diff --git a/crates/ppvm-lindblad/src/lib.rs b/crates/ppvm-lindblad/src/lib.rs
index 33b0ef254..23126b795 100644
--- a/crates/ppvm-lindblad/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ppvm-lindblad/src/lib.rs
@@ -629,6 +629,35 @@ impl LindbladSpec {
         self.h_terms.len()
     }
 
+    /// Current Hamiltonian coefficients `c_i` of `H = Σ_i c_i P_i`, in
+    /// construction order.
+    pub fn h_coeffs(&self) -> Vec<f64> {
+        self.h_terms.iter().map(|h| h.coeff).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// Overwrite the Hamiltonian coefficients in place, keeping the Pauli
+    /// words, the per-qubit support index and all jump / Kossakowski data.
+    ///
+    /// The coefficients are read directly by the commutator loop of the
+    /// action (no table folds them in), so this is an `O(num_h_terms)` copy
+    /// and every subsequent `action` / `leakage` / `generator` / `pc_step`
+    /// is bit-identical to a spec freshly built with `coeffs`. The support
+    /// index does not depend on coefficient values (zero coefficients are
+    /// kept as terms by [`Self::new`] too), so it needs no rebuild.
+    pub fn set_h_coeffs(&mut self, coeffs: &[f64]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if coeffs.len() != self.h_terms.len() {
+            return Err(Error::LengthMismatch {
+                what: "set_h_coeffs: num_h_terms vs coeffs",
+                a: self.h_terms.len(),
+                b: coeffs.len(),
+            });
+        }
+        for (h, &c) in self.h_terms.iter_mut().zip(coeffs) {
+            h.coeff = c;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn num_jump_terms(&self) -> usize {
         self.j_kinds.len()
     }
diff --git a/crates/ppvm-python-native/src/lindblad.rs b/crates/ppvm-python-native/src/lindblad.rs
index a3061bcea..fd168c98d 100644
--- a/crates/ppvm-python-native/src/lindblad.rs
+++ b/crates/ppvm-python-native/src/lindblad.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,40 @@ impl LindbladSpec {
         self.inner.num_jump_terms()
     }
 
+    /// Current Hamiltonian coefficients, shape `(num_h_terms,)` float64 (a copy).
+    #[getter]
+    fn h_coeffs<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> Bound<'py, PyArray1<f64>> {
+        self.inner.h_coeffs().into_pyarray(py)
+    }
+
+    /// Overwrite the Hamiltonian coefficients in place (`O(num_h_terms)`).
+    ///
+    /// `coeffs` must be a 1-D float64 array of length `num_h_terms`;
+    /// otherwise `ValueError`. Pauli words, jump operators and the
+    /// Kossakowski block are untouched (no PSD re-check).
+    fn set_h_coeffs(&mut self, coeffs: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<()> {
+        let n = self.inner.num_h_terms();
+        let coeffs: PyReadonlyArray1<'_, f64> = coeffs.extract().map_err(|_| {
+            PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "set_h_coeffs: expected a 1-D float64 ndarray of shape ({n},)"
+            ))
+        })?;
+        let got = coeffs.len()?;
+        if got != n {
+            return Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "set_h_coeffs: expected {n} coefficients (num_h_terms), got {got}"
+            )));
+        }
+        // `as_slice` fails on non-contiguous views; fall back to a copy.
+        match coeffs.as_slice() {
+            Ok(sl) => self.inner.set_h_coeffs(sl).map_err(map_err),
+            Err(_) => {
+                let v: Vec<f64> = coeffs.as_array().iter().copied().collect();
+                self.inner.set_h_coeffs(&v).map_err(map_err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Apply `L*` to a single Pauli string `p`.
     fn action<'py>(
         &self,
diff --git a/ppvm-python/pyproject.toml b/ppvm-python/pyproject.toml
index 55ed4156b..d43196f5e 100644
--- a/ppvm-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ppvm-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ppvm"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.0+hcoeffs"
 description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/__init__.py b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/__init__.py
index 286250622..5ede1ddc2 100644
--- a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/__init__.py
+++ b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/__init__.py
@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@
 from .squin_interpreter.device import (
     GeneralizedTableauSimulatorTask as GeneralizedTableauSimulatorTask,
 )
+
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version as _dist_version
+
+    __version__ = _dist_version("ppvm")
+except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - not installed as a distribution
+    __version__ = "unknown"
diff --git a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/_core.pyi b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/_core.pyi
index b70676702..f99eccf55 100644
--- a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/_core.pyi
+++ b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/_core.pyi
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ class LindbladSpec:
     def num_h_terms(self) -> int: ...
     @property
     def num_jump_terms(self) -> int: ...
+    @property
+    def h_coeffs(self) -> np.ndarray: ...
