diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.cs
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+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.Auth.AspNetCore;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server.Configuration;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server.Dashboard;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Authentication handler used ONLY when <c>MxGateway:Dashboard:DisableLogin</c> is true.
+/// Registered under the dashboard cookie scheme name
+/// (<see cref="DashboardAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme"/>), it authenticates
+/// EVERY request as the configured dev user with both dashboard roles — no credential check,
+/// no cookie, no LDAP bind. The minted principal mirrors the shape the real login
+/// (<see cref="DashboardAuthenticator"/>) produces, so policies and the UI cannot tell it
+/// apart. DEV/TEST ONLY; never enable in production.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler
+    : AuthenticationHandler<AuthenticationSchemeOptions>, IAuthenticationSignInHandler
+{
+    /// <summary>Username used when <c>AutoLoginUser</c> is null or blank.</summary>
+    public const string DefaultUser = "multi-role";
+
+    private readonly string _user;
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes the handler with scheme plumbing and the dashboard options.</summary>
+    /// <param name="options">The per-scheme authentication options monitor.</param>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger factory the base handler uses.</param>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The URL encoder the base handler uses.</param>
+    /// <param name="gatewayOptions">Gateway options carrying the dashboard auto-login user.</param>
+    public DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler(
+        IOptionsMonitor<AuthenticationSchemeOptions> options,
+        ILoggerFactory logger,
+        UrlEncoder encoder,
+        IOptions<GatewayOptions> gatewayOptions)
+        : base(options, logger, encoder)
+        => _user = gatewayOptions.Value.Dashboard.AutoLoginUser ?? DefaultUser;
+
+    /// <summary>No-op: auto-login writes no cookie, so a sign-in has nothing to persist.</summary>
+    /// <param name="user">Ignored.</param>
+    /// <param name="properties">Ignored.</param>
+    /// <returns>A completed task.</returns>
+    public Task SignInAsync(ClaimsPrincipal user, AuthenticationProperties? properties) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    /// <summary>No-op: there is no auth cookie to clear; the next request re-authenticates.</summary>
+    /// <param name="properties">Ignored.</param>
+    /// <returns>A completed task.</returns>
+    public Task SignOutAsync(AuthenticationProperties? properties) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
+    {
+        ClaimsPrincipal principal = CreatePrincipal(_user);
+        AuthenticationTicket ticket = new(principal, Scheme.Name);
+
+        return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Builds the multi-role dev principal. Null/blank <paramref name="user"/> falls back to
+    /// <see cref="DefaultUser"/>. Claim shape mirrors <see cref="DashboardAuthenticator"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="user">The configured auto-login username (may be null/blank).</param>
+    /// <returns>An authenticated principal holding both dashboard roles.</returns>
+    internal static ClaimsPrincipal CreatePrincipal(string? user)
+    {
+        string name = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(user) ? DefaultUser : user.Trim();
+
+        Claim[] claims =
+        [
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, name),
+            new Claim(ZbClaimTypes.Username, name),
+            new Claim(ZbClaimTypes.Name, name),
+            new Claim(ZbClaimTypes.DisplayName, name),
+            new Claim(ZbClaimTypes.Role, DashboardRoles.Admin),
+            new Claim(ZbClaimTypes.Role, DashboardRoles.Viewer),
+        ];
+
+        ClaimsIdentity identity = new(
+            claims,
+            DashboardAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme,
+            ZbClaimTypes.Name,
+            ZbClaimTypes.Role);
+
+        return new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandlerTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandlerTests.cs
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+using System.Security.Claims;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server.Dashboard;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests.Gateway.Dashboard;
+
+public sealed class DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandlerTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void CreatePrincipal_MintsAuthenticatedMultiRoleUser()
+    {
+        ClaimsPrincipal principal = DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.CreatePrincipal("multi-role");
+
+        Assert.True(principal.Identity!.IsAuthenticated);
+        Assert.Equal("multi-role", principal.Identity!.Name);
+        Assert.True(principal.IsInRole(DashboardRoles.Admin));
+        Assert.True(principal.IsInRole(DashboardRoles.Viewer));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("   ")]
+    public void CreatePrincipal_BlankUser_FallsBackToDefault(string? user)
+    {
+        ClaimsPrincipal principal = DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.CreatePrincipal(user);
+
+        Assert.Equal(DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.DefaultUser, principal.Identity!.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CreatePrincipal_TrimsUser()
+    {
+        ClaimsPrincipal principal = DashboardAutoLoginAuthenticationHandler.CreatePrincipal("  multi-role  ");
+
+        Assert.Equal("multi-role", principal.Identity!.Name);
+    }
+}