diff --git a/app/Livewire/Admin/InstanceAdminAccess.php b/app/Livewire/Admin/InstanceAdminAccess.php
index 97053c1..ba52e75 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Admin/InstanceAdminAccess.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Admin/InstanceAdminAccess.php
@@ -82,9 +82,21 @@ class InstanceAdminAccess extends ModalComponent
     public function render()
     {
         $payload = null;
+
         if ($this->token !== null) {
             $raw = ConfigHandoff::get($this->token);
-            $payload = $raw === null ? null : json_decode($raw, true);
+
+            if ($raw !== null) {
+                // Consumed on the first read: leaving it in the cache would make
+                // "shown once" a figure of speech — any replayed component
+                // request could fetch the password again for ten minutes. The
+                // payload lives in a local variable, so it reaches the view and
+                // nothing else.
+                ConfigHandoff::forget($this->token);
+                $this->token = null;
+                $this->waiting = false;
+                $payload = json_decode($raw, true);
+            }
         }
 
         return view('livewire.admin.instance-admin-access', [
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Admin/InstanceAdminAccessTest.php b/tests/Feature/Admin/InstanceAdminAccessTest.php
index 62a8f2c..1490711 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Admin/InstanceAdminAccessTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Admin/InstanceAdminAccessTest.php
@@ -114,3 +114,25 @@ it('tells the console when Proxmox is unreachable', function () {
     // Otherwise the modal polls forever with a spinner.
     expect(json_decode(ConfigHandoff::get('handoff-throw'), true))->toBe(['error' => 'failed']);
 });
+
+it('shows the password once and not a second time', function () {
+    $pve = new FakeProxmoxClient;
+    app()->instance(ProxmoxClient::class, $pve);
+    $instance = adminAccessInstance();
+    $owner = operator('Owner');
+    $owner->forceFill(['password' => Hash::make('geheim-1234')])->save();
+
+    $modal = Livewire\Livewire::actingAs($owner)
+        ->test(InstanceAdminAccess::class, ['uuid' => $instance->uuid])
+        ->set('password', 'geheim-1234')
+        ->call('request');            // sync queue: the job runs immediately
+
+    $token = $modal->get('token');
+    $modal->assertSee(__('instances.admin_ready'));
+
+    // "Shown once" has to mean it: a replayed request must not fetch it again.
+    expect(ConfigHandoff::get($token ?? 'none'))->toBeNull()
+        ->and($modal->get('token'))->toBeNull();
+
+    $modal->call('$refresh')->assertDontSee(__('instances.admin_ready'));
+});