diff --git a/teslemetry_stream/stream.py b/teslemetry_stream/stream.py
index 4c05de4..8dbcdd0 100644
--- a/teslemetry_stream/stream.py
+++ b/teslemetry_stream/stream.py
@@ -377,18 +377,18 @@ async def __anext__(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
                     # A rejected token is a definitive answer, not a transient
                     # blip - retrying it can never succeed, and doing so masks
                     # a bad credential as an indefinitely quiet stream.
-                    LOGGER.error("Authentication failed, not retrying: %s", repr(error))
+                    LOGGER.error("Authentication failed, not retrying: %s", _describe(error))
                     self.active = False
                     self._connection_failed()
                     raise TeslemetryStreamAuthenticationError() from error
-                LOGGER.warning("Client error: %s", repr(error))
+                LOGGER.warning("Client error: %s", _describe(error))
                 self._connection_failed()
                 delay = min(2**self.retries, 600)
                 LOGGER.debug("Reconnecting in %s seconds", delay)
                 await asyncio.sleep(delay)
                 self.retries += 1
             except Exception as error:
-                LOGGER.error("Unexpected error: %s", repr(error))
+                LOGGER.error("Unexpected error: %s", _describe(error))
                 self._connection_failed()
                 LOGGER.debug("Reconnecting in %s seconds", 1)
                 await asyncio.sleep(1)
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ def _mark_connected(value: bool) -> None:
                         self._dispatch(event)
             except BaseException as error:
                 if not connected_once:
-                    LOGGER.warning("Listen task ended before its first connect: %r", error)
+                    LOGGER.warning(
+                        "Listen task ended before its first connect: %s", _describe(error)
+                    )
                 raise
             if not connected_once:
                 LOGGER.warning("Listen task ended before its first connect")
@@ -646,6 +648,20 @@ def _parse_created_at(created_at: str) -> int:
     return int(dt.timestamp()) * 1000 + dt.microsecond // 1000
 
 
+def _describe(error: BaseException) -> str:
+    """
+    Describe an exception for the log without its repr.
+
+    The repr of an aiohttp.ClientResponseError embeds its RequestInfo, including the
+    request headers - the Authorization header carries the access token. str() of the
+    aiohttp errors has the status, message and URL only.
+
+    :param error: The exception to describe.
+    :return: "<ExceptionType>: <message>".
+    """
+    return f"{type(error).__name__}: {error}"
+
+
 def _now() -> str:
     """Current time in the same format the stream sends `createdAt` in."""
     return datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")[:-3] + "Z"
diff --git a/tests/test_no_token_in_logs.py b/tests/test_no_token_in_logs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d58ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_no_token_in_logs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+"""Regression tests: the access token must never reach the log.
+
+aiohttp.ClientResponseError's repr embeds its RequestInfo, and with it the
+request headers - including "Authorization: Bearer <token>". Logging
+repr(error) on a stream error (e.g. a 5xx from the SSE endpoint) wrote the
+token into every Home Assistant log that shipped it anywhere. These tests
+fail any log record that contains the token, on the retry path (5xx), the
+auth-failure path (401) and the listen-task path, and check _describe itself.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+import aiohttp
+from multidict import CIMultiDict, CIMultiDictProxy
+from yarl import URL
+
+from teslemetry_stream.exception import TeslemetryStreamAuthenticationError
+from teslemetry_stream.stream import LOGGER, TeslemetryStream, _describe
+
+TOKEN = "s3cr3t-access-token-value"
+REQUEST_INFO = aiohttp.RequestInfo(
+    url=URL("https://fake.teslemetry.com/sse"),
+    method="GET",
+    headers=CIMultiDictProxy(CIMultiDict({"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}"})),
+    real_url=URL("https://fake.teslemetry.com/sse"),
+)
+
+
+class FakeContent:
+    """Async-iterable response body that blocks until failed or cancelled."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._blocker: asyncio.Future[None] = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+
+    def __aiter__(self) -> FakeContent:
+        return self
+
+    async def __anext__(self) -> bytes:
+        await self._blocker
+        raise AssertionError("unreachable - blocker only resolves via an exception")
+
+    def fail(self, exc: BaseException) -> None:
+        if not self._blocker.done():
+            self._blocker.set_exception(exc)
+
+
+class FakeResponse:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.url = "https://fake.teslemetry.com/sse"
+        self.status = 200
+        self.content = FakeContent()
+        self.closed = False
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self.closed = True
+
+
+class FakeSession:
+    """Each `get()` raises or returns the next queued result."""
