diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/local/AuthManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/local/AuthManager.kt
index efc01323..c773d149 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/local/AuthManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/local/AuthManager.kt
@@ -160,6 +160,23 @@ object AuthManager {
         serverStore.update { it.copy(wsAuthParam = param) }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * True when the active connection profile authenticated against a gated
+     * dashboard (non-loopback bind → session-cookie auth) instead of loopback
+     * token mode. Derived from [ServerStoreState.wsAuthParam], which
+     * [com.m57.hermescontrol.ui.authlogin.AuthLoginViewModel.connect] sets to
+     * "ticket" on gated (basic-auth) login and "token" on loopback.
+     *
+     * Critical: gated dashboards 401 any request carrying an
+     * `Authorization: Bearer` header — even alongside a valid session cookie
+     * (verified live 2026-07-23). So REST requests in gated mode MUST rely on
+     * the session cookie in the shared [CookieManager] jar and MUST NOT stamp a
+     * Bearer header. This is the fix for the "token expired" error that broke
+     * every REST tab (skills/cron/config/...) while the WS chat (ticket auth)
+     * kept working.
+     */
+    fun isGatedMode(): Boolean = serverStore.getLatestState().wsAuthParam == "ticket"
+
     // ── Session Cookie (for gated/dashboard REST API) ────────────────────
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClient.kt
index 79f21598..94d32674 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClient.kt
@@ -90,12 +90,22 @@ object ApiClient {
                     }
             }
 
-        // Loopback mode: authenticate via Bearer token (the session cookie used
-        // in gated mode is now handled automatically by the shared CookieJar —
-        // see issue #470).
+        // REST auth header strategy:
+        //  - Loopback/token mode: stamp `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
+        //  - Gated (basic-auth cookie) mode: the shared CookieManager jar
+        //    attaches the session cookie automatically (issue #470). The
+        //    dashboard 401s any request that ALSO carries an
+        //    `Authorization: Bearer` header (verified live 2026-07-23), so we
+        //    must NOT stamp one here — otherwise every REST tab (skills, cron,
+        //    config, ...) fails with "token expired" while the WS chat, which
+        //    authenticates via ?ticket=, keeps working.
         val authInterceptor =
             Interceptor { chain ->
                 val request = chain.request()
+                if (AuthManager.isGatedMode()) {
+                    // Cookie in the shared jar is the only valid REST credential.
+                    return@Interceptor chain.proceed(request)
+                }
                 val token = AuthManager.getToken()
                 if (!token.isNullOrBlank()) {
                     chain.proceed(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/TokenRefreshAuthenticator.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/TokenRefreshAuthenticator.kt
index c7bdfa9d..c4f6c43d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/TokenRefreshAuthenticator.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/TokenRefreshAuthenticator.kt
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ object TokenRefreshAuthenticator : Authenticator {
         if (response.priorResponse != null) {
             return null // Only retry once
         }
-        // Gated mode: the session cookie is now managed automatically by the
-        // shared CookieJar (issue #470), so OkHttp re-attaches it on retry
-        // without any manual header manipulation here.
+        // Gated mode (session-cookie auth): a REST 401 here means the session
+        // cookie is genuinely expired (the shared CookieJar re-attaches it on
+        // retry, issue #470). Stamping a Bearer header would 401 again, and the
+        // SPA token refresher only works in loopback mode — so bail out and let
+        // safeApiCall() route to AuthSessionState.requireSignIn().
+        if (AuthManager.isGatedMode()) return null
 
         // Loopback mode: a dashboard restart invalidates the saved ephemeral
         // token. First reuse a token another request may already have refreshed;
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClientTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClientTest.kt
index 0f84728e..41e05b66 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClientTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/remote/ApiClientTest.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ class ApiClientTest {
         // which calls getSelectedProfileId(). Stub it to null so the interceptor
         // short-circuits (no profile scope) and these auth tests stay focused.
         every { AuthManager.getSelectedProfileId() } returns null
+
+        // Default to loopback/token mode; the gated-mode test overrides this.
+        // (mockkObject runs the real isGatedMode() body, which reads serverStore
+        // — null in unit tests — so it must be stubbed.)
+        every { AuthManager.isGatedMode() } returns false
     }
 
     @AfterEach
@@ -140,6 +145,50 @@ class ApiClientTest {
             assertEquals("Bearer $rawToken", request.getHeader("Authorization"))
         }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testAuthInterceptor_omitsBearerInGatedModeEvenWithToken() =
+        runTest {
+            // Gated (basic-auth cookie) mode: wsAuthParam == "ticket". The mobile
+            // still stores the WS ticket as the token, but stamping it as a Bearer
+            // header 401s on the live dashboard (verified 2026-07-23) — the session
+            // cookie in the shared jar is the only valid REST credential.
+            every { AuthManager.getToken() } returns "ws-ticket-abc123"
+            every { AuthManager.isGatedMode() } returns true
+
+            ApiClient.rebuild()
+
+            mockWebServer.enqueue(
+                MockResponse().setResponseCode(200).setBody("""{"gateway_running":true}"""),
+            )
+
+            val response = ApiClient.hermesApi.getStatus()
+            assertTrue(response.isSuccessful)
+
+            val request = mockWebServer.takeRequest()
+            // No Bearer header must be sent in gated mode.
+            assertNull(request.getHeader("Authorization"))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testAuthInterceptor_stampsBearerInLoopbackMode() =
+        runTest {
+            // Loopback token mode: wsAuthParam != "ticket" → Bearer header required.
+            every { AuthManager.getToken() } returns "loopback-token-xyz"
+            every { AuthManager.isGatedMode() } returns false
+
+            ApiClient.rebuild()
+
+            mockWebServer.enqueue(
+                MockResponse().setResponseCode(200).setBody("""{"gateway_running":true}"""),
+            )
+
+            val response = ApiClient.hermesApi.getStatus()
+            assertTrue(response.isSuccessful)
+
+            val request = mockWebServer.takeRequest()
+            assertEquals("Bearer loopback-token-xyz", request.getHeader("Authorization"))
+        }
+
     @Test
     fun testAuthInterceptor_refreshesExpiredDashboardTokenAndRetries() =
         runTest {