diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5233df4..bbdd7e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Module `git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin`, package `user`, plugin ID `gole
 
 The plugin is a compiled SummerCMS plugin. Its `init` registers it with the framework, so an application loads it by listing it in `summer.yaml`; `summer build` then emits the blank import above into the application's `plugins.gen.go`.
 
-It owns the `users` table extensions, `user_throttle`, `jwt_blacklist`, `user_api_tokens`, `golem15_user_oauth_identities`, `golem15_user_organisations`, `user_groups`, `users_groups`, `golem15_user_frontend_permissions`, `golem15_user_backend_links` and `golem15_user_backend_link_requests`, the JSON API under `/_user/api/v1`, and the Users, User Groups and Organisations screens of the admin. It is a core plugin shared by several applications, so its routes, payloads, table names, migration IDs, permission codes and config keys are a contract: change them only in a backwards-compatible way.
+It owns the `users` table extensions, `user_throttle`, `jwt_blacklist`, `user_api_tokens`, `golem15_user_oauth_identities`, `golem15_user_organisations`, `user_groups`, `users_groups`, `golem15_user_frontend_permissions`, `golem15_user_backend_links`, `golem15_user_backend_link_requests` and `golem15_user_device_auth_sessions`, the JSON API under `/_user/api/v1`, and the Users, User Groups and Organisations screens of the admin. It is a core plugin shared by several applications, so its routes, payloads, table names, migration IDs, permission codes and config keys are a contract: change them only in a backwards-compatible way.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ It owns the `users` table extensions, `user_throttle`, `jwt_blacklist`, `user_ap
 - **Password reset and change.** `POST /forgot-password` answers the same body for known and unknown addresses; `POST /reset-password` consumes a code from `IssueResetCode`. `POST /change-password` requires the current password. With `golem15.user.password.public_routes` false, `POST /login`, `POST /forgot-password` and `POST /reset-password` are not registered, so they answer the router's own 404 like any unknown path (any method, so no 405 shows they exist), while the `controllers` handlers stay exported.
 - **Must-change-password lock.** The `user:require-password-change` console command flags an account. The flag rides on the authenticated principal (`bouncer.Principal.MustChangePassword`) for guards and other plugins to act on, and a successful `POST /change-password` clears it.
 - **Login throttling.** Failed logins are counted per user and client address in `user_throttle` (`CheckAndRecordLogin`, `RejectIfThrottled`) and suspend the account for a configured time. The client address is `surf.ClientIP` with the framework's `http.trusted_proxies`, as for the `/register` IP limit and the `user-api` rate limit: behind a listed reverse proxy it is the `X-Forwarded-For` client, otherwise the connection address, and an `X-Forwarded-For` header from any other peer is ignored. A deployment behind a proxy lists the proxy's address in `http.trusted_proxies`; otherwise every visitor shares the proxy's counter.
+- **Device authorization.** A device without a keyboard (a TV, a desktop app) signs in by QR code or short code, PHP's flow with its paths and bodies. It calls `POST /devices/initiate` (no session; optional `device_name`, at most 255 characters) and gets `{"success":true,"data":{"token","short_code","auth_url","expires_at"}}`: a 64-character token, a short code `XXXX-XXXX` over `23456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ`, the page to show as a QR code (`golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url`, default `{frontend_url}/device/scan/{token}`) and the expiry (`golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes`, default 5). A signed-in user opens that page, or types the short code, and the site calls `POST /devices/authorize` with the user's session token and `short_code` (any case, hyphen optional) or `token`; there is no second-factor check, the user already passed it at sign-in. The device polls `GET /devices/status/{token}`: `pending`, then on the first poll after the authorization `{"success":true,"data":{"status":"confirmed","user_id",…,"message":"Device authorized - complete login","token":<session JWT>,"user":<payload>}}`, exactly once (one guarded `UPDATE` moves the session from `confirmed` to `used`, so of concurrent polls one gets the token), then `used`. A pending or confirmed session past its expiry answers PHP's flat `{"success":true,"status":"expired","message":"Authorization session has expired"}`; a used or revoked session never turns into expired. The statuses are `pending`, `confirmed`, `used`, `expired` and `revoked`. Only the SHA-256 of the device token is stored (column `token`, `golem15_user_device_auth_sessions`), with the jti of the session token the device received (`jwt_jti`). The hand-over fires the login event with source `device`. Each initiate deletes up to 500 pending or expired sessions that expired over an hour ago. The token travels in the status URL, so a reverse proxy that logs paths records it; it is one-time and lives `ttl_minutes`.
 - **Rate limiting.** Every route runs behind the `user-api` bucket: 120 requests a minute per authenticated user, or per client IP for anonymous calls.
 - **Profile.** `POST /update`, `POST /marketing-consent`, `POST /avatar` and `POST /avatar/remove` (the avatar is stored through the framework's attachment storage).
 - **Deactivation and bans.** Deactivation is self-service and reversible: a password login or a `golem15.sociallogin` sign-in restores a deactivated account and sends the reactivate mail, and an administrator can restore it too. It ends every earlier session JWT and personal API token of the user (`RevokeUserAccess` stamps `tokens_valid_after` and revokes the `user_api_tokens` rows), so the user signs in again and gets a fresh token, while the old API tokens stay revoked. A ban is the lock: password login, social sign-in and `POST /refresh` refuse a banned user, and banning revokes the user's sessions and API tokens. A banned user's account link answers no administrator (`LinkedBackendUser`). Neither unban nor restore revives a token. Activation gates login, deactivation does not: while `require_activation` is on, an account that is both deactivated and not activated is refused and stays deactivated, with no reactivate mail. Upgrade note: accounts deactivated or banned before this version keep their API tokens until they are deactivated or banned again (both actions are idempotent) or `RevokeUserAccess` runs for them.
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ All routes are mounted under `/_user/api/v1` with the `throttle:user-api` middle
 | `POST /backend-link/show` | `controllers.BackendLinkShowPost` |
 | `POST /backend-link/confirm` | `controllers.BackendLinkConfirm` (`jwt.auth`) |
 | `GET /token/me` | `controllers.TokenMe` (`user.api_token`, `user.scope:read`) |
+| `POST /devices/initiate` | `controllers.DeviceInitiate` |
+| `GET /devices/status/{token}` | `controllers.DeviceStatus` |
+| `POST /devices/authorize` | `controllers.DeviceAuthorize` (session token checked in the handler, 401 `{"error":"Unauthorized"}`) |
 
 `/fetch`, `/refresh`, `/update`, `/change-password`, `/activate`, `/marketing-consent`, `/avatar`, `/avatar/remove` and the `jwt.auth` routes read the session token from the bearer header, then the `token` and `auth_token` cookies.
