diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index 025bc4ee..36968f35 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -257,10 +257,14 @@ struct StateSnapshot {
 
 /// One peer hive for the P33RS dashboard tab. Derived from
 /// `HYPERHIVE_PEERS` env; `url` is the peer's HTTPS dashboard root.
+/// `cert_fingerprint` is `Some("sha256:<hex64>")` when the peer uses a
+/// self-signed cert and the operator pinned its fingerprint in
+/// `services.hyperhive.swarm.peers`.
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct PeerHiveView {
     name: String,
     url: String,
+    cert_fingerprint: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// `OpQuestion` + computed `question_refs` / `answer_refs`. Built
@@ -494,13 +498,38 @@ fn parse_peer_hives() -> Vec<PeerHiveView> {
         return Vec::new();
     };
     raw.into_iter()
-        .map(|r| PeerHiveView {
-            name: r.domain.clone(),
-            url: format!("https://{}/", r.domain),
+        .map(|r| {
+            let cert_fingerprint = r.cert_fingerprint.and_then(|fp| {
+                if validate_cert_fingerprint(&fp) {
+                    Some(fp)
+                } else {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        domain = %r.domain,
+                        fingerprint = %fp,
+                        "HYPERHIVE_PEERS: invalid cert_fingerprint format \
+                         (expected `sha256:<64 hex chars>`); ignoring fingerprint"
+                    );
+                    None
+                }
+            });
+            PeerHiveView {
+                name: r.domain.clone(),
+                url: format!("https://{}/", r.domain),
+                cert_fingerprint,
+            }
         })
         .collect()
 }
 
+/// Validate a TLS certificate fingerprint string from `HYPERHIVE_PEERS`.
+/// Accepts `sha256:<64 hex chars>` (upper or lower case).
+fn validate_cert_fingerprint(fp: &str) -> bool {
+    let Some(hex) = fp.strip_prefix("sha256:") else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    hex.len() == 64 && hex.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit())
+}
+
 /// Group live containers by their assigned web UI port; clusters with
 /// more than one member are port-hash collisions the operator needs
 /// to resolve by renaming. Manager (fixed at 8000) and sub-agents