diff --git a/docs/advanced-setup.md b/docs/advanced-setup.md
index a431a971d..f96765a4a 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-setup.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-setup.md
@@ -837,6 +837,18 @@ bun run dev:atomic-chat
 
 If no profile exists yet, `dev:profile` uses the same goal-aware defaults when picking the initial model.
 
+Profiles activated through `/provider` for canonical MiniMax, Venice, and MiMo
+endpoints retain a provider-specific key, including profiles configured as generic
+OpenAI-compatible providers. On the same route, that saved key takes precedence over an ambient
+`OPENAI_API_KEY` or `OPENAI_API_KEYS` pool. To override it for a launch, set
+`MINIMAX_API_KEY`, `VENICE_API_KEY`, or `MIMO_API_KEY` in your shell; the live
+provider-specific value takes precedence over the saved value. This applies to
+both MiMo API and token-plan routes.
+
+Launch reconstruction retains these dedicated keys only for their matching
+routes. A shell override to another provider's URL does not carry the saved
+source provider's dedicated key into the new launch.
+
 ### Provider Profile Model Picker Mode
 
 When a saved provider profile is active, `/model` can either show the provider's
diff --git a/src/services/api/client.test.ts b/src/services/api/client.test.ts
index 1f43a2756..ba1a54844 100644
--- a/src/services/api/client.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/client.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import {
 } from '../../integrations/index.js'
 import { publicBuildVersion } from '../../utils/version.js'
 import { resetModelStringsForTestingOnly } from '../../bootstrap/state.js'
+import { snapshotEnv } from '../../test/envSnapshot.js'
+import {
+  buildLaunchEnv,
+  buildStartupEnvFromProfile,
+  createProfileFile,
+} from '../../utils/providerProfile.js'
 
 // bun:test keeps mock.module() registrations process-global across test files.
 // Load and re-register the real module before importing the client so a prior
@@ -833,6 +839,77 @@ for (const baseEnv of ['OPENAI_BASE_URL', 'OPENAI_API_BASE']) {
   }
 }
 
+for (const source of ['persisted', 'ambient'] as const) {
+  test(`profile launch uses the Venice credential despite a ${source} MiniMax alias`, async () => {
+    clearEnvForMiniMaxOnlyTest()
+    const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
+      profile: 'openai',
+      persisted: createProfileFile('openai', {
+        OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1',
+        OPENAI_MODEL: 'MiniMax-M3',
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: 'saved-minimax-key',
+        MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'saved-minimax-key',
+      }),
+      goal: 'coding',
+      processEnv: {
+        OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://api.venice.ai/api/v1',
+        OPENAI_MODEL: 'venice-uncensored',
+        VENICE_API_KEY: 'selected-venice-key',
+        ...(source === 'ambient' ? {
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: 'ambient-minimax-key',
+          MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'ambient-minimax-key',
+        } : {}),
+      },
+    })
+    const restore = snapshotEnv(Object.keys(env))
+    try {
+      Object.assign(process.env, env)
+      let capturedUrl: string | undefined
+      let capturedHeaders: Headers | undefined
+      globalThis.fetch = (async (input, init) => {
+        capturedUrl = String(input)
+        capturedHeaders = new Headers(init?.headers)
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({
+          id: 'chat-venice', object: 'chat.completion', model: 'venice-uncensored',
+          choices: [{ index: 0, message: { role: 'assistant', content: 'ok' }, finish_reason: 'stop' }],
+          usage: { prompt_tokens: 1, completion_tokens: 1, total_tokens: 2 },
+        }), { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } })
+      }) as FetchType
+      const client = await getAnthropicClient({ maxRetries: 0, model: 'venice-uncensored' })
+      await client.beta.messages.create({
+        model: 'venice-uncensored', max_tokens: 16,
+        messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
+      })
+      expect(capturedUrl).toBe('https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions')
+      expect(capturedHeaders?.get('authorization')).toBe('Bearer selected-venice-key')
+      expect(env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+test('saved OpenAI startup keeps its provider label despite an ambient MiniMax key', async () => {
+  clearEnvForMiniMaxOnlyTest()
+  const env = await buildStartupEnvFromProfile({
+    persisted: createProfileFile('openai', {
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://api.openai.com/v1',
+      OPENAI_MODEL: 'gpt-4o',
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: 'saved-openai-key',
+    }),
+    processEnv: { MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'ambient-minimax-key' },
+  })
+  const restore = snapshotEnv(Object.keys(env))
+  try {
+    Object.assign(process.env, env)
+    const { detectProvider } = await import('../../components/StartupScreen.js')
+    expect(detectProvider().name).toBe('OpenAI')
+    expect(env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+  } finally {
+    restore()
+  }
+})
+
 test('selected Gemini ignores dormant native MiniMax transport settings', async () => {
   clearEnvForMiniMaxOnlyTest()
   process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_GEMINI = '1'
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts b/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
index 623e53573..1d55e570c 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfile.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import test, { afterEach, beforeEach } from 'node:test'
 import { acquireEnvMutex, releaseEnvMutex } from '../entrypoints/sdk/shared.js'
 import {
   resolveActiveRouteIdFromEnv,
+  resolveEnvOnlyProviderRouteId,
   resolveRouteCredentialValue,
 } from '../integrations/routeMetadata.js'
 import { DEFAULT_CODEX_BASE_URL } from '../services/api/providerConfig.js'
@@ -297,6 +298,97 @@ test('openai launch preserves a persisted GMI Cloud key and prefers a live one',
   assert.equal(rotated.GMI_API_KEY, 'gmi-rotated-key')
 })
 
+for (const { baseUrl, routeId } of [
+  { baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1' },
+  { baseUrl: 'https://api.minimaxi.com/v1' },
+  { baseUrl: 'https://minimax-proxy.example.com/v1', routeId: 'minimax' },
+]) {
+  test(`openai launch preserves a persisted MiniMax credential and route at ${baseUrl}`, async () => {
+    // Keep the dedicated key for canonical endpoints and an explicitly saved
+    // route identity without changing the OpenAI-compatible endpoint/protocol.
