diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2218b827032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+bundle:
+  name: test-bundle-$UNIQUE_NAME
+
+variables:
+  secret_value:
+    description: The value of the secret
+
+resources:
+  secrets:
+    foo:
+      catalog_name: main
+      schema_name: default
+      name: test-secret-$UNIQUE_NAME
+      value: ${var.secret_value}
+      grants:
+        - principal: account users
+          privileges:
+            - MANAGE
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl-init.sh b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl-init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8ec839a40d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/configs/secret.yml.tmpl-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export BUNDLE_VAR_secret_value="secret-value"
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/continue_293/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/continue_293/test.toml
index c6fba9c43fb..1289c80af5e 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/continue_293/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/continue_293/test.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ EnvMatrixExclude.no_volume_path_job_ref = ["INPUT_CONFIG=volume_path_job_ref.yml
 # The 1000-task scale case is covered by no_drift. Running it here adds ~1.5 min
 # per variant (two full deploys at 1000 tasks) without incremental coverage.
 EnvMatrixExclude.no_pydabs_1000_tasks = ["INPUT_CONFIG=job_pydabs_1000_tasks.yml.tmpl"]
+
+# secret resource is not supported on v0.293.0
+EnvMatrixExclude.no_secret = ["INPUT_CONFIG=secret.yml.tmpl"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/out.test.toml
index f65b1680aa1..31e2851a46e 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/out.test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/out.test.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ EnvMatrix.INPUT_CONFIG = [
   "schema_empty_grants.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_grant_ref.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_uppercase_name.yml.tmpl",
+  "secret.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope_default_backend_type.yml.tmpl",
   "sql_warehouse.yml.tmpl",
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/test.toml
index 3f5bb92afad..d22b3db0565 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/delete_idempotent/test.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ EnvMatrix.READPLAN = ["", "1"]
 # Snapshot of pre-delete state used to re-run the delete on state that still
 # references the (now-gone) resources; may linger if the test fails mid-run.
 Ignore = [".databricks.backup"]
+
+[EnvMatrixExclude]
+# Secrets have sensitive fields (json:"-") that are stripped when a plan is serialized to JSON,
+# so deploying from a pre-computed plan file creates the secret with an empty value.
+no_secret_with_readplan = ["READPLAN=1", "INPUT_CONFIG=secret.yml.tmpl"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/out.test.toml
index f65b1680aa1..31e2851a46e 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/out.test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/out.test.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ EnvMatrix.INPUT_CONFIG = [
   "schema_empty_grants.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_grant_ref.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_uppercase_name.yml.tmpl",
+  "secret.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope_default_backend_type.yml.tmpl",
   "sql_warehouse.yml.tmpl",
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/test.toml
index 16cf0797a77..7e358fde985 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/destroy_idempotent/test.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ EnvMatrix.READPLAN = ["", "1"]
 # Snapshot of pre-destroy state used to re-run destroy on state that still
 # references the (now-gone) resources; may linger if the test fails mid-run.
 Ignore = [".databricks.backup"]
+
+[EnvMatrixExclude]
+# Secrets have sensitive fields (json:"-") that are stripped when a plan is serialized to JSON,
+# so deploying from a pre-computed plan file creates the secret with an empty value.
+no_secret_with_readplan = ["READPLAN=1", "INPUT_CONFIG=secret.yml.tmpl"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/migrate/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/migrate/test.toml
index bb2337b32aa..2579e755f66 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/migrate/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/migrate/test.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ EnvMatrixExclude.no_pydabs_1000_tasks = ["INPUT_CONFIG=job_pydabs_1000_tasks.yml
 # migrate deploys via Terraform first, and the TF provider rejects an uppercase
 # volume schema_name ("inconsistent final plan"). Covered by no_drift on direct.
 EnvMatrixExclude.no_volume_uppercase = ["INPUT_CONFIG=volume_uppercase_name.yml.tmpl"]
+
+# secret resource is not supported in terraform mode
+EnvMatrixExclude.no_secret = ["INPUT_CONFIG=secret.yml.tmpl"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/out.test.toml
index f65b1680aa1..31e2851a46e 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/out.test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/out.test.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ EnvMatrix.INPUT_CONFIG = [
   "schema_empty_grants.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_grant_ref.yml.tmpl",
   "schema_uppercase_name.yml.tmpl",
+  "secret.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope.yml.tmpl",
   "secret_scope_default_backend_type.yml.tmpl",
   "sql_warehouse.yml.tmpl",
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/test.toml
index ff8a66c196e..1e7f00ada30 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/no_drift/test.toml
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 EnvMatrix.READPLAN = ["", "1"]
+
+[EnvMatrixExclude]
+# Secrets have sensitive fields (json:"-") that are stripped when a plan is serialized to JSON,
+# so deploying from a pre-computed plan file creates the secret with an empty value.
+no_secret_with_readplan = ["READPLAN=1", "INPUT_CONFIG=secret.yml.tmpl"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/test.toml
index 1d0d883f6d5..583fbf7cb66 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/invariant/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/invariant/test.toml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ EnvMatrix.INPUT_CONFIG = [
     "schema_empty_grants.yml.tmpl",
     "schema_grant_ref.yml.tmpl",
     "schema_uppercase_name.yml.tmpl",
+    "secret.yml.tmpl",
     "secret_scope.yml.tmpl",
     "secret_scope_default_backend_type.yml.tmpl",
     "sql_warehouse.yml.tmpl",
diff --git a/acceptance/invariant_test.go b/acceptance/invariant_test.go
index 26591b7441d..1c8204055ed 100644
--- a/acceptance/invariant_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/invariant_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ const invariantConfigsDir = "bundle/invariant/configs"
 // the test fails if an entry here is actually covered, so the list only shrinks.
 var LackingInvariantTest = map[string]bool{
 	"quality_monitors": true,
-	"secrets":          true,
-	"secrets.grants":   true,
 }
 