 
@@ -209,6 +213,12 @@ Migrations added for the frontend account link, all additive:
 |----|------|
 | `202610220001_create_golem15_user_backend_links` | the tables `golem15_user_backend_links` (`user_id` unique, cascade FK to `users`; `backend_user_id` unique, cascade FK to `backend_users`; `linked_by` FK to `backend_users`, set null on delete; `created_at`) and `golem15_user_backend_link_requests` (`code_hash` `CHAR(64)` unique, `backend_user_id` cascade FK, `expires_at`, `used_at`, `created_at`). The `backend_users` keys are added when that table exists, which it does whenever the application migrates through `lagoon.Migrate`. |
 
+Migration added for device authorization, additive:
+
+| ID | Adds |
+|----|------|
+| `202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions` | the table `golem15_user_device_auth_sessions` with PHP's columns (`token` holding the SHA-256 hex of the device token, unique; `short_code` unique; `user_id` nullable, cascade FK to `users`; `status` checked against the five statuses; `expires_at`, `device_ip`, `device_user_agent`, `device_name`, `auth_ip`, `confirmed_at`, `used_at`, `session_id`, `last_activity_at`) plus `jwt_jti`, indexed on `user_id`, `status`, `expires_at` and `jwt_jti`; rollback drops it |
+
 Packages:
 
 - `controllers`: the route handlers above, `AdminControllers` (the admin controller list), `PermissionAccessUsers` and `PermissionAccessGroups`, plus the registration steps `POST /register` runs, for other plugins:
@@ -223,6 +233,7 @@ Packages:
   - `FinishLogin(ctx, app, db, user, ip)` runs the steps `POST /login` takes after authentication, for a caller that authenticated the user another way (a social sign-in): it restores a soft-deleted account and sends the reactivate mail, records `ip` as `last_ip_address` and touches `last_seen` (a failure there is only logged). It checks no password, throttle, activation or ban and fires no event; the caller does those checks, consults the login gates before it and fires the login event after it minted the token.
   - `CheckLoginGates(ctx, app, attempt)` consults the published `*classes.LoginGates` (none published allows the sign-in) and returns its answer: nil allows, a `*classes.LoginGateResult` replaces the token response, an error must fail the sign-in closed. A social-login plugin calls it before it issues a token.
   - `FireLoginEvent(ctx, app, user, source)` fires `classes.LoginEvent` and returns the listeners' error; call it after the token was minted and log the error.
+  - `DeviceInitiate`, `DeviceStatus` and `DeviceAuthorize`, the device authorization handlers (see Device authorization).
   - `RegistrationSettings(app)` returns `allow_registration`, `use_register_throttle`, `activate_mode` and `require_activation` with their defaults (`true`, `true`, `auto`, `true`), and `RegistrationsFromIP(ctx, db, ip)` counts the accounts created from an IP in the last 60 minutes (`/register` refuses at 3 with the throttle on).
   - `RefreshTTL(app)` is the refresh window, `golem15.user.jwt.refresh_ttl` minutes (default 20160), and `RemoteIP(r)` the host part of `r.RemoteAddr`, with no proxy handling (`/login` and `/register` use `surf.ClientIP` with `http.trusted_proxies`).
 - `classes`: `JWTSecret`, `GormUsers` (the `bouncer.UserProvider`), `LookupByEmail`, `UserPermissionGrants`, `UserGroupCodes`, `HasGroupCode`, `APITokenPrefix`, `MintAPIToken`, `MintAPITokenFor`, `HashAPIToken` and `RevokeAPIToken`, the member token scope catalog `APITokenScope`, `APITokenScopeCatalog` (`Scopes`, `Allowed`), `CompileAPITokenScopes`, `APITokenScopesFor` and the test seam `ResetDeclaredAPITokenScopes`, plus the activation/reset, throttle, mail locale and event helpers. `RegisterEvent` carries `User` and `Payload map[string]any`, a read-only copy of the register input without the password keys. For the admin and for other plugins it also has:
@@ -242,10 +253,11 @@ Packages:
   - `AccessRevokedEvent` / `AccessRevokedEventName` and `FireAccessRevoked(ctx, app, tx, userIDs, before, reason)` (see Access revocation).
   - `LoginAttempt`, `LoginGateResult`, `LoginGate` (`CheckLogin(ctx, attempt)`), `LoginGates` with `NewLoginGates()`, `Add(gate)` and `Check(ctx, attempt)`, the login-gate seam (see Login gates), and the sources `LoginSourcePassword`, `LoginSourceSocial`, `LoginSourcePasskey`, `LoginSourceTwoFactor` and `LoginSourceDevice`.
   - `LoginEvent` / `LoginEventName` (see Login event).
+  - `DeviceShortCodeAlphabet`, `NewDeviceToken()`, `NewDeviceShortCode()`, `NormalizeDeviceShortCode(s)`, `DeviceAuthTTL(app)`, `DeviceAuthURL(app, token)` and `DeviceDisplayName(stored, userAgent)`, the device authorization helpers; device tokens are hashed with `HashAPIToken`.
   - `TwoFactorAdmin` (`HasTwoFactor(ctx, tx, userID)`, `Reset(ctx, tx, user)`) and `PermissionResetTwoFactor`, the Reset 2FA slot (see Admin: Reset 2FA), and `(*AccessRevokedEvent).PasswordChanged()` (see Password-change hook).
   - `HandleGenerator`, `AssignHandle(ctx, db, user)`, `CreatedEvent` / `CreatedEventName`, `DeletingEvent` / `DeletingEventName`, `DeactivatingEvent` / `DeactivatingEventName`, `AuthorizeUser` and `RegisterUserAuthorizer`.
 - `middleware`: `APITokenGuard`, `Scope`, `Permission` and `BearerToken`.
-- `models`: `User`, `Throttle`, `Organisation`, `UserGroup`, `UsersGroup` (the `users_groups` pivot), `APIToken`, `OAuthIdentity`, `FrontendPermission`, `BackendLink`, `BackendLinkRequest` and `PermissionSet`. `PermissionSet` reads a stored permission column tolerantly (NULL, an empty string, `[]`, numeric strings) and writes a JSON object of integers; `ParsePermissionSet` and `PermissionSet.Text` do the same for a column that is a plain string on its model. `UserGroup.UsersCount` is filled only by a query that selects `users_count` (the admin list does). `Organisation.Members` is the relation behind the members manager, `Organisation.AttachRelations` declares its avatar (`OrganisationAvatarField`) and its logo (`OrganisationLogoField`), and `Slugify` is the slug rule. `User.FilterScope` answers the admin list scope `FilterByGroup`, and `User.AttachRelations` declares the avatar (`AvatarField`). `User.RegisterFillable` is the registration allow-list; `User.Fillable` is the wider mass-assignment backstop of the admin Users form (cabana intersects it with the form's fields) and of trusted application code.
+- `models`: `User`, `Throttle`, `Organisation`, `UserGroup`, `UsersGroup` (the `users_groups` pivot), `APIToken`, `OAuthIdentity`, `FrontendPermission`, `BackendLink`, `BackendLinkRequest`, `DeviceAuthSession` (with `DeviceStatusPending`, `DeviceStatusConfirmed`, `DeviceStatusUsed`, `DeviceStatusExpired` and `DeviceStatusRevoked`) and `PermissionSet`. `PermissionSet` reads a stored permission column tolerantly (NULL, an empty string, `[]`, numeric strings) and writes a JSON object of integers; `ParsePermissionSet` and `PermissionSet.Text` do the same for a column that is a plain string on its model. `UserGroup.UsersCount` is filled only by a query that selects `users_count` (the admin list does). `Organisation.Members` is the relation behind the members manager, `Organisation.AttachRelations` declares its avatar (`OrganisationAvatarField`) and its logo (`OrganisationLogoField`), and `Slugify` is the slug rule. `User.FilterScope` answers the admin list scope `FilterByGroup`, and `User.AttachRelations` declares the avatar (`AvatarField`). `User.RegisterFillable` is the registration allow-list; `User.Fillable` is the wider mass-assignment backstop of the admin Users form (cabana intersects it with the form's fields) and of trusted application code.
 - `updates`: the gormigrate migrations, returned by `updates.All()`.
 - `console`: `RequirePasswordChange`, `BackfillHandles` and `APITokenCommands`.