+    const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
+      profile: 'openai',
+      persisted: profile('openai', {
+        OPENAI_BASE_URL: baseUrl,
+        OPENAI_MODEL: 'MiniMax-M2.5',
+        ...(routeId ? { CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID: routeId } : {}),
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: 'minimax-secret-key',
+        MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'minimax-secret-key',
+      }),
+      goal: 'coding',
+      processEnv: {},
+    })
+
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_BASE_URL, baseUrl)
+    assert.equal(env.MINIMAX_API_KEY, 'minimax-secret-key')
+    // Provider identity and wire protocol are separate contracts.
+    assert.equal(env.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI, '1')
+    assert.equal(env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID, 'minimax')
+  })
+}
+
+for (const [routeId, key] of [
+  ['venice', 'VENICE_API_KEY'],
+  ['xiaomi-mimo', 'MIMO_API_KEY'],
+  ['xiaomi-mimo-token', 'MIMO_API_KEY'],
+] as const) {
+  test(`openai launch retains ${routeId} credentials for an explicitly saved route`, async () => {
+    const baseUrl = 'https://configured-proxy.example/v1'
+    const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
+      profile: 'openai',
+      persisted: profile('openai', {
+        OPENAI_BASE_URL: baseUrl,
+        OPENAI_MODEL: 'configured-model',
+        CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID: routeId,
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: 'saved-key',
+        [key]: 'saved-key',
+      }),
+      goal: 'coding',
+      processEnv: {},
+    })
+    assert.equal(env.OPENAI_BASE_URL, baseUrl)
+    assert.equal(env.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI, '1')
+    assert.equal(env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID, routeId)
+    assert.equal(env[key], 'saved-key')
+  })
+}
+
+test('openai launch prefers a live MiniMax key over the persisted one', async () => {
+  const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
+    profile: 'openai',
+    persisted: profile('openai', {
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1',
+      OPENAI_MODEL: 'MiniMax-M2.5',
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: 'persisted-key',
+      MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'persisted-key',
+    }),
+    goal: 'coding',
+    processEnv: { MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'live-shell-key' },
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(env.MINIMAX_API_KEY, 'live-shell-key')
+  assert.equal(resolveEnvOnlyProviderRouteId(env), 'minimax')
+})
+
+test('openai launch does not synthesize a MiniMax credential for a generic profile', async () => {
+  // A generic OpenAI-compatible profile on an unrelated host never persisted a
+  // MINIMAX_API_KEY (the host guard on the persistence side withholds it), so a
+  // clean relaunch must not conjure one or route to MiniMax.
+  const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
+    profile: 'openai',
+    persisted: profile('openai', {
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: 'https://api.example.com/v1',
+      OPENAI_MODEL: 'gpt-4o',
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: 'generic-key',
+    }),
+    goal: 'coding',
+    processEnv: {},
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(env.MINIMAX_API_KEY, undefined)
+  assert.notEqual(resolveEnvOnlyProviderRouteId(env), 'minimax')
+})
+
 test('openai launch preserves persisted ApiSmart dedicated credentials across restart', async () => {
   const env = await buildLaunchEnv({
     profile: 'openai',
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfile.ts b/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
index bf2c5cdae..b6144f948 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfile.ts
@@ -2315,6 +2315,7 @@ export async function buildLaunchEnv(options: {
     'FIREWORKS_API_KEY',
     'LONGCAT_API_KEY',
     'AIMLAPI_API_KEY',
+    'MINIMAX_API_KEY',
     'MIMO_API_KEY',
     'NVIDIA_API_KEY',
     'VENICE_API_KEY',
@@ -2326,6 +2327,21 @@ export async function buildLaunchEnv(options: {
     if (dedicatedKey === 'AIMLAPI_API_KEY' && effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'aimlapi') {
       continue
     }
+    // These aliases also affect copied-key precedence and provider display.