 // TestInvariantConfigsCoverage ensures that the invariant test configs in
diff --git a/bundle/direct/dresources/secret.go b/bundle/direct/dresources/secret.go
index 3f3dc68a392..09ce26d34d3 100644
--- a/bundle/direct/dresources/secret.go
+++ b/bundle/direct/dresources/secret.go
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ type ResourceSecret struct {
 	client *databricks.WorkspaceClient
 }
 
+// SecretRemote is the remote read type for a UC secret. It embeds the SDK Secret
+// struct and adds SecretValue, populated from EffectiveValue by DoRead, so that
+// drift detection can compare the live secret value against the desired config value.
+type SecretRemote struct {
+	catalog.Secret
+
+	// SecretValue mirrors EffectiveValue and is populated by DoRead when include_value=true.
+	// It uses the same field name as SecretState.SecretValue so RemapState can copy it directly.
+	// bundle:"sensitive" makes GetStructDiff include it despite json:"-", enabling drift detection.
+	SecretValue string `json:"-" bundle:"sensitive"`
+}
+
 // SecretState is the persisted state type for a UC secret. It extends the SDK
 // Secret struct with a Fingerprint field so that value changes can be detected
 // across deploys without storing the plaintext value on disk. The Value field
@@ -62,7 +74,7 @@ func (*ResourceSecret) PrepareState(input *resources.Secret) *SecretState {
 	}
 }
 
-func (*ResourceSecret) RemapState(remote *catalog.Secret) *SecretState {
+func (*ResourceSecret) RemapState(remote *SecretRemote) *SecretState {
 	return &SecretState{
 		Secret: catalog.Secret{
 			CatalogName:     remote.CatalogName,
@@ -82,12 +94,12 @@ func (*ResourceSecret) RemapState(remote *catalog.Secret) *SecretState {
 			UpdatedBy:       "",
 			ForceSendFields: utils.FilterFields[catalog.Secret](remote.ForceSendFields),
 		},
-		SecretValue: remote.EffectiveValue,
+		SecretValue: remote.SecretValue,
 	}
 }
 
