diff --git a/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-router-integration.test.ts b/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-router-integration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ece1d191d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-router-integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
+import * as ssh2 from "ssh2";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@dokploy/server/services/permission", () => ({
+	checkPermission: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+const auditMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+vi.mock("@/server/api/utils/audit", () => ({
+	audit: auditMock,
+}));
+
+const createSshKeyMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+vi.mock("@dokploy/server/services/ssh-key", async (importOriginal) => {
+	const actual = (await importOriginal()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+	return { ...actual, createSshKey: createSshKeyMock };
+});
+
+const { sshRouter } = await import("@/server/api/routers/ssh-key");
+
+const plainPair = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("ed25519", {
+	comment: "test",
+});
+const encPair = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("ed25519", {
+	passphrase: "testpass",
+	cipher: "aes256-ctr",
+	rounds: 16,
+	comment: "test",
+});
+
+const malformedBody = `${"A".repeat(64)}=`;
+const malformedPrivKey = [
+	"-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----",
+	malformedBody,
+	"-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----",
+	"",
+].join("\n");
+
+const buildInput = (privateKey: string) => ({
+	name: "my-key",
+	description: "a test key",
+	publicKey: plainPair.public,
+	privateKey,
+	organizationId: "input-org-id",
+});
+
+const ctx = {
+	session: {
+		activeOrganizationId: "ctx-org-id",
+		user: { id: "u1" },
+	},
+	user: {
+		id: "u1",
+		email: "a@b.c",
+		role: "owner",
+		ownerId: "o1",
+		enableEnterpriseFeatures: false,
+		isValidEnterpriseLicense: false,
+	},
+	db: {},
+	req: {},
+	res: {},
+} as const;
+
+const caller = sshRouter.createCaller(ctx as never);
+
+const reset = () => {
+	createSshKeyMock.mockClear();
+	auditMock.mockClear();
+};
+
+describe("ssh.create tRPC router integration (parseability gatekeeper)", () => {
+	beforeEach(reset);
+
+	it("rejects an encrypted OpenSSH ed25519 key with the passphrase-specific BAD_REQUEST message (and never persists / audits)", async () => {
+		let thrown: unknown;
+		try {
+			await caller.create(buildInput(encPair.private));
+		} catch (e) {
+			thrown = e;
+		}
+		expect(thrown).toBeInstanceOf(TRPCError);
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).code).toBe("BAD_REQUEST");
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).message).toContain(
+			"Passphrase-protected SSH keys are not supported",
+		);
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).message).toContain("ssh-keygen -p");
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).message).not.toBe(
+			"Error creating the SSH key",
+		);
+		expect(createSshKeyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(auditMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it("accepts a valid unencrypted OpenSSH ed25519 key, persists via createSshKey with the session organizationId, and audits once", async () => {
+		await caller.create(buildInput(plainPair.private));
+
+		expect(createSshKeyMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(createSshKeyMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				name: "my-key",
+				publicKey: plainPair.public,
+				privateKey: plainPair.private,
+				organizationId: "ctx-org-id",
+			}),
+		);
+		expect(auditMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(auditMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.anything(),
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				action: "create",
+				resourceType: "sshKey",
+				resourceName: "my-key",
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
+	it("rejects a regex-passing but unparseable key with a generic 'Invalid private key:' message (and never persists / audits)", async () => {
+		let thrown: unknown;
+		try {
+			await caller.create(buildInput(malformedPrivKey));
+		} catch (e) {
+			thrown = e;
+		}
+		expect(thrown).toBeInstanceOf(TRPCError);
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).code).toBe("BAD_REQUEST");
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).message).toContain("Invalid private key:");
+		expect((thrown as TRPCError).message).not.toBe(
+			"Error creating the SSH key",
+		);
+		expect(createSshKeyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(auditMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it("rejects a non-PEM string at the Zod input layer before the handler runs", async () => {
+		await expect(caller.create(buildInput("just some text"))).rejects.toThrow();
+		expect(createSshKeyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-validation.test.ts b/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-validation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..366e3b4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dokploy/__test__/api/ssh-key-validation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { generateKeyPairSync as cryptoGenerateKeyPairSync } from "node:crypto";
+import { sshKeyCreate } from "@dokploy/server/db/validations";
+import { validateSshPrivateKeyParseable } from "@dokploy/server/utils/filesystem/ssh";
+import * as ssh2 from "ssh2";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+const encryptedEd25519 = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("ed25519", {
+	passphrase: "testpass",
+	cipher: "aes256-ctr",
+	rounds: 16,
+	comment: "test",
+}).private;
+
+const plainEd25519 = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("ed25519", {
+	comment: "test",
+}).private;
+
+const encryptedOpenSshRsa = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("rsa", {
+	bits: 2048,
+	passphrase: "testpass",
+	cipher: "aes256-ctr",
+	rounds: 16,
+	comment: "test",
+}).private;
+