+    // Admit them only for the selected route, including after a URL override.
+    if (dedicatedKey === 'MINIMAX_API_KEY' && effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'minimax') {
+      continue
+    }
+    if (dedicatedKey === 'VENICE_API_KEY' && effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'venice') {
+      continue
+    }
+    if (
+      dedicatedKey === 'MIMO_API_KEY' &&
+      effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'xiaomi-mimo' &&
+      effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'xiaomi-mimo-token'
+    ) {
+      continue
+    }
     if (dedicatedKey === 'APISMART_API_KEY' && effectiveOpenAIRouteId !== 'apismart') {
       continue
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfiles.test.ts b/src/utils/providerProfiles.test.ts
index 8a855bd3e..85439aaf1 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfiles.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfiles.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, mock, test } from 'bun:test'
 
 import { acquireEnvMutex, releaseEnvMutex } from '../entrypoints/sdk/shared.js'
 import { resolveRouteCredentialValue } from '../integrations/routeMetadata.js'
+import { snapshotEnv } from '../test/envSnapshot.js'
 import type { ProviderProfile } from './config.js'
 
 const nonce = `${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}`
@@ -2417,6 +2418,44 @@ describe('applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv', () => {
     expect(getFreshAPIProvider()).not.toBe('xai')
   })
 
+  test('does not mirror MINIMAX_API_KEY for a lookalike host containing "minimax"', async () => {
+    const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv } =
+      await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+
+    // A bare includes('minimax') matched any URL carrying that word — a proxy
+    // host or a lookalike like `api.minimax.io.evil.com` — and mirrored the key
+    // into MINIMAX_API_KEY, which providerAutoDetect then redirects to the real
+    // api.minimax.io. Match by hostname (isMiniMaxBaseUrl), not substring.
+    applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(
+      buildProfile({
+        provider: 'openai',
+        baseUrl: 'https://minimax-proxy.example.com/v1',
+        model: 'some-model',
+        apiKey: 'not-a-minimax-key',
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY).toBe('not-a-minimax-key')
+  })
+
+  test('does not mirror VENICE_API_KEY for a lookalike host containing "api.venice.ai"', async () => {
+    const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv } =
+      await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+
+    applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(
+      buildProfile({
+        provider: 'openai',
+        baseUrl: 'https://api.venice.ai.evil.com/v1',
+        model: 'some-model',
+        apiKey: 'not-a-venice-key',
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(process.env.VENICE_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY).toBe('not-a-venice-key')
+  })
+
   test('openai-compatible profile applies maxContextLength to every configured model', async () => {
     const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv } =
       await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
@@ -2912,6 +2951,147 @@ describe('applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig', () => {
     expect(process.env.OPENAI_MODEL!).toBe('kimi-k2.6')
   })
 
+  test('reconciliation restores a cleared MINIMAX_API_KEY (dedicated cred is part of the alignment contract)', async () => {
+    // P2b: MiniMax's transport needs the dedicated key. After activation, if
+    // MINIMAX_API_KEY drifts (cleared/replaced), the env is no longer aligned
+    // with the profile, so reconciliation must reapply and restore it. The
+    // alignment check previously ignored MINIMAX_API_KEY, so it considered the
+    // env aligned and left the wrong/absent credential in place.
+    const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv, applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig } =
+      await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+    const profile = buildProfile({
+      id: 'minimax_generic',
+      name: 'MiniMax generic',
+      provider: 'openai',
+      baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1',
+      model: 'MiniMax-M2',
+      apiKey: 'minimax-real-key',
+    })
+
+    applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(profile)
+    expect(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBe('minimax-real-key')
+
+    // Credential drift after activation.
+    delete process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY
+
+    const applied = applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig({
+      providerProfiles: [profile],
+      activeProviderProfileId: 'minimax_generic',
+    } as any)
+
+    expect(applied?.id).toBe('minimax_generic')
+    // Cast past control-flow narrowing: TS pins this to `undefined` after the
+    // delete above, since the reconciliation call is opaque to it.