 // DoRead fetches the secret by full name.
-func (r *ResourceSecret) DoRead(ctx context.Context, id string) (*catalog.Secret, error) {
+func (r *ResourceSecret) DoRead(ctx context.Context, id string) (*SecretRemote, error) {
 	apiClient, err := client.New(r.client.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -101,26 +113,30 @@ func (r *ResourceSecret) DoRead(ctx context.Context, id string) (*catalog.Secret
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &secret, nil
+	// Populate SecretValue from EffectiveValue so drift detection can compare
+	// the live secret value against the desired config value via RemapState.
+	return &SecretRemote{
+		Secret:      secret,
+		SecretValue: secret.EffectiveValue,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // DoCreate creates a new UC secret.
-func (r *ResourceSecret) DoCreate(ctx context.Context, state *SecretState) (string, *catalog.Secret, error) {
+func (r *ResourceSecret) DoCreate(ctx context.Context, state *SecretState) (string, *SecretRemote, error) {
 	state.Value = state.SecretValue
 	response, err := r.client.SecretsUc.CreateSecret(ctx, catalog.CreateSecretRequest{
 		Secret: state.Secret,
 	})
 	// Clear the plaintext so it is not written to the state file.
-	// Fingerprint already captures whether the value changed.
 	state.Value = ""
 	if err != nil || response == nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
-	return response.FullName, response, nil
+	return response.FullName, &SecretRemote{Secret: *response, SecretValue: state.SecretValue}, nil
 }
 
 // DoUpdate updates the secret in place and returns remote state.
-func (r *ResourceSecret) DoUpdate(ctx context.Context, id string, state *SecretState, _ *PlanEntry) (*catalog.Secret, error) {
+func (r *ResourceSecret) DoUpdate(ctx context.Context, id string, state *SecretState, _ *PlanEntry) (*SecretRemote, error) {
 	state.Value = state.SecretValue
 	response, err := r.client.SecretsUc.UpdateSecret(ctx, catalog.UpdateSecretRequest{
 		FullName: id,
@@ -134,7 +150,7 @@ func (r *ResourceSecret) DoUpdate(ctx context.Context, id string, state *SecretS
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return response, nil
+	return &SecretRemote{Secret: *response, SecretValue: state.SecretValue}, nil
 }
 
 // DoDelete deletes the secret.
@@ -144,15 +160,28 @@ func (r *ResourceSecret) DoDelete(ctx context.Context, id string, _ *SecretState
 	})
 }
 
+// MarshalJSON serializes SecretRemote as a merged JSON object: the fields from
+// catalog.Secret (via its own MarshalJSON) plus any SecretRemote-specific fields.
+// Without this, the embedded catalog.Secret.MarshalJSON takes over and drops them.
+func (s SecretRemote) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return marshal.Marshal(s)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON deserializes SecretRemote, restoring both the embedded
+// catalog.Secret fields and any SecretRemote-specific fields.
+func (s *SecretRemote) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	return marshal.Unmarshal(b, s)
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON serializes SecretState as a merged JSON object: the fields from
-// catalog.Secret (via its own MarshalJSON) plus "fingerprint". Without this,
-// the embedded catalog.Secret.MarshalJSON takes over and drops Fingerprint.
+// catalog.Secret (via its own MarshalJSON) plus SecretState-specific fields.
+// Without this, the embedded catalog.Secret.MarshalJSON takes over and drops them.
 func (s SecretState) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return marshal.Marshal(s)
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON deserializes SecretState, restoring both the embedded
-// catalog.Secret fields and Fingerprint.
+// catalog.Secret fields and SecretState-specific fields.
 func (s *SecretState) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return marshal.Unmarshal(b, s)
 }
diff --git a/bundle/direct/dresources/serialize_test.go b/bundle/direct/dresources/serialize_test.go
index 386714b0b3e..194896d177e 100644
--- a/bundle/direct/dresources/serialize_test.go
+++ b/bundle/direct/dresources/serialize_test.go
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ func assertJSONRoundTrip(t *testing.T, v any, label string) {
 
 	// Diff the Go values rather than the JSON: a wrapper that drops fields keeps
 	// them populated in v but loses them in back, so structdiff flags it even
-	// though both marshal to the same (already-truncated) JSON. structdiff skips
-	// ForceSendFields and json:"-" fields, which are intentionally not serialized.
+	// though both marshal to the same (already-truncated) JSON.
+	// Compare against a second unmarshal of the same JSON (not the original v) so
+	// that json:"-" fields (intentionally not serialized, including bundle:"sensitive"
+	// ones) start at their zero value on both sides and never appear as differences.
 	// Free-form any fields must be populated with []any/map[string]any (as JSON
 	// decoding yields) so they round-trip to the same concrete type.
-	changes, err := structdiff.GetStructDiff(v, back, nil)
+	baseline := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(v)).Interface()
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, baseline)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "%s: second Unmarshal failed", label)
+
+	changes, err := structdiff.GetStructDiff(reflect.ValueOf(baseline).Elem().Interface(), back, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, changes, "%s lost %d field(s) in JSON round-trip:%s", label, len(changes), formatChanges(changes))
 }
diff --git a/libs/structs/structaccess/get.go b/libs/structs/structaccess/get.go
index bf8c96df80d..2119f7fb107 100644
--- a/libs/structs/structaccess/get.go
+++ b/libs/structs/structaccess/get.go
@@ -249,7 +249,15 @@ func findFieldInStruct(v reflect.Value, key string) (reflect.Value, reflect.Stru
 
