diff --git a/pipekit/jrunner.py b/pipekit/jrunner.py
index b72d91c..dc36229 100644
--- a/pipekit/jrunner.py
+++ b/pipekit/jrunner.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ argv or in the database.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections.abc import Callable
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+import contextlib
 import csv
 import io
+import json
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -79,6 +81,36 @@ def jrunner_path() -> Path:
     return get_config().jrunner_path
 
 
+def _write_passfile(entries: dict[str, dict]) -> str:
+    """Write a jrunner alias file for `entries` and return its path.
+
+    ``entries`` maps alias -> connection dict. Passwords resolve here and reach
+    jrunner through this file rather than through ``-scp``/``-dcp``, because
+    anything on argv is readable by any local user via ``ps`` for the lifetime
+    of the call. ``mkstemp`` creates the file 0600.
+
+    The caller is responsible for deleting it — every call site already has a
+    ``finally`` that removes the temporary SQL file, so cleanup rides along
+    there rather than forcing the whole body into another ``with``.
+    """
+    fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".jrunnerpass")
+    with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
+        for alias, conn in entries.items():
+            f.write(f"[{alias}]\n")
+            f.write(f"url={conn['jdbc_url']}\n")
+            f.write(f"user={conn.get('username') or ''}\n")
+            f.write(f"pass={resolve_password(conn.get('password'))}\n")
+    return path
+
+
+def _unlink_quietly(*paths: str) -> None:
+    for p in paths:
+        try:
+            os.unlink(p)
+        except (FileNotFoundError, TypeError):
+            pass
+
+
 def version() -> tuple[bool, str]:
     """Return (ok, message) for use by pipekit doctor."""
     path = jrunner_path()
@@ -106,15 +138,16 @@ def query(
 ) -> QueryResult:
     """Run `sql` in jrunner query mode and parse CSV output."""
     path = jrunner_path()
-    pw = resolve_password(password)
+    conn = {"jdbc_url": jdbc_url, "username": username, "password": password}
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".sql", delete=False) as f:
         f.write(sql)
         sql_path = f.name
+    pass_path = _write_passfile({"src": conn})
     try:
         argv = [str(path),
-                "-scu", jdbc_url,
-                "-scn", username or "",
-                "-scp", pw,
+                "-sc", "src",
+                "--passfile", pass_path,
+                "--strict",
                 "-sq", sql_path,
                 "-f", "csv"]
         if trim:
@@ -122,7 +155,7 @@ def query(
         r = subprocess.run(argv, capture_output=True, text=True,
                            timeout=timeout, env=_subprocess_env())
     finally:
-        os.unlink(sql_path)
+        _unlink_quietly(sql_path, pass_path)
 
     if r.returncode != 0:
         raise JrunnerError(r.stderr.strip() or r.stdout.strip(),
@@ -161,14 +194,13 @@ def migrate(
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".sql", delete=False) as f:
         f.write(sql)
         sql_path = f.name
+    pass_path = _write_passfile({"src": source_conn, "dst": dest_conn})
     try:
         argv = [str(path),
-                "-scu", source_conn["jdbc_url"],
-                "-scn", source_conn.get("username") or "",
-                "-scp", resolve_password(source_conn.get("password")),
-                "-dcu", dest_conn["jdbc_url"],
-                "-dcn", dest_conn.get("username") or "",
-                "-dcp", resolve_password(dest_conn.get("password")),
+                "-sc", "src",
+                "-dc", "dst",
+                "--passfile", pass_path,
+                "--strict",
                 "-sq", sql_path,
                 "-dt", dest_table]
         if trim:
@@ -215,7 +247,7 @@ def migrate(
         stdout = "".join(stdout_lines)
         stderr = "".join(stderr_buf)
     finally:
-        os.unlink(sql_path)
+        _unlink_quietly(sql_path, pass_path)
 
     if proc.returncode != 0:
         raise JrunnerError(stderr.strip() or stdout.strip(),
@@ -224,10 +256,14 @@ def migrate(
     if silent:
         raise JrunnerError(silent, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
 
-    return MigrateResult(
-        row_count=_parse_row_count(stdout + "\n" + stderr),
-        stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr,
-    )
+    summary = _parse_summary(stderr)
+    row_count = (summary or {}).get("rows")
+    if row_count is None:
+        # Older jrunner without @summary — fall back to reading the count out of
+        # its prose. Removable once the pinned jar is the only one in play.
+        row_count = _parse_row_count(stdout + "\n" + stderr)
+
+    return MigrateResult(row_count=row_count, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
 
 
 def run_dest_sql(conn: dict, sql: str, *, timeout: int = 600) -> QueryResult:
@@ -238,6 +274,27 @@ def run_dest_sql(conn: dict, sql: str, *, timeout: int = 600) -> QueryResult:
                  sql, timeout=timeout, trim=False)
 
 
+_SUMMARY_PREFIX = "@summary "
+
+
+def _parse_summary(stderr: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Parse jrunner's ``@summary {...}`` line out of stderr.
+
+    jrunner emits exactly one, last, carrying ``status`` and (where known)
+    ``rows`` and ``ms``. It lives on stderr because migration-mode stdout is
+    human-readable progress and query-mode stdout is CSV data. Returns None if
+    absent, which is how an older jrunner presents.
+    """
+    for line in reversed((stderr or "").splitlines()):
+        line = line.strip()
+        if line.startswith(_SUMMARY_PREFIX):
+            try:
+                return json.loads(line[len(_SUMMARY_PREFIX):])
+            except ValueError:
+                return None
+    return None
+
+
 _ROW_COUNT_PATTERNS = (
     re.compile(r"(\d+)\s+rows?\s+(?:inserted|transferred|migrated|written)", re.I),
     re.compile(r"inserted\s+(\d+)\s+rows?", re.I),