+    expect(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY as string | undefined).toBe(
+      'minimax-real-key',
+    )
+  })
+
+  for (const { baseUrl, key } of [
+    { baseUrl: 'https://api.x.ai/v1', key: 'XAI_API_KEY' },
+    { baseUrl: 'https://api.venice.ai/api/v1', key: 'VENICE_API_KEY' },
+    { baseUrl: 'https://api.xiaomimimo.com/v1', key: 'MIMO_API_KEY' },
+  ]) {
+    test(`reconciliation clears unexpected ${key} for a keyless profile`, async () => {
+      const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv, applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig } =
+        await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+      const profile = buildProfile({ provider: 'openai', baseUrl, apiKey: undefined })
+      const restoreEnv = snapshotEnv([key])
+      try {
+        applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(profile)
+        expect(process.env[key]).toBeUndefined()
+        process.env[key] = 'unexpected-key'
+
+        applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig({
+          ...realConfig.getGlobalConfig(),
+          providerProfiles: [profile],
+          activeProviderProfileId: profile.id,
+        })
+
+        expect(process.env[key]).toBeUndefined()
+      } finally {
+        restoreEnv()
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  test('reconciliation keeps an explicit MiniMax route credential on a proxy host', async () => {
+    const { applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig } =
+      await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+    const { buildLaunchEnv, createProfileFile } = await import(
+      './providerProfile.js'
+    )
+    const profile = buildProfile({
+      id: 'minimax_proxy',
+      name: 'MiniMax proxy',
+      provider: 'openai',
+      baseUrl: 'https://minimax-proxy.example.com/v1',
+      model: 'MiniMax-M2.5',
+      apiKey: 'correct-key',
+    })
+    const launch = await buildLaunchEnv({
+      profile: 'openai',
+      goal: 'coding',
+      processEnv: {},
+      persisted: createProfileFile('openai', {
+        OPENAI_BASE_URL: profile.baseUrl,
+        OPENAI_MODEL: profile.model,
+        CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID: 'minimax',
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: 'correct-key',
+        MINIMAX_API_KEY: 'correct-key',
+      }),
+    })
+    const restoreEnv = snapshotEnv([
+      ...Object.keys(process.env),
+      ...Object.keys(launch),
+    ])
+    try {
+      Object.assign(process.env, launch)
+      process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_PROFILE_ENV_APPLIED = '1'
+      process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_PROFILE_ENV_APPLIED_ID = profile.id
+      process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY = 'drift-openai'
+      process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY = 'wrong-minimax'
+
+      applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig({
+        providerProfiles: [profile],
+        activeProviderProfileId: profile.id,
+      } as any)
+
+      expect(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY).toBe('correct-key')
+      expect(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBe('correct-key')
+      expect(process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID).toBe('minimax')
+      expect(
+        resolveRouteCredentialValue({
+          routeId: 'minimax',
+          baseUrl: process.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL,
+        }),
+      ).toBe('correct-key')
+    } finally {
+      restoreEnv()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('reconciliation never mirrors a MiniMax key for a lookalike host', async () => {
+    const { applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv, applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig } =
+      await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+    const profile = buildProfile({
+      id: 'minimax_lookalike',
+      name: 'MiniMax lookalike',
+      provider: 'openai',
+      baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io.attacker.example/v1',
+      model: 'gpt-4o',
+      apiKey: 'attacker-key',
+    })
+
+    applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(profile)
+    applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig({
+      providerProfiles: [profile],
+      activeProviderProfileId: 'minimax_lookalike',
+    } as any)
+
+    expect(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   test('still respects complete shell selection with USE flag + BASE_URL', async () => {
     // Counter-example: when the user really did set both the flag AND a
     // concrete BASE_URL, that IS explicit intent and wins over the saved
@@ -3888,6 +4068,84 @@ describe('getProviderPresetDefaults', () => {
 })
 
 describe('setActiveProviderProfile', () => {
+  // P2a: a keyed generic OpenAI-compatible profile on a canonical dedicated
+  // host must persist its dedicated credential in the startup file, so a
+  // restart re-authenticates. The strict-env branch previously returned before
+  // mirroring these, so Venice persisted only OPENAI_API_KEY and MiniMax had no
+  // mirror at all.
