diff --git a/locales/en/settings.ftl b/locales/en/settings.ftl
index d41be9e0c90..69115f8282d 100644
--- a/locales/en/settings.ftl
+++ b/locales/en/settings.ftl
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ settings-delete-monitor-free-account-dialog-cta-label = Delete account
 settings-delete-monitor-free-account-dialog-cancel-button-label = Never mind, take me back
 settings-delete-monitor-account-confirmation-toast-label-2 = Your { -brand-monitor } account is now deleted.
 settings-delete-monitor-account-confirmation-toast-dismiss-label = Dismiss
+settings-delete-account-recent-auth-required = For your safety, please sign in again (within the last hour) before deleting your account.
+settings-delete-account-error-generic = Something went wrong while trying to delete your account. Try again.
 
 ## Monthly Monitor Report
 
diff --git a/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/DeleteAccountButton.tsx b/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/DeleteAccountButton.tsx
index 61a1d9435c0..d711557d3a2 100644
--- a/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/DeleteAccountButton.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/DeleteAccountButton.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { signOut } from "next-auth/react";
 import { Button } from "../../../../../../components/client/Button";
 import { type onDeleteAccount } from "./actions";
 import { useTelemetry } from "../../../../../../hooks/useTelemetry";
+import { useL10n } from "../../../../../../hooks/l10n";
 
 /**
  * Since <Button> is a client component, the `onDeleteAccount` handler can only
@@ -21,29 +22,57 @@ export const DeleteAccountButton = (
     onDeleteAccount: typeof onDeleteAccount;
   },
 ) => {
+  const l10n = useL10n();
   const recordTelemetry = useTelemetry();
   const [isSubmitting, setIsSubmitting] = useState(false);
+  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
   return (
-    <Button
-      {...props}
-      isLoading={isSubmitting}
-      isDisabled={isSubmitting}
-      onPress={() => {
-        recordTelemetry("ctaButton", "click", {
-          button_id: "confirm_delete_account",
-        });
-        setIsSubmitting(true);
-        // It's currently unclear if and how we should mock our server action:
-        /* c8 ignore next 8 */
-        void props
-          .onDeleteAccount()
-          .then(() => {
-            void signOut({ callbackUrl: "/" });
-          })
-          .catch(() => {
-            setIsSubmitting(false);
+    <>
+      <Button
+        {...props}
+        isLoading={isSubmitting}
+        isDisabled={isSubmitting}
+        onPress={() => {
+          recordTelemetry("ctaButton", "click", {
+            button_id: "confirm_delete_account",
           });
-      }}
-    />
+          setIsSubmitting(true);
+          setErrorMessage(null);
+          // It's currently unclear if and how we should mock our server action:
+          /* c8 ignore next 13 */
+          void props
+            .onDeleteAccount()
+            .then((result) => {
+              if (result && typeof result === "object" && "success" in result) {
+                if (result.success === false) {
+                  setIsSubmitting(false);
+                  setErrorMessage(
+                    result.errorMessage ??
+                      l10n.getString("settings-delete-account-error-generic"),
+                  );
+                  return;
+                }
+              }
+              void signOut({ callbackUrl: "/" });
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+              setIsSubmitting(false);
+              setErrorMessage(
+                l10n.getString("settings-delete-account-error-generic"),
+              );
+            });
+        }}
+      />
+      {errorMessage && (
+        <p
+          role="status"
+          style={{
+            marginTop: "0.5rem",
+          }}
+        >
+          {errorMessage}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/actions.ts b/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/actions.ts
index b0b1f71902c..962c7380601 100644
--- a/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/(proper_react)/(redesign)/(authenticated)/user/(dashboard)/settings/actions.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import { type NormalizedProfileData } from "./panels/SettingsPanelEditProfile/Ed
 import { OnerepUsPhoneNumber } from "../../../../../../functions/server/onerep";
 import { getEnabledFeatureFlags } from "../../../../../../../db/tables/featureFlags";
 
+const RECENT_AUTH_WINDOW_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
 export type AddEmailFormState =
   | { success?: never }
   | { success: true; submittedAddress: string }
@@ -192,6 +194,17 @@ export async function onRemoveEmail(email: SanitizedEmailAddressRow) {
   }
 }
 
+const createRecentAuthErrorResponse = async () => {
+  const l10n = getL10n(await getAcceptLangHeaderInServerComponents());
+  return {
+    success: false,
+    error: "delete-account-auth-too-old",
+    errorMessage: l10n.getString(
+      "settings-delete-account-recent-auth-required",
+    ),
+  } as const;
+};
+
 export async function onDeleteAccount() {
   const session = await getServerSession();
   if (!session?.user.subscriber?.fxa_uid) {
@@ -203,6 +216,22 @@ export async function onDeleteAccount() {
     };
   }
 
+  const authenticatedAt = session.authenticatedAt
+    ? Date.parse(session.authenticatedAt)
+    : NaN;
+  if (!Number.isFinite(authenticatedAt)) {
+    logger.warn("delete-account-missing-authenticated-at", {
+      subscriber_id: session.user.subscriber.id,
+    });
+    return createRecentAuthErrorResponse();
+  }
+  if (Date.now() - authenticatedAt > RECENT_AUTH_WINDOW_MS) {
+    logger.warn("delete-account-authenticated-at-too-old", {
+      subscriber_id: session.user.subscriber.id,
+    });
+    return createRecentAuthErrorResponse();
+  }
+
   const subscriber = await getSubscriberByFxaUid(
     session.user.subscriber.fxa_uid,
   );
@@ -229,6 +258,7 @@ export async function onDeleteAccount() {
   // possibile, so instead the sign-out and redirect needs to happen on the
   // client side after this action completes.
   // See https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/discussions/5334.
+  return { success: true } as const;
 }
 
 export async function onHandleUpdateProfileData(
diff --git a/src/app/api/utils/auth.tsx b/src/app/api/utils/auth.tsx
index 74ab5e25fa9..db68b5e8f0a 100644
--- a/src/app/api/utils/auth.tsx
+++ b/src/app/api/utils/auth.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ export const authOptions: AuthOptions = {
     },
     // Unused arguments also listed to show what's available:
     async jwt({ token, account, profile, trigger }) {
+      if (account) {
+        token.authenticatedAt = Date.now();
+      }
       if (trigger === "update") {
         // Refresh the user data from FxA, in case e.g. new subscriptions got added:
         const subscriberFromDb = await getSubscriberByFxaUid(
@@ -298,6 +301,9 @@ export const authOptions: AuthOptions = {
           }
         }
       }
+      if (token.authenticatedAt) {
+        session.authenticatedAt = new Date(token.authenticatedAt).toISOString();
+      }
 
       return session;
     },
diff --git a/src/next-auth.d.ts b/src/next-auth.d.ts
index 23c0fd8ee78..00e7f447c3f 100644
--- a/src/next-auth.d.ts
+++ b/src/next-auth.d.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ declare module "next-auth" {
   /** Session data available after deserialising the JWT */
   interface Session {
     error?: "RefreshAccessTokenError";
+    authenticatedAt?: ISO8601DateString;
     user: {
       fxa?: {
         /** The value of the Accept-Language header when the user signed up for their Firefox Account */
@@ -76,5 +77,6 @@ declare module "next-auth/jwt" {
       subscriptions: Array<string>;
     };
     subscriber?: SerializedSubscriber;
+    authenticatedAt?: number;
   }
 }