+    def set_h_coeffs(self, coeffs: np.ndarray) -> None: ...
     def action(self, p: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]: ...
     def leakage(
         self,
diff --git a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/lindblad.py b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/lindblad.py
index ca366ee45..7f4d79be7 100644
--- a/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/lindblad.py
+++ b/ppvm-python/src/ppvm/lindblad.py
@@ -242,6 +242,31 @@ def num_h_terms(self) -> int:
     def num_jump_terms(self) -> int:
         return self._spec.num_jump_terms
 
+    @property
+    def h_coeffs(self) -> np.ndarray:
+        """Current Hamiltonian coefficients, shape ``(num_h_terms,)`` float64.
+
+        Returns a copy; mutating it does not change the Lindbladian.
+        """
+        return self._spec.h_coeffs
+
+    def set_h_coeffs(self, coeffs) -> None:
+        """Overwrite the Hamiltonian coefficients in place.
+
+        ``coeffs`` is converted to a 1-D float64 array that must have length
+        ``num_h_terms`` (same order as the ``h_terms`` given at construction);
+        otherwise ``ValueError``. The Pauli words, jump operators and the
+        Kossakowski block are left untouched (no PSD re-check). Cost is
+        ``O(num_h_terms)``; afterwards every method gives results
+        bit-identical to a freshly built ``Lindbladian`` with ``coeffs``.
+        """
+        arr = np.ascontiguousarray(coeffs, dtype=np.float64)
+        if arr.ndim != 1 or arr.shape[0] != self._spec.num_h_terms:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"set_h_coeffs: expected shape ({self._spec.num_h_terms},), got {arr.shape}"
+            )
+        self._spec.set_h_coeffs(arr)
+
     # ── Pure-ndarray hot path ──
 
     def action_arr(self, p: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
diff --git a/ppvm-python/test/lindblad/test_h_coeffs.py b/ppvm-python/test/lindblad/test_h_coeffs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18039dfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ppvm-python/test/lindblad/test_h_coeffs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The PPVM Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""In-place Hamiltonian-coefficient setter: ``Lindbladian.set_h_coeffs``.
+
+Contract: after ``L.set_h_coeffs(c)`` every output of ``L`` is bit-identical
+(``np.array_equal``) to a freshly constructed ``Lindbladian`` with
+coefficients ``c``; jump / Kossakowski data are untouched.
+"""
+
+import itertools
+import time
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from ppvm import Lindbladian, sigma_minus, sigma_plus
+from ppvm.lindblad import _string_to_codes
+
+
+def _local_terms(n: int, max_weight: int) -> list[str]:
+    """All Pauli strings on n qubits of weight 1..max_weight (nearest-neighbour for weight 2)."""
+    out = []
+    for q in range(n):
+        for p in "XYZ":
+            s = ["I"] * n
+            s[q] = p
+            out.append("".join(s))
+    if max_weight >= 2:
+        for q in range(n - 1):
+            for a, b in itertools.product("XYZ", repeat=2):
+                s = ["I"] * n
+                s[q], s[q + 1] = a, b
+                out.append("".join(s))
+    return out
+
+
+def _build(n, words, coeffs, rng_seed):
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(rng_seed)
+    jumps = []
+    # Hermitian single-Pauli jumps (fast path).
+    for q in range(n):
+        s = ["I"] * n
+        s[q] = "Z"
+        jumps.append(("".join(s), float(rng.uniform(0.01, 0.2))))
+    # Non-Hermitian jumps.
+    jumps.append((sigma_minus(0, n), float(rng.uniform(0.05, 0.3))))
+    jumps.append((sigma_plus(n - 1, n), float(rng.uniform(0.05, 0.3))))
+    # Multi-term complex lincomb jump.
+    xs = ["I"] * n
+    xs[1] = "X"
+    ys = ["I"] * n
+    ys[2] = "Y"
+    jumps.append(([("".join(xs), 0.7 + 0.1j), ("".join(ys), -0.3j)], 0.11))
+    # Kossakowski block on sigma_minus ops with a random PSD K.