+  for (const vendor of [
+    { name: 'Venice', route: 'venice', baseUrl: 'https://api.venice.ai/api/v1', key: 'VENICE_API_KEY' },
+    { name: 'MiniMax', route: 'minimax', baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1', key: 'MINIMAX_API_KEY' },
+  ]) {
+    test(`persists ${vendor.key} for a generic profile on the canonical ${vendor.name} host`, async () => {
+      const configDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-provider-config-'))
+      process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = configDir
+      try {
+        const { setActiveProviderProfile } =
+          await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+        const profile = buildProfile({
+          id: 'vendor_url_prof',
+          name: `${vendor.name} via URL`,
+          provider: 'openai',
+          baseUrl: vendor.baseUrl,
+          apiKey: 'vendor-url-key',
+        })
+        saveMockGlobalConfig(current => ({
+          ...current,
+          providerProfiles: [profile],
+        }))
+
+        const result = setActiveProviderProfile('vendor_url_prof', { configDir })
+        const persisted = JSON.parse(
+          readFileSync(join(configDir, '.openclaude-profile.json'), 'utf8'),
+        )
+
+        expect(result?.id).toBe('vendor_url_prof')
+        expect(persisted.env[vendor.key]).toBe('vendor-url-key')
+        const { buildStartupEnvFromProfile } = await import('./providerProfile.js')
+        const restarted = await buildStartupEnvFromProfile({ persisted, processEnv: {} })
+        expect(restarted[vendor.key]).toBe('vendor-url-key')
+        expect(restarted.OPENAI_API_KEY).toBe('vendor-url-key')
+        expect(restarted.OPENAI_BASE_URL).toBe(vendor.baseUrl)
+        expect(restarted.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID).toBe(vendor.route)
+        expect(restarted.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI).toBe('1')
+      } finally {
+        rmSync(configDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  test('does not persist a dedicated key for a canonical-lookalike host', async () => {
+    const configDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-provider-config-'))
+    process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = configDir
+    try {
+      const { setActiveProviderProfile } =
+        await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+      const profile = buildProfile({
+        id: 'lookalike_prof',
+        name: 'MiniMax lookalike',
+        provider: 'openai',
+        baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io.attacker.example/v1',
+        apiKey: 'attacker-key',
+      })
+      saveMockGlobalConfig(current => ({
+        ...current,
+        providerProfiles: [profile],
+      }))
+
+      const result = setActiveProviderProfile('lookalike_prof', { configDir })
+      const persisted = JSON.parse(
+        readFileSync(join(configDir, '.openclaude-profile.json'), 'utf8'),
+      )
+
+      expect(result?.id).toBe('lookalike_prof')
+      expect(persisted.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(persisted.env.VENICE_API_KEY).toBeUndefined()
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(configDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
   test('sets OPENAI_MODEL env var when switching to an openai-type provider', async () => {
     const configDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-provider-config-'))
     process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = configDir
@@ -4347,6 +4605,121 @@ describe('setActiveProviderProfile', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  for (const source of [
+    { id: 'minimax', baseUrl: 'https://api.minimax.io/v1', model: 'MiniMax-M2.7', key: 'MINIMAX_API_KEY' },
+    { id: 'venice', baseUrl: 'https://api.venice.ai/api/v1', model: 'venice-uncensored', key: 'VENICE_API_KEY' },
+    { id: 'xiaomi-mimo', baseUrl: 'https://api.xiaomimimo.com/v1', model: 'mimo-v2.5-pro', key: 'MIMO_API_KEY' },
+    { id: 'xiaomi-mimo-token', baseUrl: 'https://token-plan-sgp.xiaomimimo.com/v1', model: 'mimo-v2.5-pro', key: 'MIMO_API_KEY' },
+  ]) {
+    test(`saved generic ${source.id} launch and pane teammate authenticate with the selected provider key`, async () => {
+      const {
+        setActiveProviderProfile,
+        applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig,
+        clearProviderProfileEnvFromProcessEnv,
+      } = await importFreshProviderProfileModules()
+      const { buildStartupEnvFromProfile, clearManagedProfileEnv } =
+        await import('./providerProfile.js')
+      const { buildInheritedEnvVars } = await import('./swarm/spawnUtils.js')
+      const { tryParseShellCommand } = await import('./bash/shellQuote.js')
+      const profile = buildProfile({
+        baseUrl: source.baseUrl, model: source.model, apiKey: 'saved-source-key',
+      })
+      saveMockGlobalConfig(current => ({ ...current, providerProfiles: [profile] }))
+      globalThis.fetch = (async (_input, _init) => new Response(JSON.stringify({ data: [] }))) as typeof fetch
+      setActiveProviderProfile(profile.id, { configDir: testConfigDir! })
+      const persisted = JSON.parse(
+        readFileSync(join(testConfigDir!, '.openclaude-profile.json'), 'utf8'),
+      )
+      const target = source.id === 'venice'
+        ? { baseUrl: 'https://api.xiaomimimo.com/v1', model: 'mimo-v2.5-pro', key: 'MIMO_API_KEY' }
+        : { baseUrl: 'https://api.venice.ai/api/v1', model: 'venice-uncensored', key: 'VENICE_API_KEY' }
+
+      // Saved dedicated keys outrank ambient generic keys, including pools.
+      // Exercise restarts, dedicated key rotation and endpoint overrides through
+      // the same saved profile and actual client (including MiniMax's /v1 path).
