diff --git a/firebase-rules-template.json b/firebase-rules-template.json
index ab23c8b4..5e6e3d28 100644
--- a/firebase-rules-template.json
+++ b/firebase-rules-template.json
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@
       ".read": false,
       ".write": false
     },
+    "staticAuthRateLimits": {
+      ".read": false,
+      ".write": false
+    },
     "webauthnCredentials": {
       ".write": false,
       "$uid": {
diff --git a/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.js b/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.js
index f73269eb..e5c3066c 100644
--- a/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.js
+++ b/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.js
@@ -43,5 +43,23 @@ exports.cleanupExpiredSignInCodes = onSchedule(
         await rateLimitsRef.update(updates);
       }
     }
+
+    // Static-login per-IP throttle entries share the same windowed shape; prune
+    // those whose window has passed so the node cannot grow unbounded.
+    const staticRateLimitsRef = db.ref('/staticAuthRateLimits');
+    const staticRateLimitsSnapshot = await staticRateLimitsRef.once('value');
+
+    if (staticRateLimitsSnapshot.exists()) {
+      const updates = {};
+      staticRateLimitsSnapshot.forEach(child => {
+        const val = child.val();
+        if (now - val.windowStart > RATE_WINDOW_MS) {
+          updates[child.key] = null;
+        }
+      });
+      if (Object.keys(updates).length > 0) {
+        await staticRateLimitsRef.update(updates);
+      }
+    }
   }
 );
diff --git a/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.spec.js b/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.spec.js
index e1406fd2..44e2609c 100644
--- a/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.spec.js
+++ b/functions/auth/cleanupExpiredSignInCodes.spec.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ describe('functions', () => {
     let capturedOptions;
     let mockCodesRef;
     let mockRateLimitsRef;
+    let mockStaticRateLimitsRef;
 
     const now = Date.now();
 
@@ -23,10 +24,18 @@ describe('functions', () => {
         once: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(emptySnapshot),
         update: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
       };
+      mockStaticRateLimitsRef = {
+        once: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(emptySnapshot),
+        update: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      };
 
+      const refs = {
+        '/signInRateLimits': mockRateLimitsRef,
+        '/staticAuthRateLimits': mockStaticRateLimitsRef,
+      };
       mockAdmin = {
         database: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
-          ref: jest.fn(path => path === '/signInRateLimits' ? mockRateLimitsRef : mockCodesRef)
+          ref: jest.fn(path => refs[path] || mockCodesRef)
         })
       };
 
@@ -147,6 +156,17 @@ describe('functions', () => {
       expect(mockRateLimitsRef.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('prunes static-login throttle entries older than the window', async () => {
+      mockStaticRateLimitsRef.once.mockResolvedValue(makeSnapshot([
+        { key: 's1', val: { windowStart: now - (61 * 60 * 1000), count: 10 } }, // stale
+        { key: 's2', val: { windowStart: now - (5 * 60 * 1000), count: 3 } },   // recent
+      ]));
+
+      await capturedHandler();
+
+      expect(mockStaticRateLimitsRef.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ s1: null });
+    });
+
     it('is scheduled to run every 60 minutes', () => {
       expect(capturedOptions.schedule).toBe('every 60 minutes');
     });
diff --git a/functions/auth/modes/static/index.js b/functions/auth/modes/static/index.js
index 3c3cfd07..0d40933a 100644
--- a/functions/auth/modes/static/index.js
+++ b/functions/auth/modes/static/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const admin = require('firebase-admin');
+const { logger } = require('firebase-functions/v2');
 const requestHelper = require('../../util/requestHelper');
 
+// Per-IP throttle for the static login. Static credentials are a shared secret
+// whose strength is the operator's choice, so cap online guessing: after
+// MAX_FAILURES failed attempts from one IP within WINDOW_MS, further attempts
+// from that IP are rejected until the window elapses; a successful login clears
+// the counter. Best-effort — the client IP comes from X-Forwarded-For, so this
+// deters opportunistic guessing rather than a determined attacker; the durable
+// defenses are a strong credential and moving off static auth.
+const MAX_FAILURES = 10;
+const WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+
 const parseStaticCredentials = () => {
   const raw = process.env.AUTH_STATIC_CREDENTIALS;
   if (raw) {
@@ -18,7 +31,54 @@ const parseStaticCredentials = () => {
 
 const staticCredentials = parseStaticCredentials();
 
+// RTDB keys cannot contain '.'/':' (IPv4/IPv6), so key the limiter by a hash.
+const ipKey = (ip) => crypto.createHash('sha256').update(ip).digest('hex');
+
+const authenticate = async (req, username, password) => {
+  const ip = requestHelper.getIp(req);
+  const limiterRef = ip
+    ? admin.database().ref('/staticAuthRateLimits/' + ipKey(ip))
+    : null;
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  // Reject while the IP is in a blocked window, before (and instead of) the
+  // credential check so the block holds even for a correct guess. Return the
+  // same null as a wrong password — no "rate limited" oracle.
+  if (limiterRef) {
+    const current = (await limiterRef.once('value')).val();
+    if (current && now - current.windowStart < WINDOW_MS && current.count >= MAX_FAILURES) {
+      logger.warn(`Static login throttled: ${current.count} failed attempts within the window`);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const match = staticCredentials.find(
+    login => login.username === username && login.password === password
+  );
+
+  if (match) {
+    if (limiterRef) {
+      await limiterRef.remove(); // success clears the failure counter
+    }
+    return username;
+  }
+
+  // Failed attempt: increment the windowed failure counter for this IP.
+  if (limiterRef) {
+    await limiterRef.transaction(current => {
+      if (!current || now - current.windowStart >= WINDOW_MS) {
+        return { windowStart: now, count: 1 };
+      }
+      return { windowStart: current.windowStart, count: current.count + 1 };
+    });
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
 module.exports = req => {
+  // Validate synchronously so a missing property throws a ClientError the
+  // dispatcher's try/catch can turn into a 400 (an async throw would reject
+  // instead).
   const username = requestHelper.requireBodyProperty(req, 'username');
   const password = requestHelper.requireBodyProperty(req, 'password');
 