 		// Read JSON tag using structtag helper
 		name := structtag.JSONTag(sf.Tag.Get("json")).Name()
+
+		btag := structtag.BundleTag(sf.Tag.Get("bundle"))
+
+		// Sensitive fields use json:"-" to avoid serialization but are still diffed
+		// in memory under their Go field name. Allow lookup by Go field name for them.
 		if name == "-" {
+			if btag.Sensitive() && sf.Name == key {
+				return v.Field(i), sf, true
+			}
 			name = ""
 		}
 
@@ -258,7 +266,6 @@ func findFieldInStruct(v reflect.Value, key string) (reflect.Value, reflect.Stru
 		}
 		if name != "" && name == key {
 			// Skip fields marked as internal or readonly via bundle tag
-			btag := structtag.BundleTag(sf.Tag.Get("bundle"))
 			if btag.Internal() || btag.ReadOnly() {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/libs/structs/structaccess/typecheck.go b/libs/structs/structaccess/typecheck.go
index 7147fa0f435..50ebf5978c6 100644
--- a/libs/structs/structaccess/typecheck.go
+++ b/libs/structs/structaccess/typecheck.go
@@ -152,12 +152,22 @@ func FindStructFieldByKeyType(t reflect.Type, key string) (reflect.StructField,
 			continue
 		}
 		name := structtag.JSONTag(sf.Tag.Get("json")).Name()
-		if name == "-" || sf.Name == EmbeddedSliceFieldName {
+		btag := structtag.BundleTag(sf.Tag.Get("bundle"))
+
+		// Sensitive fields use json:"-" to avoid serialization but are diffed
+		// under their Go field name. Allow lookup by Go field name for them.
+		if name == "-" {
+			if btag.Sensitive() && sf.Name == key {
+				return sf, t, true
+			}
 			name = ""
 		}
-		if name != "" && name == key {
+
+		if name == "" || sf.Name == EmbeddedSliceFieldName {
+			continue
+		}
+		if name == key {
 			// Skip fields marked as internal/readonly
-			btag := structtag.BundleTag(sf.Tag.Get("bundle"))
 			if btag.Internal() || btag.ReadOnly() {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/libs/structs/structdiff/diff.go b/libs/structs/structdiff/diff.go
index 4e9df593994..41be3ba64d5 100644
--- a/libs/structs/structdiff/diff.go
+++ b/libs/structs/structdiff/diff.go
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@ func diffStruct(ctx *diffContext, path *structpath.PathNode, s1, s2 reflect.Valu
 		jsonTag := structtag.JSONTag(sf.Tag.Get("json"))
 		bundleTag := structtag.BundleTag(sf.Tag.Get("bundle"))
 
-		// Resolve field name from JSON tag or fall back to Go field name
+		// Resolve field name from JSON tag or fall back to Go field name.
 		// Sensitive fields are marked as "json:-" so they are not accidentally stored in the state file.
-		// But we still want to diff them to detect changes based on in-memory values (comes from config and remote)
+		// But we still want to diff them to detect changes based on in-memory values (comes from config and remote).
+		// Use the Go field name as the path key for sensitive fields so that structaccess.Get can resolve them.
 		fieldName := jsonTag.Name()
 		if fieldName == "-" && !bundleTag.Sensitive() {
 			continue
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ func diffStruct(ctx *diffContext, path *structpath.PathNode, s1, s2 reflect.Valu
 
 		isEmbed := sf.Name == structaccess.EmbeddedSliceFieldName
 
-		if fieldName == "" || isEmbed {
+		if fieldName == "" || fieldName == "-" || isEmbed {
 			fieldName = sf.Name
 		}