diff --git a/server/src/nest/plugins/plugins-proxy.controller.ts b/server/src/nest/plugins/plugins-proxy.controller.ts
index b0f7714b9..16a127d8b 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/plugins/plugins-proxy.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/plugins/plugins-proxy.controller.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class PluginsProxyController {
     }
 
     // Per-route auth: default-on; `auth:false` routes are public (OAuth cb/webhook).
-    let user: { id: number; username: string; is_admin?: boolean } | null = null;
+    let user: { id: number; username: string; role?: 'admin' | 'user' } | null = null;
     if (route.auth) {
       const token = extractToken(req);
       const loaded = token ? verifyJwtAndLoadUser(token) : null;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class PluginsProxyController {
             // allowlisted, credential-free subset — an authenticated route never
             // needs them and must not see even the safe ones.
             headers: route.auth === false ? pickInboundHeaders(req.headers as Record<string, unknown>) : {},
-            user: user ? { id: user.id, username: user.username, isAdmin: !!user.is_admin } : null,
+            user: user ? { id: user.id, username: user.username, isAdmin: user.role === 'admin' } : null,
           },
         },
         // Bind the authenticated session user as the acting user for any trip
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugins-proxy.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugins-proxy.test.ts
index 2ae8d0722..08449dc1b 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugins-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugins-proxy.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 const { pluginsEnabledMock, extractTokenMock, verifyMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   pluginsEnabledMock: vi.fn(() => true),
   extractTokenMock: vi.fn(() => 'tok'),
-  verifyMock: vi.fn(() => ({ id: 5, username: 'ada', is_admin: false })),
+  verifyMock: vi.fn(() => ({ id: 5, username: 'ada', role: 'user' })),
 }));
 vi.mock('../../../src/nest/plugins/kill-switch', () => ({ pluginsEnabled: pluginsEnabledMock }));
 vi.mock('../../../src/middleware/auth', () => ({ extractToken: extractTokenMock, verifyJwtAndLoadUser: verifyMock }));
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function makeRuntime(over: Partial<PluginRuntimeService> = {}): PluginRuntimeSer
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   pluginsEnabledMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue(true);
-  verifyMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue({ id: 5, username: 'ada', is_admin: false });
+  verifyMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue({ id: 5, username: 'ada', role: 'user' });
   extractTokenMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue('tok');
 });
 
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ describe('PluginsProxyController', () => {
     }), 5);
   });
 
+  it('maps role:admin to isAdmin:true in the forwarded user view', async () => {
+    // Regression: the proxy derives isAdmin from the loaded user's `role`, not a
+    // non-existent `is_admin` field — otherwise every user (admins included) is false.
+    verifyMock.mockReturnValue({ id: 7, username: 'root', role: 'admin' } as never);
+    const runtime = makeRuntime();
+    const res = fakeRes();
+    await new PluginsProxyController(runtime).proxy('p', fakeReq('GET', '/status'), res as never);
+    expect(runtime.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith('p', 'invoke.route', expect.objectContaining({
+      req: expect.objectContaining({ user: { id: 7, username: 'root', isAdmin: true } }),
+    }), 7);
+  });
+
   it('a public (auth:false) route skips the session check', async () => {
     const runtime = makeRuntime({ routesOf: vi.fn(() => [{ i: 1, method: 'POST', path: '/webhook', auth: false }]) } as never);
     const res = fakeRes();