diff --git a/src/ui/app.rs b/src/ui/app.rs
index cc518304..ef4b9966 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
 
     fn toggle_settings(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         if self.settings.is_some() {
-            self.close_settings(window, cx);
+            self.close_settings_checked(window, cx);
             return;
         }
         self.remember_active_pane(window, cx);
diff --git a/src/ui/i18n/en.rs b/src/ui/i18n/en.rs
index f01b99bf..03b06c29 100644
--- a/src/ui/i18n/en.rs
+++ b/src/ui/i18n/en.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ pub fn translate_en(key: L10nKey) -> &'static str {
             "Ask for confirmation before closing a tab or pane with a live SSH session."
         }
         L10nKey::SettingsNewHost => "New host",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesTitle => "Discard unsaved changes?",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesBody => {
+            "The connection you are editing has changes that were never saved."
+        }
+        L10nKey::SettingsKeepEditing => "Keep Editing",
         L10nKey::SettingsName => "Name",
         L10nKey::SettingsNameDesc => "A label for this connection.",
         L10nKey::SettingsHost => "Host",
diff --git a/src/ui/i18n/ja.rs b/src/ui/i18n/ja.rs
index 5bd85923..0d017407 100644
--- a/src/ui/i18n/ja.rs
+++ b/src/ui/i18n/ja.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ pub fn translate_ja(key: L10nKey) -> Option<&'static str> {
             "アクティブな SSH セッションのあるタブやペインを閉じる前に確認を求めます"
         }
         L10nKey::SettingsNewHost => "新規ホスト",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesTitle => "保存していない変更を破棄しますか？",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesBody => "編集中の接続に、まだ保存していない変更があります。",
+        L10nKey::SettingsKeepEditing => "編集を続ける",
         L10nKey::SettingsName => "名前",
         L10nKey::SettingsNameDesc => "この接続の表示名",
         L10nKey::SettingsHost => "ホスト名",
diff --git a/src/ui/i18n/mod.rs b/src/ui/i18n/mod.rs
index a6d32aab..26ddf4f0 100644
--- a/src/ui/i18n/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/i18n/mod.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ pub enum L10nKey {
     WarnBeforeClosing,
     SettingsWarnBeforeClosingDesc,
     SettingsNewHost,
+    SettingsDiscardChangesTitle,
+    SettingsDiscardChangesBody,
+    SettingsKeepEditing,
     SettingsName,
     SettingsNameDesc,
     SettingsHost,
@@ -1269,6 +1272,9 @@ mod tests {
             L10nKey::WarnBeforeClosing,
             L10nKey::SettingsWarnBeforeClosingDesc,
             L10nKey::SettingsNewHost,
+            L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesTitle,
+            L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesBody,
+            L10nKey::SettingsKeepEditing,
             L10nKey::SettingsName,
             L10nKey::SettingsNameDesc,
             L10nKey::SettingsHost,
diff --git a/src/ui/i18n/zh.rs b/src/ui/i18n/zh.rs
index 181bbf92..9f1e8f2b 100644
--- a/src/ui/i18n/zh.rs
+++ b/src/ui/i18n/zh.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ pub fn translate_zh(key: L10nKey) -> Option<&'static str> {
             "在关闭带有活动 SSH 会话的标签页或窗格前请求确认。"
         }
         L10nKey::SettingsNewHost => "新主机",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesTitle => "丢弃未保存的改动？",
+        L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesBody => "你正在编辑的连接有还没保存的改动。",
+        L10nKey::SettingsKeepEditing => "继续编辑",
         L10nKey::SettingsName => "名称",
         L10nKey::SettingsNameDesc => "此连接的标签。",
         L10nKey::SettingsHost => "主机",
diff --git a/src/ui/settings.rs b/src/ui/settings.rs
index 57765c69..4505e469 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings.rs
+++ b/src/ui/settings.rs
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
             .track_focus(&focus_handle)
             .on_key_down(cx.listener(|this, ev: &KeyDownEvent, window, cx| {
                 if ev.keystroke.key.as_str() == "escape" {
-                    this.close_settings(window, cx);
+                    this.close_settings_checked(window, cx);
                 }
             }))
             .child(sidebar)
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
                                 .h(px(TILE_SIZE))
                                 .rounded_lg()
                                 .on_click(cx.listener(|this, _, window, cx| {
-                                    this.close_settings(window, cx)
+                                    this.close_settings_checked(window, cx)
                                 })),
                         ),
                 )
@@ -2544,6 +2544,44 @@ impl Tty7App {
         cx.notify();
     }
 
+    /// Whether the SSH profile form on screen holds edits that were never
+    /// saved. Save is enabled off exactly this, so closing on it is the same
+    /// question the button already answers.
+    pub(crate) fn ssh_form_dirty(&self, cx: &App) -> bool {
+        let Some(form) = self.active_settings().and_then(|s| s.ssh_form.as_ref()) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let saved = cx
+            .global::<Config>()
+            .ssh_profiles
+            .iter()
+            .find(|p| p.id == form.editing)
+            .cloned();
+        self.ssh_form_collect(cx) != saved
+    }
+
+    /// Closing from Escape or the X is the user leaving; every other caller
+    /// closes as the tail of something they explicitly chose, and has already
+    /// saved or does not care.
+    pub(crate) fn close_settings_checked(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        if !self.ssh_form_dirty(cx) {
+            self.close_settings(window, cx);
+            return;
+        }
+        let answer = window.prompt(
+            gpui::PromptLevel::Warning,
+            t(L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesTitle),
+            Some(t(L10nKey::SettingsDiscardChangesBody)),
+            &[t(L10nKey::SettingsKeepEditing), t(L10nKey::EditorDiscard)],
+            cx,
+        );
+        cx.spawn_in(window, async move |this, cx| {
+            let Ok(1) = answer.await else { return };
+            let _ = this.update_in(cx, |this, window, cx| this.close_settings(window, cx));
+        })
+        .detach();
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn save_and_connect_profile(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         if let Some(id) = self.save_editing_profile(cx) {
             self.close_settings(window, cx);