diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
index a7c40e7..269a859 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { NavLink, Outlet } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { usePluginStore } from '@/store/pluginStore';
 import { useUIStore } from '@/store/uiStore';
+import { usePermission } from '@/hooks/usePermission';
+import { useAuthStore } from '@/store/authStore';
 import { Settings, Mail, Bell, Sparkles, Bot, Shield, Users, UsersRound, Package, ArrowLeft } from 'lucide-react';
 
 const ICON_MAP: Record<string, React.ComponentType<{ className?: string }>> = {
@@ -22,12 +24,17 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const manifests = usePluginStore(s => s.manifests);
   const sidebarOpen = useUIStore((state) => state.sidebarOpen);
+  const { hasPermission } = usePermission();
+  const user = useAuthStore((state) => state.user);
   const pluginSettingsPages = useMemo(
     () => (manifests || [])
       .flatMap((m) => (Array.isArray(m.settings_pages) ? m.settings_pages : []))
       .filter((p): p is NonNullable<typeof p> => !!p && !!p.path)
+      // ARCH-006 parity: hide settings pages the user has no permission for
+      // (fail-closed while permissions are loading)
+      .filter(p => !p.permission || (user?.is_system_admin || hasPermission(p.permission)))
       .sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order),
-    [manifests]
+    [manifests, user]
   );
 
   const hardcodedNavItems = [
@@ -44,11 +51,10 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
   ];
 
   const existingPaths = new Set(hardcodedNavItems.map(item => item.to));
-  // Filter out plugin nav items that are duplicates of hardcoded ones
-  const duplicateLabels = new Set(['Roles', 'Users', 'Groups', 'AI Settings', 'Automation', 'Proactive AI']);
+  // Path-based dedup only — the old label-based hack hid legitimate plugin
+  // pages whenever their English label collided with a hardcoded one.
   const pluginNavItems = pluginSettingsPages
     .filter(p => !existingPaths.has(`/settings/${p.path}`))
-    .filter(p => !duplicateLabels.has(p.label))
     .map(p => ({
       to: `/settings/${p.path}`,
       label: t(p.label_key, p.label),