very interesting as cracking of concrete is inevitable due to its rather low tensile strength. These cracks can lead to higher water ingress and easier gas and aggressive ion penetration compared to an uncracked state, resulting in an increased risk for carbonation-and chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion. It was stated by Vaysburd and Emmons [6] that the coefficient of carbon dioxide ingress was three orders of magnitude higher for samples with a crack of 200 µm compared to uncracked concrete. When analyzing the effect of cracks on chloride ingress, Ismail et al. [7] noted that for crack widths between 80 and 100 µm the penetration orthogonal to the crack remained two times smaller than the penetration from the surface. However, for crack widths larger than 200 µm the chloride concentration profile became identical to the one measured from the surface. In addition, Montes et al. [8] noticed that the corrosion rate for cracked concrete was up to ten times higher than for uncracked concrete with crack widths of 250 and 500 µm.Autogenous healing of concrete cracks can result in a reduction of the chloride ingress as was noticed by Zhywen et al. [9] However, the autogenous healing efficiency depends on the composition of the concrete mix, the age at crack formation, the crack shape, etc. V-shaped cracks can easily be healed when the crack width remains limited. Zhywen et al. [9] found that for V-shaped cracks there is a critical crack width of around 70 µm, below which no ingress of chloride ions is noticed, while this was not the case for parallel cracks. They attributed this to the fact that parallel shaped cracks do almost not show autogenous healing. In order to improve the protection of the rebars through autogenous healing, Pei et al. [10] applied a cementitious coating onto the rebar surface. Unlike epoxy coatings, frequently applied on steel rebars and causing local pitting when a defect appears in the coating, this cementitious capillary crystalline waterproofing (CCCW) material is advantageous because of its demonstrated self-healing capabilities. In the presence of moisture, the coating material is able to undergo a continuous hydration reaction and to propagate into the concrete matrix. In this way, problems related to improper application and damage of the coating during construction can be circumvented.Corrosion of steel reinforcement is one of the most detrimental attack mechanisms for reinforced concrete structures. The presence of cracks, which are inextricably linked to reinforced concrete, accelerates this attack mechanism. The aim of this study is to heal cracks by an autonomous mechanism, which is triggered upon crack appearance. With an accelerated corrosion test on mortar samples with embedded reinforcement bars, it is shown that the presence of cracks indeed accelerates the onset and propagation of corrosion at the interface between the rebar and the cementitious matrix. Moreover, it is shown that crack healing in both the traditional, manual way and the proposed autonomous way, with an e...