diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/base/session-store.ts b/packages/integrations/src/base/session-store.ts
index 468440a0e..5c3ef0ce0 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/base/session-store.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/base/session-store.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ export const createSessionStore = <TValue>(integration: { id: string }) => {
         return null;
       }
     },
-    async setAsync(value: TValue) {
-      logger.debug("Updating session in store", { store: channelName });
+    /**
+     * @param value session to store
+     * @param options pass `ttlSeconds` when the credential has a known lifetime, so a stored
+     * session can never outlive the token it holds
+     */
+    async setAsync(value: TValue, options?: { ttlSeconds?: number }) {
+      logger.debug("Updating session in store", { store: channelName, ttlSeconds: options?.ttlSeconds });
       try {
-        await channel.setAsync(encryptSecret(superjson.stringify(value)));
+        await channel.setAsync(encryptSecret(superjson.stringify(value)), options);
       } catch (error) {
         logger.error(new ErrorWithMetadata("Failed to save session", { store: channelName }, { cause: error }));
       }
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/beszel/beszel-integration.ts b/packages/integrations/src/beszel/beszel-integration.ts
index bc026fc18..a9599e216 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/beszel/beszel-integration.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/beszel/beszel-integration.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ResponseError } from "@homarr/common/server";
 import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
+import { ErrorWithMetadata } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs/error";
 import { createCertificateAgentAsync, fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/http";
 import type { Response as UndiciResponse } from "undici";
 
@@ -81,11 +82,47 @@ export const normalizeRealtimeSnapshot = (
   return events;
 };
 
-interface BeszelSession {
+export interface BeszelSession {
   token: string;
   userId: string;
+  /** Epoch milliseconds, taken from the token's `exp` claim. Undefined when it could not be read. */
+  expiresAt?: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Re-authenticate this long before the token actually lapses, so a request can never be sent
+ * with a token that expires while it is in flight.
+ */
+const sessionExpiryLeewayMs = 60_000;
+
+/**
+ * Reads the expiration out of a PocketBase auth token.
+ *
+ * @returns expiry as epoch milliseconds, or null when the token is malformed or carries no
+ * numeric `exp` claim — in which case we fall back to the existing 401 retry path.
+ */
+export const parseTokenExpiration = (token: string): number | null => {
+  const payload = token.split(".")[1];
+  if (!payload) return null;
+
+  try {
+    const decoded = Buffer.from(payload.replace(/-/g, "+").replace(/_/g, "/"), "base64").toString("utf8");
+    const { exp } = JSON.parse(decoded) as { exp?: unknown };
+    return typeof exp === "number" && Number.isFinite(exp) ? exp * 1000 : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Beszel answers requests carrying an expired token with `200` and an empty list rather than `401`,
+ * because its collection rules filter on `@request.auth.id` instead of rejecting. The 401 retry in
+ * `fetchWithAuthAsync` therefore never fires, so a stored session would otherwise be trusted
+ * forever. Sessions have to expire themselves.
+ */
+export const isSessionExpired = (session: BeszelSession, now = Date.now()) =>
+  session.expiresAt !== undefined && session.expiresAt - sessionExpiryLeewayMs <= now;
+
 export class BeszelIntegration extends Integration {
   private readonly sessionStore: SessionStore<BeszelSession>;
 
@@ -96,11 +133,19 @@ export class BeszelIntegration extends Integration {
 
   private async authenticateAsync(): Promise<BeszelSession> {
     const existingSession = await this.sessionStore.getAsync();
-    if (existingSession) {
+    if (existingSession && !isSessionExpired(existingSession)) {
       logger.debug("Using stored Beszel session", { integrationId: this.integration.id });
       return existingSession;
     }
 
+    if (existingSession) {
+      logger.info("Stored Beszel session expired, re-authenticating", {
+        integrationId: this.integration.id,
+        expiresAt: existingSession.expiresAt,
+      });
+      await this.sessionStore.clearAsync();
+    }
+
     const authUrl = this.url("/api/collections/users/auth-with-password");
     logger.debug("Authenticating with Beszel", { integrationId: this.integration.id, url: authUrl.pathname });
     const response = await fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync(authUrl, {
@@ -119,9 +164,30 @@ export class BeszelIntegration extends Integration {
     }
 
