diff --git a/bin/SHA256SUMS b/bin/SHA256SUMS
index 26fa81c..57483c0 100644
--- a/bin/SHA256SUMS
+++ b/bin/SHA256SUMS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 118e09f98944ac59593af603c04a1d5f0e7cafb6549b5a562300bc31d9c769da  control-api
 48c9b99fa88be751d9badfba8b7d80f894e326a743a90e85478f1d2251ce4ab6  validator-agent
 8877cf7c6d2bdd58faf70865be602b3db5f18508f4607c8942bc8899ce0fb1e6  prober
-8d18a72276cdb1a7c14c919c9243446f467bdf9aa99f26d856aa954546031731  admin-dashboard
+4c7cf560b4a7b87f8de0fcc5a4fe6200c45eadf5ae04b022d67c8a8e196f39cc  admin-dashboard
diff --git a/bin/admin-dashboard b/bin/admin-dashboard
index 67fd51c..3ba780c 100755
Binary files a/bin/admin-dashboard and b/bin/admin-dashboard differ
diff --git a/internal/dashboard/static/dashboard.css b/internal/dashboard/static/dashboard.css
index 520b097..a6ce8c5 100644
--- a/internal/dashboard/static/dashboard.css
+++ b/internal/dashboard/static/dashboard.css
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
    (IBM Plex Mono, already vendored) carries headings/nav/labels/table
    heads — an operations-console register — while --font-ui (Manrope)
    stays on body copy and form microcopy for readability at length.
-   Both a light and a dark palette are defined; the dark one activates
-   automatically from the OS/browser color-scheme (no in-app toggle). */
+   Both a light and a dark palette are defined. The bare :root (no
+   data-theme attribute) follows the OS/browser color-scheme; the sidebar
+   toggle (see layout.html) stamps documentElement with
+   data-theme="light"/"dark" to override that, storing the choice in
+   localStorage so it survives page navigation. */
 
 :root {
   --bg: #EEF1F5;
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@
 }
 
 @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
-  :root {
+  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) {
     --bg: #0A0D13;
     --surface: #10141C;
     --surface-alt: #161B25;
@@ -89,6 +92,37 @@
   }
 }
 
+/* Explicit dark choice (toggle) wins even when the OS/browser is light. */
+:root[data-theme="dark"] {
+  --bg: #0A0D13;
+  --surface: #10141C;
+  --surface-alt: #161B25;
+  --border: #262E3B;
+  --border-soft: #1D2430;
+  --text: #E7ECF5;
+  --text-muted: #8D97AC;
+  --text-faint: #626D82;
+
+  --accent: #5C8CFF;
+  --accent-strong: #82A6FF;
+  --accent-soft: #182140;
+  --accent-contrast: #071022;
+
+  --success: #3DDC8A; --success-soft: #10261C;
+  --warning: #F0B429; --warning-soft: #2B2210; --warning-border: #4A3B14;
+  --danger:  #FF6B5E; --danger-soft:  #2C1613; --danger-border:  #5A2620;
+  --info:    #5AC0FF; --info-soft:    #10222E;
+  --neutral: #A3ACBE; --neutral-soft: #1B212B;
+  --cancel:  #B79CFF; --cancel-soft:  #221B3A;
+
+  --overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, .55);
+
+  --shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
+  --shadow-md: 0 16px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
+
+  color-scheme: dark;
+}
+
 * { box-sizing: border-box; }
 
 html, body { height: 100%; }
@@ -177,8 +211,9 @@ nav.nav-groups { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1px; }
   font-family: var(--font-display);
   font-size: 11px;
   color: var(--text-muted);
-  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px;
+  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 7px;
 }
+.sidebar-foot-status { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 .pulse-dot {
   width: 6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 1px;
   background: var(--success);
@@ -186,6 +221,30 @@ nav.nav-groups { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1px; }
   flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
+.theme-toggle {
+  display: grid; place-items: center;
+  width: 22px; height: 22px; flex-shrink: 0;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-xs);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  background: var(--surface);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.theme-toggle:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent); }
+.theme-toggle:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
+.theme-toggle svg { width: 13px; height: 13px; }
+.theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: none; }
+/* Icon reflects the *effective* theme (OS default, unless the toggle has
+   stamped an explicit choice) — same three-state precedence as the color
+   tokens above. */
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) .theme-toggle .icon-sun { display: none; }
+  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) .theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: block; }
+}
+:root[data-theme="dark"] .theme-toggle .icon-sun { display: none; }
+:root[data-theme="dark"] .theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: block; }
+
 .main { padding: 22px 26px 60px; max-width: 1180px; }
 .topbar {
   display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between;
diff --git a/internal/dashboard/templates/layout.html b/internal/dashboard/templates/layout.html
index 94cd0dd..fd08793 100644
--- a/internal/dashboard/templates/layout.html
+++ b/internal/dashboard/templates/layout.html
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
 <title>Cloud IP Validator — Admin</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/vendor/fonts.css">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/dashboard.css">
+<script>
+// Apply a saved theme choice before first paint, so a page load never
+// flashes the OS-default theme before switching to the stored one. Runs
+// synchronously, after the stylesheet link above (browsers block a
+// same-document script on a preceding <link rel="stylesheet"> until it
+// loads), and before body markup starts rendering.
+(function () {
+  try {
+    var saved = localStorage.getItem('theme');
+    if (saved === 'light' || saved === 'dark') {
+      document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', saved);
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+})();
+</script>
 <script src="/static/vendor/htmx.min.js"></script>
 <script src="/static/vendor/alpine.min.js" defer></script>
 {{end}}
@@ -60,10 +75,27 @@
 </nav>
 
 <div class="sidebar-foot">
-<span class="pulse-dot"></span>
-control-api
+<span class="sidebar-foot-status"><span class="pulse-dot"></span>control-api</span>
+<button type="button" class="theme-toggle" id="themeToggle" aria-label="Переключить тему" title="Переключить тему">
+<svg class="icon-sun" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="4"/><path d="M12 2v2M12 20v2M4.9 4.9l1.4 1.4M17.7 17.7l1.4 1.4M2 12h2M20 12h2M4.9 19.1l1.4-1.4M17.7 6.3l1.4-1.4"/></svg>
+<svg class="icon-moon" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M21 12.8A9 9 0 1 1 11.2 3 7 7 0 0 0 21 12.8Z"/></svg>
+</button>
 </div>
 </aside>
+<script>
+(function () {
+  var btn = document.getElementById('themeToggle');
+  if (!btn) return;
+  function effectiveTheme() {
+    return getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).colorScheme.indexOf('dark') !== -1 ? 'dark' : 'light';
+  }
+  btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
+    var next = effectiveTheme() === 'dark' ? 'light' : 'dark';
+    document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', next);
+    try { localStorage.setItem('theme', next); } catch (e) {}
+  });
+})();
+</script>
 {{end}}
 
 {{define "topbar_mobile"}}