+
+    def __init__(self, get_results: list[Any]) -> None:
+        self.calls = 0
+        self._get_results = list(get_results)
+        self.responses: list[FakeResponse] = []
+
+    async def get(self, url: str, **kwargs: Any) -> FakeResponse:
+        self.calls += 1
+        result = self._get_results.pop(0)
+        if isinstance(result, BaseException):
+            raise result
+        self.responses.append(result)
+        return result
+
+
+def make_stream(session: FakeSession) -> TeslemetryStream:
+    return TeslemetryStream(
+        session=session,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        access_token=TOKEN,
+        server="api.teslemetry.com",
+        manual=True,
+    )
+
+
+def response_error(status: int, message: str) -> aiohttp.ClientResponseError:
+    return aiohttp.ClientResponseError(
+        request_info=REQUEST_INFO, history=(), status=status, message=message
+    )
+
+
+def check(label: str, ok: bool, detail: str = "") -> bool:
+    print(f"{label:<72} {'PASS' if ok else 'FAIL'}{'  ' + detail if detail else ''}")
+    return ok
+
+
+def leaked(records: list[logging.LogRecord]) -> list[str]:
+    return [r.getMessage() for r in records if TOKEN in r.getMessage()]
+
+
+async def drain_cancelled(task: asyncio.Task[Any]) -> None:
+    with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+        await task
+
+
+async def test_fixture_would_leak_through_repr(results: list[bool]) -> None:
+    """Guard: the fixture really carries the token in its repr, so the
+    other tests would catch a regression back to repr(error)."""
+    results.append(
+        check(
+            "repr(ClientResponseError) contains the token",
+            TOKEN in repr(response_error(500, "x")),
+        )
+    )
+
+
+async def test_describe_omits_headers(results: list[bool]) -> None:
+    described = _describe(response_error(400, "Bad Request"))
+    results.append(check("_describe omits the token", TOKEN not in described, described))
+    results.append(
+        check(
+            "_describe keeps the type, status and message",
+            described.startswith("ClientResponseError: 400")
+            and "Bad Request" in described,
+            described,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+async def test_server_error_does_not_log_token(results: list[bool]) -> None:
+    session = FakeSession([FakeResponse(), FakeResponse()])
+    stream = make_stream(session)
+
+    with CaptureLogs() as records:
+        task = asyncio.create_task(stream.listen())
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        session.responses[0].content.fail(response_error(502, "Bad Gateway"))
+        # retries starts at 0, so the first backoff delay is 2**0 == 1 second.
+        await asyncio.sleep(1.2)
+
+    warnings = [r for r in records if "Client error" in r.getMessage()]
+    results.append(
+        check("a 502 logs a Client error warning", len(warnings) == 1, f"got {warnings}")
+    )
+    results.append(
+        check(
+            "the warning keeps the status and message",
+            bool(warnings) and "502" in warnings[0].getMessage()
+            and "Bad Gateway" in warnings[0].getMessage(),
+        )
+    )
+    results.append(check("no log record contains the token (502)", not leaked(records)))
+
+    stream.close()
+    await drain_cancelled(task)
+
+
+async def test_auth_failure_does_not_log_token(results: list[bool]) -> None:
+    session = FakeSession([response_error(401, "Unauthorized")])
+    stream = make_stream(session)
+
+    with CaptureLogs() as records, contextlib.suppress(TeslemetryStreamAuthenticationError):
+        await stream.listen()
+
+    auth_logs = [r.getMessage() for r in records if "Authentication failed" in r.getMessage()]
+    results.append(check("a 401 logs the authentication failure", len(auth_logs) == 1))
+    results.append(
+        check(
+            "the authentication log keeps the status and message",
+            bool(auth_logs) and "401" in auth_logs[0] and "Unauthorized" in auth_logs[0],
+            f"got {auth_logs}",
+        )
+    )
+    results.append(check("no log record contains the token (401)", not leaked(records)))
+
+
+async def test_listen_ended_before_connect_does_not_log_token(results: list[bool]) -> None:
+    """A connection listener that raises while the first connect is failing
+    ends the listen task, which logs the escaping error."""
+    session = FakeSession([response_error(502, "Bad Gateway")])
+    stream = make_stream(session)
+
+    def failing_listener(connected: bool) -> None:
+        raise response_error(500, "listener failed")
+
+    stream.async_add_connection_listener(failing_listener)
+
+    with CaptureLogs() as records, contextlib.suppress(aiohttp.ClientResponseError):
+        await stream.listen()
+
+    ended = [r.getMessage() for r in records if "ended before its first connect" in r.getMessage()]
+    results.append(
+        check("the listen task logs ending before its first connect", len(ended) == 1)
+    )
+    results.append(
+        check("no log record contains the token (listen task)", not leaked(records))
+    )
+    stream.close()
+
+
+class CaptureLogs:
+    """Minimal stand-in for pytest's caplog fixture, scoped to LOGGER."""
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> list[logging.LogRecord]:
+        self._records: list[logging.LogRecord] = []
+        self._handler = _ListHandler(self._records)
+        self._prev_level = LOGGER.level
+        LOGGER.addHandler(self._handler)
+        LOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        return self._records
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc_info: Any) -> None:
+        LOGGER.removeHandler(self._handler)
+        LOGGER.setLevel(self._prev_level)
+
+
+class _ListHandler(logging.Handler):
+    def __init__(self, records: list[logging.LogRecord]) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._records = records
+
+    def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> None:
+        self._records.append(record)
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    results: list[bool] = []
+    await test_fixture_would_leak_through_repr(results)
+    await test_describe_omits_headers(results)
+    await test_server_error_does_not_log_token(results)
+    await test_auth_failure_does_not_log_token(results)
+    await test_listen_ended_before_connect_does_not_log_token(results)
+
+    print("-" * 72)
+    print("ALL PASS" if all(results) else "FAILURES PRESENT")
+    if not all(results):
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())