     const data = (await response.json()) as BeszelAuthResponse;
-    const session: BeszelSession = { token: data.token, userId: data.record.id };
-    await this.sessionStore.setAsync(session);
-    logger.debug("Saved Beszel session", { integrationId: this.integration.id, userId: session.userId });
+    const expiresAt = parseTokenExpiration(data.token) ?? undefined;
+
+    // A token that has already lapsed by the time it reaches us means our clock and Beszel's
+    // disagree by more than the token lifetime. Re-authenticating would only mint another dead
+    // token, and using this one would silently produce the empty responses this check exists to
+    // prevent — so fail loudly instead.
+    if (expiresAt !== undefined && expiresAt <= Date.now()) {
+      logger.warn("Beszel issued an already-expired token", { integrationId: this.integration.id, expiresAt });
+      throw new ErrorWithMetadata("Beszel issued an already-expired authentication token, check for clock skew", {
+        integrationId: this.integration.id,
+        expiresAt,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const session: BeszelSession = { token: data.token, userId: data.record.id, expiresAt };
+    // Give the stored entry the token's own lifetime, so the cache cannot outlive the credential
+    // even if the session is never read again before it lapses.
+    const ttlSeconds = expiresAt === undefined ? undefined : Math.max(1, Math.ceil((expiresAt - Date.now()) / 1000));
+    await this.sessionStore.setAsync(session, ttlSeconds === undefined ? undefined : { ttlSeconds });
+    logger.debug("Saved Beszel session", {
+      integrationId: this.integration.id,
+      userId: session.userId,
+      expiresAt,
+    });
     return session;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/beszel/test/beszel-session.spec.ts b/packages/integrations/src/beszel/test/beszel-session.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e77dc4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/beszel/test/beszel-session.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.hoisted(() => {
+  process.env.SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION = "true";
+  process.env.SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY = "ff3f4f7ce30e870c9630de9e5d244ffa81101a24ed0dfe5f064beb53a7e684f1";
+  process.env.ENABLE_DNS_CACHING = "false";
+});
+
+// A stateful stand-in for redis, so a session actually survives between calls and the
+// expiry logic can be exercised end to end.
+const store = vi.hoisted(() => new Map<string, { value: string; ttlSeconds?: number }>());
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/redis", () => ({
+  createGetSetChannel: (name: string) => ({
+    getAsync: () => Promise.resolve(store.get(name)?.value ?? null),
+    setAsync: (value: string, options?: { ttlSeconds?: number }) => {
+      store.set(name, { value, ttlSeconds: options?.ttlSeconds });
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+    removeAsync: () => {
+      store.delete(name);
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs", () => ({
+  createLogger: () => ({ debug: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn(), warn: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() }),
+  ErrorWithMetadata: class extends Error {},
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/http", () => ({
+  fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync: (url: URL | string, init?: RequestInit) => fetch(url, init),
+  createAxiosCertificateInstanceAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  createCertificateAgentAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ close: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/certificates", () => ({
+  getTrustedCertificateHostnamesAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  getAllTrustedCertificatesAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+}));
+
+import { BeszelIntegration, isSessionExpired, parseTokenExpiration } from "../beszel-integration";
+
+const base64Url = (value: object) => Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(value)).toString("base64url");
+const createToken = (expiresAtSeconds: number) => `header.${base64Url({ exp: expiresAtSeconds })}.signature`;
+
+describe("parseTokenExpiration", () => {
+  test("reads the exp claim as epoch milliseconds", () => {
+    expect(parseTokenExpiration(createToken(1_800_000_000))).toBe(1_800_000_000_000);
+  });
+
+  test("decodes base64url payloads containing - and _", () => {
+    // A payload that base64-encodes with both + and /, which must be url-decoded first.
+    const token = `header.${Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ sub: "a>b?c>>", exp: 1_700_000_000 })).toString("base64url")}.sig`;
+    expect(parseTokenExpiration(token)).toBe(1_700_000_000_000);
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    ["not-a-jwt", "no segments"],
+    ["header.%%%not-base64%%%.signature", "undecodable payload"],
+    [`header.${base64Url({ id: "user-1" })}.signature`, "no exp claim"],
+    [`header.${base64Url({ exp: "soon" })}.signature`, "non-numeric exp"],
+  ])("returns null for %s (%s)", (token) => {
+    expect(parseTokenExpiration(token)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+const session = (expiresAt?: number) => ({ token: "t", userId: "u", expiresAt });
+
+describe("isSessionExpired", () => {
+  const now = Date.UTC(2026, 6, 26, 12, 0, 0);
+
+  test("treats a session with an unknown expiry as valid, falling back to the 401 retry", () => {