 
@@ -276,7 +288,9 @@ Defaults live in `config/config.yaml` and are merged under `golem15.user.*`. Any
 | `golem15.user.password.public_routes` | `true` | When `false`, `POST /login`, `POST /forgot-password` and `POST /reset-password` are not registered and answer 404 like any unknown path; `POST /register` (still gated by `allow_registration` and guarded by `golem15.user.turnstile`) and every other route stay. It is read when the routes are built, so a change needs a restart. It takes `true` or `false`, also as a string (`SUMMER_GOLEM15__USER__PASSWORD__PUBLIC_ROUTES=false`); an empty value means `true`; any other value fails boot. |
 | `golem15.user.api_tokens.prefix` | `usr_` | Prefix for newly minted and accepted shared API-token secrets. Override an existing application's legacy prefix without creating a plugin-specific token table. |
 | `golem15.user.privileged_groups` | `[admin]` | Codes of the privileged user groups. Membership of such a group, the group's code and its delete, and the email, password and permanent delete of its members need `golem15.users.manage_privileged_groups`. Read on every request. An empty list protects no group. |
-| `golem15.user.frontend_url` | `""` | The site the plugin's own links point to: the account link page is this URL + `backend_links.page_path` + `#code=<code>`. Empty falls back to `app.url`; a trailing slash is dropped. |
+| `golem15.user.frontend_url` | `""` | The site the plugin's own links point to: the account link page is this URL + `backend_links.page_path` + `#code=<code>`, and it fills `{frontend_url}` in `device_auth.auth_url`. Empty falls back to `app.url`; a trailing slash is dropped. |
+| `golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url` | `{frontend_url}/device/scan/{token}` | The `auth_url` a device shows as its QR code, where a signed-in user authorizes it. `{frontend_url}` is `golem15.user.frontend_url` (else `app.url`, no trailing slash) and `{token}` the device token. |
+| `golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes` | `5` | Minutes a device session can be authorized and handed over. |
 | `golem15.user.backend_links.page_path` | `/link-admin` | The site page that confirms an account link. A value without a leading `/` gets one. |
 | `golem15.user.backend_links.request_ttl` | `10m` | How long a link request an administrator starts on My account stays usable (a Go duration). A value that does not parse or is not positive fails boot. |
 | `golem15.user.turnstile` | `""` | Cloudflare Turnstile on `POST /login` and `POST /register` (only `/register` while `golem15.user.password.public_routes` is false). Empty adds nothing; `open` or `closed` appends the framework's `turnstile:open` or `turnstile:closed` middleware to those two routes only (summercms v0.3.0 and later; secret in `turnstile.secret`, token in the `turnstile_token` field). `open` lets requests pass when Cloudflare is unreachable, `closed` refuses them. Any other value fails boot. |
diff --git a/classes/device_auth.go b/classes/device_auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4380160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/device_auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package classes
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/backpack"
+)
+
+// DeviceShortCodeAlphabet is the alphabet of device short codes (PHP's
+// recovery-code alphabet: no 0, 1, I, L or O).
+const DeviceShortCodeAlphabet = "23456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+
+// defaultDeviceAuthURL is golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url when unset.
+const defaultDeviceAuthURL = "{frontend_url}/device/scan/{token}"
+
+// defaultDeviceAuthTTL is golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes when unset.
+const defaultDeviceAuthTTL = 5 * time.Minute
+
+// NewDeviceToken returns a fresh device token: 48 bytes from crypto/rand as
+// unpadded base64url, 64 characters. Store only its HashAPIToken.
+func NewDeviceToken() (string, error) {
+	var b [48]byte
+	if _, err := rand.Read(b[:]); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b[:]), nil
+}
+
+// NewDeviceShortCode returns a fresh short code XXXX-XXXX, eight characters
+// drawn uniformly from DeviceShortCodeAlphabet with crypto/rand (rejection
+// sampling, no modulo bias).
+func NewDeviceShortCode() (string, error) {
+	n := len(DeviceShortCodeAlphabet)
+	limit := 256 - 256%n // largest multiple of n that fits a byte
+	out := make([]byte, 0, 9)
+	var buf [16]byte
+	for len(out) < 9 {
+		if _, err := rand.Read(buf[:]); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		for _, c := range buf {
+			if int(c) >= limit {
+				continue
+			}
+			if len(out) == 4 {
+				out = append(out, '-')
+			}
+			out = append(out, DeviceShortCodeAlphabet[int(c)%n])
+			if len(out) == 9 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return string(out), nil
+}
+
+// NormalizeDeviceShortCode turns what a user typed into the stored form
+// XXXX-XXXX: upper case, spaces and hyphens removed, exactly eight
+// characters of DeviceShortCodeAlphabet. It reports false otherwise.
+func NormalizeDeviceShortCode(s string) (string, bool) {
+	s = strings.ToUpper(s)
+	s = strings.NewReplacer(" ", "", "-", "").Replace(s)
+	if len(s) != 8 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		if strings.IndexByte(DeviceShortCodeAlphabet, s[i]) < 0 {
+			return "", false
+		}
+	}
+	return s[:4] + "-" + s[4:], true
+}
+
+// DeviceAuthTTL is how long a device authorization session can be
+// authorized and handed over: golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes, default
+// 5.
+func DeviceAuthTTL(app *backpack.App) time.Duration {
+	if app != nil && app.Config != nil {
+		if mins := app.Config.Int("golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes"); mins > 0 {
+			return time.Duration(mins) * time.Minute
+		}
+	}
+	return defaultDeviceAuthTTL
+}
+
+// DeviceAuthURL is the auth_url a new device shows as its QR code: the
+// template golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url (default
+// {frontend_url}/device/scan/{token}) with {frontend_url} replaced by
+// FrontendURL (golem15.user.frontend_url, else app.url, no trailing slash)
+// and {token} by the device token.
+func DeviceAuthURL(app *backpack.App, token string) string {
+	tpl := ""
+	if app != nil && app.Config != nil {
+		tpl = strings.TrimSpace(app.Config.String("golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url"))
+	}
+	if tpl == "" {
+		tpl = defaultDeviceAuthURL
+	}
+	return strings.NewReplacer("{frontend_url}", FrontendURL(app), "{token}", token).Replace(tpl)
+}
+
+// DeviceDisplayName is the name a device list shows (PHP's device_name
+// accessor): the stored name, else a name parsed from the user agent
+// (iPhone, iPad, Android Device, Windows PC, Mac, Linux PC), else Unknown
+// Device.
+func DeviceDisplayName(stored *string, userAgent string) string {
+	if stored != nil && *stored != "" {
+		return *stored
+	}
+	switch {
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "iPhone"):
+		return "iPhone"
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "iPad"):
+		return "iPad"
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "Android"):
+		return "Android Device"
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "Windows"):
+		return "Windows PC"
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "Macintosh"):
+		return "Mac"
+	case strings.Contains(userAgent, "Linux"):
+		return "Linux PC"
+	}
+	return "Unknown Device"
+}
diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 020f447..f4bd72f 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@ privileged_groups:
 # v0.3.0 and later); its secret is turnstile.secret (SUMMER_TURNSTILE__SECRET).
 turnstile: ""
 # The site this plugin's links point to (the account link page,
-# <frontend_url><backend_links.page_path>#code=...). Empty falls back to
-# app.url.
+# <frontend_url><backend_links.page_path>#code=..., and the device
+# authorization page of device_auth.auth_url). Empty falls back to app.url.
 frontend_url: ""
+device_auth:
+  # The page a new device shows as its QR code, where a signed-in user
+  # authorizes it. {frontend_url} is frontend_url (else app.url, no trailing
+  # slash) and {token} the device token.
+  auth_url: "{frontend_url}/device/scan/{token}"
+  # Minutes a device session can be authorized and handed over.
