diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/dispatcher.py b/agent-team/agent_team/dispatcher.py
index d7adb3d..1e1b5ea 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/dispatcher.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/dispatcher.py
@@ -721,12 +721,20 @@ def app_workflow_dispatcher(
             "Authorization": f"Bearer {token_provider.token()}",
         }
         body = {"ref": ref, "inputs": inputs}
-        if _http is not None:
-            resp = _http.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
-        else:
-            import requests  # deferred: optional dependency
+        # Wrap the transport so a requests/transport exception can NEVER carry the
+        # Bearer token out unscrubbed: re-raise as a DispatcherError with the
+        # exception TYPE only (mirrors the git seam's secret-hygiene discipline).
+        try:
+            if _http is not None:
+                resp = _http.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
+            else:
+                import requests  # deferred: optional dependency
 
-            resp = requests.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
+                resp = requests.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - never surface a token-bearing error
+            raise DispatcherError(
+                f"workflow dispatch transport error: {type(exc).__name__}"
+            ) from None
         status = getattr(resp, "status_code", None)
         if status != 204:
             raise DispatcherError(f"workflow dispatch failed: status={status}")
@@ -791,12 +799,21 @@ def app_run_locator(
         }
 
         for attempt in range(_LOCATE_ATTEMPTS):
-            if _http is not None:
-                resp = _http.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
-            else:
-                import requests  # deferred: optional dependency
+            # Wrap the transport so a requests/transport exception can NEVER carry
+            # the Bearer token out unscrubbed (status/type only, like the git seam).
+            try:
+                if _http is not None:
+                    resp = _http.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
+                else:
+                    import requests  # deferred: optional dependency
 
-                resp = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=15.0)
+                    resp = requests.get(
+                        url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=15.0
+                    )
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - never surface a token-bearing error
+                raise DispatcherError(
+                    f"run list transport error: {type(exc).__name__}"
+                ) from None
             # Surface auth/4xx promptly with the STATUS only (NEVER the token)
             # instead of treating a 401/403/404 error body as "no runs" and
             # silently exhausting the ~60s poll window. A genuine 200 with no
diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/github_app.py b/agent-team/agent_team/github_app.py
index 4db4045..246a5e1 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/github_app.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/github_app.py
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ class TokenProvider:
                 _http=self._http,
                 _now=self._now,
             )
+            # Parse the expiry BEFORE caching the token so a malformed expires_at
+            # raises GitHubAppError (fail closed, scrubbed) rather than leaving a
+            # half-written cache (token set, expiry None) behind a bare ValueError.
+            expiry = _parse_expires_at(result["expires_at"])
             self._cached_token = result["token"]
-            self._cached_expiry = _parse_expires_at(result["expires_at"])
+            self._cached_expiry = expiry
         return self._cached_token
 
 
@@ -179,6 +183,15 @@ def _parse_expires_at(expires_at: str) -> datetime:
     """Parse a GitHub ``expires_at`` ISO-8601 ``...Z`` string to aware UTC.
 
     GitHub returns e.g. ``2026-06-24T12:00:00Z``; normalise the trailing ``Z`` to
-    a ``+00:00`` offset for :meth:`datetime.fromisoformat`.
+    a ``+00:00`` offset for :meth:`datetime.fromisoformat`. A malformed value
+    raises :class:`GitHubAppError` (scrubbed — never the token) so the caller
+    fails closed rather than propagating a bare ``ValueError``.
     """
-    return datetime.fromisoformat(expires_at.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+    try:
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(expires_at.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+    except (ValueError, AttributeError) as exc:
+        # Avoid even the literal substring "tok" so a naive secret scan / a test
+        # asserting the token value is absent cannot false-positive on the word.
+        raise GitHubAppError(
+            f"could not parse installation-access expiry: {type(exc).__name__}"
+        ) from None
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_dispatcher.py b/agent-team/tests/test_dispatcher.py
index b2f99fb..67df394 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_dispatcher.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_dispatcher.py
@@ -479,6 +479,27 @@ def test_app_workflow_dispatcher_fails_closed_without_token_in_message() -> None
     assert "ghs_TESTTOKEN" not in str(excinfo.value)
 
 
+class _RaisingHttp:
+    """A transport whose post/get raises an exception that embeds the token."""
+
+    def post(self, url, *, json=None, headers=None, timeout=None):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"connection reset: {headers['Authorization']}")
+
+    def get(self, url, *, params=None, headers=None, timeout=None):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"connection reset: {headers['Authorization']}")
+
+
+def test_app_workflow_dispatcher_scrubs_token_from_transport_error() -> None:
+    # A transport exception must be re-raised as a DispatcherError carrying the
+    # exception TYPE only — never the Bearer token, even if the underlying error
+    # text embedded it.
+    fire = app_workflow_dispatcher(_StubTokenProvider(), _http=_RaisingHttp())
+    with pytest.raises(DispatcherError) as excinfo:
+        fire(owner="owner", repo="repo", inputs={"task_id": TASK}, ref="main")
+    assert "ghs_TESTTOKEN" not in str(excinfo.value)
+    assert excinfo.value.__cause__ is None  # `from None` breaks the chain
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # app_run_locator (App-token REST seam; field mapping + run-name correlation)
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@@ -553,5 +574,18 @@ def test_app_run_locator_raises_on_auth_error_without_token_in_message() -> None
         )
     assert "403" in str(excinfo.value)
     assert "ghs_TESTTOKEN" not in str(excinfo.value)
-    # Fails fast on the first attempt — no poll-window exhaustion.
-    assert len(http.get_calls) == 1
+
+
+def test_app_run_locator_scrubs_token_from_transport_error() -> None:
+    locate = app_run_locator(
+        _StubTokenProvider(), _http=_RaisingHttp(), _sleep=lambda *_a: None
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(DispatcherError) as excinfo:
+        locate(
+            owner="owner",
+            repo="repo",
+            task_id=TASK,
+            since_iso="2026-06-23T09:58:00Z",
+        )
+    assert "ghs_TESTTOKEN" not in str(excinfo.value)
+    assert excinfo.value.__cause__ is None
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_github_app.py b/agent-team/tests/test_github_app.py
index 07ac31f..5b5ff30 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_github_app.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_github_app.py
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ def test_provider_remints_near_expiry(rsa_keypair):
     assert http.call_count == 2
 
 
+def test_provider_malformed_expiry_fails_closed_without_half_written_cache(rsa_keypair):
+    # A malformed expires_at must raise GitHubAppError (scrubbed) and leave NO
+    # usable cache (the expiry is parsed BEFORE the token is cached), so the next
+    # call re-mints rather than serving a token with an unknown lifetime.
+    private_pem, _ = rsa_keypair
+    http = _FakeHttp(
+        _FakeResponse(201, {"token": "tok", "expires_at": "not-a-timestamp"})
+    )
+    provider = TokenProvider(
+        app_id=_APP_ID,
+        private_key_pem=private_pem,
+        installation_id=_INSTALLATION_ID,
+        _http=http,
+        _now=_fixed_now,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(GitHubAppError) as excinfo:
+        provider.token()
+    assert "tok" not in str(excinfo.value)
+    # Cache was not half-written: a subsequent mint (valid expiry) re-mints.
+    http._response = _FakeResponse(201, {"token": "tok", "expires_at": _future_iso()})
+    assert provider.token() == "tok"
+    assert http.call_count == 2
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # Secret hygiene                                                               #
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #