persists the
+    # audit row that was written to the session after that commit. Without this,
+    # the audit row is rolled back when the session closes and the reconnect event
+    # is silently lost.
+    await session.commit()
 
     return result