diff --git a/tests/test_dev_ai_proxy_gate.py b/tests/test_dev_ai_proxy_gate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fee40b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_dev_ai_proxy_gate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Code Infinity
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+"""The dev-admin routes outside /__dev take the /__dev gate.
+
+``POST /ai/api/chat`` forwards a prompt to the developer's AI gateway and
+returns the reply; ``/ai``, ``/vision``, ``/embed``, ``/image`` and ``/rag``
+report the configured service URLs. They are served by the dev admin but sit
+outside the ``/__dev`` prefix, so they must still pass the same Host,
+same-origin and loopback-peer checks.
+
+REAL dispatch through the ASGI front controller and a real stand-in gateway
+socket: the witness is whether the gateway is reached.
+"""
+import http.server
+import json
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+from test_dev_admin_conformance import _dispatch
+
+PROMPT = {"model": "m", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}], "stream": False}
+REPLY = "GATEWAY-REPLY-0f3a"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def gateway(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    hits = []
+
+    class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_POST(self):
+            self.rfile.read(int(self.headers.get("content-length") or 0))
+            hits.append(self.path)
+            body = json.dumps({"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": REPLY}, "done": True}).encode()
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            self.send_header("content-length", str(len(body)))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(body)
+
+        def log_message(self, *args):
+            pass
+
+    server = http.server.HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), Handler)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    for var in ("TINA4_MCP", "TINA4_MCP_REMOTE", "TINA4_MCP_TOKEN", "TINA4_API_KEY",
+                "TINA4_HOST", "TINA4_DEV_ALLOWED_PEERS"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TINA4_DEBUG", "true")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TINA4_AI_URL", f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.server_port}/api/chat")
+    yield hits
+    server.shutdown()
+    server.server_close()
+
+
+def test_a_non_loopback_peer_cannot_use_the_ai_proxy(gateway):
+    status, body, _ = _dispatch("POST", "/ai/api/chat", json=PROMPT, client=("203.0.113.9", 5555))
+    assert status == 403
+    assert REPLY.encode() not in body
+    assert gateway == []
+
+
+def test_a_cross_origin_page_cannot_use_the_ai_proxy(gateway):
+    for headers in ({"origin": "http://evil.example"}, {"sec-fetch-site": "cross-site"}):
+        status, body, _ = _dispatch("POST", "/ai/api/chat", json=PROMPT, headers=headers)
+        assert status == 403, headers
+        assert REPLY.encode() not in body
+    assert gateway == []
+
+
+def test_a_foreign_host_cannot_use_the_ai_proxy(gateway):
+    status, body, _ = _dispatch("POST", "/ai/api/chat", json=PROMPT,
+                                headers={"host": "rebind.evil.example:7145"})
+    assert status == 403
+    assert REPLY.encode() not in body
+    assert gateway == []
+
+
+def test_the_dashboard_can_use_the_ai_proxy(gateway):
+    status, body, _ = _dispatch("POST", "/ai/api/chat", json=PROMPT,
+                                headers={"sec-fetch-site": "same-origin"})
+    assert status == 200
+    assert REPLY.encode() in body
+    assert gateway == ["/api/chat"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("path", ["/ai", "/vision", "/embed", "/image", "/rag"])
+def test_service_probes_are_refused_to_a_non_loopback_peer(gateway, path):
+    status, body, _ = _dispatch("GET", path, client=("203.0.113.9", 5555))
+    assert status == 403
+    assert b"127.0.0.1" not in body and b"localhost" not in body
+    status, _, _ = _dispatch("GET", path)
+    assert status == 200
diff --git a/tina4_python/core/server.py b/tina4_python/core/server.py
index 4e8d6513..256e4dac 100644
--- a/tina4_python/core/server.py
+++ b/tina4_python/core/server.py
@@ -1657,9 +1657,10 @@ async def _handle_dev_admin(request: Request, response: Response) -> Response:
     from tina4_python.dev_admin import get_api_handlers, _dev_request_denial, split_view_html
     # ADR-0082: ONE gate for every /__dev request, reads and writes alike -
     # Host allow-list (DNS rebinding), same-origin (CSRF and cross-site reads)
-    # and loopback peer. Scoped to /__dev so the deliberately cross-origin
+    # and loopback peer. Scoped to /__dev and the dev-admin routes outside it
+    # (the AI proxy and service probes) so the deliberately cross-origin
     # /__feedback widget is unaffected.
-    if request.path.startswith("/__dev"):
+    if request.path.startswith("/__dev") or request.path in _DEV_EXTRA_PATHS:
         _denial = _dev_request_denial(request)
         if _denial is not None:
             response.status(_denial[0]).json({"ok": False, "error": _denial[1]})