diff --git a/.jules/palette.md b/.jules/palette.md
index 1ba61391..5170454c 100644
--- a/.jules/palette.md
+++ b/.jules/palette.md
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
 
 **Learning:** 백엔드 전용 프로젝트(프론트엔드가 없는 경우)에서는 'UX(사용자 경험)'가 주로 'DX(개발자 경험)'로 해석됩니다. OpenAPI/Swagger 스키마에 `json_schema_extra={"example": ...}`와 같은 구체적인 예시를 추가하면 API를 사용하는 개발자들의 인터페이스 이해도를 높일 수 있습니다.
 **Action:** 향후 백엔드 API 중심의 프로젝트에서는 Pydantic 스키마 정의에 풍부한 문서화와 예제 데이터가 포함되어 있는지 확인하여 개발자 경험을 개선할 것입니다.
+## 2026-09-04 - Enable persistAuthorization in development
+
+**Learning:** Developers frequently test authenticated endpoints via Swagger UI in local development, but refreshing the page clears the API token, degrading the developer experience. Adding `persistAuthorization: True` improves usability by caching credentials locally.
+**Action:** Always enable `persistAuthorization` conditionally based on the runtime profile (e.g., `development`) to optimize DX without compromising production security.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b5c1674..feb6a226 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ NEWSDOM_RUNTIME_PROFILE=development \
   uv run uvicorn --app-dir src newsdom_api.main:app --reload
 ```
 
+In development, you may also optionally enable Swagger UI authorization persistence by exporting `NEWSDOM_SWAGGER_PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION=true`. This caches credentials in the browser so they survive page close/refresh. This setting is strictly for local development and should **not** be enabled on shared or remote development browsers, as it risks exposing authorization data to other users of that browser. It is rejected in production profiles.
+
 Do not use the development-only bypass as a production rollback. Restore a
 working secret or the previous release instead.
 
diff --git a/src/newsdom_api/config.py b/src/newsdom_api/config.py
index 34bd05f9..fefc728c 100644
--- a/src/newsdom_api/config.py
+++ b/src/newsdom_api/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 AUTH_MODE_ENV_VAR = "NEWSDOM_AUTH_MODE"
 RUNTIME_PROFILE_ENV_VAR = "NEWSDOM_RUNTIME_PROFILE"
 MAX_BEARER_HEADER_BYTES = 4096
+PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION_ENV_VAR = "NEWSDOM_SWAGGER_PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION"
 
 
 class RuntimeConfigurationError(ValueError):
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class RuntimeSettings:
     authentication_mode: AuthenticationMode = AuthenticationMode.REQUIRED
     runtime_profile: RuntimeProfile = RuntimeProfile.PRODUCTION
     api_token: str | None = field(default=None, repr=False)
+    persist_authorization: bool = False
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         """Normalize secrets once and reject unsafe direct construction."""
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:
                 "Authentication can be disabled only in the development runtime profile"
             )
 
+        if self.persist_authorization and self.runtime_profile is not RuntimeProfile.DEVELOPMENT:
+            raise RuntimeConfigurationError(
+                "Authorization persistence can be enabled only in the development runtime profile"
+            )
+
         if self.api_token is None:
             return
 
@@ -132,8 +139,10 @@ def load_runtime_settings(
         )
     )
 
+    persist_authorization = values.get(PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION_ENV_VAR, "false").strip().lower() == "true"
     return RuntimeSettings(
         authentication_mode=authentication_mode,
         runtime_profile=runtime_profile,
         api_token=get_api_token(values),
+        persist_authorization=persist_authorization,
     )
diff --git a/src/newsdom_api/main.py b/src/newsdom_api/main.py
index f61aafc2..19472f07 100644
--- a/src/newsdom_api/main.py
+++ b/src/newsdom_api/main.py
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ def create_app(
     elif not application_settings.authentication_ready:
         LOGGER.error("Parser authentication configuration is unavailable")
 
+    swagger_ui_params = {
+        "displayRequestDuration": True,
+        "syntaxHighlight.theme": "monokai",
+        "tryItOutEnabled": True,
+    }
+    if application_settings.persist_authorization:
+        swagger_ui_params["persistAuthorization"] = True
+
     application = FastAPI(
         title="NewsDOM API",
         description=(
@@ -317,11 +325,7 @@ def create_app(
         },
         license_info={"name": "MIT License", "identifier": "MIT"},
         openapi_tags=tags_metadata,
-        swagger_ui_parameters={
-            "displayRequestDuration": True,
-            "syntaxHighlight.theme": "monokai",
-            "tryItOutEnabled": True,
-        },
+        swagger_ui_parameters=swagger_ui_params,
     )
     application.state.runtime_settings = application_settings
     application.state.runtime_readiness_probe = (
diff --git a/tests/test_fastapi_dx.py b/tests/test_fastapi_dx.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3b6d5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_fastapi_dx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from newsdom_api.main import app
+from newsdom_api.config import AuthenticationMode, RuntimeProfile, RuntimeSettings, load_runtime_settings
+from newsdom_api.main import create_app
+
+import pytest
+from newsdom_api.config import RuntimeConfigurationError
+
+def test_development_profile_persists_authorization_default_off():
+    """Verify persistAuthorization is off by default even in development profile."""
+    settings = RuntimeSettings(
+        authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.DISABLED,
+        runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.DEVELOPMENT,
+    )
+    app = create_app(settings)
+    assert app.swagger_ui_parameters.get("persistAuthorization") is None
+
+def test_development_profile_persists_authorization_opt_in():
+    """Verify persistAuthorization is enabled in development profile when explicitly requested."""
+    settings = RuntimeSettings(
+        authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.DISABLED,
+        runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.DEVELOPMENT,
+        persist_authorization=True,
+    )
+    app = create_app(settings)
+    assert app.swagger_ui_parameters.get("persistAuthorization") is True
+
+def test_production_profile_does_not_persist_authorization():
+    """Verify persistAuthorization is off by default in production profile."""
+    settings = RuntimeSettings(
+        authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.REQUIRED,
+        runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.PRODUCTION,
+        api_token="test_token"
+    )
+    app = create_app(settings)
+    assert app.swagger_ui_parameters.get("persistAuthorization") is None
+
+def test_production_profile_rejects_persist_authorization():
+    """Verify persistAuthorization explicitly requested in production fails closed."""
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeConfigurationError, match="development runtime profile"):
+        RuntimeSettings(
+            authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.REQUIRED,
+            runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.PRODUCTION,
+            api_token="test_token",
+            persist_authorization=True,
+        )
+
+def test_load_settings_parses_persist_authorization_env_var():
+    """Verify persist_authorization is loaded from NEWSDOM_SWAGGER_PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION."""
+    env = {
+        "NEWSDOM_AUTH_MODE": "disabled",
+        "NEWSDOM_RUNTIME_PROFILE": "development",
+        "NEWSDOM_SWAGGER_PERSIST_AUTHORIZATION": "true"
+    }
+    settings = load_runtime_settings(env)
+    assert settings.persist_authorization is True
+
+def test_production_profile_auth_readiness_is_unchanged():
+    """Verify unchanged production auth readiness."""
+    settings = RuntimeSettings(
+        authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.REQUIRED,
+        runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.PRODUCTION,
+        api_token="test_token"
+    )
+    assert settings.authentication_ready is True
+
+    settings_missing_token = RuntimeSettings(
+        authentication_mode=AuthenticationMode.REQUIRED,
+        runtime_profile=RuntimeProfile.PRODUCTION,
+    )
+    assert settings_missing_token.authentication_ready is False