diff --git a/internal/httpapi/secret_delete_name_decode_test.go b/internal/httpapi/secret_delete_name_decode_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba85acaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/httpapi/secret_delete_name_decode_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package httpapi
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
+
+	"github.com/smart-mcp-proxy/mcpproxy-go/internal/secret"
+)
+
+// recordingKeyring is a keyring provider that records deleted names.
+type recordingKeyring struct{ deleted []string }
+
+func (p *recordingKeyring) CanResolve(t string) bool { return t == secretTypeKeyring }
+func (p *recordingKeyring) Resolve(context.Context, secret.Ref) (string, error) {
+	return "", nil
+}
+func (p *recordingKeyring) Store(context.Context, secret.Ref, string) error { return nil }
+func (p *recordingKeyring) Delete(_ context.Context, ref secret.Ref) error {
+	p.deleted = append(p.deleted, ref.Name)
+	return nil
+}
+func (p *recordingKeyring) List(context.Context) ([]secret.Ref, error) { return nil, nil }
+func (p *recordingKeyring) IsAvailable() bool                          { return true }
+
+// Secret names may contain any character but '}' (${keyring:openai:prod} is a
+// valid reference). The Web UI encodes the name with encodeURIComponent and chi
+// routes on RawPath, so {name} arrives encoded and must be decoded before the
+// keyring delete, otherwise the wrong (nonexistent) entry is targeted.
+func TestDeleteSecret_DecodesNameParam(t *testing.T) {
+	kr := &recordingKeyring{}
+	res := secret.NewResolver()
+	res.RegisterProvider(secretTypeKeyring, kr)
+	ctrl := &secretResolverController{MockServerController: &MockServerController{}, resolver: res}
+	srv := NewServer(ctrl, zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(), nil)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/api/v1/secrets/openai%3Aprod?type=keyring", http.NoBody)
+	req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", mockControllerAPIKey)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	srv.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code, "body=%s", w.Body.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"openai:prod"}, kr.deleted)
+}
+
+// A name whose only escape is a literal %XX (e.g. "a%41", sent by the Web UI as
+// "a%2541") leaves RawPath empty, so chi matches the already-decoded Path and
+// {name} must not be decoded a second time, or another entry ("aA") is deleted.
+func TestDeleteSecret_LiteralPercentNameNotDoubleDecoded(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"/api/v1/secrets/a%2541":        "a%41",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/k%253Ap":       "k%3Ap",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/a%252Fb":       "a%2Fb",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/openai%3Aprod": "openai:prod",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/x%2Fy":         "x/y",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/100%25":        "100%",
+		"/api/v1/secrets/plain":         "plain",
+	}
+	for path, want := range cases {
+		t.Run(want, func(t *testing.T) {
+			kr := &recordingKeyring{}
+			res := secret.NewResolver()
+			res.RegisterProvider(secretTypeKeyring, kr)
+			ctrl := &secretResolverController{MockServerController: &MockServerController{}, resolver: res}
+			srv := NewServer(ctrl, zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar(), nil)
+
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, path+"?type=keyring", http.NoBody)
+			req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", mockControllerAPIKey)
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			srv.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+			require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code, "body=%s", w.Body.String())
+			assert.Equal(t, []string{want}, kr.deleted)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/httpapi/server.go b/internal/httpapi/server.go
index 0831b1cdc..9c38755b0 100644
--- a/internal/httpapi/server.go
+++ b/internal/httpapi/server.go
@@ -5059,7 +5059,14 @@ func (s *Server) handleDeleteSecret(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// chi routes on RawPath only when Go set it (the client's encoding differs
+	// from the default one); then {name} is still encoded and must be decoded
+	// once. Otherwise chi already matched the decoded Path, and decoding again
+	// would turn a literal "a%41" into "aA" and delete the wrong entry.
 	name := chi.URLParam(r, "name")
+	if r.URL.RawPath != "" {
+		name = decodePathParam(name)
+	}
 	if name == "" {
 		s.writeError(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, "Secret name is required")
 		return