+    ops = [sigma_minus(j, n) for j in range(n)]
+    a = rng.normal(size=(n, n)) + 1j * rng.normal(size=(n, n))
+    K = 0.05 * (a @ a.conj().T) / n
+    h_terms = list(zip(words, [float(c) for c in coeffs]))
+    return Lindbladian(n, h_terms, jumps, kossakowski=(ops, K))
+
+
+def _assert_same_tuple(a, b):
+    assert len(a) == len(b)
+    for x, y in zip(a, b):
+        assert x.dtype == y.dtype
+        assert np.array_equal(x, y)
+
+
+def _start_basis(n):
+    words = []
+    for q in range(n):
+        s = ["I"] * n
+        s[q] = "Z"
+        words.append("".join(s))
+    s = ["I"] * n
+    s[0] = "X"
+    words.append("".join(s))
+    basis = np.stack([_string_to_codes(w, n) for w in words])
+    coeffs = np.linspace(1.0, 0.3, len(words))
+    return basis, coeffs
+
+
+def _compare_all(L_set, L_fresh, n, rng):
+    words_all = _local_terms(n, 2)
+    # action on several strings
+    for w in rng.choice(words_all, size=8, replace=False):
+        p = _string_to_codes(str(w), n)
+        _assert_same_tuple(L_set.action_arr(p), L_fresh.action_arr(p))
+    # leakage + generator on a random basis
+    basis_words = list(rng.choice(words_all, size=min(12, len(words_all)), replace=False))
+    basis = np.stack([_string_to_codes(str(w), n) for w in basis_words])
+    c = rng.normal(size=len(basis_words))
+    _assert_same_tuple(L_set.leakage_arr(basis, c), L_fresh.leakage_arr(basis, c))
+    prot = basis[:2]
+    _assert_same_tuple(L_set.leakage_arr(basis, c, prot), L_fresh.leakage_arr(basis, c, prot))
+    _assert_same_tuple(L_set.generator_arr(basis), L_fresh.generator_arr(basis))
+    # several pc_steps with truncation, two truncation modes
+    for kwargs in (
+        {"max_basis": 24, "drop_tol": 1e-10},
+        {"max_basis": 16, "drop_tol": 0.0, "admit_basis": 40},
+    ):
+        b1, c1 = _start_basis(n)
+        b2, c2 = b1.copy(), c1.copy()
+        for _ in range(6):
+            b1, c1 = L_set.pc_step_arr(b1, c1, 0.05, **kwargs)
+            b2, c2 = L_fresh.pc_step_arr(b2, c2, 0.05, **kwargs)
+            assert np.array_equal(b1, b2)
+            assert np.array_equal(c1, c2)
+        assert len(c1) <= kwargs["max_basis"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("n", [3, 5])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("seed", [0, 1, 2])
+def test_set_h_coeffs_bit_identical_to_fresh(n, seed):
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(1000 * n + seed)
+    words = _local_terms(n, 2)
+    c0 = rng.normal(size=len(words))
+    c1 = rng.normal(size=len(words))
+    c1[rng.integers(len(words))] = 0.0  # a zero coefficient is still a term
+    L = _build(n, words, c0, rng_seed=seed)
+    L.set_h_coeffs(c1)
+    L_fresh = _build(n, words, c1, rng_seed=seed)
+    _compare_all(L, L_fresh, n, rng)
+    # Set again (repeated updates, then back to the original).
+    L.set_h_coeffs(c0)
+    _compare_all(L, _build(n, words, c0, rng_seed=seed), n, rng)
+
+
+def test_getter_round_trip_and_copy():
+    n = 3
+    words = _local_terms(n, 2)
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(7)
+    c0 = rng.normal(size=len(words))
+    L = _build(n, words, c0, rng_seed=0)
+    got = L.h_coeffs
+    assert got.dtype == np.float64 and got.shape == (len(words),)
+    assert np.array_equal(got, c0)
+    got[:] = 99.0  # a copy: mutating it must not change L
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, c0)
+    c1 = rng.normal(size=len(words))
+    L.set_h_coeffs(c1)
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, c1)
+    # list input and non-contiguous views are accepted
+    L.set_h_coeffs(list(c0))
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, c0)
+    big = np.zeros(2 * len(words))
+    big[::2] = c1
+    L.set_h_coeffs(big[::2])
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, c1)
+    assert L.num_h_terms == len(words)
+    assert L.num_jump_terms > 0
+
+
+def test_wrong_shapes_raise():
+    n = 3
+    words = _local_terms(n, 2)
+    c0 = np.arange(len(words), dtype=float)
+    L = _build(n, words, c0, rng_seed=0)
+    for bad in (
+        np.zeros(len(words) - 1),
+        np.zeros(len(words) + 1),
+        np.zeros((len(words), 1)),
+        np.zeros((1, len(words))),
+        np.zeros(0),
+        np.float64(1.0),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            L.set_h_coeffs(bad)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            L._spec.set_h_coeffs(bad)
+    # The raw spec also rejects a non-float64 dtype rather than casting.
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        L._spec.set_h_coeffs(np.zeros(len(words), dtype=np.int64))
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, c0)  # unchanged after failures
+
+
+def test_setter_timing_54_terms():
+    n = 6
+    words = _local_terms(n, 2)[:54]  # 18 one-body + the first 36 nearest-neighbour two-body
+    assert len(words) == 54
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(3)
+    L = _build(n, words, rng.normal(size=54), rng_seed=0)
+    cs = rng.normal(size=(10_000, 54))
+    t0 = time.perf_counter()
+    for c in cs:
+        L.set_h_coeffs(c)
+    t_wrap = time.perf_counter() - t0
+    t0 = time.perf_counter()
+    spec = L._spec
+    for c in cs:
+        spec.set_h_coeffs(c)
+    t_raw = time.perf_counter() - t0
+    print(
+        f"\n10000 set_h_coeffs calls on 54 terms: Lindbladian {t_wrap * 1e6 / 1e4:.2f} us/call, "
+        f"_LindbladSpec {t_raw * 1e6 / 1e4:.2f} us/call"
+    )
+    assert np.array_equal(L.h_coeffs, cs[-1])
+    assert t_wrap / 1e4 < 1e-3  # well under a millisecond per call