diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/internal/code-review-status/[reviewId]/route.test.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/internal/code-review-status/[reviewId]/route.test.ts
index 3cff92ae95..09d5cab951 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/api/internal/code-review-status/[reviewId]/route.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/api/internal/code-review-status/[reviewId]/route.test.ts
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ describe('POST /api/internal/code-review-status/[reviewId]', () => {
     it.each([
       'No allowed providers are specified.',
       'No allowed providers are available for the selected model.',
+      'Not Found: {"error":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model.","error_type":"provider_not_allowed","message":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model. Select another model or update the provider routing settings."}',
       'No endpoints found matching your data policy (Free model training). Configure: https://openrouter.ai/settings/privacy',
     ])(
       'infers provider-policy callbacks as selected-model action-required failures',
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.test.ts
index 05b6324edc..f429448ca7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from '@jest/globals';
 import type { MicrodollarUsageContext, MicrodollarUsageStats } from './processUsage.types';
+import type { GatewayRequest } from './providers/openrouter/types';
 
 // `countAndStoreEditUsage` schedules the usage write through `next/server`'s
 // `after()` post-response hook, which only works in a request context. Replace
@@ -697,17 +698,132 @@ describe('parseTranscriptionUsageFromResponse', () => {
 });
 
 describe('makeErrorReadable', () => {
+  const request = {
+    kind: 'chat_completions',
+    body: { model: 'test', messages: [], stream: false },
+  } satisfies GatewayRequest;
+
   it('returns undefined for non-error responses', async () => {
     const response = new Response('{}', { status: 200 });
     const result = await makeErrorReadable({
       providerId: 'openrouter',
       requestedModel: 'anything',
-      request: { kind: 'chat_completions', body: { model: 'test', messages: [] } },
+      request,
       response,
       isUserByok: false,
     });
     expect(result).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  it('returns an actionable error when no allowed provider serves the model', async () => {
+    const response = Response.json(
+      {
+        message: 'No allowed providers are available for the selected model.',
+        code: 404,
+        metadata: {
+          available_providers: ['alibaba'],
+          requested_providers: ['anthropic', 'openai'],
+        },
+      },
+      { status: 404 }
+    );
+
+    const result = await makeErrorReadable({
+      providerId: 'openrouter',
+      requestedModel: 'qwen/qwen3.7-plus',
+      request,
+      response,
+      isUserByok: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(result?.status).toBe(404);
+    await expect(result?.json()).resolves.toEqual({
+      error: 'No eligible provider can serve the selected model.',
+      error_type: 'provider_not_allowed',
+      message:
+        'No eligible provider can serve the selected model. Select another model or update the provider routing settings.',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('recognizes the wrapped OpenRouter error response', async () => {
+    const response = Response.json(
+      {
+        error: {
+          message: 'No allowed providers are available for the selected model.',
+          code: 404,
+          metadata: {
+            available_providers: ['alibaba'],
+            requested_providers: ['openai'],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      { status: 404 }
+    );
+
+    const result = await makeErrorReadable({
+      providerId: 'openrouter',
+      requestedModel: 'qwen/qwen3.7-plus',
+      request,
+      response,
+      isUserByok: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toBeDefined();
+    if (!result) throw new Error('Expected a readable provider error response');
+    expect(result.status).toBe(404);
+    expect((await result.json()).error_type).toBe('provider_not_allowed');
+  });
+
+  it('does not rewrite matching errors from other providers', async () => {
+    const response = Response.json(
+      {
+        message: 'No allowed providers are available for the selected model.',
+        code: 404,
+        metadata: {
+          available_providers: ['alibaba'],
+          requested_providers: ['openai'],
+        },
+      },
+      { status: 404 }
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      makeErrorReadable({
+        providerId: 'vercel',
+        requestedModel: 'anything',
+        request,
+        response,
+        isUserByok: false,
+      })
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('leaves unrelated and malformed upstream errors unchanged', async () => {
+    const responses = [
+      Response.json(
+        {
+          message: 'No allowed providers are available for the selected model.',
+          code: 404,
+          metadata: { available_providers: ['alibaba'] },
+        },
+        { status: 404 }
+      ),
+      Response.json({ message: 'Model not found', code: 404 }, { status: 404 }),
+      new Response('not json', { status: 404 }),
+    ];
+
+    for (const response of responses) {
+      await expect(
+        makeErrorReadable({
+          providerId: 'openrouter',
+          requestedModel: 'anything',
+          request,
+          response,
+          isUserByok: false,
+        })
+      ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe('extractHeaderAndLimitLength', () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.ts
index 14ae12088d..a652064944 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/llm-proxy-helpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { after, NextResponse, type NextRequest } from 'next/server';
+import * as z from 'zod';
 import { FEATURE_HEADER, type FeatureValue } from '@/lib/feature-detection';
 import {
   countAndStoreUsage,
@@ -177,6 +178,49 @@ function byokErrorMessage(status: number): string | undefined {
   return byokErrorMessages[status];
 }
 