+  ttl_minutes: 5
 backend_links:
   # How long a link request an administrator starts on My account stays
   # usable (a Go duration). The code is one-shot.
diff --git a/controllers/api_controller.go b/controllers/api_controller.go
index 1bc4a65..a40c8e1 100644
--- a/controllers/api_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/api_controller.go
@@ -1071,12 +1071,18 @@ func apiArray(ctx context.Context, app *backpack.App, user *models.User) (map[st
 }
 
 func mintFor(app *backpack.App, secret string, user *models.User, issuer string) (string, error) {
+	token, _, err := bouncer.Mint(secret, strconv.FormatUint(uint64(user.ID), 10), issuer, sessionTTL(app))
+	return token, err
+}
+
+// sessionTTL is the lifetime of a session JWT: golem15.user.jwt.ttl
+// minutes, default 60.
+func sessionTTL(app *backpack.App) time.Duration {
 	ttl := 60 * time.Minute
 	if app != nil && app.Config != nil && app.Config.Int("golem15.user.jwt.ttl") > 0 {
 		ttl = time.Duration(app.Config.Int("golem15.user.jwt.ttl")) * time.Minute
 	}
-	token, _, err := bouncer.Mint(secret, strconv.FormatUint(uint64(user.ID), 10), issuer, ttl)
-	return token, err
+	return ttl
 }
 
 // RefreshTTL is the refresh window of a session token:
diff --git a/controllers/devices.go b/controllers/devices.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2577b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/devices.go
@@ -0,0 +1,409 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin/classes"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin/models"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/backpack"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bouncer"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/surf"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/wire"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+// deviceTable is the device authorization session table.
+const deviceTable = "golem15_user_device_auth_sessions"
+
+// deviceInsertAttempts bounds the retries of an initiate whose fresh short
+// code (or token) collided with a stored one.
+const deviceInsertAttempts = 5
+
+// deviceCleanupBatch bounds the stale sessions one initiate deletes.
+const deviceCleanupBatch = 500
+
+// writeDeviceUnauthorized is the PHP device controller's 401 body, which
+// differs from the session routes' {"error":true,"message":"Unauthorized"}.
+func writeDeviceUnauthorized(w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, map[string]any{"error": "Unauthorized"})
+}
+
+// deviceCaller resolves the signed-in user of a device route that needs one
+// (authorize, list, revoke). It reads and checks the session token as the
+// plugin's jwt guard does (bearer header, then the session cookies; the
+// blacklist and tokens_valid_after apply) and also returns the token's jti.
+// Anything else answers PHP's 401 {"error":"Unauthorized"}.
+func deviceCaller(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, app *backpack.App, gdb *gorm.DB, secret string) (*models.User, string, bool) {
+	principal, err := sessionGuard(app, secret).Authenticate(r)
+	if err != nil || principal == nil || principal.ID == 0 {
+		writeDeviceUnauthorized(w)
+		return nil, "", false
+	}
+	var user models.User
+	if err := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Where("id = ?", principal.ID).Take(&user).Error; err != nil {
+		writeDeviceUnauthorized(w)
+		return nil, "", false
+	}
+	jti := ""
+	if raw := classes.SessionToken(r); raw != "" {
+		if _, _, _, id, err := bouncer.VerifyClaims(raw, secret); err == nil {
+			jti = id
+		}
+	}
+	return &user, jti, true
+}
+
+// deviceClientIP is the client address device rows record: surf.ClientIP
+// with http.trusted_proxies, as /login and /register use.
+func deviceClientIP(app *backpack.App, r *http.Request) string {
+	return surf.ClientIP(r, surf.TrustedProxies(appConfig(app)))
+}
+
+// DeviceInitiate is POST /devices/initiate, called without a session by the
+// device that wants to sign in. It stores a pending session (the SHA-256 of
+// a 64-character token, a short code XXXX-XXXX, expires_at now plus
+// golem15.user.device_auth.ttl_minutes, the device's address, user agent and
+// optional device_name of at most 255 characters) and answers
+// {"success":true,"data":{"token","short_code","auth_url","expires_at"}}.
+// Each call first deletes at most 500 pending or expired sessions that
+// expired more than an hour ago.
+func DeviceInitiate(app *backpack.App) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gdb, _, ok := sessionDeps(w, app)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		fields, err := readFields(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return
+		}
+		name := strField(fields, "device_name")
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(name) > 255 {
+			writeValidation(w, map[string][]string{"device_name": {"The device name may not be greater than 255 characters."}})
+			return
+		}
+		ctx := r.Context()
+		// Stale sessions go in bounded batches, so the unauthenticated route
+		// cannot grow the table without limit (a failure is only logged).
+		if err := gdb.WithContext(ctx).Exec(`DELETE FROM `+deviceTable+` WHERE id IN (
+	SELECT id FROM `+deviceTable+`
+	WHERE status IN ('pending', 'expired') AND expires_at < NOW() - INTERVAL '1 hour'
+	LIMIT ?)`, deviceCleanupBatch).Error; err != nil {
+			pluginLog.Warn("golem15.user: device session cleanup", "err", err)
+		}
+		ip := deviceClientIP(app, r)
+		ua := r.UserAgent()
+		expires := time.Now().Add(classes.DeviceAuthTTL(app)).Truncate(time.Second)
+		var (
+			token string
+			row   models.DeviceAuthSession
+		)
+		for attempt := 0; ; attempt++ {
+			token, err = classes.NewDeviceToken()
+			if err != nil {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+			code, err := classes.NewDeviceShortCode()
+			if err != nil {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+			row = models.DeviceAuthSession{
+				TokenHash: classes.HashAPIToken(token),
+				ShortCode: &code,
+				Status:    models.DeviceStatusPending,
+				ExpiresAt: &expires,
+			}
+			if ip != "" {
+				row.DeviceIP = &ip
+			}
+			if ua != "" {
+				row.DeviceUserAgent = &ua
+			}
+			if name != "" {
+				row.DeviceName = &name
+			}
+			err = gdb.WithContext(ctx).Create(&row).Error
+			if err == nil {
+				break
+			}
+			var pgErr *pgconn.PgError
+			if !errors.As(err, &pgErr) || pgErr.Code != "23505" || attempt+1 >= deviceInsertAttempts {
+				pluginLog.Error("golem15.user: store device session", "err", err)
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
+			"success": true,
+			"data": map[string]any{
+				"token":      token,
+				"short_code": *row.ShortCode,
+				"auth_url":   classes.DeviceAuthURL(app, token),
+				"expires_at": wire.Time{Time: expires},
+			},
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// DeviceStatus is GET /devices/status/{token}, polled by the waiting
+// device. It answers 404 {"error":"Session not found"} for an unknown token
+// and PHP's flat {"success":true,"status":"expired","message":…} for a
+// pending or confirmed session past expires_at (which it marks expired).
+// The first poll after a signed-in user authorized the session receives a
+// session token: {"success":true,"data":{"status":"confirmed","user_id",
+// "message":"Device authorized - complete login","token","user"}}. One
+// guarded confirmed-to-used UPDATE decides which poll that is, so of
+// concurrent polls exactly one gets the token; the others, and every later
+// poll, answer {"success":true,"data":{"status":"used"}}. Other statuses
+// answer {"success":true,"data":{"status":…}}.