+    expect(isSessionExpired(session(undefined), now)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("keeps a session that is comfortably in the future", () => {
+    expect(isSessionExpired(session(now + 60 * 60 * 1000), now)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("expires a session that lapses within the leeway window", () => {
+    expect(isSessionExpired(session(now + 30_000), now)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("expires a session that has already lapsed", () => {
+    expect(isSessionExpired(session(now - 1), now)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+const createIntegration = () =>
+  new BeszelIntegration({
+    id: "test-beszel-session",
+    name: "Test Beszel",
+    url: "http://localhost:8090",
+    externalUrl: null,
+    decryptedSecrets: [
+      { kind: "username", value: "user@example.com" },
+      { kind: "password", value: "password" },
+    ],
+  });
+
+describe("BeszelIntegration session lifecycle", () => {
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  let authCount = 0;
+  let issuedToken = "";
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    store.clear();
+    authCount = 0;
+    globalThis.fetch = vi.fn((input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      if (url.endsWith("/api/collections/users/auth-with-password")) {
+        authCount++;
+        return Promise.resolve(Response.json({ token: issuedToken, record: { id: "user-1" } }));
+      }
+      if (url.includes("/api/collections/systems/records")) {
+        return Promise.resolve(Response.json({ page: 1, perPage: 500, totalItems: 0, totalPages: 0, items: [] }));
+      }
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected request: ${url}`);
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  });
+
+  test("reuses a stored session while its token is still valid", async () => {
+    issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+    const integration = createIntegration();
+
+    await integration.getSystemsAsync();
+    await integration.getSystemsAsync();
+
+    expect(authCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test("persists the session with a ttl matching the token lifetime", async () => {
+    const lifetimeSeconds = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+    issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + lifetimeSeconds);
+
+    await createIntegration().getSystemsAsync();
+
+    const stored = store.get("session-store:test-beszel-session");
+    expect(stored?.ttlSeconds).toBeGreaterThan(lifetimeSeconds - 60);
+    expect(stored?.ttlSeconds).toBeLessThanOrEqual(lifetimeSeconds);
+  });
+
+  test("re-authenticates once the stored token has expired", async () => {
+    // Beszel replies 200 + empty list to an expired token instead of 401, so without an expiry
+    // check the stale session would be reused forever. See homarr-labs/homarr#6470.
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    try {
+      const lifetimeSeconds = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+      const issuedAt = new Date("2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z");
+      vi.setSystemTime(issuedAt);
+      issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(issuedAt.getTime() / 1000) + lifetimeSeconds);
+      const integration = createIntegration();
+
+      await integration.getSystemsAsync();
+      expect(authCount).toBe(1);
+
+      // Step past the token's lifetime, exactly as an idle Homarr instance would.
+      vi.setSystemTime(new Date(issuedAt.getTime() + (lifetimeSeconds + 1) * 1000));
+      issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + lifetimeSeconds);
+      await integration.getSystemsAsync();
+
+      expect(authCount).toBe(2);
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("uses a short-lived token that is valid now but lapses inside the leeway window", async () => {
+    // The leeway exists to stop a token expiring mid-request; it must not reject a token that is
+    // still valid, or an instance with a short authToken.duration could never authenticate.
+    issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 30);
+
+    await expect(createIntegration().getSystemsAsync()).resolves.toEqual([]);
+    expect(authCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(store.get("session-store:test-beszel-session")?.ttlSeconds).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  test("fails loudly when Beszel issues an already-expired token instead of returning empty data", async () => {
+    issuedToken = createToken(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - 600);
+
+    const caught = await createIntegration()
+      .getSystemsAsync()
+      .then(
+        () => null,
+        (error: unknown) => error,
+      );
+
+    // The integration base class wraps thrown errors, so assert against the cause chain.
+    const messages: string[] = [];
+    for (let error: unknown = caught; error instanceof Error; error = error.cause) messages.push(error.message);
+    expect(messages.join(" | ")).toMatch(/clock skew/i);
+
+    // The dead token must not be persisted, or it would be served to the next caller.
+    expect(store.has("session-store:test-beszel-session")).toBe(false);
+    expect(authCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test("does not store a ttl when the token carries no readable expiry", async () => {
+    issuedToken = "opaque-token-without-claims";
+
+    await createIntegration().getSystemsAsync();
+
+    expect(store.get("session-store:test-beszel-session")?.ttlSeconds).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});