diff --git a/lang/de/secrets.php b/lang/de/secrets.php
index 234f6c5..0cddd04 100644
--- a/lang/de/secrets.php
+++ b/lang/de/secrets.php
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ return [
     'unlocked_note' => 'Entsperrt. Änderungen wirken sofort auf den laufenden Betrieb.',
     'lock_again' => 'Wieder sperren',
 
+    // Welcher der zwei Plätze dieses Eintrags jetzt gilt — Speichern UND
+    // Lesen, weil save()/render() ohne Modus-Argument auf
+    // OperatingMode::current() auflösen. Benennt den PLATZ, nicht den Modus:
+    // „Testbetrieb"/„Livebetrieb" steht schon in der Plakette oben auf der
+    // Seite, hier geht es darum, in welche der zwei Zeilen ein neuer Wert
+    // tatsächlich landet.
+    'slot' => [
+        'test' => 'Testplatz aktiv',
+        'live' => 'Live-Platz aktiv',
+    ],
+
     'source_stored' => 'Hier hinterlegt',
     'source_environment' => 'Aus der Serverdatei',
     'source_none' => 'Nicht gesetzt',
diff --git a/lang/en/secrets.php b/lang/en/secrets.php
index ffe9c07..40fb833 100644
--- a/lang/en/secrets.php
+++ b/lang/en/secrets.php
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ return [
     'unlocked_note' => 'Unlocked. Changes take effect on the running system immediately.',
     'lock_again' => 'Lock again',
 
+    // Which of the two slots this entry resolves to right now — for both
+    // saving and reading, since save()/render() resolve against
+    // OperatingMode::current() without a mode argument. Names the SLOT, not
+    // the mode: "Test mode"/"Live mode" already sits in the badge at the top
+    // of the page; this is about which of the two rows a new value actually
+    // lands in.
+    'slot' => [
+        'test' => 'Test slot active',
+        'live' => 'Live slot active',
+    ],
+
     'source_stored' => 'Stored here',
     'source_environment' => 'From the server file',
     'source_none' => 'Not set',
diff --git a/resources/views/components/admin/secret-field.blade.php b/resources/views/components/admin/secret-field.blade.php
index 9e3ec5d..7aefcb7 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/admin/secret-field.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/admin/secret-field.blade.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@props(['entry', 'unlocked'])
+@props(['entry', 'unlocked', 'mode'])
 {{--
     One vault entry — outline, new-value field, test/save/forget — reusable
     across every integration section on App\Livewire\Admin\Integrations. Kept
@@ -17,13 +17,28 @@
             <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-ink">{{ $entry['label'] }}</h3>
             <p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-xs text-muted">{{ $entry['key'] }}</p>
         </div>
-        <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-pill border px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium
-              {{ $entry['source'] === 'stored' ? 'border-success-border bg-success-bg text-success'
-                 : ($entry['source'] === 'environment' ? 'border-info-border bg-info-bg text-info'
-                 : 'border-warning-border bg-warning-bg text-warning') }}">
-            <span class="size-1.5 rounded-pill bg-current" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-            {{ __('secrets.source_'.$entry['source']) }}
-        </span>
+        <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+            {{-- Which of the two slots THIS card reads and writes right now —
+                 fix round, Important: save()/render() resolve without a mode
+                 argument, so they always act on OperatingMode::current()'s
+                 slot, but nothing on the card said so. The badge in the
+                 header above (Integrations::mode_title) is not enough: it is
+                 not visible at the card an operator is about to type into,
+                 and repeating "Testbetrieb"/"Livebetrieb" there would only
+                 restate the MODE, not name the PLATZ a value lands in. Same
+                 colours as that header badge, for one visual language. --}}
+            <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-pill border px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium
+                  {{ $mode->isTest() ? 'border-warning-border bg-warning-bg text-warning' : 'border-success-border bg-success-bg text-success' }}">
+                {{ __('secrets.slot.'.$mode->value) }}
+            </span>
+            <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-pill border px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium
+                  {{ $entry['source'] === 'stored' ? 'border-success-border bg-success-bg text-success'
+                     : ($entry['source'] === 'environment' ? 'border-info-border bg-info-bg text-info'
+                     : 'border-warning-border bg-warning-bg text-warning') }}">
+                <span class="size-1.5 rounded-pill bg-current" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                {{ __('secrets.source_'.$entry['source']) }}
+            </span>
+        </div>
     </div>
 
