diff --git a/src/integrations/providerUiMetadata.ts b/src/integrations/providerUiMetadata.ts
index d32ea9368..574ddb1f3 100644
--- a/src/integrations/providerUiMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/providerUiMetadata.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function hasUsableEnvValue(envVar: string, value: string | undefined): boolean {
     envVar === 'OPENAI_API_KEYS' ||
     envVar === 'OPENAI_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'LLMTR_API_KEY' ||
+    envVar === 'REQUESTY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'MERGE_GATEWAY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'CMD_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'COMMANDCODE_API_KEY' ||
diff --git a/src/integrations/routeMetadata.ts b/src/integrations/routeMetadata.ts
index dffc62452..c1a78cffc 100644
--- a/src/integrations/routeMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/routeMetadata.ts
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ function hasUsableEnvCredentialValue(
     envVar === 'APISMART_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'CONCENTRATE_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'LLMTR_API_KEY' ||
+    envVar === 'REQUESTY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'MERGE_GATEWAY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'CMD_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'COMMANDCODE_API_KEY' ||
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts b/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
index 4feb3c8e2..a6266a093 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
@@ -3990,3 +3990,40 @@ test('a shell URL retarget onto canonical Requesty drops a saved proxy profile c
   assert.equal(explicit.REQUESTY_API_KEY, 'shell-requesty-key')
   assert.equal(explicit.OPENAI_API_KEY, undefined)
 })
+
+test('a saved Requesty proxy profile withholds ambient credentials on restart', async () => {
+  // The startup file a Requesty proxy profile writes: route identity, its own
+  // URL and its own custom auth, but no saved key.
+  const persisted = profile('openai', {
+    CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID: 'requesty',
+    OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://requesty-proxy.example/v1',
+    OPENAI_MODEL: 'openai/gpt-5-mini',
+    OPENAI_AUTH_HEADER: 'X-Proxy-Auth',
+    OPENAI_AUTH_SCHEME: 'raw',
+    OPENAI_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE: 'saved-proxy-secret',
+  })
+  const ambient = {
+    OPENAI_API_KEY: 'ambient-requesty-key',
+    OPENAI_API_KEYS: 'ambient-requesty-key',
+    REQUESTY_API_KEY: 'ambient-requesty-key',
+  }
+
+  for (const processEnv of [
+    ambient,
+    // A concrete shell selection must not skip the saved profile's boundary.
+    {
+      ...ambient,
+      CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI: '1',
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://requesty-proxy.example/v1',
+      OPENAI_MODEL: 'openai/gpt-5-mini',
+    },
+  ]) {
+    const env = await buildStartupEnvFromProfile({ persisted, processEnv })
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_BASE_URL, 'https://requesty-proxy.example/v1')
+    assert.equal(env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID, 'requesty')
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_API_KEY, undefined)
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_API_KEYS, undefined)
+    assert.equal(env.REQUESTY_API_KEY, undefined)
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE, 'saved-proxy-secret')
+  }
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfile.ts b/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
index 96d97a9df..520e2c725 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
@@ -2373,6 +2373,10 @@ export async function buildLaunchEnv(options: {
     effectiveOpenAIRouteId === 'llmtr' &&
     !!env.OPENAI_BASE_URL?.trim() &&
     !isCanonicalLlmtrInferenceBaseUrl(env.OPENAI_BASE_URL)
+  const isNoncanonicalRequestyLaunch =
+    effectiveOpenAIRouteId === 'requesty' &&
+    !!env.OPENAI_BASE_URL?.trim() &&
+    !isCanonicalRequestyInferenceBaseUrl(env.OPENAI_BASE_URL)
   const isNoncanonicalMergeGatewayLaunch =
     effectiveOpenAIRouteId === 'merge-gateway' &&
     !!env.OPENAI_BASE_URL?.trim() &&
@@ -2390,6 +2394,7 @@ export async function buildLaunchEnv(options: {
     isNoncanonicalApismartLaunch ||
     isNoncanonicalConcentrateLaunch ||
     isNoncanonicalLlmtrLaunch ||
