diff --git a/apps/docs/docs/integrations/frigate/index.mdx b/apps/docs/docs/integrations/frigate/index.mdx
index 2c91cb12d..f41d82e1e 100644
--- a/apps/docs/docs/integrations/frigate/index.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/docs/integrations/frigate/index.mdx
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ The Frigate statistics use `/api/stats` and report camera count, service uptime,
 
 <AddingIntegration />
 
-Use Frigate's internal HTTP API (port **5000**), reachable from Homarr. This endpoint does not require credentials; the authenticated web interface on port 8971 is not supported by this integration. Keep the internal API on a trusted network.
+Use Frigate's authenticated interface (port **8971**) with an admin account's username and password. Homarr exchanges these for a session token and verifies the account before requesting statistics. Frigate's default `frigate_token` cookie name is required. The integration URL must use `https://`; Homarr rejects `http://` URLs so credentials are never sent unencrypted, and certificates must be trusted by Homarr.
+
+Existing integrations using the unauthenticated port **5000** must update their URL and add credentials. Homarr does not fall back to the unauthenticated API; keep that listener private.
diff --git a/packages/definitions/src/integration.ts b/packages/definitions/src/integration.ts
index 027cdd35f..2d0c5df2c 100644
--- a/packages/definitions/src/integration.ts
+++ b/packages/definitions/src/integration.ts
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ export const integrationDefs = {
   frigate: {
     httpAuth: { type: "adapter" },
     name: "Frigate",
-    secretKinds: [[]],
+    secretKinds: [["username", "password"]],
     iconUrl: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons@master/svg/frigate.svg",
     category: ["miscellaneous"],
     documentationSlug: "frigate",
-    defaultPort: 5000,
+    defaultPort: 8971,
   },
   komga: {
     httpAuth: { type: "apiKeyHeader", name: "X-API-Key" },
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/stats/frigate-auth.spec.ts b/packages/integrations/src/stats/frigate-auth.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0c792236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/stats/frigate-auth.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+
+import { inspect } from "node:util";
+
+import { Headers, Response } from "undici";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/http";
+import { integrationDefs } from "@homarr/definitions";
+
+import type { IntegrationInput, IntegrationTestingInput } from "../base/integration";
+import { frigateStatsProvider } from "./providers/frigate";
+import { StatsIntegration } from "./stats-integration";
+
+const logger = vi.hoisted(() => ({ debug: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn(), warn: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() }));
+
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/http", () => ({
+  fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync: vi.fn(),
+  createAxiosCertificateInstanceAsync: vi.fn(),
+  createCertificateAgentAsync: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/certificates", () => ({
+  getTrustedCertificateHostnamesAsync: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+}));
+vi.mock("@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs", () => ({
+  createLogger: () => logger,
+}));
+
+const token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJhZG1pbiJ9.test_signature";
+const credentials = [
+  { kind: "username" as const, value: "operator" },
+  { kind: "password" as const, value: "private-test-password" },
+];
+const fetchAsync = vi.mocked(fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync);
+const createIntegration = (
+  decryptedSecrets: IntegrationInput["decryptedSecrets"] = credentials,
+  url = "https://frigate.test:8971",
+) =>
+  new StatsIntegration(
+    {
+      id: "frigate-test",
+      kind: "frigate",
+      name: "Frigate",
+      url,
+      externalUrl: null,
+      decryptedSecrets,
+    },
+    frigateStatsProvider,
+  );
+
+const loginResponse = (cookie = `frigate_token=${token}; HttpOnly; Path=/; SameSite=Lax`) =>
+  new Response(null, { status: 200, headers: { "set-cookie": cookie } });