     @if (! $unlocked)
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/admin/integrations.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/admin/integrations.blade.php
index 4a68714..04b335d 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/admin/integrations.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/admin/integrations.blade.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                 <h2 class="font-semibold text-ink">{{ __('integrations.payments_title') }}</h2>
                 <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-muted">{{ __('integrations.payments_body') }}</p>
             </div>
-            <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['stripe.secret']" :unlocked="$unlocked" />
+            <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['stripe.secret']" :unlocked="$unlocked" :mode="$mode" />
             @if ($unlocked)
                 <x-ui.alert variant="info">{{ __('secrets.webhook_secret_note') }}</x-ui.alert>
             @endif
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
             @if ($canSecrets)
                 @if ($canInfra)<hr class="border-line" />@endif
-                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['dns.token']" :unlocked="$unlocked" />
+                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['dns.token']" :unlocked="$unlocked" :mode="$mode" />
             @endif
         </div>
     @endif
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
             @if ($canSecrets)
                 @if ($canInfra)<hr class="border-line" />@endif
-                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['inbound_mail.password']" :unlocked="$unlocked" />
+                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['inbound_mail.password']" :unlocked="$unlocked" :mode="$mode" />
             @endif
         </div>
     @endif
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 
             @if ($canSecrets)
                 @if ($canInfra)<hr class="border-line" />@endif
-                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['monitoring.token']" :unlocked="$unlocked" />
+                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['monitoring.token']" :unlocked="$unlocked" :mode="$mode" />
             @endif
         </div>
     @endif
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
             @if ($canSecrets)
                 @if ($canInfra)<hr class="border-line" />@endif
-                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['ssh.private_key']" :unlocked="$unlocked" />
+                <x-admin.secret-field :entry="$entries['ssh.private_key']" :unlocked="$unlocked" :mode="$mode" />
             @endif
         </div>
     @endif
diff --git a/tests/Feature/SwitchOperatingModeTest.php b/tests/Feature/SwitchOperatingModeTest.php
index 15e5bd0..a995dc7 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/SwitchOperatingModeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/SwitchOperatingModeTest.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Livewire\Admin\ConfirmSwitchMode;
 use App\Livewire\Admin\Integrations;
 use App\Models\Operator;
 use App\Support\OperatingMode;
@@ -63,3 +64,57 @@ it('refuses an unknown mode', function () {
 
     expect(OperatingMode::current())->toBe(OperatingMode::Live);
 });
+
+// ---- ConfirmSwitchMode selbst — nach dem Vorbild der ConfirmSaveSecret/
+// ConfirmForgetSecret-Tests in tests/Feature/Admin/IntegrationsPageTest.php.
+// Ein Modal ist OHNE die Route-Middleware der Seite erreichbar (R23-
+// Kopfkommentar in CLAUDE.md) — "gelesen und für korrekt befunden" ist keine
+// Prüfung, ein eigener Test schon.
+it('does not open the switch confirmation without the capability', function () {
+    $admin = Operator::factory()->role('Admin')->create(); // hosts.manage, nicht secrets.manage
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($admin, 'operator')
+        ->test(ConfirmSwitchMode::class, ['mode' => 'test'])
+        ->assertForbidden();
+});
+
+it('confirms a switch through the modal without changing the mode itself', function () {
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->role('Owner')->create();
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($owner, 'operator')
+        ->test(ConfirmSwitchMode::class, ['mode' => 'test'])
+        ->call('confirm')
+        ->assertDispatched('mode-switch-confirmed', mode: 'test');
+
+    // Das Modal selbst ruft OperatingMode::set() nirgends auf — nur
+    // Integrations::switchMode() darf das, hinter guardSecrets(). Bestätigen
+    // im Modal allein darf den Modus nicht bewegen.
+    expect(OperatingMode::current())->toBe(OperatingMode::Live);
+});
+
+// ---- Fix-Runde, Befund 1 (Important): keine Karte sagte, in welchen Platz
+// sie schreibt. save()/render() lösen ohne Modus-Argument gegen
+// OperatingMode::current() auf — funktional kein Problem, aber die Karte sah
+// in Test und Live identisch aus. Reine Darstellung (secret-field.blade.php
+// liest nur $mode, das Integrations::render() schon berechnet — kein neuer
+// Aufruf von source()/outline()/updatedAt()), deshalb genügt ein assertSee je
+// Modus statt eines erfundenen Verhaltens-Tests.
+it('names the slot a saved value would land in, on the card itself', function () {
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->role('Owner')->create();
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($owner, 'operator')
+        ->test(Integrations::class)
+        ->set('confirmablePassword', 'passwort-fuer-tests')
+        ->call('confirmPassword')
+        ->assertSee(__('secrets.slot.live'))
+        ->assertDontSee(__('secrets.slot.test'));
+
+    OperatingMode::set(OperatingMode::Test);
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($owner, 'operator')
+        ->test(Integrations::class)
+        ->set('confirmablePassword', 'passwort-fuer-tests')
+        ->call('confirmPassword')
+        ->assertSee(__('secrets.slot.test'))
+        ->assertDontSee(__('secrets.slot.live'));
+});