+      for (const launch of [
+        { target: source, shell: {}, expectedKey: 'saved-source-key' },
+        { target: source, shell: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'shell-generic-key' }, expectedKey: 'saved-source-key' },
+        { target: source, shell: { OPENAI_API_KEYS: 'shell-pool-key-1,shell-pool-key-2' }, expectedKey: 'saved-source-key' },
+        { target: source, shell: { [source.key]: 'rotated-source-key' }, expectedKey: 'rotated-source-key' },
+        { target, shell: { OPENAI_BASE_URL: target.baseUrl, OPENAI_MODEL: target.model, [target.key]: 'selected-target-key' }, expectedKey: 'selected-target-key' },
+      ]) {
+        const env = await buildStartupEnvFromProfile({ persisted, processEnv: launch.shell })
+        const restore = snapshotEnv([
+          ...Object.keys(process.env), ...Object.keys(env),
+          'CLAUDECODE', 'CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS',
+          'CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST',
+        ])
+        const hadOwnMacro = Object.hasOwn(globalThis, 'MACRO')
+        const originalMacro = (globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).MACRO
+        try {
+          ;(globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).MACRO = { VERSION: 'test-version' }
+          clearManagedProfileEnv(process.env)
+          Object.assign(process.env, env)
+          let capturedUrl: string | undefined
+          let capturedHeaders: Headers | undefined
+          let capturedRequests = 0
+          globalThis.fetch = (async (input, init) => {
+            capturedRequests++
+            capturedUrl = String(input)
+            capturedHeaders = new Headers(init?.headers)
+            return new Response(JSON.stringify({
+              id: 'chat-profile', object: 'chat.completion', model: launch.target.model,
+              choices: [{ index: 0, message: { role: 'assistant', content: 'ok' }, finish_reason: 'stop' }],
+              usage: { prompt_tokens: 1, completion_tokens: 1, total_tokens: 2 },
+            }), { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } })
+          }) as typeof fetch
+          const { getAnthropicClient } = await import('../services/api/client.js')
+          const assertRequest = async () => {
+            const previousRequests = capturedRequests
+            const client = await getAnthropicClient({ maxRetries: 0, model: launch.target.model })
+            await client.beta.messages.create({
+              model: launch.target.model, max_tokens: 16,
+              messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
+            })
+            expect(capturedRequests).toBe(previousRequests + 1)
+            expect(capturedUrl).toBe(`${launch.target.baseUrl}/chat/completions`)
+            expect(capturedHeaders?.get(launch.target.key === 'MIMO_API_KEY' ? 'api-key' : 'authorization'))
+              .toBe(launch.target.key === 'MIMO_API_KEY' ? launch.expectedKey : `Bearer ${launch.expectedKey}`)
+          }
+          await assertRequest()
+
+          // PaneBackendExecutor sends only these explicit assignments to a
+          // tmux/login shell; it cannot rely on the parent's other env vars.
+          const parsed = tryParseShellCommand(buildInheritedEnvVars())
+          if (!parsed.success) throw new Error(parsed.error)
+          const teammateEnv = Object.fromEntries(parsed.tokens.map(token => {
+            if (typeof token !== 'string' || !token.includes('=')) {
+              throw new Error('Expected a teammate environment assignment')
+            }
+            const separator = token.indexOf('=')
+            return [token.slice(0, separator), token.slice(separator + 1)]
+          }))
+          // Follow the child's plural-profile then startup-file stages. Its
+          // complete incoming selection must preserve the parent's credential.
+          expect(applyActiveProviderProfileFromConfig({
+            ...realConfig.getGlobalConfig(),
+            providerProfiles: [profile],
+            activeProviderProfileId: profile.id,
+          }, { processEnv: teammateEnv })).toBeUndefined()
+          const childEnv = { ...await buildStartupEnvFromProfile({
+            persisted, processEnv: teammateEnv,
+          }) }
+          clearProviderProfileEnvFromProcessEnv()
+          Object.assign(process.env, childEnv)
+          await assertRequest()
+        } finally {
+          if (hadOwnMacro) {
+            ;(globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).MACRO = originalMacro
+          } else {
+            delete (globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).MACRO
+          }
+          restore()
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
   test('persists Venice profiles using a legacy-compatible openai startup profile', async () => {
     const tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-provider-'))
     const configDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-provider-config-'))
diff --git a/src/utils/providerProfiles.ts b/src/utils/providerProfiles.ts
index 147d18dd7..be5a1cf75 100644
--- a/src/utils/providerProfiles.ts
+++ b/src/utils/providerProfiles.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ import {
   isFireworksBaseUrl,
   isGmiCloudBaseUrl,
   isLongcatBaseUrl,
+  isMiniMaxBaseUrl,
   isNearaiBaseUrl,
+  isVeniceBaseUrl,
   isXaiBaseUrl,
   isXiaomiMimoBaseUrl,
   resolveEnvOnlyProviderRouteId,
@@ -792,6 +794,125 @@ function serializeProfileContextWindows(
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Dedicated provider credential env vars a profile's API key must be mirrored
+ * into, for the family of vendors detected by exact base-URL host (and, where
+ * the caller has it, the resolved route id / vendor id). Single source of truth
+ * so live application, startup-env persistence, and env/profile alignment agree
+ * on which host owns which dedicated key — previously each path reconstructed
+ * the mapping independently and drifted (MiniMax was absent from the startup
+ * builder and the alignment check; MiMo used a substring match). Credentials
+ * detected by route id or profile shape (aimlapi, apismart, atlas, cloudflare,
+ * bankr, nvidia, …) keep their own predicates at each site.