+func DeviceStatus(app *backpack.App) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gdb, secret, ok := sessionDeps(w, app)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		row, found, err := deviceByToken(r, gdb, r.PathValue("token"))
+		if err != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return
+		}
+		if !found {
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusNotFound, map[string]any{"error": "Session not found"})
+			return
+		}
+		if row.Status == models.DeviceStatusConfirmed && row.UserID != nil && !row.ExpiredAt(time.Now()) {
+			if handOverDevice(w, r, app, gdb, secret, row) {
+				return
+			}
+			// Another poll won the hand-over or the session just expired:
+			// answer what the row says now, never a token.
+			row, found, err = deviceByID(r, gdb, row.ID)
+			if err != nil || !found {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		writeDeviceStatus(w, r, gdb, row)
+	}
+}
+
+// deviceByToken loads the session whose token hash matches token.
+func deviceByToken(r *http.Request, gdb *gorm.DB, token string) (models.DeviceAuthSession, bool, error) {
+	var row models.DeviceAuthSession
+	if token == "" {
+		return row, false, nil
+	}
+	res := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Where("token = ?", classes.HashAPIToken(token)).Limit(1).Find(&row)
+	return row, res.RowsAffected == 1, res.Error
+}
+
+func deviceByID(r *http.Request, gdb *gorm.DB, id uint) (models.DeviceAuthSession, bool, error) {
+	var row models.DeviceAuthSession
+	res := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Where("id = ?", id).Limit(1).Find(&row)
+	return row, res.RowsAffected == 1, res.Error
+}
+
+// writeDeviceStatus answers a status poll that hands over no token. A
+// pending or confirmed session past expires_at is marked expired (used and
+// revoked sessions never are); an expired session answers PHP's flat
+// expired body.
+func writeDeviceStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, gdb *gorm.DB, row models.DeviceAuthSession) {
+	expire := row.ExpiredAt(time.Now())
+	if expire || row.Status == models.DeviceStatusExpired {
+		if expire {
+			if err := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Exec(`UPDATE `+deviceTable+` SET status = 'expired', updated_at = NOW()
+	WHERE id = ? AND status IN ('pending', 'confirmed')`, row.ID).Error; err != nil {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
+			"success": true,
+			"status":  models.DeviceStatusExpired,
+			"message": "Authorization session has expired",
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"success": true, "data": map[string]any{"status": row.Status}})
+}
+
+// handOverDevice gives the confirmed session's user a session token for the
+// device (D-12a). It reports false, having written nothing, when another
+// poll already took the session or it expired meanwhile; the token it
+// minted is then dropped unsent.
+func handOverDevice(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, app *backpack.App, gdb *gorm.DB, secret string, row models.DeviceAuthSession) bool {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	var user models.User
+	res := gdb.WithContext(ctx).Where("id = ?", *row.UserID).Limit(1).Find(&user)
+	if res.Error != nil {
+		writeOpaque500(w)
+		return true
+	}
+	refused := res.RowsAffected == 0
+	if !refused {
+		banned, _, err := classes.ThrottleStates(classes.ContextWithThrottle(ctx, app), gdb.WithContext(ctx), []uint{user.ID})
+		if err != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return true
+		}
+		refused = banned[user.ID]
+	}
+	if refused {
+		// A deactivated, deleted or banned user signs no device in.
+		if err := gdb.WithContext(ctx).Exec(`UPDATE `+deviceTable+` SET status = 'revoked', updated_at = NOW()
+	WHERE id = ? AND status = 'confirmed'`, row.ID).Error; err != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	token, jti, err := mintWithJTI(app, secret, &user, requestURL(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		writeOpaque500(w)
+		return true
+	}
+	payload, err := apiArray(ctx, app, &user)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeOpaque500(w)
+		return true
+	}
+	res = gdb.WithContext(ctx).Exec(`UPDATE `+deviceTable+`
+	SET status = 'used', used_at = NOW(), last_activity_at = NOW(), jwt_jti = ?, updated_at = NOW()
+	WHERE id = ? AND status = 'confirmed' AND expires_at > NOW()`, jti, row.ID)
+	if res.Error != nil {
+		writeOpaque500(w)
+		return true
+	}
+	if res.RowsAffected != 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if err := FinishLogin(ctx, app, gdb, &user, deviceClientIP(app, r)); err != nil {
+		pluginLog.Warn("golem15.user: finish device login", "user_id", user.ID, "err", err)
+	}
+	if err := FireLoginEvent(ctx, app, &user, classes.LoginSourceDevice); err != nil {
+		pluginLog.Warn("golem15.user: login event listener", "user_id", user.ID, "err", err)
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
+		"success": true,
+		"data": map[string]any{
+			"status":  models.DeviceStatusConfirmed,
+			"user_id": user.ID,
+			"message": "Device authorized - complete login",
+			"token":   token,
+			"user":    payload,
+		},
+	})
+	return true
+}
+
+// DeviceAuthorize is POST /devices/authorize: a signed-in user (a valid,
+// not blacklisted session token; no second-factor check, D-12c) binds a
+// pending device session to themselves by its short_code (hyphens and
+// spaces optional, any case) or by its token (the QR code). A short_code of
+// other than 8 characters after removing hyphens answers 422 {"error":
+// "Please enter a valid 8-character code"}; an unknown, expired, used,
+// revoked or foreign session answers 400 {"error":"Invalid or expired
+// code"}; success, and repeating it for a session the caller already
+// confirmed, answers {"success":true,"message":"Device authorized
+// successfully"}. Without a session it answers 401 {"error":"Unauthorized"}.
+// The fields are read from the body only, never the query string.
+func DeviceAuthorize(app *backpack.App) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gdb, secret, ok := sessionDeps(w, app)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		user, _, ok := deviceCaller(w, r, app, gdb, secret)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		fields, err := readBodyFields(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return
+		}
+		invalid := func() {
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusBadRequest, map[string]any{"error": "Invalid or expired code"})
+		}
+		var (
+			row   models.DeviceAuthSession
+			found bool
+		)
+		if _, has := fields["short_code"]; has {
+			raw := strings.ReplaceAll(strField(fields, "short_code"), "-", "")
+			if len(raw) != 8 {
+				writeJSON(w, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, map[string]any{"error": "Please enter a valid 8-character code"})
+				return
+			}
+			code, valid := classes.NormalizeDeviceShortCode(raw)
+			if !valid {
+				invalid()
+				return
+			}
+			res := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Where("short_code = ?", code).Limit(1).Find(&row)
+			if res.Error != nil {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+			found = res.RowsAffected == 1
+		} else if _, has := fields["token"]; has {
+			row, found, err = deviceByToken(r, gdb, strField(fields, "token"))
+			if err != nil {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			invalid()
+			return
+		}
+		res := gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Exec(`UPDATE `+deviceTable+`
+	SET status = 'confirmed', user_id = ?, confirmed_at = NOW(), auth_ip = ?, updated_at = NOW()
+	WHERE id = ? AND status = 'pending' AND (user_id IS NULL OR user_id = ?) AND expires_at > NOW()`,
+			user.ID, nullableString(deviceClientIP(app, r)), row.ID, user.ID)
+		if res.Error != nil {
+			writeOpaque500(w)
+			return
+		}
+		if res.RowsAffected != 1 {
+			now, ok, err := deviceByID(r, gdb, row.ID)
+			if err != nil || !ok {
+				writeOpaque500(w)
+				return
+			}
+			again := now.Status == models.DeviceStatusConfirmed && now.UserID != nil && *now.UserID == user.ID && !now.ExpiredAt(time.Now())
+			if !again {
+				if now.ExpiredAt(time.Now()) {
+					_ = gdb.WithContext(r.Context()).Exec(`UPDATE `+deviceTable+` SET status = 'expired', updated_at = NOW()
+	WHERE id = ? AND status IN ('pending', 'confirmed')`, now.ID).Error
+				}
+				invalid()
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"success": true, "message": "Device authorized successfully"})
+	}
+}
+
+// nullableString is nil for "", else s.
