diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
index a3c15d9..9ef3209 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-<div class="space-y-5" wire:poll.5s="refreshPeers">
+{{-- Polling pauses while a config is on screen: every poll re-renders this
+     page, and that would put the private key into an HTTP response every five
+     seconds. Traffic figures can wait the minute someone needs to copy a key. --}}
+<div class="space-y-5" @if (! $newConfig) wire:poll.5s="refreshPeers" @endif>
     <div class="animate-rise">
         <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-ink">{{ __('vpn.title') }}</h1>
         <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-muted">{{ __('vpn.subtitle') }}</p>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php b/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
index cd26c30..8c0d331 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
@@ -714,3 +714,20 @@ it('never leaves the previous config on screen after another access is created',
         ->and($component->get('newConfigName'))->toBeNull()
         ->and(App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigHandoff::get($firstToken))->toBeNull();
 });
+
+it('does not keep polling while a private config is on screen', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    Queue::fake();
+    $owner = operator('Owner');
+
+    $component = Livewire::actingAs($owner)->test(Vpn::class)->assertSee('wire:poll', false);
+
+    $component->set('name', 'Notebook')->set('ownerId', $owner->id)->call('create');
+
+    // Otherwise every poll would put the private key into another response.
+    $component->assertDontSee('wire:poll', false)->assertSee('PrivateKey');
+
+    $component->call('dismissConfig')
+        ->assertSee('wire:poll', false)
+        ->assertDontSee('PrivateKey');
+});