diff --git a/src/babelqueue/__init__.py b/src/babelqueue/__init__.py
index 3163ea1..e6e726f 100644
--- a/src/babelqueue/__init__.py
+++ b/src/babelqueue/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from . import dead_letter, idempotency
+from . import dead_letter, idempotency, redrive
 from .app import BabelQueue
 from .codec import SCHEMA_VERSION, SOURCE_LANG, EnvelopeCodec
 from .contracts import HasTraceId, PolyglotMessage
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "UnknownUrnError",
     "dead_letter",
     "idempotency",
+    "redrive",
     "IdempotencyStore",
     "InMemoryStore",
     "__version__",
diff --git a/src/babelqueue/redrive.py b/src/babelqueue/redrive.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fcc848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babelqueue/redrive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+"""Optional DLQ redrive tooling (ADR-0026): safe replay off the dead-letter queue.
+
+The Python mirror of the Go ``Redrive``. It reads dead-lettered messages off a DLQ and
+re-publishes each to its source queue (its ``dead_letter.original_queue``) or a chosen
+``to_queue``, **reset for reprocessing**: the ``dead_letter`` block is removed and ``attempts``
+reset to 0, while ``job``, ``trace_id``, ``data`` and ``meta`` are preserved verbatim. It is
+the operator-side counterpart to the runtime's dead-letter routing — the contract leaves
+redrive to tooling, and this is that tool.
+
+    from babelqueue import BabelQueue
+    from babelqueue.redrive import redrive
+
+    app = BabelQueue("redis://localhost:6379/0")
+    result = redrive(app.transport, "orders.dlq")                        # back to each source
+    result = redrive(app.transport, "orders.dlq", to_queue="sandbox")    # safe sandbox replay
+    plan = redrive(app.transport, "orders.dlq", dry_run=True)            # inspect, change nothing
+
+Messages are drained from the DLQ first and then processed, so restored messages (skipped,
+dry-run, or undecodable) are never re-encountered in the same run; a DLQ message is
+acknowledged only after a successful re-publish, and an undecodable body is restored, not
+dropped.
+
+Replay safety today is sandbox routing (``to_queue``) + ``dry_run``. The **Replay-Bypass**
+guard — a ``bq-replay-bypass`` transport header surfaced to handlers so a replay can skip
+external side-effects (don't re-charge, don't re-email) — is a documented phase two: like the
+OpenTelemetry ``traceparent`` follow-up, it carries out-of-band metadata as a transport header
+and so touches the runtime + every transport binding. Until then, sandbox routing is the
+safe-replay answer.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Tuple
+
+from .codec import EnvelopeCodec
+from .transport import ReceivedMessage, Transport
+
+Envelope = Mapping[str, Any]
+Select = Callable[[Envelope], bool]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RedriveItem:
+    """What happened to one message during a redrive run."""
+
+    message_id: str
+    trace_id: str
+    urn: str
+    reason: str
+    from_queue: str
+    to: str  # target queue (the plan, even on a dry run; "" when skipped/undecodable)
+    redriven: bool  # True only when actually re-published to ``to``
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RedriveResult:
+    """Summary of a redrive run."""
+
+    redriven: int = 0
+    skipped: int = 0
+    items: List[RedriveItem] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def redrive(
+    transport: Transport,
+    dlq: str,
+    *,
+    to_queue: Optional[str] = None,
+    max: int = 0,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+    select: Optional[Select] = None,
+    timeout: float = 1.0,
+) -> RedriveResult:
+    """Move dead-lettered messages off ``dlq`` and replay them; see the module docstring."""
+    # Drain up to ``max`` messages (or all available) before processing any of them.
+    batch: List[Tuple[ReceivedMessage, Optional[Dict[str, Any]]]] = []
+    while max == 0 or len(batch) < max:
+        message = transport.pop(dlq, timeout)
+        if message is None:
+            break
+        batch.append((message, _decoded(message.body)))
+
+    result = RedriveResult()
+    for message, envelope in batch:
+        if envelope is None:
+            transport.publish(dlq, message.body)  # restore the poison body; never drop it
+            transport.ack(message)
+            result.skipped += 1
+            result.items.append(RedriveItem("", "", "", "", dlq, "", False))
+            continue
+
+        meta_raw = envelope.get("meta")
+        meta: Mapping[str, Any] = meta_raw if isinstance(meta_raw, Mapping) else {}
+        dl_raw = envelope.get("dead_letter")
+        dead_letter: Mapping[str, Any] = dl_raw if isinstance(dl_raw, Mapping) else {}
+        item = RedriveItem(
+            message_id=str(meta.get("id", "")),
+            trace_id=str(envelope.get("trace_id", "")),
+            urn=EnvelopeCodec.urn(envelope),
+            reason=str(dead_letter.get("reason", "")),
+            from_queue=dlq,
+            to="",
+            redriven=False,
+        )
+
+        if select is not None and not select(envelope):
+            transport.publish(dlq, message.body)  # not selected: restore unchanged
+            transport.ack(message)
+            result.skipped += 1
+            result.items.append(item)
+            continue
+
+        target = to_queue or _source_queue_of(envelope)
+        item.to = target
+
+        if dry_run:
+            transport.publish(dlq, message.body)  # report the plan; restore unchanged
+            transport.ack(message)
+            result.skipped += 1
+            result.items.append(item)
+            continue
+
+        reset = dict(envelope)
+        reset.pop("dead_letter", None)
+        reset["attempts"] = 0
+        try:
+            transport.publish(target, EnvelopeCodec.encode(reset))
+        except Exception:
+            transport.publish(dlq, message.body)  # restore on a publish failure, then surface
+            transport.ack(message)
+            raise
+        transport.ack(message)
+        item.redriven = True
+        result.redriven += 1
+        result.items.append(item)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _decoded(body: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Decode a DLQ body, or None when it is not a redrivable envelope.