+const plainOpenSshRsa = ssh2.utils.generateKeyPairSync("rsa", {
+	bits: 2048,
+	comment: "test",
+}).private;
+
+const plainPkcs1Rsa = cryptoGenerateKeyPairSync("rsa", {
+	modulusLength: 2048,
+	publicKeyEncoding: { type: "spki", format: "pem" },
+	privateKeyEncoding: { type: "pkcs1", format: "pem" },
+}).privateKey;
+
+const malformedOpenSshKey = [
+	"-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----",
+	"not-valid-base64-payload-!!!",
+	"-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----",
+	"",
+].join("\n");
+
+describe("validateSshPrivateKeyParseable (server-side SSH key parseability gatekeeper)", () => {
+	it("accepts an unencrypted OpenSSH ed25519 private key", () => {
+		expect(validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(plainEd25519)).toEqual({ ok: true });
+	});
+
+	it("accepts an unencrypted OpenSSH RSA private key", () => {
+		expect(validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(plainOpenSshRsa)).toEqual({
+			ok: true,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("accepts an unencrypted PKCS#1 RSA private key (regression: non-OpenSSH formats still work)", () => {
+		expect(validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(plainPkcs1Rsa)).toEqual({
+			ok: true,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("rejects an encrypted OpenSSH ed25519 key (the reported bug) with a passphrase-specific message", () => {
+		const result = validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(encryptedEd25519);
+		expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+		if (!result.ok) {
+			expect(result.encrypted).toBe(true);
+			expect(result.message).toContain(
+				"Passphrase-protected SSH keys are not supported",
+			);
+			expect(result.message).toContain("ssh-keygen -p");
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("rejects an encrypted OpenSSH RSA key (bug scope is all OpenSSH-format encrypted keys, not just ed25519)", () => {
+		const result = validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(encryptedOpenSshRsa);
+		expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+		if (!result.ok) {
+			expect(result.encrypted).toBe(true);
+			expect(result.message).toContain(
+				"Passphrase-protected SSH keys are not supported",
+			);
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("rejects a malformed OpenSSH key as a generic invalid key (not encrypted)", () => {
+		const result = validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(malformedOpenSshKey);
+		expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+		if (!result.ok) {
+			expect(result.encrypted).toBe(false);
+			expect(result.message).toContain("Invalid private key:");
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("does not mutate or consume the input private key", () => {
+		const before = encryptedEd25519;
+		validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(encryptedEd25519);
+		expect(encryptedEd25519).toBe(before);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("sshKeyCreate privateKey refine (regex-only by design; the server-side parseKey check is the real gatekeeper)", () => {
+	it("accepts a valid unencrypted OpenSSH ed25519 key", () => {
+		const result = sshKeyCreate.shape.privateKey.safeParse(plainEd25519);
+		expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("accepts an encrypted OpenSSH ed25519 key, proving the regex cannot detect encryption", () => {
+		const result = sshKeyCreate.shape.privateKey.safeParse(encryptedEd25519);
+		expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("accepts an encrypted OpenSSH RSA key, proving the regex cannot detect encryption for any OpenSSH-format key", () => {
+		const result = sshKeyCreate.shape.privateKey.safeParse(encryptedOpenSshRsa);
+		expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("rejects a malformed private key at the format level", () => {
+		const result = sshKeyCreate.shape.privateKey.safeParse("just some text");
+		expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/ssh-key.ts b/apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/ssh-key.ts
index aa758a0ea..a573d5fcd 100644
--- a/apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/ssh-key.ts
+++ b/apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/ssh-key.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
 	generateSSHKey,
 	removeSSHKeyById,
 	updateSSHKeyById,
+	validateSshPrivateKeyParseable,
 } from "@dokploy/server";
 import { db } from "@dokploy/server/db";
 import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ export const sshRouter = createTRPCRouter({
 	create: withPermission("sshKeys", "create")
 		.input(apiCreateSshKey)
 		.mutation(async ({ input, ctx }) => {
+			const privateKeyValidation = validateSshPrivateKeyParseable(
+				input.privateKey,
+			);
+			if (!privateKeyValidation.ok) {
+				throw new TRPCError({
+					code: "BAD_REQUEST",
+					message: privateKeyValidation.message,
+				});
+			}
 			try {
 				await createSshKey({
 					...input,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/filesystem/ssh.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/filesystem/ssh.ts
index bebe64126..054e1ca00 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/filesystem/ssh.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/filesystem/ssh.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,24 @@ export const generateSSHKey = async (type: "rsa" | "ed25519" = "rsa") => {
 		throw error;
 	}
 };
+
+export type SshPrivateKeyValidation =
+	| { ok: true }
+	| { ok: false; encrypted: boolean; message: string };
+
+export const validateSshPrivateKeyParseable = (
+	privateKey: string,
+): SshPrivateKeyValidation => {
+	const parsed = ssh2.utils.parseKey(privateKey);
+	if (parsed instanceof Error) {
+		const encrypted = /encrypt/i.test(parsed.message);
+		return {
+			ok: false,
+			encrypted,
+			message: encrypted
+				? "Passphrase-protected SSH keys are not supported. Remove the passphrase before importing the key (e.g. `ssh-keygen -p -f <keyfile>`)."
+				: `Invalid private key: ${parsed.message}`,
+		};
+	}
+	return { ok: true };
+};