+const profileResponse = (username = "operator", role = "admin") =>
+  Response.json({ username, role, allowed_cameras: [] });
+const statsResponse = () => Response.json({ cameras: { front: {} }, service: { uptime: 42, version: "0.18.0" } });
+
+beforeEach(() => fetchAsync.mockReset());
+
+describe("authenticated Frigate", () => {
+  test("uses a bodyless cookie login and the same verified session for native stats", async () => {
+    fetchAsync
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse())
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse())
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(statsResponse());
+    expect(await createIntegration().getStatsAsync()).toEqual({ cameras: 1, uptime: 42, version: "0.18.0" });
+    expect(fetchAsync.mock.calls.map(([url]) => String(url))).toEqual([
+      "https://frigate.test:8971/api/login",
+      "https://frigate.test:8971/api/profile",
+      "https://frigate.test:8971/api/stats",
+    ]);
+    const login = fetchAsync.mock.calls[0]?.[1];
+    expect(login).toMatchObject({
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ user: "operator", password: credentials[1]?.value }),
+      redirect: "error",
+    });
+    expect(new Headers(login?.headers).get("origin")).toBeNull();
+    expect(login?.signal).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
+    for (const [, init] of fetchAsync.mock.calls.slice(1)) {
+      expect(new Headers(init?.headers).get("authorization")).toBe(`Bearer ${token}`);
+      expect(init?.redirect).toBe("error");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("supplies verified bearer credentials and explicit token redaction for generic requests", async () => {
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse()).mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse());
+    expect(await createIntegration().getHttpAuthenticationAsync()).toEqual({
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+      redactValues: [token],
+    });
+    expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  test("uses the injected trusted transport for native connectivity testing", async () => {
+    const injectedFetch = vi
+      .fn<typeof fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync>()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse())
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse())
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(statsResponse());
+    // Only fetch is used by this provider; the other transports must never be invoked.
+    const testing = { fetchAsync: injectedFetch } as unknown as IntegrationTestingInput;
+    expect(await createIntegration().getStatsAsync(AbortSignal.timeout(1000), testing)).toMatchObject({ uptime: 42 });
+    expect(injectedFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(fetchAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    { secrets: [] },
+    { secrets: [{ kind: "username" as const, value: "operator" }] },
+    {
+      secrets: [
+        { kind: "username" as const, value: "" },
+        { kind: "password" as const, value: "private-test-password" },
+      ],
+    },
+  ])("rejects missing credentials without attempting an unauthenticated request (%j)", async ({ secrets }) => {
+    await expect(createIntegration(secrets).getStatsAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(fetchAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test.each([401, 403, 404, 302])("rejects login status %i before profile or stats", async (status) => {
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response("private login error", { status }));
+    await expect(createIntegration().getStatsAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test.each(["other_cookie=value", "frigate_token=not-a-jwt", `frigate_token=${"x".repeat(4097)}.b.c`])(
+    "rejects missing or invalid cookies",
+    async (cookie) => {
+      fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse(cookie));
+      await expect(createIntegration().getHttpAuthenticationAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+      expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    },
+  );
+
+  test("rejects duplicate session cookies", async () => {
+    const headers = new Headers();
+    headers.append("set-cookie", `frigate_token=${token}; Path=/`);
