diff --git a/bobbin/worker/package.json b/bobbin/worker/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@tangled/bobbin-worker",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "wrangler dev",
+    "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@cloudflare/containers": "^0.3.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20260317.1",
+    "@types/node": "^25.5.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3",
+    "wrangler": "^4.75.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bobbin/worker/src/index.ts b/bobbin/worker/src/index.ts
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+++ b/bobbin/worker/src/index.ts
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+import { Container } from "@cloudflare/containers";
+
+export interface Env {
+  BOBBIN: DurableObjectNamespace<BobbinContainer>;
+  BOBBIN_HYDRANT_URL: string;
+  BOBBIN_SLINGSHOT_URL: string;
+  BOBBIN_LOG: string;
+}
+
+export class BobbinContainer extends Container {
+  defaultPort = 8090;
+  enableInternet = true;
+  // Bobbin maintains an in-memory index rebuilt from Hydrant replay on every
+  // restart, so we want to avoid sleeping where possible. Override
+  // onActivityExpired() to keep the container alive indefinitely.
+  sleepAfter = "24h";
+
+  onActivityExpired(): boolean {
+    // Keep the container running; bobbin's in-memory index is expensive to rebuild.
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  onError(error: Error) {
+    console.error("bobbin container error:", error);
+  }
+}
+
+export default {
+  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
+    const container = env.BOBBIN.getByName("primary");
+    await container.startAndWaitForPorts({
+      startOptions: {
+        envVars: {
+          BOBBIN_HYDRANT_URL: env.BOBBIN_HYDRANT_URL,
+          BOBBIN_SLINGSHOT_URL: env.BOBBIN_SLINGSHOT_URL,
+          BOBBIN_LOG: env.BOBBIN_LOG,
+          BOBBIN_LOG_FORMAT: "json",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    return container.fetch(request);
+  },
+} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
diff --git a/bobbin/worker/tsconfig.json b/bobbin/worker/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/bobbin/worker/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "ES2022",
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "types": ["@cloudflare/workers-types", "node"],
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/bobbin/worker/wrangler.jsonc b/bobbin/worker/wrangler.jsonc
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+{
+  "$schema": "node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json",
+  "name": "bobbin",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "compatibility_date": "2026-03-07",
+  "observability": {
+    "enabled": true,
+  },
+  "containers": [
+    {
+      "class_name": "BobbinContainer",
+      "image": "../containerfiles/bobbin.Containerfile",
+      "image_build_context": "../../",
+      "instance_type": "standard-2",
+      "max_instances": 1,
+    },
+  ],
+  "durable_objects": {
+    "bindings": [
+      {
+        "name": "BOBBIN",
+        "class_name": "BobbinContainer",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  "migrations": [
+    {
+      "tag": "v1",
+      "new_sqlite_classes": ["BobbinContainer"],
+    },
+  ],
+  "vars": {
+    // URL of the hydrant event stream service (ws:// or http:// — rewritten to ws at connect time)
+    "BOBBIN_HYDRANT_URL": "https://hyd.bob.oyster.cafe",
+    // URL of the slingshot record body storage service
+    "BOBBIN_SLINGSHOT_URL": "https://slng.bob.oyster.cafe",
+    // Tracing filter directive (e.g. "bobbin_xrpc=debug,info")
+    "BOBBIN_LOG": "info",
+  },
+}