diff --git a/apps/planner/app/components/SaveToJournalButton.tsx b/apps/planner/app/components/SaveToJournalButton.tsx
index 60be654..63ad849 100644
--- a/apps/planner/app/components/SaveToJournalButton.tsx
+++ b/apps/planner/app/components/SaveToJournalButton.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import { waypointFromYMap } from "~/lib/waypoint-ymap";
 
 interface SaveToJournalButtonProps {
   yjs: YjsState;
-  callbackUrl: string;
-  callbackToken: string;
+  sessionId: string;
   returnUrl?: string;
 }
 
-export function SaveToJournalButton({ yjs, callbackUrl, callbackToken, returnUrl }: SaveToJournalButtonProps) {
+export function SaveToJournalButton({ yjs, sessionId, returnUrl }: SaveToJournalButtonProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation("planner");
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
   const [saved, setSaved] = useState(false);
@@ -47,14 +46,14 @@ export function SaveToJournalButton({ yjs, callbackUrl, callbackToken, returnUrl
       const notes = yjs.notes.toString() || undefined;
       const gpx = generateGpx({ name: "trails.cool route", description: notes, waypoints, tracks, noGoAreas });
 
-      // POST to Journal callback
-      const response = await fetch(callbackUrl, {
+      // POST to the planner's server-side proxy. The proxy attaches the
+      // journal Bearer token (stored on the session row) and forwards
+      // the GPX. Token never leaves the planner server — see
+      // routes/api.save-to-journal.ts.
+      const response = await fetch("/api/save-to-journal", {
         method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-          "Authorization": `Bearer ${callbackToken}`,
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ gpx }),
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ sessionId, gpx }),
       });
 
       if (!response.ok) {
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export function SaveToJournalButton({ yjs, callbackUrl, callbackToken, returnUrl
     } finally {
       setSaving(false);
     }
-  }, [yjs, callbackUrl, callbackToken]);
+  }, [yjs, sessionId]);
 
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/components/SessionView.tsx b/apps/planner/app/components/SessionView.tsx
index 0cf1936..c393489 100644
--- a/apps/planner/app/components/SessionView.tsx
+++ b/apps/planner/app/components/SessionView.tsx
@@ -148,15 +148,20 @@ function SidebarTabs({ yjs, routeStats, days, onWaypointHover, onWaypointSelect
 
 interface SessionViewProps {
   sessionId: string;
-  callbackUrl?: string;
-  callbackToken?: string;
+  /**
+   * True when the session was created with a journal callback URL +
+   * token (i.e. the user came in from /journal/.../edit-in-planner).
+   * The actual URL + token live server-side; the browser only needs
+   * to know whether to render the Save-to-Journal button.
+   */
+  hasJournalCallback?: boolean;
   returnUrl?: string;
   initialWaypoints?: Array<{ lat: number; lon: number; name?: string; isDayBreak?: boolean }>;
   initialNoGoAreas?: Array<{ points: Array<{ lat: number; lon: number }> }>;
   initialNotes?: string;
 }
 
