diff --git a/server/src/integrations/proxmox/adapter.ts b/server/src/integrations/proxmox/adapter.ts
index ce6f5c0..0a473db 100644
--- a/server/src/integrations/proxmox/adapter.ts
+++ b/server/src/integrations/proxmox/adapter.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ export interface ProxmoxStorage {
 
 export interface ProxmoxNodeStats {
   node: string;
+  /** Set (with every other field null/empty) when this node's status/storage couldn't be fetched — e.g. the API token lacks Sys.Audit/Datastore.Audit. */
+  error: string | null;
   uptime: number | null;
   cpuUsagePercent: number | null;
   cpuCores: number | null;
@@ -289,13 +291,46 @@ export function createProxmoxAdapter(config: ProxmoxConfig): ProxmoxAdapter {
     };
   }
 
+  const emptyNodeStats = (node: string, error: string | null): ProxmoxNodeStats => ({
+    node,
+    error,
+    uptime: null,
+    cpuUsagePercent: null,
+    cpuCores: null,
+    loadAverage: null,
+    memTotalBytes: null,
+    memUsedBytes: null,
+    swapTotalBytes: null,
+    swapUsedBytes: null,
+    rootfsTotalBytes: null,
+    rootfsUsedBytes: null,
+    pveVersion: null,
+    storages: [],
+  });
+
+  function errorMessage(reason: unknown): string {
+    return reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : String(reason);
+  }
+
   async function getNodeStats(node: string): Promise<ProxmoxNodeStats> {
-    const [status, storages] = await Promise.all([
+    // Host status and storage usage need different ACL privileges
+    // (Sys.Audit vs Datastore.Audit) — a token scoped only for VM/LXC
+    // management (this integration's original scope) may have one but not
+    // the other, so fetch them independently rather than losing both to
+    // Promise.all's fail-fast behavior.
+    const [statusResult, storageResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
       api("GET", `/nodes/${node}/status`),
       api("GET", `/nodes/${node}/storage`),
     ]);
 
-    const loadavgRaw = Array.isArray(status.loadavg) ? status.loadavg.map((v: string) => Number(v)) : null;
+    const status = statusResult.status === "fulfilled" ? statusResult.value : null;
+    const storages = storageResult.status === "fulfilled" ? storageResult.value : null;
+
+    const errors: string[] = [];
+    if (statusResult.status === "rejected") errors.push(`host stats: ${errorMessage(statusResult.reason)}`);
+    if (storageResult.status === "rejected") errors.push(`storage: ${errorMessage(storageResult.reason)}`);
+
+    const loadavgRaw = Array.isArray(status?.loadavg) ? status.loadavg.map((v: string) => Number(v)) : null;
     const loadAverage: [number, number, number] | null =
       loadavgRaw && loadavgRaw.length === 3 && loadavgRaw.every((n: number) => Number.isFinite(n))
         ? (loadavgRaw as [number, number, number])
@@ -303,17 +338,18 @@ export function createProxmoxAdapter(config: ProxmoxConfig): ProxmoxAdapter {
 
     return {
       node,
-      uptime: typeof status.uptime === "number" ? status.uptime : null,
-      cpuUsagePercent: typeof status.cpu === "number" ? status.cpu * 100 : null,
-      cpuCores: typeof status.cpuinfo?.cpus === "number" ? status.cpuinfo.cpus : null,
+      error: errors.length > 0 ? errors.join("; ") : null,
+      uptime: typeof status?.uptime === "number" ? status.uptime : null,
+      cpuUsagePercent: typeof status?.cpu === "number" ? status.cpu * 100 : null,
+      cpuCores: typeof status?.cpuinfo?.cpus === "number" ? status.cpuinfo.cpus : null,
       loadAverage,
-      memTotalBytes: typeof status.memory?.total === "number" ? status.memory.total : null,
-      memUsedBytes: typeof status.memory?.used === "number" ? status.memory.used : null,
-      swapTotalBytes: typeof status.swap?.total === "number" ? status.swap.total : null,
-      swapUsedBytes: typeof status.swap?.used === "number" ? status.swap.used : null,
-      rootfsTotalBytes: typeof status.rootfs?.total === "number" ? status.rootfs.total : null,
-      rootfsUsedBytes: typeof status.rootfs?.used === "number" ? status.rootfs.used : null,
-      pveVersion: typeof status.pveversion === "string" ? status.pveversion : null,
+      memTotalBytes: typeof status?.memory?.total === "number" ? status.memory.total : null,
+      memUsedBytes: typeof status?.memory?.used === "number" ? status.memory.used : null,
+      swapTotalBytes: typeof status?.swap?.total === "number" ? status.swap.total : null,
+      swapUsedBytes: typeof status?.swap?.used === "number" ? status.swap.used : null,
+      rootfsTotalBytes: typeof status?.rootfs?.total === "number" ? status.rootfs.total : null,
+      rootfsUsedBytes: typeof status?.rootfs?.used === "number" ? status.rootfs.used : null,
+      pveVersion: typeof status?.pveversion === "string" ? status.pveversion : null,
       storages: (Array.isArray(storages) ? storages : []).map((s: any) => ({
         id: s.storage,
         type: s.type,
@@ -328,17 +364,19 @@ export function createProxmoxAdapter(config: ProxmoxConfig): ProxmoxAdapter {
 
   async function listNodeStats(): Promise<ProxmoxNodeStats[]> {
     const nodes = await listNodes();
-    const perNode = await Promise.all(
+    return Promise.all(
       nodes.map(async (node) => {
         try {
           return await getNodeStats(node);
-        } catch {
-          // one unreachable/offline node shouldn't take down the whole stats view
-          return null;
+        } catch (err) {
+          // Surface the failure on this node's card instead of silently
+          // dropping it — that previously showed a misleading "no online
+          // nodes" empty state even when nodes existed but stats couldn't
+          // be fetched (e.g. missing ACL privileges on the API token).
+          return emptyNodeStats(node, errorMessage(err));
         }
       }),
     );
-    return perNode.filter((n): n is ProxmoxNodeStats => n !== null);
   }
 
   async function statusAction(node: string, type: ProxmoxGuestType, vmid: number, action: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/web/src/api/client.ts b/web/src/api/client.ts
index 9ba4821..cfed53f 100644
--- a/web/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/web/src/api/client.ts
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ export interface ProxmoxStorage {
 
 export interface ProxmoxNodeStats {
   node: string;
+  error: string | null;
   uptime: number | null;
   cpuUsagePercent: number | null;
   cpuCores: number | null;
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Proxmox.tsx b/web/src/pages/Proxmox.tsx
index d4cd80d..072fd54 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Proxmox.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Proxmox.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ export default function Proxmox({ user }: { user: CurrentUser }) {
                         </div>
                       </div>
                       <div className="card-body">
+                        {n.error && <div className="alert alert-danger">{n.error}</div>}
                         <div className="row g-3">
                           <div className="col-sm-6">
                             <div className="text-secondary small">Uptime</div>