+func nullableString(s string) any {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// mintWithJTI mints the session JWT as mintFor does and also returns its
+// jti, which device sessions store.
+func mintWithJTI(app *backpack.App, secret string, user *models.User, issuer string) (string, string, error) {
+	return bouncer.Mint(secret, strconv.FormatUint(uint64(user.ID), 10), issuer, sessionTTL(app))
+}
diff --git a/device_flow_smoke_test.go b/device_flow_smoke_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e82f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device_flow_smoke_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+package user
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin/classes"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin/controllers"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-user-plugin/models"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/backpack"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bouncer"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+var deviceShortCodeRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[2-9A-HJKMNP-Z]{4}-[2-9A-HJKMNP-Z]{4}$`)
+
+// TestDeviceCodesSmoke pins the device token, the short code, its
+// normalisation and the auth_url template. No database.
+func TestDeviceCodesSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for range 1000 {
+		tok, err := classes.NewDeviceToken()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if len(tok) != 64 || strings.Trim(tok, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_") != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("token %q is not 64 base64url characters", tok)
+		}
+		if seen[tok] {
+			t.Fatalf("token %q repeated", tok)
+		}
+		seen[tok] = true
+		code, err := classes.NewDeviceShortCode()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if !deviceShortCodeRE.MatchString(code) {
+			t.Fatalf("short code %q", code)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for in, want := range map[string]string{
+		"abcd-efgh":     "ABCD-EFGH",
+		"ABCDEFGH":      "ABCD-EFGH",
+		" ab cd ef gh ": "ABCD-EFGH",
+		"2345-6789":     "2345-6789",
+	} {
+		if got, ok := classes.NormalizeDeviceShortCode(in); !ok || got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("normalize %q = %q %v, want %q", in, got, ok, want)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, in := range []string{"ABCDEFG", "ABCDEFGHJ", "ABCDEFGO", "ABCDEFGI", "ABCDEFGL", "ABCDEFG0", "ABCDEFG1", ""} {
+		if got, ok := classes.NormalizeDeviceShortCode(in); ok {
+			t.Fatalf("normalize %q accepted as %q", in, got)
+		}
+	}
+
+	app := backpack.New(sessionConfig(t))
+	if got := classes.DeviceAuthURL(app, "tok"); got != "/device/scan/tok" {
+		t.Fatalf("auth_url without urls = %q", got)
+	}
+	if err := app.Config.Set("app.url", "https://api.example.test/"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := classes.DeviceAuthURL(app, "tok"); got != "https://api.example.test/device/scan/tok" {
+		t.Fatalf("auth_url from app.url = %q", got)
+	}
+	if err := app.Config.Set("golem15.user.frontend_url", "https://www.example.test/"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := classes.DeviceAuthURL(app, "tok"); got != "https://www.example.test/device/scan/tok" {
+		t.Fatalf("auth_url from frontend_url = %q", got)
+	}
+	if err := app.Config.Set("golem15.user.device_auth.auth_url", "{frontend_url}/link?device={token}"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := classes.DeviceAuthURL(app, "tok"); got != "https://www.example.test/link?device=tok" {
+		t.Fatalf("auth_url from a custom template = %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := classes.DeviceAuthTTL(app); got != 5*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("default ttl = %s", got)
+	}
+
+	tv := "Living room TV"
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		stored *string
+		ua     string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{&tv, "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone)", tv},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_0)", "iPhone"},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 17_0)", "iPad"},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14)", "Android Device"},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0)", "Windows PC"},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 14_0)", "Mac"},
+		{nil, "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)", "Linux PC"},
+		{nil, "curl/8.0", "Unknown Device"},
+	} {
+		if got := classes.DeviceDisplayName(c.stored, c.ua); got != c.want {
+			t.Fatalf("display name of %q = %q, want %q", c.ua, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// deviceCall runs one device handler with an optional bearer token and JSON
+// body; pathToken fills {token} or {id}.
+func deviceCall(t *testing.T, h http.HandlerFunc, method, path, bearerToken, body string, pathValues map[string]string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	t.Helper()
+	var req *http.Request
+	if body != "" {
+		req = httptest.NewRequest(method, path, strings.NewReader(body))
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	} else {
+		req = httptest.NewRequest(method, path, nil)
+	}
+	req.Host = "example.com"
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) SmokeTV")
+	if bearerToken != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+bearerToken)
+	}
+	for k, v := range pathValues {
+		req.SetPathValue(k, v)
+	}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h(rec, req)
+	return rec
+}
+
+type deviceInitiated struct {
+	Token     string `json:"token"`
+	ShortCode string `json:"short_code"`
+	AuthURL   string `json:"auth_url"`
+	ExpiresAt string `json:"expires_at"`
+}
+
+func initiateDevice(t *testing.T, app *backpack.App, name string) deviceInitiated {
+	t.Helper()
+	body := `{}`
+	if name != "" {
+		body = `{"device_name":"` + name + `"}`
+	}
+	rec := deviceCall(t, controllers.DeviceInitiate(app), http.MethodPost, "/_user/api/v1/devices/initiate", "", body, nil)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("initiate = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var out struct {
+		Success bool            `json:"success"`
+		Data    deviceInitiated `json:"data"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil || !out.Success {
+		t.Fatalf("initiate body %s: %v", rec.Body.String(), err)
+	}
+	return out.Data
+}
+
+func deviceStatus(t *testing.T, app *backpack.App, token string) (int, map[string]any) {
+	t.Helper()
+	rec := deviceCall(t, controllers.DeviceStatus(app), http.MethodGet, "/_user/api/v1/devices/status/"+token, "", "", map[string]string{"token": token})
+	var body map[string]any
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+	return rec.Code, body
+}
+
+func authorizeDevice(t *testing.T, app *backpack.App, bearerToken, body string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	t.Helper()
+	return deviceCall(t, controllers.DeviceAuthorize(app), http.MethodPost, "/_user/api/v1/devices/authorize", bearerToken, body, nil)
+}
+
+func deviceRow(t *testing.T, gdb *gorm.DB, token string) models.DeviceAuthSession {
+	t.Helper()
+	var row models.DeviceAuthSession
+	if err := gdb.Where("token = ?", classes.HashAPIToken(token)).Take(&row).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return row
+}
+
+func statusData(body map[string]any) map[string]any {
+	data, _ := body["data"].(map[string]any)
+	return data
+}
+
+// TestDeviceFlowSmoke drives initiate, authorize and the one-time hand-over
+// on Postgres.
+func TestDeviceFlowSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("Postgres (testcontainers)")
+	}
+	app, gdb := sessionApp(t, "0s")
+	email := "device-owner-" + strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UnixNano(), 10) + "@example.test"
+	session := loginToken(t, app, gdb, email)
+	var owner models.User
+	if err := gdb.Where("email = ?", email).Take(&owner).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	dev := initiateDevice(t, app, "Living room TV")
+	if len(dev.Token) != 64 || !deviceShortCodeRE.MatchString(dev.ShortCode) || !strings.Contains(dev.AuthURL, dev.Token) || !strings.HasSuffix(dev.ExpiresAt, "+00:00") {
+		t.Fatalf("initiate data = %+v", dev)
+	}
+	row := deviceRow(t, gdb, dev.Token)
+	if row.TokenHash != classes.HashAPIToken(dev.Token) || row.Status != models.DeviceStatusPending || row.UserID != nil ||
+		row.DeviceName == nil || *row.DeviceName != "Living room TV" || row.DeviceUserAgent == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stored row = %+v", row)
+	}
+	if code, body := deviceStatus(t, app, dev.Token); code != http.StatusOK || body["success"] != true || statusData(body)["status"] != "pending" {
+		t.Fatalf("pending status = %d %v", code, body)
+	}
+	if code, body := deviceStatus(t, app, strings.Repeat("z", 64)); code != http.StatusNotFound || body["error"] != "Session not found" {
+		t.Fatalf("unknown status = %d %v", code, body)
+	}
+
+	// Authorize needs a session, answering PHP's 401 body.