+
+    ``EnvelopeCodec.decode`` returns ``{}`` for malformed/non-object input; an object with no
+    string ``job`` is likewise not redrivable.
+    """
+    envelope = EnvelopeCodec.decode(body)
+    if not envelope or not isinstance(envelope.get("job"), str):
+        return None
+    return envelope
+
+
+def _source_queue_of(envelope: Envelope) -> str:
+    """Default redrive target: ``dead_letter.original_queue``, falling back to ``meta.queue``."""
+    dead_letter = envelope.get("dead_letter")
+    if isinstance(dead_letter, Mapping):
+        original = dead_letter.get("original_queue")
+        if isinstance(original, str) and original:
+            return original
+    meta = envelope.get("meta")
+    if isinstance(meta, Mapping):
+        queue = meta.get("queue")
+        if isinstance(queue, str):
+            return queue
+    return ""
diff --git a/tests/test_redrive.py b/tests/test_redrive.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..659c6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_redrive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""Tests for the optional DLQ redrive tooling (ADR-0026)."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from babelqueue import dead_letter
+from babelqueue.codec import EnvelopeCodec
+from babelqueue.redrive import redrive
+from babelqueue.transport import InMemoryTransport
+
+
+def _dead_letter(transport, dlq, urn, original_queue, data=None):
+    env = EnvelopeCodec.make(urn, data or {}, queue=original_queue)
+    annotated = dead_letter.annotate(env, "failed", original_queue, 3, error="boom")
+    transport.publish(dlq, EnvelopeCodec.encode(annotated))
+    return annotated
+
+
+def _drain(transport, queue):
+    out = []
+    while True:
+        message = transport.pop(queue, 0)
+        if message is None:
+            break
+        out.append(EnvelopeCodec.decode(message.body))
+        transport.ack(message)
+    return out
+
+
+def test_redrive_to_source():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    orig = _dead_letter(t, "orders.dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders", {"order_id": 1})
+
+    result = redrive(t, "orders.dlq")
+
+    assert result.redriven == 1 and result.skipped == 0
+    got = _drain(t, "orders")
+    assert len(got) == 1
+    assert "dead_letter" not in got[0]
+    assert got[0]["attempts"] == 0
+    assert got[0]["trace_id"] == orig["trace_id"]
+    assert got[0]["data"] == {"order_id": 1}
+    assert EnvelopeCodec.urn(got[0]) == "urn:babel:orders:created"
+    assert _drain(t, "orders.dlq") == []
+
+
+def test_redrive_to_sandbox():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    _dead_letter(t, "orders.dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders")
+
+    result = redrive(t, "orders.dlq", to_queue="sandbox")
+
+    assert result.redriven == 1
+    assert _drain(t, "orders") == []
+    assert len(_drain(t, "sandbox")) == 1
+
+
+def test_redrive_dry_run():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    _dead_letter(t, "orders.dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders")
+
+    result = redrive(t, "orders.dlq", dry_run=True)
+
+    assert result.redriven == 0 and result.skipped == 1
+    assert result.items[0].to == "orders"
+    assert result.items[0].redriven is False
+    assert _drain(t, "orders") == []
+    dlq = _drain(t, "orders.dlq")
+    assert len(dlq) == 1 and "dead_letter" in dlq[0]
+
+
+def test_redrive_select():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    _dead_letter(t, "dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders")
+    _dead_letter(t, "dlq", "urn:babel:emails:welcome", "emails")
+
+    result = redrive(t, "dlq", select=lambda e: EnvelopeCodec.urn(e) == "urn:babel:orders:created")
+
+    assert result.redriven == 1 and result.skipped == 1
+    assert len(_drain(t, "orders")) == 1
+    assert _drain(t, "emails") == []
+    assert len(_drain(t, "dlq")) == 1  # the unselected one is restored
+
+
+def test_redrive_max():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    for _ in range(3):
+        _dead_letter(t, "dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders")
+
+    result = redrive(t, "dlq", max=2)
+
+    assert result.redriven == 2
+    assert len(_drain(t, "dlq")) == 1  # Max respected
+
+
+def test_redrive_no_dead_letter_falls_back_to_meta_queue():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    # a plain (never dead-lettered) envelope on the DLQ — redrive falls back to meta.queue
+    env = EnvelopeCodec.make("urn:babel:orders:created", {}, queue="orders")
+    t.publish("dlq", EnvelopeCodec.encode(env))
+
+    result = redrive(t, "dlq")
+
+    assert result.redriven == 1
+    assert len(_drain(t, "orders")) == 1
+
+
+class _FailOnTarget(InMemoryTransport):
+    """An in-memory transport that refuses to publish to one queue."""
+
+    def __init__(self, fail_queue):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._fail_queue = fail_queue
+
+    def publish(self, queue, body):
+        if queue == self._fail_queue:
+            raise RuntimeError("publish refused")
+        super().publish(queue, body)
+
+
+def test_redrive_publish_failure_restores():
+    t = _FailOnTarget("orders")
+    _dead_letter(t, "dlq", "urn:babel:orders:created", "orders")
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        redrive(t, "dlq")
+
+    assert len(_drain(t, "dlq")) == 1  # restored to the DLQ, not lost
+    assert _drain(t, "orders") == []  # nothing reached the source queue
+
+
+def test_redrive_undecodable_restored():
+    t = InMemoryTransport()
+    t.publish("dlq", "not-json{{{")
+
+    result = redrive(t, "dlq")
+
+    assert result.redriven == 0 and result.skipped == 1
+    message = t.pop("dlq", 0)
+    assert message is not None and message.body == "not-json{{{"