diff --git a/docs/content/2.module/1.utils-kit.md b/docs/content/2.module/1.utils-kit.md
index e18adf4476..0c67429780 100644
--- a/docs/content/2.module/1.utils-kit.md
+++ b/docs/content/2.module/1.utils-kit.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ import { onDevtoolsClientConnected } from '@nuxt/devtools-kit/iframe-client'
 onDevtoolsClientConnected(async (client) => {
   // client is NuxtDevtoolsIframeClient
 
-  const config = client.devtools.rpc.getServerConfig()
+  const components = await client.devtools.rpc.getComponents()
   // ...
 })
 ```
diff --git a/packages/devtools-kit/src/_types/rpc.ts b/packages/devtools-kit/src/_types/rpc.ts
index 988aab3217..d3cfafacc9 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-kit/src/_types/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-kit/src/_types/rpc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { GetWizardArgs, WizardActions } from './wizard'
 
 export interface ServerFunctions {
   // Static RPCs (can be provide on production build in the future)
-  getServerConfig: () => NuxtOptions
+  getServerConfig: (token: string) => Promise<NuxtOptions>
   getServerDebugContext: () => Promise<ServerDebugContext | undefined>
   getServerData: (token: string) => Promise<NuxtServerData>
   getServerRuntimeConfig: (token: string) => Promise<Record<string, any>>
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export interface ServerFunctions {
   runTerminalAction: (token: string, id: string, action: TerminalAction) => Promise<boolean>
 
   // Storage
-  getStorageMounts: () => Promise<StorageMounts>
-  getStorageKeys: (base?: string) => Promise<string[]>
+  getStorageMounts: (token: string) => Promise<StorageMounts>
+  getStorageKeys: (token: string, base?: string) => Promise<string[]>
   getStorageItem: (token: string, key: string) => Promise<StorageValue>
   setStorageItem: (token: string, key: string, value: StorageValue) => Promise<void>
   removeStorageItem: (token: string, key: string) => Promise<void>
diff --git a/packages/devtools/client/components/StorageDetails.vue b/packages/devtools/client/components/StorageDetails.vue
index d9972158ad..348570981d 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/client/components/StorageDetails.vue
+++ b/packages/devtools/client/components/StorageDetails.vue
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ const currentStorage = useSessionState<string>('storage:current', '')
 const currentItem = ref()
 const fileKey = useSessionState<string>('storage:file:state', '')
 
-const { data: storageMounts } = await useAsyncData('storageMounts', () => rpc.getStorageMounts())
+const { data: storageMounts } = await useAsyncData('storageMounts', async () => rpc.getStorageMounts(await ensureDevAuthToken()))
 const { data: storageKeys, refresh: refreshStorageKeys } = await useAsyncData('storageKeys', async () => {
   if (currentStorage.value)
-    return await rpc.getStorageKeys(currentStorage.value)
+    return await rpc.getStorageKeys(await ensureDevAuthToken(), currentStorage.value)
   return []
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/devtools/client/composables/dev-auth.ts b/packages/devtools/client/composables/dev-auth.ts
index 6bd2e6c93a..c9448ec553 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/client/composables/dev-auth.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/client/composables/dev-auth.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async function authConfirmAction() {
 
   const result = await Promise.race([
     AuthConfirm.start(),
-    until(devAuthToken.value).toBeTruthy(),
+    until(devAuthToken).toBeTruthy(),
   ])
 
   if (result === false) {
diff --git a/packages/devtools/client/composables/state.ts b/packages/devtools/client/composables/state.ts
index f44c4781ab..fd4ebd8541 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/client/composables/state.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/client/composables/state.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { objectPick } from '@antfu/utils'
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { useFetch } from '#app/composables/fetch'
 import { useClientRouter } from './client'
-import { ensureDevAuthToken } from './dev-auth'
+import { ensureDevAuthToken, isDevAuthed } from './dev-auth'
 import { rpc } from './rpc'
 import { useAsyncState } from './utils'
 
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export function useStaticAssets() {
 }
 
 export function useServerConfig() {
-  return useAsyncState('getServerConfig', () => rpc.getServerConfig())
+  // Refetch once authorized, e.g. after the initial prompt was dismissed.
+  return useAsyncState('getServerConfig', async () => rpc.getServerConfig(await ensureDevAuthToken()), { watch: [isDevAuthed] })
 }
 
 export function useServerDebugContext() {
diff --git a/packages/devtools/client/pages/modules/overview.vue b/packages/devtools/client/pages/modules/overview.vue
index c66ce622de..1d8dcad006 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/client/pages/modules/overview.vue
+++ b/packages/devtools/client/pages/modules/overview.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ function authorize() {
 
 <template>
   <NPanelGrids h-screen w-full flex>
-    <div v-if="!config">
+    <button v-if="!config && !isDevAuthed" title="Authorize" @click="authorize">
+      <NTip n="orange5" icon="i-carbon-locked" justify-center>
+        Project data requires authorization. Click to authorize this browser.
+      </NTip>
+    </button>
+    <div v-else-if="!config">
       Loading...