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, "", `{"short_code":"`+dev.ShortCode+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized || rec.Body.String() != `{"error":"Unauthorized"}` {
+		t.Fatalf("authorize without a session = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"short_code":"ABC"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity || rec.Body.String() != `{"error":"Please enter a valid 8-character code"}` {
+		t.Fatalf("short code of 3 = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	lower := strings.ToLower(dev.ShortCode)
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"short_code":"`+lower+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusOK || rec.Body.String() != `{"message":"Device authorized successfully","success":true}` {
+		t.Fatalf("authorize = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"short_code":"`+lower+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("authorizing again for the same user = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// The first poll after confirmation receives the token, once.
+	code, body := deviceStatus(t, app, dev.Token)
+	data := statusData(body)
+	if code != http.StatusOK || data["status"] != "confirmed" || data["message"] != "Device authorized - complete login" || data["user_id"] != float64(owner.ID) {
+		t.Fatalf("hand-over = %d %v", code, body)
+	}
+	jwtToken, _ := data["token"].(string)
+	sub, _, _, jti, err := bouncer.VerifyClaims(jwtToken, sessionSecret)
+	if err != nil || sub != strconv.FormatUint(uint64(owner.ID), 10) {
+		t.Fatalf("device token sub=%q err=%v", sub, err)
+	}
+	if user, _ := data["user"].(map[string]any); user["email"] != email {
+		t.Fatalf("hand-over user = %v", data["user"])
+	}
+	row = deviceRow(t, gdb, dev.Token)
+	if row.Status != models.DeviceStatusUsed || row.JWTJTI == nil || *row.JWTJTI != jti || row.UsedAt == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("row after hand-over = %+v", row)
+	}
+	if _, body := deviceStatus(t, app, dev.Token); statusData(body)["status"] != "used" || statusData(body)["token"] != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second poll = %v", body)
+	}
+	// The used session is past nothing: even past expires_at it stays used.
+	if err := gdb.Model(&models.DeviceAuthSession{}).Where("id = ?", row.ID).Update("expires_at", time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, body := deviceStatus(t, app, dev.Token); statusData(body)["status"] != "used" {
+		t.Fatalf("used session past expires_at = %v", body)
+	}
+	// A used session cannot be authorized again.
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"token":"`+dev.Token+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest || rec.Body.String() != `{"error":"Invalid or expired code"}` {
+		t.Fatalf("authorize a used session = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// Ten concurrent polls of a confirmed session yield exactly one token.
+	race := initiateDevice(t, app, "")
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"token":"`+race.Token+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("authorize by token = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var (
+		wg     sync.WaitGroup
+		mu     sync.Mutex
+		tokens int
+		used   int
+	)
+	for range 10 {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			_, body := deviceStatus(t, app, race.Token)
+			d := statusData(body)
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
+			if tok, _ := d["token"].(string); tok != "" {
+				tokens++
+			} else if d["status"] == "used" {
+				used++
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if tokens != 1 || used != 9 {
+		t.Fatalf("concurrent polls: %d tokens, %d used", tokens, used)
+	}
+
+	// A pending session past expires_at answers PHP's flat expired body.
+	stale := initiateDevice(t, app, "")
+	if err := gdb.Model(&models.DeviceAuthSession{}).Where("token = ?", classes.HashAPIToken(stale.Token)).Update("expires_at", time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if rec := authorizeDevice(t, app, session, `{"short_code":"`+stale.ShortCode+`"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("authorize an expired session = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	rec := deviceCall(t, controllers.DeviceStatus(app), http.MethodGet, "/_user/api/v1/devices/status/"+stale.Token, "", "", map[string]string{"token": stale.Token})
+	if rec.Body.String() != `{"message":"Authorization session has expired","status":"expired","success":true}` {
+		t.Fatalf("expired status = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if row := deviceRow(t, gdb, stale.Token); row.Status != models.DeviceStatusExpired {
+		t.Fatalf("expired row status = %s", row.Status)
+	}
+
+	// device_name is bounded.
+	long := strings.Repeat("n", 256)
+	if rec := deviceCall(t, controllers.DeviceInitiate(app), http.MethodPost, "/_user/api/v1/devices/initiate", "", `{"device_name":"`+long+`"}`, nil); rec.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity {
+		t.Fatalf("device_name of 256 = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/models/device_auth_session.go b/models/device_auth_session.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1377756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/device_auth_session.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package models
+
+import "time"
+
+// Device authorization session statuses, PHP's DeviceAuthSession constants.
+// pending becomes confirmed when a signed-in user authorizes the device,
+// confirmed becomes used on the device's first poll (which receives the
+// session token), used becomes revoked when the user revokes the device,
+// and pending or confirmed become expired once expires_at passes. used and
+// revoked never become expired.
+const (
+	DeviceStatusPending   = "pending"
+	DeviceStatusConfirmed = "confirmed"
+	DeviceStatusUsed      = "used"
+	DeviceStatusExpired   = "expired"
+	DeviceStatusRevoked   = "revoked"
+)
+
+// DeviceAuthSession is one QR or short-code device authorization
+// (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions). TokenHash is the SHA-256 hex of the
+// device token (column token, PHP's name); the token itself is never
+// stored. JWTJTI is the jti of the session token the device received,
+// followed through refresh.
+type DeviceAuthSession struct {
+	ID              uint       `gorm:"column:id;primaryKey"`
+	TokenHash       string     `gorm:"column:token" json:"-"`
+	ShortCode       *string    `gorm:"column:short_code" json:"-"`
+	UserID          *uint      `gorm:"column:user_id"`
+	Status          string     `gorm:"column:status"`
+	ExpiresAt       *time.Time `gorm:"column:expires_at"`
+	DeviceIP        *string    `gorm:"column:device_ip"`
+	DeviceUserAgent *string    `gorm:"column:device_user_agent"`
+	DeviceName      *string    `gorm:"column:device_name"`
+	AuthIP          *string    `gorm:"column:auth_ip"`
+	ConfirmedAt     *time.Time `gorm:"column:confirmed_at"`
+	UsedAt          *time.Time `gorm:"column:used_at"`
+	SessionID       *string    `gorm:"column:session_id"`
+	LastActivityAt  *time.Time `gorm:"column:last_activity_at"`
+	JWTJTI          *string    `gorm:"column:jwt_jti" json:"-"`
+	CreatedAt       time.Time  `gorm:"column:created_at"`
+	UpdatedAt       time.Time  `gorm:"column:updated_at"`
+}
+
+func (DeviceAuthSession) TableName() string { return "golem15_user_device_auth_sessions" }
+
+func (DeviceAuthSession) Fillable() []string {
+	return []string{
+		"token", "short_code", "user_id", "status", "expires_at", "device_ip",
+		"device_user_agent", "device_name", "auth_ip", "confirmed_at", "used_at",
+		"session_id", "last_activity_at", "jwt_jti",
+	}
+}
+
+func (DeviceAuthSession) Hidden() []string { return []string{"token", "short_code", "jwt_jti"} }
+
+// ExpiredAt reports whether a pending or confirmed session is past
+// expires_at at now. A used, revoked or expired session, and one without
+// expires_at, is never newly expired.