+ */
+const HOST_DEDICATED_ROUTE_IDS = new Set([
+  'minimax',
+  'venice',
+  'xai',
+  'xiaomi-mimo',
+  'xiaomi-mimo-token',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Route identity already established for this exact profile in the managed
+ * process env (launch reconstruction). Honor it on reconcile reapply when the
+ * profile URL does not resolve to a different provider. Do not infer it from
+ * a URL substring, and do not copy it onto a different profile.
+ */
+function managedExplicitHostRouteId(
+  profile: ProviderProfile,
+  processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (trimOrUndefined(processEnv[PROFILE_ENV_APPLIED_ID]) !== profile.id) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  const routeId = trimOrUndefined(processEnv.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID)
+  if (!routeId || !HOST_DEDICATED_ROUTE_IDS.has(routeId)) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  const resolvedFromUrl = resolveRouteIdFromBaseUrl(profile.baseUrl)
+  if (
+    resolvedFromUrl &&
+    resolvedFromUrl !== 'openai' &&
+    resolvedFromUrl !== routeId
+  ) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  return routeId
+}
+
+function hostDedicatedRouteForProfile(
+  profile: ProviderProfile,
+  processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+  profileRoute: { routeId?: string; vendorId?: string },
+): { routeId?: string; vendorId?: string } {
+  const managedRouteId = managedExplicitHostRouteId(profile, processEnv)
+  if (
+    !managedRouteId ||
+    (profileRoute.routeId && HOST_DEDICATED_ROUTE_IDS.has(profileRoute.routeId))
+  ) {
+    return profileRoute
+  }
+  return { routeId: managedRouteId, vendorId: profileRoute.vendorId }
+}
+
+function getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv(
+  baseUrl: string | undefined,
+  apiKey: string,
+  route?: { routeId?: string; vendorId?: string },
+): Record<string, string> {
+  const env: Record<string, string> = {}
+  if (route?.routeId === 'xai' || isXaiBaseUrl(baseUrl)) {
+    env.XAI_API_KEY = apiKey
+  }
+  if (
+    route?.routeId === 'minimax' ||
+    route?.vendorId === 'minimax' ||
+    isMiniMaxBaseUrl(baseUrl)
+  ) {
+    env.MINIMAX_API_KEY = apiKey
+  }
+  if (route?.routeId === 'venice' || isVeniceBaseUrl(baseUrl)) {
+    env.VENICE_API_KEY = apiKey
+  }
+  if (
+    route?.routeId === 'xiaomi-mimo' ||
+    route?.routeId === 'xiaomi-mimo-token' ||
+    isXiaomiMimoBaseUrl(baseUrl)
+  ) {
+    env.MIMO_API_KEY = apiKey
+  }
+  return env
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the process env carries the profile-owned value for every dedicated
+ * host credential the profile expects. Uses getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv so
+ * the alignment contract can never fall behind what application/persistence
+ * mirror, including absent credentials on keyless profiles.
+ */
+function hostDedicatedCredentialsAligned(
+  processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+  profile: ProviderProfile,
+  includeApiKey: boolean,
+): boolean {
+  if (!includeApiKey) {
+    return true
+  }
+  const dedicated = getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv(
+    profile.baseUrl,
+    profile.apiKey ?? '',
+    hostDedicatedRouteForProfile(
+      profile,
+      processEnv,
+      resolveProfileRoute(profile.provider),
+    ),
+  )
+  return Object.entries(dedicated).every(([key, value]) =>
+    sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv[key], value),
+  )
+}
+
 function isProcessEnvAlignedWithProfile(
   processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
   profile: ProviderProfile,
@@ -945,23 +1066,11 @@ function isProcessEnvAlignedWithProfile(
       ? !includeApiKey ||
         sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.BNKR_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
       : true) &&
-    (isXaiBaseUrl(profile.baseUrl)
-      ? !includeApiKey ||
-        sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.XAI_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
-      : true) &&
+    hostDedicatedCredentialsAligned(processEnv, profile, includeApiKey) &&
     (isAimlapiRoute
       ? !includeApiKey ||
         sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.AIMLAPI_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
       : true) &&
-    (profile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.venice.ai')
-      ? !includeApiKey ||
-        sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.VENICE_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
-      : true) &&
-    (profile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.xiaomimimo.com') ||
-      profile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.mimo-v2.com')
-      ? !includeApiKey ||
-        sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.MIMO_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
-      : true) &&
     (profile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('atlascloud')
       ? !includeApiKey ||
         sameOptionalEnvValue(processEnv.ATLAS_CLOUD_API_KEY, profile.apiKey)
@@ -1206,8 +1315,30 @@ export function applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(
       !withholdRetargetedGmiCloudCredential
     ) {
       openAIProfileEnv.OPENAI_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
-      if (route.vendorId === 'minimax' || normalizedProfileBaseUrl.toLowerCase().includes('minimax')) {
-        openAIProfileEnv.MINIMAX_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
+      // Host/route-detected dedicated keys (xai, minimax, venice, mimo) come
+      // from the shared mapping so this path, startup persistence, and env
+      // alignment stay in lockstep. A generic OpenAI profile keeps an explicit
+      // host route only when this same profile's managed env already has it
+      // (launch reconstruction); reconcile must not drop that credential.