-export function SessionView({ sessionId, callbackUrl, callbackToken, returnUrl, initialWaypoints, initialNoGoAreas, initialNotes }: SessionViewProps) {
+export function SessionView({ sessionId, hasJournalCallback, returnUrl, initialWaypoints, initialNoGoAreas, initialNotes }: SessionViewProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation("planner");
   useEffect(() => { Sentry.setTag("session_id", sessionId); }, [sessionId]);
   const yjs = useYjs(sessionId, initialWaypoints, initialNoGoAreas, initialNotes);
@@ -253,11 +258,10 @@ export function SessionView({ sessionId, callbackUrl, callbackToken, returnUrl,
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:gap-3 shrink-0">
-          {callbackUrl && callbackToken && (
+          {hasJournalCallback && (
             <SaveToJournalButton
               yjs={yjs}
-              callbackUrl={callbackUrl}
-              callbackToken={callbackToken}
+              sessionId={sessionId}
               returnUrl={returnUrl}
             />
           )}
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/routes.ts b/apps/planner/app/routes.ts
index 3fa2ab5..ee58808 100644
--- a/apps/planner/app/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/planner/app/routes.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ export default [
   route("api/route", "routes/api.route.ts"),
   route("api/route-segments", "routes/api.route-segments.ts"),
   route("api/overpass", "routes/api.overpass.ts"),
+  route("api/save-to-journal", "routes/api.save-to-journal.ts"),
   route("session/:id", "routes/session.$id.tsx"),
 ] satisfies RouteConfig;
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/routes/api.save-to-journal.ts b/apps/planner/app/routes/api.save-to-journal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f7acc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/planner/app/routes/api.save-to-journal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Server-side proxy for "Save to Journal". Looks up the session's
+// callbackUrl + callbackToken (stored at /new time when the user came
+// from the journal) and POSTs the GPX to the journal as a Bearer.
+//
+// Why this exists (planner-audit #2, Phase A): the previous flow had
+// the browser fetch with the bearer token directly, exposing it in
+// DevTools / to any XSS / browser extension. Now the token never
+// leaves the planner's server-side trust boundary.
+//
+// Trust model: the same sessionId that grants Yjs membership grants
+// save authority. Knowing the URL = ability to act. This matches the
+// existing model — we're not strengthening or weakening it, just
+// keeping the JWT off the wire to the browser.
+
+import { data } from "react-router";
+import type { Route } from "./+types/api.save-to-journal";
+import { getSession } from "~/lib/sessions";
+import { fetchWithTimeout } from "~/lib/http.server";
+
+interface SaveRequestBody {
+  sessionId?: unknown;
+  gpx?: unknown;
+}
+
+const MAX_GPX_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5 MB — same ceiling as the Yjs doc cap
+
+export async function action({ request }: Route.ActionArgs) {
+  if (request.method !== "POST") {
+    return data({ error: "Method not allowed" }, { status: 405 });
+  }
+
+  let body: SaveRequestBody;
+  try {
+    body = (await request.json()) as SaveRequestBody;
+  } catch {
+    return data({ error: "Invalid JSON" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const sessionId = typeof body.sessionId === "string" ? body.sessionId : "";
+  const gpx = typeof body.gpx === "string" ? body.gpx : "";
+
+  if (!sessionId) return data({ error: "sessionId required" }, { status: 400 });
+  if (!gpx) return data({ error: "gpx required" }, { status: 400 });
+  if (gpx.length > MAX_GPX_BYTES) {
+    return data({ error: "gpx too large" }, { status: 413 });
+  }
+
+  const session = await getSession(sessionId);
+  if (!session) return data({ error: "session not found" }, { status: 404 });
+  if (!session.callbackUrl || !session.callbackToken) {
+    return data({ error: "session has no journal callback" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  let resp: Response;
+  try {
+    resp = await fetchWithTimeout(session.callbackUrl, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${session.callbackToken}`,
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ gpx }),
+    });
+  } catch {
+    return data({ error: "journal unreachable" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
+
+  // Forward the journal's response (status + body) so the client UI
+  // can render the same error/success it would have before.
+  const text = await resp.text();
+  let payload: unknown;
+  try { payload = JSON.parse(text); } catch { payload = { raw: text }; }
+  return data(payload, { status: resp.status });
+}
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/routes/session.$id.tsx b/apps/planner/app/routes/session.$id.tsx
index 99979e7..738a2ee 100644
--- a/apps/planner/app/routes/session.$id.tsx
+++ b/apps/planner/app/routes/session.$id.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ export async function loader({ params }: Route.LoaderArgs) {
     if (!session) {
       throw data({ error: "Session not found" }, { status: 404 });
     }
+    // Don't leak the JWT token to the client. The save flow uses
+    // /api/save-to-journal, which loads token + URL from the DB
+    // server-side. The browser only needs to know whether the button
+    // should render.
     return data({
       sessionId: session.id,
-      callbackUrl: session.callbackUrl ?? null,
-      callbackToken: session.callbackToken ?? null,
+      hasJournalCallback: Boolean(session.callbackUrl && session.callbackToken),
     });
   });
 }
@@ -89,8 +92,7 @@ export default function SessionPage({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
           >
             <SessionView
               sessionId={id!}
-              callbackUrl={loaderData.callbackUrl ?? undefined}
-              callbackToken={loaderData.callbackToken ?? undefined}
+              hasJournalCallback={loaderData.hasJournalCallback}
               returnUrl={returnUrl}
               initialWaypoints={initialWaypoints}
               initialNoGoAreas={initialNoGoAreas}