diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.test.ts
index 312b274..d4d0031 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { useUserStore } from '@/stores/user';
 import { apiClient, HttpError } from './api-client';
 
 function setNavigatorOnline(value: boolean): void {
@@ -103,4 +104,52 @@ describe('apiClient error handling', () => {
     await expect(request).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
     expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/queued-write', expect.objectContaining({ method: 'POST' }));
   });
+
+  it('injects Authorization Bearer from the admin session token', async () => {
+    useUserStore.getState().setAdminSession({
+      username: 'admin',
+      accessToken: 'jwt-token',
+      tokenType: 'bearer',
+      expiresIn: 3600,
+    });
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      }),
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+
+    await expect(apiClient.get('/admin/orders', z.object({ ok: z.boolean() }))).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const calls = fetchMock.mock.calls as Array<[string, RequestInit]>;
+    expect(calls[0][0]).toBe('/api/admin/orders');
+    const headers = calls[0][1].headers as Record<string, string>;
+    expect(headers.Authorization).toBe('Bearer jwt-token');
+  });
+
+  it('does not inject Authorization after the admin token has expired', async () => {
+    useUserStore.getState().setAdminSession({
+      username: 'admin',
+      accessToken: 'expired-token',
+      tokenType: 'bearer',
+      expiresIn: -1,
+    });
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      }),
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+
+    await expect(apiClient.get('/admin/orders', z.object({ ok: z.boolean() }))).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const calls = fetchMock.mock.calls as Array<[string, RequestInit]>;
+    expect(calls[0][0]).toBe('/api/admin/orders');
+    const headers = calls[0][1].headers as Record<string, string>;
+    expect(headers.Authorization).toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.ts
index 78e9d1d..cbf65c1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/api-client.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *  - Error codes map to i18n copy.
  */
 import { ZodError, type ZodType, type ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
+import { useUserStore } from '@/stores/user';
 import { getLocalizedApiErrorMessage, type ApiErrorSeverity } from './error-messages';
 
 export interface ApiError extends Error {
@@ -61,6 +62,15 @@ function isWriteMethod(method: RequestOptions<unknown>['method']): boolean {
   return method !== undefined && method !== 'GET';
 }
 
+function getActiveAuthorizationHeader(): string | undefined {
+  const { token, tokenType, tokenExpiresAt } = useUserStore.getState();
+  if (!token || !tokenExpiresAt || tokenExpiresAt <= Date.now()) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const scheme = (tokenType ?? 'bearer').toLowerCase() === 'bearer' ? 'Bearer' : tokenType;
+  return `${scheme} ${token}`;
+}
+
 function waitUntilOnline(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): Promise<void> {
   if (!isBrowserOffline() || typeof window === 'undefined') {
     return Promise.resolve();
@@ -98,11 +108,13 @@ async function request<TResponse, TBody = unknown>(
 ): Promise<TResponse> {
   const { method = 'GET', body, signal, headers = {} } = options;
 
+  const authHeader = getActiveAuthorizationHeader();
   const init: RequestInit = {
     method,
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
       Accept: 'application/json',
+      ...(authHeader ? { Authorization: authHeader } : {}),
       ...headers,
     },
     signal,