diff --git a/manifest/manifest.go b/manifest/manifest.go
index 59c1b88..d82acb3 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ type Environment struct {
 }
 
 type SecretStore struct {
-	BackendPolicy string `toml:"backend_policy"`
+	BackendPolicy  string `toml:"backend_policy"`
+	BitwardenCache *bool  `toml:"bitwarden_cache"`
 }
 
 type Profiles struct {
diff --git a/manifest/manifest_test.go b/manifest/manifest_test.go
index 087b006..6b18139 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest_test.go
+++ b/manifest/manifest_test.go
@@ -235,6 +235,54 @@ description = " Client MCP interne "
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadParsesSecretStoreBitwardenCache(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, DefaultFile)
+
+	const content = `
+[secret_store]
+backend_policy = "bitwarden-cli"
+bitwarden_cache = false
+`
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFile manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if file.SecretStore.BitwardenCache == nil {
+		t.Fatal("bitwarden cache option is nil, want explicit false pointer")
+	}
+	if *file.SecretStore.BitwardenCache {
+		t.Fatal("bitwarden cache option = true, want false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadLeavesOmittedBitwardenCacheUnset(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, DefaultFile)
+
+	const content = `
+[secret_store]
+backend_policy = "bitwarden-cli"
+`
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFile manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if file.SecretStore.BitwardenCache != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bitwarden cache option = %v, want nil when omitted", *file.SecretStore.BitwardenCache)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadParsesConfigFields(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, DefaultFile)