+    headers.append("set-cookie", `frigate_token=${token}; Path=/api`);
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response(null, { headers }));
+    await expect(createIntegration().getStatsAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    ["operator", "viewer"],
+    ["another-admin", "admin"],
+  ])("rejects a profile for %s with role %s before stats", async (username, role) => {
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse()).mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse(username, role));
+    await expect(createIntegration().getStatsAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  test("bounds private response headers and discards the login body without parsing it", async () => {
+    const response = new Response("not JSON", { headers: { "set-cookie": `other=${"x".repeat(16_384)}` } });
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(response);
+    await expect(createIntegration().getHttpAuthenticationAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(response.body?.locked).toBe(false);
+    expect(fetchAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test("discards a successful login body without parsing or exposing its contents", async () => {
+    const response = new Response(`private body ${"x".repeat(65_536)}`, {
+      headers: { "set-cookie": `frigate_token=${token}; Path=/` },
+    });
+    const parse = vi.spyOn(response, "json");
+    if (!response.body) throw new Error("Fixture must have a body");
+    const cancel = vi.spyOn(response.body, "cancel");
+    fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(response).mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse());
+    expect(await createIntegration().getHttpAuthenticationAsync()).toMatchObject({ redactValues: [token] });
+    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(parse).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test.each(["login", "profile", "stats"])("does not expose transport secrets from %s", async (stage) => {
+    if (stage !== "login") fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(loginResponse());
+    if (stage === "stats") fetchAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(profileResponse());
+    fetchAsync.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new Error(`secret ${credentials[1]?.value} ${token}`, { cause: new Error(token) }),
+    );
+    const failure: unknown = await createIntegration()
+      .getStatsAsync()
+      .catch((error: unknown) => error);
+    expect(String(failure)).not.toContain(token);
+    expect(String(failure)).not.toContain(credentials[1]?.value);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(failure)).not.toContain(token);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(failure)).not.toContain(credentials[1]?.value);
+    expect(inspect(failure, { depth: 10 })).not.toContain(token);
+    expect(inspect(failure, { depth: 10 })).not.toContain(credentials[1]?.value);
+    expect(inspect(logger.warn.mock.calls, { depth: 10 })).not.toContain(token);
+    expect(inspect(logger.warn.mock.calls, { depth: 10 })).not.toContain(credentials[1]?.value);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects HTTP integration URLs without transmitting credentials", async () => {
+    const integration = createIntegration(credentials, "http://frigate.test:8971");
+    await expect(integration.getHttpAuthenticationAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    await expect(integration.getStatsAsync()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(fetchAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test("requires saved credentials and defaults to the authenticated port", () => {
+    expect(integrationDefs.frigate.secretKinds).toEqual([["username", "password"]]);
+    expect(integrationDefs.frigate.defaultPort).toBe(8971);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/stats/providers/frigate.ts b/packages/integrations/src/stats/providers/frigate.ts
index a742eb991..aa5428004 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/stats/providers/frigate.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/stats/providers/frigate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-import type { StatsProvider } from "../types";
+import type { StatsFetchContext, StatsProvider } from "../types";
 
