diff --git a/e2e/session-luancher.test.ts b/e2e/session-luancher.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d41ae993de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/session-luancher.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import {
+  createSession,
+  deleteSession,
+  loginAsUser,
+  navigateTo,
+} from './test-util';
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+test.describe('NEO Sessions Launcher', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await loginAsUser(page);
+  });
+
+  const sessionName = 'e2e-test-session';
+  test('User can create session in NEO', async ({ page }) => {
+    await createSession(page, sessionName);
+    await deleteSession(page, sessionName);
+  });
+
+  test('Sensitive environment variables are cleared when the browser is reloaded.', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await navigateTo(page, 'session/start');
+    await page
+      .getByRole('button', { name: '2 Environments & Resource' })
+      .click();
+    await page
+      .getByRole('button', { name: 'plus Add environment variables' })
+      .click();
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Variable').fill('abc');
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Variable').press('Tab');
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Value').fill('123');
+    await page
+      .getByRole('button', { name: 'plus Add environment variables' })
+      .click();
+    await page.locator('#envvars_1_variable').fill('password');
+    await page.locator('#envvars_1_variable').press('Tab');
+    await page.locator('#envvars_1_value').fill('hello');
+    await page
+      .getByRole('button', { name: 'plus Add environment variables' })
+      .click();
+    await page.locator('#envvars_2_variable').fill('api_key');
+    await page.locator('#envvars_2_variable').press('Tab');
+    await page.locator('#envvars_2_value').fill('secret');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1000); // Wait for the form state to be saved as query param.
+    await page.reload();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('#envvars_1_value_help').getByText('Please enter a value.'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('#envvars_2_value_help').getByText('Please enter a value.'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/session.test.ts b/e2e/session.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f9ab8ca08..0000000000
--- a/e2e/session.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { createSession, deleteSession, loginAsUser } from './test-util';
-import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-
-test.describe('Sessions ', () => {
-  const sessionName = 'e2e-test-session';
-  test('User can create session in NEO', async ({ page }) => {
-    await loginAsUser(page);
-    await createSession(page, sessionName);
-    await deleteSession(page, sessionName);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.test.tsx b/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..408dbe2d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// EnvVarFormList.test.tsx
+import { sanitizeSensitiveEnv } from './EnvVarFormList';
+
+describe('emptySensitiveEnv', () => {
+  it('should empty the value of sensitive environment variables', () => {
+    const envs = [
+      { variable: 'SECRET_KEY', value: '12345' },
+      { variable: 'API_KEY', value: 'abcdef' },
+      { variable: 'NON_SENSITIVE', value: 'value' },
+    ];
+
+    const result = sanitizeSensitiveEnv(envs);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      { variable: 'SECRET_KEY', value: '' },
+      { variable: 'API_KEY', value: '' },
+      { variable: 'NON_SENSITIVE', value: 'value' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should not change non-sensitive environment variables', () => {
+    const envs = [{ variable: 'NON_SENSITIVE', value: 'value' }];
+    const result = sanitizeSensitiveEnv(envs);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([{ variable: 'NON_SENSITIVE', value: 'value' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle an empty array', () => {
+    const envs: any[] = [];
+
+    const result = sanitizeSensitiveEnv(envs);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.tsx b/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.tsx
index e651a9a54f..0286a3f8ce 100644
--- a/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.tsx
+++ b/react/src/components/EnvVarFormList.tsx
@@ -137,4 +137,40 @@ const EnvVarFormList: React.FC<EnvVarFormListProps> = ({
   );
 };
 
+const sensitivePatterns = [
+  /AUTH/i,
+  /ACCESS/i,
+  /SECRET/i,
+  /_KEY/i,
+  /PASSWORD/i,
+  /PASSWD/i,
+  /PWD/i,
+  /TOKEN/i,
+  /PRIVATE/i,
+  /CREDENTIAL/i,
+  /JWT/i,
+  /KEYPAIR/i,
+  /CERTIFICATE/i,
+  /SSH/i,
+  /ENCRYPT/i,
+  /SIGNATURE/i,
+  /SALT/i,
+  /PIN/i,
+  /PASSPHRASE/i,
+  /OAUTH/i,
+];
+
+export function isSensitiveEnv(key: string) {
+  return sensitivePatterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(key));
+}
+
+export function sanitizeSensitiveEnv(envs: EnvVarFormListValue[]) {
+  return envs.map((env) => {
+    if (env && isSensitiveEnv(env.variable)) {
+      return { ...env, value: '' };
+    }
+    return env;
+  });
+}
+
 export default EnvVarFormList;
diff --git a/react/src/components/VFolderTableFormItem.tsx b/react/src/components/VFolderTableFormItem.tsx
index 488bb169cf..56cb3060ff 100644
--- a/react/src/components/VFolderTableFormItem.tsx
+++ b/react/src/components/VFolderTableFormItem.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ interface VFolderTableFormItemProps extends Omit<FormItemProps, 'name'> {
 export interface VFolderTableFormValues {
   mounts: string[];
   vfoldersAliasMap: AliasMap;
+  autoMountedFolderNames?: string[];
 }
 
 const VFolderTableFormItem: React.FC<VFolderTableFormItemProps> = ({
diff --git a/react/src/pages/SessionLauncherPage.tsx b/react/src/pages/SessionLauncherPage.tsx
index 651873a141..4ae5b25ff8 100644
--- a/react/src/pages/SessionLauncherPage.tsx
+++ b/react/src/pages/SessionLauncherPage.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import BAIIntervalText from '../components/BAIIntervalText';
 import DatePickerISO from '../components/DatePickerISO';
 import DoubleTag from '../components/DoubleTag';
 import EnvVarFormList, {
+  sanitizeSensitiveEnv,
   EnvVarFormListValue,
 } from '../components/EnvVarFormList';
 import Flex from '../components/Flex';
@@ -229,14 +230,21 @@ const SessionLauncherPage = () => {
       // console.log('syncFormToURLWithDebounce', form.getFieldsValue());
       // To sync the latest form values to URL,
       // 'trailing' is set to true, and get the form values here."
+      const currentValue = form.getFieldsValue();
       setQuery(
         {
           // formValues: form.getFieldsValue(),
-          formValues: _.omit(
-            form.getFieldsValue(),
-            ['environments.image'],
-            ['environments.customizedTag'],
-            ['autoMountedFolderNames'],
+          formValues: _.extend(
+            _.omit(
+              form.getFieldsValue(),
+              ['environments.image'],
+              ['environments.customizedTag'],
+              ['autoMountedFolderNames'],
+              ['envvars'],
+            ),
+            {
+              envvars: sanitizeSensitiveEnv(currentValue.envvars),
+            },
           ),
         },
         'replaceIn',