+func (s DeviceAuthSession) ExpiredAt(now time.Time) bool {
+	if s.Status != DeviceStatusPending && s.Status != DeviceStatusConfirmed {
+		return false
+	}
+	return s.ExpiresAt != nil && !s.ExpiresAt.After(now)
+}
+
+func init() { Register(DeviceAuthSession{}) }
diff --git a/password_routes_test.go b/password_routes_test.go
index c60c7dc..544ff49 100644
--- a/password_routes_test.go
+++ b/password_routes_test.go
@@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ func TestPasswordPublicRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// 18 routes up to v0.1.9, plus GET /backend-link/{code}, POST
 	// /backend-link/show and POST /backend-link/confirm (the account link),
-	// GET /token/me and GET /tokens/scopes.
-	if len(base) != 23 {
-		t.Fatalf("unset: %d routes, want 23", len(base))
+	// GET /token/me and GET /tokens/scopes, plus POST /devices/initiate,
+	// GET /devices/status/{token} and POST /devices/authorize (device
+	// authorization).
+	if len(base) != 26 {
+		t.Fatalf("unset: %d routes, want 26", len(base))
 	}
 	seen := 0
 	for _, route := range base {
@@ -111,8 +113,8 @@ func TestPasswordPublicRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unset: found %d of the password routes, want %d", seen, len(passwordRouteKeys))
 	}
 	off := withoutPasswordRoutes(base)
-	if len(off) != 20 {
-		t.Fatalf("base without the password routes has %d routes, want 20", len(off))
+	if len(off) != 23 {
+		t.Fatalf("base without the password routes has %d routes, want 23", len(off))
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range []struct {
diff --git a/routes.go b/routes.go
index c6076e9..2fcfc68 100644
--- a/routes.go
+++ b/routes.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func (p *Plugin) Routes(r pact.Router) error {
 		g.Post("/backend-link/show", controllers.BackendLinkShowPost(p.app))
 		g.Post("/backend-link/confirm", controllers.BackendLinkConfirm(p.app), "jwt.auth")
 		g.Get("/token/me", controllers.TokenMe(p.app), "user.api_token", "user.scope:read")
+		// Device authorization (QR and short code). The routes authenticate
+		// inside the handlers, as PHP's controller does.
+		g.Post("/devices/initiate", controllers.DeviceInitiate(p.app))
+		g.Get("/devices/status/{token}", controllers.DeviceStatus(p.app))
+		g.Post("/devices/authorize", controllers.DeviceAuthorize(p.app))
 	})
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/updates/202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions.go b/updates/202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..694d2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updates/202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package updates
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+// deviceAuthSessionMigrations create golem15_user_device_auth_sessions, the
+// QR and short-code device authorization sessions, with the PHP plugin's
+// table and column names (the v2.1.0 to v2.7.1 migrations: short_code, a
+// nullable user_id and expires_at). The token column holds the SHA-256 hex
+// of the 64-character device token, never the token itself; jwt_jti is
+// added: the jti of the session token the device received, so a revoke can
+// blacklist it. session_id is kept for a Winter import and stays NULL.
+var deviceAuthSessionMigrations = []*gormigrate.Migration{
+	{
+		ID: "202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions",
+		Migrate: func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+			return tx.Exec(`CREATE TABLE golem15_user_device_auth_sessions (
+	id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+	token VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+	short_code VARCHAR(9) NULL UNIQUE,
+	user_id INTEGER NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	status VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'pending'
+		CHECK (status IN ('pending', 'confirmed', 'used', 'expired', 'revoked')),
+	expires_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL,
+	device_ip VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+	device_user_agent TEXT NULL,
+	device_name VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+	auth_ip VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+	confirmed_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL,
+	used_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL,
+	session_id VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+	last_activity_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL,
+	jwt_jti VARCHAR(64) NULL,
+	created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+	updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+CREATE INDEX golem15_user_device_auth_sessions_user_id_index ON golem15_user_device_auth_sessions (user_id);
+CREATE INDEX golem15_user_device_auth_sessions_status_index ON golem15_user_device_auth_sessions (status);
+CREATE INDEX golem15_user_device_auth_sessions_expires_at_index ON golem15_user_device_auth_sessions (expires_at);
+CREATE INDEX golem15_user_device_auth_sessions_jwt_jti_index ON golem15_user_device_auth_sessions (jwt_jti)`).Error
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+			return tx.Exec("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS golem15_user_device_auth_sessions").Error
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func init() { Register(deviceAuthSessionMigrations...) }
diff --git a/updates/organisations_test.go b/updates/organisations_test.go
index 05bf4f4..8da4211 100644
--- a/updates/organisations_test.go
+++ b/updates/organisations_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func TestCreateOrganisationsMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		"202610160002_add_handle_to_users",
 		"202610210001_add_users_email_verified_at",
 		"202610220001_create_golem15_user_backend_links",
+		"202610260001_create_device_auth_sessions",
 	}
 	if len(ids) != len(want) {
 		t.Fatalf("history = %v", ids)
@@ -63,9 +64,10 @@ func TestCreateOrganisationsMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Backend links, email proof, handle, OAuth identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups,
-	// jwt blacklist, throttle, extend-users, then organisations.
-	for range 13 {
+	// Device auth sessions (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions), backend links, email proof, handle, OAuth
+	// identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, jwt blacklist, throttle, extend-users,
+	// then organisations.
+	for range 14 {
 		if err := m.RollbackLast(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/updates/user_groups_test.go b/updates/user_groups_test.go
index 856c80d..4d85989 100644
--- a/updates/user_groups_test.go
+++ b/updates/user_groups_test.go
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ func TestUserGroupsMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("users_groups primary key = %q", pk)
 	}
 
-	// Backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth identities, frontend permissions, last seen, API tokens, user permissions, then user groups.
-	for range 9 {
+	// Device auth sessions (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions), backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth
+	// identities, frontend permissions, last seen, API tokens, user permissions, then user groups.
+	for range 10 {
 		if err := m.RollbackLast(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/updates/user_session_test.go b/updates/user_session_test.go
index 9b6ed08..b6af55b 100644
--- a/updates/user_session_test.go
+++ b/updates/user_session_test.go
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ func TestExtendUsersMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	if !row.HasSelfSetPassword || row.IsActivated || row.MarketingConsent || row.IsOnboarded {
 		t.Fatalf("defaults = %+v", row)
 	}
-	// Backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups,
-	// jwt blacklist, throttle, then extend-users.
-	for range 12 {
+	// Device auth sessions (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions), backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth
+	// identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, jwt blacklist, throttle, then extend-users.
+	for range 13 {
 		if err := m.RollbackLast(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ func TestCreateUserThrottleMigration(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("missing column %s", col)
 		}
 	}
-	// Backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, jwt blacklist, then throttle.
-	for range 11 {
+	// Device auth sessions (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions), backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth
+	// identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, jwt blacklist, then throttle.
+	for range 12 {
 		if err := m.RollbackLast(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -120,8 +121,9 @@ func TestCreateJwtBlacklistMigration(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("missing column %s", col)
 		}
 	}
-	// Backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, then jwt blacklist.
-	for range 10 {
+	// Device auth sessions (golem15_user_device_auth_sessions), backend links, email verified at, handle, OAuth
+	// identities, the three admin migrations, API tokens, user groups, then jwt blacklist.
+	for range 11 {
 		if err := m.RollbackLast(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}