fix(ui): stop reconnect loop on auth failure, surface login gate

ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts

@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ export function connectGateway(host: GatewayHost) {
         return;
       }
       host.connected = false;
+      // Code 1008 = Policy Violation (auth failure) — show the gateway's reason directly
+      if (code === 1008) {
+        host.lastError = reason || "Authentication failed. Check your gateway token.";
+        return;
+      }
       // Code 1012 = Service Restart (expected during config saves, don't show as error)
       if (code !== 1012) {
         host.lastError = `disconnected (${code}): ${reason || "no reason"}`;

ui/src/ui/gateway.ts

@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ export class GatewayBrowserClient {
       this.ws = null;
       this.flushPending(new Error(`gateway closed (${ev.code}): ${reason}`));
       this.opts.onClose?.({ code: ev.code, reason });
+      // 1008 = Policy Violation (gateway auth rejection).
+      // Don't auto-reconnect on auth failures — surface the login gate
+      // so the user can fix their token/password instead of looping.
+      if (ev.code === 1008) {
+        this.closed = true;
+        return;
+      }
       this.scheduleReconnect();
     });
     this.ws.addEventListener("error", () => {