@@ -26,6 +86,5 @@ module.exports = req => {
     return Promise.resolve(null);
   }
 
-  const match = staticCredentials.find(login => login.username === username && login.password === password);
-  return Promise.resolve(match ? username : null);
+  return authenticate(req, username, password);
 };
diff --git a/functions/auth/modes/static/index.spec.js b/functions/auth/modes/static/index.spec.js
index 8d55dfe2..99cad180 100644
--- a/functions/auth/modes/static/index.spec.js
+++ b/functions/auth/modes/static/index.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+// In-memory RTDB stub shared by all requires of the module under test.
+let mockStore = {};
+const mockDatabase = {
+  ref: (path) => ({
+    once: () => Promise.resolve({ val: () => (path in mockStore ? mockStore[path] : null) }),
+    remove: () => { delete mockStore[path]; return Promise.resolve(); },
+    transaction: (fn) => {
+      const next = fn(path in mockStore ? mockStore[path] : null);
+      if (next !== undefined) {
+        mockStore[path] = next;
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve({ committed: next !== undefined });
+    },
+  }),
+};
+
+const mockLogger = { warn: jest.fn(), info: jest.fn(), error: jest.fn() };
+
+jest.mock('firebase-admin', () => ({ database: () => mockDatabase }));
+jest.mock('firebase-functions/v2', () => ({ logger: mockLogger }));
+
+const WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+const keyPath = (ip) => '/staticAuthRateLimits/' + crypto.createHash('sha256').update(ip).digest('hex');
+
 describe('functions', () => {
   describe('auth', () => {
     describe('modes', () => {
@@ -14,10 +40,22 @@ describe('functions', () => {
           return require('.');
         };
 
+        const reqWithIp = (username, password, ip = '203.0.113.7') => ({
+          body: { username, password },
+          headers: { 'x-forwarded-for': ip },
+        });
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          mockStore = {};
+          jest.clearAllMocks();
+        });
+
         afterEach(() => {
           delete process.env.AUTH_STATIC_CREDENTIALS;
         });
 
+        // --- existing behaviour (no IP -> throttle skipped) ---
+
         it('should throw a ClientError if `username` is missing in request body', () => {
           const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
           const request = { body: { password: 'pw1' } };
@@ -59,6 +97,48 @@ describe('functions', () => {
           const request = { body: { username: 'alice', password: 'pw1' } };
           return expect(staticMode(request)).resolves.toBeNull();
         });
+
+        // --- per-IP throttle ---
+
+        it('blocks further attempts from an IP after MAX_FAILURES failures', async () => {
+          const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
+          for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            expect(await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'wrong'))).toBeNull();
+          }
+          // 11th attempt is rejected even with the CORRECT password.
+          expect(await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'pw1'))).toBeNull();
+          expect(mockLogger.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('does not block a different IP', async () => {
+          const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
+          for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'wrong', '203.0.113.7'));
+          }
+          expect(await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'pw1', '198.51.100.9'))).toEqual('alice');
+        });
+
+        it('a successful login clears the failure counter', async () => {
+          const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
+          for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'wrong'));
+          }
+          expect(await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'pw1'))).toEqual('alice');
+          expect(mockStore[keyPath('203.0.113.7')]).toBeUndefined();
+        });
+
+        it('auto-recovers once the window has elapsed', async () => {
+          const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
+          // Seed a maxed-out counter whose window started more than WINDOW_MS ago.
+          mockStore[keyPath('203.0.113.7')] = { windowStart: Date.now() - (WINDOW_MS + 1000), count: 10 };
+          expect(await staticMode(reqWithIp('alice', 'pw1'))).toEqual('alice');
+        });
+
+        it('does not touch the limiter when the request has no IP', async () => {
+          const staticMode = loadStatic('alice:pw1');
+          expect(await staticMode({ body: { username: 'alice', password: 'pw1' } })).toEqual('alice');
+          expect(Object.keys(mockStore)).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/functions/auth/util/requestHelper.js b/functions/auth/util/requestHelper.js
index 213a07e5..888b46e4 100644
--- a/functions/auth/util/requestHelper.js
+++ b/functions/auth/util/requestHelper.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const requireBodyProperty = (req, property)  => {
 };
 
 const getIp = req => {
-  const ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress;
+  const ip = (req.headers && req.headers['x-forwarded-for']) ||
+    (req.connection && req.connection.remoteAddress);
   if (ip) {
     return ip.split(',')[0].trim();
   }