diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cce471e..6b923ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 /quickpeep.ron
 /index_icons
 /index_icons-lck
+
+target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28137ac..5305c5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3820,6 +3820,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook 0.3.13",
  "sitemap",
  "smartstring",
+ "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "webp",
  "zstd",
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml b/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
index 983a77c..bea9cb3 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,3 +89,6 @@ metrics = "0.18.1"
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["http-listener"] }
 metrics-process-promstyle = "0.18.0"
 bare-metrics-recorder = "0.1.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/storage.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/storage.rs
index b3dc2c3..1e4c8fa 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/storage.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/storage.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ use quickpeep_utils::urls::get_reduced_domain;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, Cow};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::ops::Add;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 pub mod maintenance;
 pub mod mdbx_helper_types;
@@ -400,6 +401,39 @@ impl<'a> RakerTxn<'a, RW> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Reinstates backing-off domains up to the specified time.
+    /// Returns the time of the next reinstatement, if there is one.
+    pub fn reinstate_backoffs(&self, up_to_ts: SystemTime) -> anyhow::Result<Option<SystemTime>> {
+        let backing_off_domains = &self.mdbx.borrow_dbs().backing_off_domains;
+        let backing_off_reinstatements = &self.mdbx.borrow_dbs().backing_off_reinstatements;
+
+        let reinstate_up_to = up_to_ts.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?.as_secs();
+
+        let mut cur = self.mdbx_txn.cursor(backing_off_reinstatements)?;
+        cur.first::<MdbxU64, MdbxString>()?;
+        loop {
+            let (MdbxU64(reinstatement_time), domain_to_reinstate) =
+                match cur.get_current::<MdbxU64, MdbxString>()? {
+                    Some(x) => x,
+                    None => break,
+                };
+
+            if reinstatement_time > reinstate_up_to {
+                return Ok(Some(
+                    UNIX_EPOCH.add(Duration::from_secs(reinstatement_time)),
+                ));
+            }
+
+            let dom_str = domain_to_reinstate.into_string();
+            self.mdbx_txn
+                .del(backing_off_domains, dom_str.clone(), None)?;
+            self.insert_active_domain_with_new_raffle_ticket(dom_str)?;
+            cur.del(WriteFlags::empty())?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
     /// Enqueues a URL.
     /// If `only_if_not_visited_since` is specified, then this is a no-op if the page has already been
     /// visited since then.
@@ -553,6 +587,7 @@ pub fn register_datastore_metrics() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum RandomActiveDomainAcquisition {
     GotOne {
         domain: String,
@@ -717,3 +752,89 @@ impl<'a, K: TransactionKind> RakerTxn<'a, K> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::raking::TemporaryFailureReason;
+    use std::collections::BTreeSet;
+    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_reinstate_multiple_domains() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let tfile = NamedTempFile::new()?;
+        let store = RakerStore::open(tfile.path())?;
+        {
+            let txn = store.rw_txn()?;
+            txn.insert_active_domain_with_new_raffle_ticket("a.invalid".to_owned())?;
+            txn.insert_active_domain_with_new_raffle_ticket("b.invalid".to_owned())?;
+            txn.commit()?;
+        }
+
+        let now = SystemTime::now();
+
+        {
+            let txn = store.rw_txn()?;
+            txn.start_backing_off(
+                "a.invalid",
+                300,
+                "".to_owned(),
+                TemporaryFailure {
+                    reason: TemporaryFailureReason::ExcruciatingCrawlDelay(1),
+                    backoff_sec: 300,
+                },
+            )?;
+            txn.start_backing_off(
+                "b.invalid",
+                300,
+                "".to_owned(),
+                TemporaryFailure {
+                    reason: TemporaryFailureReason::ExcruciatingCrawlDelay(1),
+                    backoff_sec: 300,
+                },
+            )?;
+            txn.commit()?;
+        }
+
+        {
+            let txn = store.ro_txn()?;
+            assert_eq!(
+                txn.acquire_random_active_domain(Default::default())?,
+                RandomActiveDomainAcquisition::NoneLeft
+            );
+        }
+
+        {
+            let txn = store.rw_txn()?;
+            txn.reinstate_backoffs(now + Duration::from_secs(600))?;
+            txn.commit()?;
+        }
+
+        {
+            let txn = store.ro_txn()?;
+            let busy = Default::default();
+
+            let acq1 = txn.acquire_random_active_domain(Arc::clone(&busy))?;
+            let acq2 = txn.acquire_random_active_domain(Arc::clone(&busy))?;
+
+            assert!(
+                matches!((acq1.clone(), acq2.clone()), (
+                RandomActiveDomainAcquisition::GotOne {
+                    domain: dom1,
+                    ..
+                },
+                RandomActiveDomainAcquisition::GotOne {
+                    domain: dom2,
+                    ..
+                }
+            ) if vec![dom1.as_ref(), dom2.as_ref()].into_iter().collect::<BTreeSet<&str>>() == vec![
+                "a.invalid", "b.invalid"
+            ].into_iter().collect::<BTreeSet<&str>>()),
+                "{:#?}",
+                (acq1, acq2)
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/storage/records.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/storage/records.rs
index bdc2e94..ec3ac7e 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/storage/records.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/storage/records.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct ActiveDomainRecord {
     /// The raffle ticket number owned by this domain.
     pub raffle_ticket: u32,