diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4f4050b..ca6a27b6 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ output/playwright/
 config/www/community
 config/www/ookla_speedtest/
 config/.cache/
+# HACS-managed HA-MCP runtime state; endpoint credentials stay out of Git.
+config/.ha_mcp/
 community
 image
 tts