     </div>
     <div v-else flex="~ col gap2" ma h-full max-w-300 w-full p5 px5 md:px20>
diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/general.ts b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/general.ts
index 9fff7009e7..6b5a772e38 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/general.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/general.ts
@@ -86,20 +86,13 @@ export function setupGeneralRPC({
   })
 
   return {
-    getServerConfig(): NuxtOptions {
-      // This method is intentionally reachable without a dev auth token (the
-      // client reads it eagerly across many views), so strip the private
-      // `runtimeConfig` values — they can hold secrets — from the payload.
-      // The Runtime Config tab reads them separately via the token-gated
-      // `getServerRuntimeConfig`. `public`/`app` are non-secret and kept.
-      const { runtimeConfig, ...rest } = nuxt.options
-      return {
-        ...rest,
-        runtimeConfig: {
-          app: runtimeConfig?.app,
-          public: runtimeConfig?.public,
-        },
-      } as unknown as NuxtOptions
+    async getServerConfig(token: string): Promise<NuxtOptions> {
+      // Secrets live all over the resolved options (runtimeConfig and its
+      // `nitro` copy, `_layers[].config`, module options, storage drivers), so
+      // the whole object is gated rather than redacted.
+      await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
+      // `@nuxt/schema` and `nuxt/schema` resolve to copies with different module augmentations
+      return nuxt.options as unknown as NuxtOptions
     },
     async getServerDebugContext() {
       if (!nuxt._debug)
diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/server-data.ts b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/server-data.ts
index 57ecac6073..41b95d8a6e 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/server-data.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/server-data.ts
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ export function setupServerDataRPC({
   })
 
   return {
-    getServerConfig() {
-      return nuxt.options
-    },
     async getServerData(token: string) {
       await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
       return {
diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/storage.ts b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/storage.ts
index 52b0224e75..84ca1944a0 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/server-rpc/storage.ts
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ export function setupStorageRPC({
   })
 
   return {
-    async getStorageMounts() {
+    async getStorageMounts(token: string) {
+      // Mount options carry driver credentials (passwords, access keys).
+      await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
       return storageMounts
     },
-    async getStorageKeys(base?: string) {
+    async getStorageKeys(token: string, base?: string) {
+      await ensureDevAuthToken(token)
       if (!storage)
         return []
       try {
diff --git a/packages/devtools/test/server-rpc-private-data.test.ts b/packages/devtools/test/server-rpc-private-data.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be1c15e720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devtools/test/server-rpc-private-data.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { mkdtemp } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { runWithNuxtContext } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { createHooks } from 'hookable'
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { defaultOptions } from '../src/constant'
+import { getDevAuthToken } from '../src/dev-auth'
+import { setupRPC } from '../src/server-rpc'
+
+const SECRET = 'synthetic-secret'
+
+// Exercise the composed RPC table the HMR socket dispatches to, so a later
+// module re-registering a method without the token guard is caught.
+async function setupServer() {
+  const hooks = createHooks()
+  const rootDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'nuxt-devtools-test-'))
+  const nuxt = {
+    hooks,
+    hook: hooks.hook.bind(hooks),
+    callHook: hooks.callHook.bind(hooks),
+    options: {
+      rootDir,
+      srcDir: rootDir,
+      dir: { public: 'public' },
+      app: { baseURL: '/' },
+      runtimeConfig: { secret: SECRET, public: {} },
+      nitro: { runtimeConfig: { secret: SECRET } },
+      _layers: [{ config: { runtimeConfig: { secret: SECRET } } }],
+    },
+  } as any
+  const { rpc } = runWithNuxtContext(nuxt, () => setupRPC(nuxt, defaultOptions))
+  await nuxt.callHook('nitro:init', {
+    storage: {},
+    options: { storage: { db: { driver: 'redis', password: SECRET } }, devStorage: {} },
+  })
+  return { nuxt, functions: rpc.functions }
+}
+
+describe('private server data rpc', () => {
+  let server: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof setupServer>>
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    // sandbox where the dev auth token is persisted (see getHomeDir)
+    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'nuxt-devtools-home-'))
+    server = await setupServer()
+  })
+
+  it('getServerConfig rejects a missing or invalid token', async () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error simulating a tokenless client
+    await expect(server.functions.getServerConfig()).rejects.toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+    await expect(server.functions.getServerConfig('invalid')).rejects.toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+  })
+
+  it('getServerConfig returns the options with a valid token', async () => {
+    await expect(server.functions.getServerConfig(await getDevAuthToken())).resolves.toBe(server.nuxt.options)
+  })
+
+  it('getStorageMounts and getStorageKeys reject an invalid token', async () => {
+    await expect(server.functions.getStorageMounts('invalid')).rejects.toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+    await expect(server.functions.getStorageKeys('invalid', 'db')).rejects.toThrow(/invalid dev auth token/i)
+  })
+
+  it('getStorageMounts returns mounts with a valid token', async () => {
+    await expect(server.functions.getStorageMounts(await getDevAuthToken()))
+      .resolves
+      .toEqual({ db: { driver: 'redis', password: SECRET } })
+  })
+})