 const statsSchema = z
   .object({
@@ -10,14 +10,56 @@ const statsSchema = z
   .passthrough();
 
 export const frigateStatsProvider = {
-  getHttpAuthentication: () => ({ headers: {} }),
+  getHttpAuthenticationAsync,
   metrics: [
     { key: "cameras", label: "Cameras", unit: "count" },
     { key: "uptime", label: "Uptime", unit: "seconds" },
     { key: "version", label: "Version", unit: "text" },
   ],
   async fetchAsync(context) {
-    const stats = statsSchema.parse(await context.requestAsync("/api/stats", { signal: context.signal }));
-    return { cameras: Object.keys(stats.cameras).length, uptime: stats.service.uptime, version: stats.service.version };
+    const authentication = await getHttpAuthenticationAsync(context);
+    try {
+      const stats = statsSchema.parse(
+        await context.requestAsync("/api/stats", { headers: authentication.headers, signal: context.signal }),
+      );
+      return {
+        cameras: Object.keys(stats.cameras).length,
+        uptime: stats.service.uptime,
+        version: stats.service.version,
+      };
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error("Frigate stats request failed");
+    }
   },
 } satisfies StatsProvider;
+
+async function getHttpAuthenticationAsync(context: StatsFetchContext) {
+  if (context.url.protocol !== "https:") {
+    throw new Error("Frigate authentication requires an HTTPS integration URL to protect credentials");
+  }
+  try {
+    const username = context.secret("username");
+    const password = context.secret("password");
+    if (!username || !password) throw new Error("Missing credentials");
+    const response = await context.requestResponseAsync("/api/login", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ user: username, password }),
+      signal: context.signal,
+    });
+    if (response.status !== 200) throw new Error("Login rejected");
+    const cookies = response.headers.getSetCookie().filter((cookie) => cookie.startsWith("frigate_token="));
+    if (cookies.length !== 1) throw new Error("Missing or ambiguous session cookie");
+    const token = cookies[0]?.split(";", 1)[0]?.slice("frigate_token=".length);
+    if (!token || token.length > 4096 || !/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/.test(token)) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid session cookie");
+    }
+    const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` };
+    z.object({ username: z.literal(username), role: z.literal("admin"), allowed_cameras: z.array(z.string()) }).parse(
+      await context.requestAsync("/api/profile", { headers, signal: context.signal }),
+    );
+    return { headers, redactValues: [token] };
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error("Frigate authentication failed");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/stats/stats-integration.ts b/packages/integrations/src/stats/stats-integration.ts
index c6405f5df..057adfb3c 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/stats/stats-integration.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/stats/stats-integration.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ export class StatsIntegration extends Integration {
       const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(15_000);
       return await this.provider.getHttpAuthenticationAsync({
         signal,
+        url: new URL(this.integration.url),
         secret: (kind) => this.getSecretValue(kind),
         hasSecret: (kind) => this.hasSecretValue(kind),
         requestAsync: this.createRequestAsync(signal, undefined, undefined, true),
+        requestResponseAsync: this.createResponseRequestAsync(signal),
       });
     }
     if (!this.provider.getHttpAuthentication) return await super.getHttpAuthenticationAsync();
@@ -49,12 +51,37 @@ export class StatsIntegration extends Integration {
     }
     return await this.provider.fetchAsync({
       signal,
+      url: new URL(this.integration.url),
       secret: (kind) => this.getSecretValue(kind),
       hasSecret: (kind) => this.hasSecretValue(kind),
       requestAsync: this.createRequestAsync(signal, testing, authentication),
+      requestResponseAsync: this.createResponseRequestAsync(signal, testing),
     });
   }
 
+  private createResponseRequestAsync(
+    signal: AbortSignal,
+    testing?: IntegrationTestingInput,
+  ): StatsFetchContext["requestResponseAsync"] {
+    return async (path, init) => {
+      try {
+        const fetchAsync = testing?.fetchAsync ?? fetchWithTrustedCertificatesAsync;
+        const response = await fetchAsync(this.url(path), { ...init, signal, redirect: "error" });
+        // Login bodies can be empty or contain sensitive error details. Do not read them.
+        await response.body?.cancel();
+        let headerBytes = 0;
+        for (const [name, value] of response.headers) {
+          headerBytes += Buffer.byteLength(name) + Buffer.byteLength(value);
+          if (headerBytes > 16_384) throw new Error("Response headers are too large");
+        }
+        return { status: response.status, headers: response.headers };
+      } catch {
+        // Fetch errors may retain the password body or session cookies in their cause.
+        throw new Error("Stats authentication request failed");
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
   private createRequestAsync(
     signal: AbortSignal,
     testing?: IntegrationTestingInput,
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/stats/types.ts b/packages/integrations/src/stats/types.ts
index 60f045ef4..c72606034 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/stats/types.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/stats/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RequestInit } from "undici";
+import type { Headers, RequestInit } from "undici";
 import type { IntegrationSecretKind } from "@homarr/definitions";
 
 import type { IntegrationHttpAuthentication } from "../http-auth";
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ export interface StatsAuthenticationContext {
 }
 
 export interface StatsFetchContext extends StatsAuthenticationContext {
+  /** Base integration URL. Credential exchanges must verify its protocol before reading or sending secrets. */
+  url: URL;
   /** Relative service path. The shared client applies trusted certificates and a deadline. */
   requestAsync: (path: `/${string}`, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<unknown>;
+  /** Private response metadata for cookie-based exchanges; the body is discarded, never parsed or exposed. */
+  requestResponseAsync: (path: `/${string}`, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<{ status: number; headers: Headers }>;
   signal: AbortSignal;
 }