+      const dedicatedRoute = hostDedicatedRouteForProfile(
+        profile,
+        process.env,
+        route,
+      )
+      Object.assign(
+        openAIProfileEnv,
+        getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv(
+          profile.baseUrl,
+          profile.apiKey,
+          dedicatedRoute,
+        ),
+      )
+      if (
+        dedicatedRoute.routeId &&
+        HOST_DEDICATED_ROUTE_IDS.has(dedicatedRoute.routeId) &&
+        route.routeId !== dedicatedRoute.routeId
+      ) {
+        openAIProfileEnv.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID = dedicatedRoute.routeId
       }
       if (
         route.gatewayId === 'nvidia-nim' ||
@@ -1219,22 +1350,9 @@ export function applyProviderProfileToProcessEnv(
       if (route.routeId === 'bankr' || normalizedProfileBaseUrl.toLowerCase().includes('bankr')) {
         openAIProfileEnv.BNKR_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
       }
-      if (route.routeId === 'xai' || isXaiBaseUrl(profile.baseUrl)) {
-        openAIProfileEnv.XAI_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
-      }
       if (isAimlapiProfile) {
         openAIProfileEnv.AIMLAPI_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
       }
-      if (route.routeId === 'venice' || normalizedProfileBaseUrl.toLowerCase().includes('api.venice.ai')) {
-        openAIProfileEnv.VENICE_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
-      }
-      if (
-        route.routeId === 'xiaomi-mimo' ||
-        route.routeId === 'xiaomi-mimo-token' ||
-        isXiaomiMimoBaseUrl(profile.baseUrl)
-      ) {
-        openAIProfileEnv.MIMO_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
-      }
       if (route.routeId === 'atlas-cloud' || normalizedProfileBaseUrl.toLowerCase().includes('atlascloud')) {
         openAIProfileEnv.ATLAS_CLOUD_API_KEY = profile.apiKey
       }
@@ -1739,6 +1857,17 @@ function buildOpenAICompatibleStartupEnv(
             activeProfile.maxContextLength,
           )
       }
+      // The strict env omitted the host-detected dedicated keys, so a keyed
+      // generic profile on a canonical MiniMax/Venice/xAI/MiMo host persisted
+      // only OPENAI_API_KEY and relaunched without its dedicated credential.
+      // Mirror them from the shared mapping, same as the fallback path below.
+      Object.assign(
+        strictEnv,
+        getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv(
+          activeProfile.baseUrl,
+          activeProfile.apiKey,
+        ),
+      )
       if (isAimlapiProfile) {
         strictEnv.AIMLAPI_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
         strictEnv.CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_ROUTE_ID = 'aimlapi'
@@ -1858,24 +1987,19 @@ function buildOpenAICompatibleStartupEnv(
     !withholdRetargetedCommandcodeCredential
   ) {
     env.OPENAI_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
+    // Host-detected dedicated keys (xai, minimax, venice, mimo) from the shared
+    // mapping — this adds the previously-absent MiniMax mirror and replaces the
+    // MiMo substring match with the exact-host predicate.
+    Object.assign(
+      env,
+      getHostDedicatedCredentialEnv(activeProfile.baseUrl, activeProfile.apiKey),
+    )
     if (activeProfile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('bankr')) {
       env.BNKR_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
     }
-    if (isXaiBaseUrl(activeProfile.baseUrl)) {
-      env.XAI_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
-    }
     if (isAimlapiProfile) {
       env.AIMLAPI_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
     }
-    if (activeProfile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.venice.ai')) {
-      env.VENICE_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
-    }
-    if (
-      activeProfile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.xiaomimimo.com') ||
-      activeProfile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('api.mimo-v2.com')
-    ) {
-      env.MIMO_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
-    }
     if (activeProfile.baseUrl?.toLowerCase().includes('atlascloud')) {
       env.ATLAS_CLOUD_API_KEY = activeProfile.apiKey
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/swarm/spawnUtils.ts b/src/utils/swarm/spawnUtils.ts
index a46fa8be3..0b3076539 100644
--- a/src/utils/swarm/spawnUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/swarm/spawnUtils.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ const TEAMMATE_ENV_VARS = [
   'GH_TOKEN',
   'OPENAI_API_KEYS',
   'OPENAI_API_KEY',
+  // Saved-profile launches can select these ahead of ambient generic keys.
+  // Preserve that selection in the pane's explicit environment.
+  'MINIMAX_API_KEY',
+  'VENICE_API_KEY',
+  'MIMO_API_KEY',
   'LLMTR_API_KEY',
   'MERGE_GATEWAY_API_KEY',
   'CMD_API_KEY',