diff --git a/fleetd/src/main/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetApp.java b/fleetd/src/main/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetApp.java
index 5e479f1..d78abf1 100644
--- a/fleetd/src/main/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetApp.java
+++ b/fleetd/src/main/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetApp.java
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ public final class FleetApp {
                 .map(s -> SessionManager.rosterView(s, live.get(s.terminalId())))
                 .toList();
         Map<String, Object> body = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        // fleetd #199: the endpoint became /members in the CB-634 rename but the body key stayed
+        // "workers", so a caller that read "members" saw an empty fleet and reported no members at
+        // all. "members" is the canonical key; "workers" stays as a deprecated alias so an existing
+        // REST consumer keeps working — the out-of-band path a lead falls back to when its MCP mount
+        // drops reads this endpoint. Drop the alias once nothing reads it.
+        body.put("members", out);
         body.put("workers", out);
         // CB-586: operator visibility for the refs/wip snapshot store without shelling into the
         // repo — how many snapshot refs exist and roughly what they cost. Present only once a
diff --git a/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetAppTest.java b/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetAppTest.java
index aef96bf..a0a5768 100644
--- a/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetAppTest.java
+++ b/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/rest/FleetAppTest.java
@@ -218,9 +218,17 @@ class FleetAppTest {
 
         HttpResponse<String> res = req(port, "GET", "/members");
         assertEquals(200, res.statusCode());
-        JsonNode workers = mapper.readTree(res.body()).get("workers");
-        assertEquals(1, workers.size());
-        JsonNode w = workers.get(0);
+        JsonNode body = mapper.readTree(res.body());
+        // fleetd #199: "members" is the canonical key. The endpoint is /members, so a caller that
+        // reads "members" must not see an empty fleet. "workers" is kept only as a deprecated alias
+        // and must carry the same rows — assert both, or the alias can silently drift.
+        JsonNode members = body.get("members");
+        assertNotNull(members, "GET /members must return its rows under \"members\"");
+        assertEquals(1, members.size());
+        JsonNode workers = body.get("workers");
+        assertNotNull(workers, "the deprecated \"workers\" alias is still emitted");
+        assertEquals(members, workers, "the alias must carry the same rows as \"members\"");
+        JsonNode w = members.get(0);
         assertEquals(spawned.get("terminalId").asText(), w.get("sessionId").asText());
         assertEquals(paneId, w.get("paneId").asText());
         assertEquals("ltms-local", w.get("profile").asText());