diff --git a/migrations/db/20261001110000_site-command_strip_backup_metadata_credentials.php b/migrations/db/20261001110000_site-command_strip_backup_metadata_credentials.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb46ba9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/db/20261001110000_site-command_strip_backup_metadata_credentials.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace EE\Migration;
+
+use EE;
+
+/**
+ * Removes the site credentials that older backups wrote to the local copies of their metadata.
+ *
+ * Remote copies are not changed; restore no longer reads credentials from metadata, so old backups still restore.
+ */
+class StripBackupMetadataCredentials extends Base {
+
+	const SECRET_KEYS = [ 'db_password', 'db_root_password', 'app_admin_password', 'site_auth_password' ];
+
+	public function up() {
+
+		if ( ! is_dir( EE_BACKUP_DIR ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$files = array_merge(
+			glob( EE_BACKUP_DIR . '/*.metadata.json' ) ?: [],
+			glob( EE_BACKUP_DIR . '/*/metadata.json' ) ?: []
+		);
+
+		foreach ( $files as $file ) {
+			if ( is_link( $file ) || ! is_file( $file ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$data = json_decode( (string) file_get_contents( $file ), true );
+			if ( ! is_array( $data ) || ! array_intersect_key( $data, array_flip( self::SECRET_KEYS ) ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			foreach ( self::SECRET_KEYS as $key ) {
+				unset( $data[ $key ] );
+			}
+
+			// A half-written file would make restore refuse the backup, so it is replaced only when complete.
+			$tmp = $file . '.ee-tmp';
+			$json = json_encode( $data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT );
+			if ( false === $json || strlen( $json ) !== file_put_contents( $tmp, $json ) || ! chmod( $tmp, fileperms( $file ) & 0777 ) || ! rename( $tmp, $file ) ) {
+				@unlink( $tmp );
+				EE::warning( "Could not remove the credentials from $file." );
+				continue;
+			}
+			EE::debug( "Removed the credentials from $file." );
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Removed credentials are not restored.
+	 */
+	public function down() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/helper/Site_Backup_Restore.php b/src/helper/Site_Backup_Restore.php
index 72edb597..d2620cc4 100644
--- a/src/helper/Site_Backup_Restore.php
+++ b/src/helper/Site_Backup_Restore.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Site_Backup_Restore {
 	const RCLONE_MIN_VERSION_MT_WRITE_BUFFER = '1.63.0'; // --multi-thread-write-buffer-size (rclone v1.63.0)
 	const RCLONE_MIN_VERSION_MT_CHUNK_SIZE   = '1.64.0'; // --multi-thread-chunk-size (rclone v1.64.0)
 
+	const METADATA_SECRET_KEYS = [ 'db_password', 'db_root_password', 'app_admin_password', 'site_auth_password' ];
+
 	private $fs;
 	public $site_data;
 	private $rclone_config_path;
@@ -80,9 +82,6 @@ public function backup( $args, $assoc_args = [] ) {
 
 		// Handle --dash-auth flag for EasyDash integration
 		if ( $dash_auth ) {
-			// Debug: Log the raw dash_auth value received
-			EE::debug( 'Received --dash-auth value: ' . $dash_auth );
-
 			// Parse backup-id:backup-verification-token format
 			$auth_parts = explode( ':', $dash_auth, 2 );
 			if ( count( $auth_parts ) !== 2 || empty( $auth_parts[0] ) || empty( $auth_parts[1] ) ) {
@@ -101,10 +100,13 @@ public function backup( $args, $assoc_args = [] ) {
 			$this->dash_backup_id    = $auth_parts[0];
 			$this->dash_verify_token = $auth_parts[1];
 			$this->dash_api_url      = $ed_api_url;
+			// The token also goes into the logged callback payloads.
+			if ( method_exists( 'EE', 'obfuscate' ) ) {
+				EE::obfuscate( [ $dash_auth, $this->dash_verify_token ] );
+			}
 
 			// Debug: Log parsed values
 			EE::debug( 'Parsed backup_id: ' . $this->dash_backup_id );
-			EE::debug( 'Parsed verify_token: ' . $this->dash_verify_token );
 			EE::debug( 'API URL: ' . $this->dash_api_url );
 
 			// Register shutdown handler to send failure callback if backup doesn't complete
@@ -434,6 +436,10 @@ function ( $theme ) {
 		$remote_path                = $this->get_remote_path();
 		$backup_data['remote_path'] = explode( ':', $remote_path )[1];
 		$backup_data                = array_merge( $this->site_data, $backup_data );
+		// Credentials stay out of the backup: restore uses the current site's, and the metadata is also kept unencrypted on the remote and in EE_BACKUP_DIR.
+		foreach ( self::METADATA_SECRET_KEYS as $key ) {
+			unset( $backup_data[ $key ] );
+		}
 
 		$backup_data_file = $backup_dir . '/metadata.json';
 		$metadata_copy    = EE_BACKUP_DIR . '/' . $this->site_data['site_url'] . '.metadata.json';
@@ -1704,7 +1710,6 @@ private function send_dash_success_callback( $ed_api_url, $backup_id, $verify_to
 
 		// Debug: Log the values being used for callback
 		EE::debug( 'Sending success callback with backup_id: ' . $backup_id );
-		EE::debug( 'Sending success callback with verify_token: ' . $verify_token );
 
 		// Build metadata for the API call - always include all fields
 		$metadata = [
@@ -1727,7 +1732,7 @@ private function send_dash_success_callback( $ed_api_url, $backup_id, $verify_to
 			'metadata' => $metadata,
 		];
 
-		EE::debug( 'Payload being sent: ' . json_encode( $payload ) );
+		EE::debug( 'Payload being sent: ' . json_encode( array_merge( $payload, [ 'verify' => '******' ] ) ) );
 
 		return $this->send_dash_request( $endpoint, $payload );
 	}