+    isNoncanonicalRequestyLaunch ||
     isNoncanonicalMergeGatewayLaunch ||
     isNoncanonicalCommandcodeLaunch ||
     isNoncanonicalApiRouteLaunch
@@ -2406,6 +2411,7 @@ export async function buildLaunchEnv(options: {
     } else if (
       !isNoncanonicalConcentrateLaunch &&
       !isNoncanonicalLlmtrLaunch &&
+      !isNoncanonicalRequestyLaunch &&
       !isNoncanonicalMergeGatewayLaunch &&
       !isNoncanonicalCommandcodeLaunch
     ) {
@@ -2889,6 +2895,11 @@ export async function buildStartupEnvFromProfile(options?: {
     persisted.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID === 'llmtr' &&
     !!persisted.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL?.trim() &&
     !isCanonicalLlmtrInferenceBaseUrl(persisted.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL)
+  const persistedRequestyProxy =
+    persisted?.profile === 'openai' &&
+    persisted.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID === 'requesty' &&
+    !!persisted.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL?.trim() &&
+    !isCanonicalRequestyInferenceBaseUrl(persisted.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL)
   const persistedMergeGatewayProxy =
     persisted?.profile === 'openai' &&
     persisted.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID === 'merge-gateway' &&
@@ -2909,6 +2920,7 @@ export async function buildStartupEnvFromProfile(options?: {
     !persistedApismartProxy &&
     !persistedConcentrateProxy &&
     !persistedLlmtrProxy &&
+    !persistedRequestyProxy &&
     !persistedMergeGatewayProxy &&
     !persistedCommandcodeProxy &&
     !persistedApiRouteProxy
diff --git a/src/utils/providerValidation.test.ts b/src/utils/providerValidation.test.ts
index f3ff4fd92..5864ec266 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerValidation.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerValidation.test.ts
@@ -618,6 +618,29 @@ test('noncanonical Requesty host paths do not validate a dedicated credential',
   await expect(getProviderValidationError(process.env)).resolves.toBeNull()
 })
 
+test.each([undefined, '', 'undefined', 'null', 'SUA_CHAVE', 'requesty-key'])('Requesty validation, picker and runtime agree on usable dedicated credentials: %s', async key => {
+  const { getProviderPresetUiMetadata } = await import('../integrations/providerUiMetadata.js')
+  const { resolveRouteCredentialValue } = await import('../integrations/routeMetadata.js')
+  const usable = key === 'requesty-key'
+  const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
+    CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI: '1', OPENAI_MODEL: 'openai/gpt-5-mini',
+    OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://router.requesty.ai/v1', REQUESTY_API_KEY: key,
+  }
+  const credential = () => resolveRouteCredentialValue({ routeId: 'requesty', baseUrl: env.OPENAI_BASE_URL, processEnv: env })
+
+  expect((await getProviderValidationError(env)) === null).toBe(usable)
+  expect(credential()).toBe(usable ? key : undefined)
+  expect(getProviderPresetUiMetadata('requesty', env).apiKey).toBe(usable ? key : '')
+
+  // An unusable dedicated key falls back to a usable generic credential.
+  env.OPENAI_API_KEY = 'openai-fallback-key'
+  await expect(getProviderValidationError(env)).resolves.toBeNull()
+  expect(credential()).toBe(usable ? key : 'openai-fallback-key')
+  delete env.OPENAI_API_KEY
+  env.OPENAI_API_KEYS = 'pool-key-a,pool-key-b'
+  await expect(getProviderValidationError(env)).resolves.toBeNull()
+})
+
 test('noncanonical Concentrate host paths fall back to generic OpenAI validation', async () => {
   process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI = '1'
   process.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL = 'https://api.concentrate.ai/staging/v1'
diff --git a/src/utils/providerValidation.ts b/src/utils/providerValidation.ts
index 0af3d4f5a..ba1113895 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerValidation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerValidation.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ function hasUsableCredentialEnvValue(
     envVar === 'API_ROUTE_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'CONCENTRATE_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'LLMTR_API_KEY' ||
+    envVar === 'REQUESTY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'MERGE_GATEWAY_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'CMD_API_KEY' ||
     envVar === 'COMMANDCODE_API_KEY' ||