diff --git a/bin/lib/onboard.js b/bin/lib/onboard.js
index 9cabb094d8..041c68036d 100644
--- a/bin/lib/onboard.js
+++ b/bin/lib/onboard.js
@@ -2140,6 +2140,23 @@ async function setupPolicies(sandboxName) {
 const CONTROL_UI_PORT = 18789;
 const CONTROL_UI_CHAT_PATH = "/chat?session=main";
 
+/**
+ * Extract gateway auth token from sandbox connect output.
+ * The output may contain shell noise; looks for a line matching TOKEN:<value>.
+ * Exported for unit tests.
+ */
+function parseTokenFromOutput(output) {
+  if (!output || typeof output !== "string") return null;
+  for (const line of output.split("\n")) {
+    const trimmed = line.trim();
+    if (trimmed.startsWith("TOKEN:") && trimmed.length > 6) {
+      const token = trimmed.slice(6).trim();
+      if (token) return token;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 function findOpenclawJsonPath(dir) {
   if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) return null;
   const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
@@ -2178,8 +2195,8 @@ function fetchGatewayAuthTokenFromSandbox(sandboxName) {
   } finally {
     try {
       fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    } catch {
-      // ignore cleanup errors
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`  Failed to remove temp dir ${tmpDir}: ${e.message}`);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -2214,10 +2231,13 @@ function printDashboard(sandboxName, model, provider, nimContainer = null) {
   else if (provider === "ollama-local") providerLabel = "Local Ollama";
 
   const token = fetchGatewayAuthTokenFromSandbox(sandboxName);
+  const dashboardUrl = token
+    ? `http://localhost:${CONTROL_UI_PORT}/#token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`
+    : `http://localhost:${CONTROL_UI_PORT}/`;
 
   console.log("");
   console.log(`  ${"─".repeat(50)}`);
-  // console.log(`  Dashboard    http://localhost:18789/`);
+  console.log(`  Dashboard    ${dashboardUrl}`);
   console.log(`  Sandbox      ${sandboxName} (Landlock + seccomp + netns)`);
   console.log(`  Model        ${model} (${providerLabel})`);
   console.log(`  NIM          ${nimLabel}`);
@@ -2282,6 +2302,7 @@ module.exports = {
   hasStaleGateway,
   isSandboxReady,
   onboard,
+  parseTokenFromOutput,
   pruneStaleSandboxEntry,
   runCaptureOpenshell,
   setupInference,
diff --git a/test/onboard.test.js b/test/onboard.test.js
index f1240a9ed4..3b5f86819b 100644
--- a/test/onboard.test.js
+++ b/test/onboard.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   getInstalledOpenshellVersion,
   getSandboxInferenceConfig,
   getStableGatewayImageRef,
+  parseTokenFromOutput,
   patchStagedDockerfile,
   writeSandboxConfigSyncFile,
 } from "../bin/lib/onboard";
@@ -782,4 +783,31 @@ const { setupInference } = require(${onboardPath});
     assert.equal(commands.length, 3);
   });
 
+  describe("parseTokenFromOutput", () => {
+    it("extracts token from a TOKEN: prefixed line", () => {
+      const out = "shell noise\nTOKEN:test-token-unit-fixture\nexit\n";
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput(out)).toBe("test-token-unit-fixture");
+    });
+
+    it("returns the first TOKEN: match when multiple lines match", () => {
+      const out = "TOKEN:first\nTOKEN:second\n";
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput(out)).toBe("first");
+    });
+
+    it("trims whitespace around the TOKEN: line", () => {
+      const out = "  TOKEN:abc123  \n";
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput(out)).toBe("abc123");
+    });
+
+    it("returns null when no TOKEN: prefix is present", () => {
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput("no token here")).toBe(null);
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput("some output\nexit\n")).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("returns null for empty or non-string input", () => {
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput("")).toBe(null);
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput(null)).toBe(null);
+      expect(parseTokenFromOutput(undefined)).toBe(null);
+    });
+  });
 });