+const noAllowedProvidersErrorSchema = z.object({
+  message: z.literal('No allowed providers are available for the selected model.'),
+  code: z.literal(404),
+  metadata: z.object({
+    available_providers: z.array(z.string()),
+    requested_providers: z.array(z.string()),
+  }),
+});
+
+const openRouterErrorResponseSchema = z.object({
+  error: noAllowedProvidersErrorSchema.optional(),
+  message: z.string().optional(),
+  code: z.number().optional(),
+  metadata: z.unknown().optional(),
+});
+
+async function providerNotAllowedResponse(providerId: ProviderId, response: Response) {
+  if (providerId !== 'openrouter' || response.status !== 404) return undefined;
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = await response.clone().json();
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const parsedBody = openRouterErrorResponseSchema.safeParse(body);
+  if (!parsedBody.success) return undefined;
+
+  const upstreamError = parsedBody.data.error ?? parsedBody.data;
+  if (!noAllowedProvidersErrorSchema.safeParse(upstreamError).success) return undefined;
+
+  const error = 'No eligible provider can serve the selected model.';
+  return NextResponse.json(
+    {
+      error,
+      error_type: ProxyErrorType.provider_not_allowed,
+      message: `${error} Select another model or update the provider routing settings.`,
+    },
+    { status: response.status }
+  );
+}
+
 export async function makeErrorReadable({
   providerId,
   requestedModel,
@@ -209,6 +253,9 @@ export async function makeErrorReadable({
     }
   }
 
+  const providerErrorResponse = await providerNotAllowedResponse(providerId, response);
+  if (providerErrorResponse) return providerErrorResponse;
+
   const overflowResponse = await detectContextOverflow({ requestedModel, request, response });
   if (overflowResponse) return overflowResponse;
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.test.ts
index 0a21fb9611..7ae82adaf2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.test.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ describe('classifyCodeReviewActionRequiredFailure', () => {
       )
     ).toBe('selected_model_unavailable');
 
+    expect(
+      classifyCodeReviewActionRequiredFailure(
+        'Not Found: {"error":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model.","error_type":"provider_not_allowed","message":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model. Select another model or update the provider routing settings."}'
+      )
+    ).toBe('selected_model_unavailable');
+
     expect(
       classifyCodeReviewActionRequiredFailure(
         'No endpoints found matching your data policy (Free model training). Configure: https://openrouter.ai/settings/privacy'
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.ts
index 93c16ff014..95dc9e0b19 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/code-reviews/action-required.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export function classifyCodeReviewActionRequiredFailure(
   if (
     normalized.includes(SELECTED_MODEL_UNAVAILABLE_MESSAGE) ||
     normalized.includes(REQUESTED_MODEL_NOT_ALLOWED_FOR_TEAM_MESSAGE) ||
+    normalized.includes('provider_not_allowed') ||
+    normalized.includes('no eligible provider can serve the selected model.') ||
     normalized.includes('no allowed providers are specified.') ||
     normalized.includes('no allowed providers are available for the selected model.') ||
     normalized.includes('no endpoints found matching your data policy')
diff --git a/services/code-review-infra/src/code-review-orchestrator.ts b/services/code-review-infra/src/code-review-orchestrator.ts
index f01b78d8f3..f498e20a09 100644
--- a/services/code-review-infra/src/code-review-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/services/code-review-infra/src/code-review-orchestrator.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ function isSelectedModelActionRequiredMessage(message: string): boolean {
   return (
     message.includes(SELECTED_MODEL_UNAVAILABLE_MESSAGE) ||
     message.includes(REQUESTED_MODEL_NOT_ALLOWED_FOR_TEAM_MESSAGE) ||
+    message.includes('provider_not_allowed') ||
+    message.includes('no eligible provider can serve the selected model.') ||
     message.includes('no allowed providers are specified.') ||
     message.includes('no allowed providers are available for the selected model.') ||
     message.includes('no endpoints found matching your data policy')
diff --git a/services/code-review-infra/test/integration/code-review-orchestrator.test.ts b/services/code-review-infra/test/integration/code-review-orchestrator.test.ts
index 778ee98fdc..7e284c40da 100644
--- a/services/code-review-infra/test/integration/code-review-orchestrator.test.ts
+++ b/services/code-review-infra/test/integration/code-review-orchestrator.test.ts
@@ -1336,6 +1336,48 @@ describe('CodeReviewOrchestrator recovery', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('maps provider-routing prepareSession failures to action-required terminal reason', async () => {
+    const stub = getReviewStub();
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (request: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = String(request);
+      if (url.includes('/api/internal/code-review-status/')) {
+        return Response.json({ success: true });
+      }
+      if (url.includes('/trpc/prepareSession')) {
+        return trpcError(
+          400,
+          'Not Found: {"error":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model.","error_type":"provider_not_allowed","message":"No eligible provider can serve the selected model. Select another model or update the provider routing settings."}',
+          'BAD_REQUEST'
+        );
+      }
+      return new Response('unexpected fetch', { status: 500 });
+    });
+    globalThis.fetch = fetchMock;
+
+    await runInDurableObject(stub, async (_instance: CodeReviewOrchestrator, state) => {
+      await state.storage.put('state', codeReview());
+      await state.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + 30_000);
+    });
+
+    const ran = await runDurableObjectAlarm(stub);
+
+    expect(ran).toBe(true);
+    await expect(stub.status()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      terminalReason: 'selected_model_unavailable',
+    });
+    expect(fetchCalls(fetchMock, '/trpc/prepareSession')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(fetchCalls(fetchMock, '/trpc/initiateFromKilocodeSessionV2')).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(lastStatusUpdateBody(fetchMock)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      terminalReason: 'selected_model_unavailable',
+    });
+    await expect(storedReview(stub)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      terminalReason: 'selected_model_unavailable',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('maps model-not-allowed prepareSession 400 failures to action-required terminal reason', async () => {
     const stub = getReviewStub();
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (request: RequestInfo | URL) => {