diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/12574-elevenlabs-policy-enforcement.md b/changelog.d/fixes/12574-elevenlabs-policy-enforcement.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..930c6ed52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/12574-elevenlabs-policy-enforcement.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(api): enforce API key policy (budget/rate-limit/schedule/endpoint scoping) on the ElevenLabs speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voices proxy routes (#12574)
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/_shared/elevenLabsProxy.ts b/src/app/api/v1/_shared/elevenLabsProxy.ts
index 2388764f87..564e6c1544 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/_shared/elevenLabsProxy.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/_shared/elevenLabsProxy.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   sanitizeErrorMessage,
 } from "@omniroute/open-sse/utils/error.ts";
 import { CORS_HEADERS, handleCorsOptions } from "@/shared/utils/cors";
+import { enforceApiKeyPolicy } from "@/shared/utils/apiKeyPolicy";
 
 const ELEVENLABS_API_BASE = "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1";
 const ALLOWED_RESPONSE_HEADERS = [
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ export async function proxyElevenLabsRequest(
   pathname: string,
   init: Omit<RequestInit, "headers"> = {}
 ): Promise<Response> {
+  const policy = await enforceApiKeyPolicy(request, null);
+  if (policy.rejection) return policy.rejection;
+
   const credentials = (await getProviderCredentialsWithQuotaPreflight(
     "elevenlabs"
   )) as ElevenLabsCredentials | null;
diff --git a/src/shared/constants/endpointCategories.ts b/src/shared/constants/endpointCategories.ts
index 9976af5120..fc3903d209 100644
--- a/src/shared/constants/endpointCategories.ts
+++ b/src/shared/constants/endpointCategories.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ export const ENDPOINT_CATEGORIES: readonly EndpointCategory[] = [
     description: "Text-to-speech and speech-to-text",
     prefixes: ["/v1/audio"],
   },
+  {
+    id: "elevenlabs",
+    label: "ElevenLabs Voice",
+    description: "Native ElevenLabs speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voices",
+    prefixes: ["/v1/speech-to-text", "/v1/text-to-speech", "/v1/voices"],
+  },
   {
     id: "video",
     label: "Video",
diff --git a/tests/unit/elevenlabs-policy.test.ts b/tests/unit/elevenlabs-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06cc6bb23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/elevenlabs-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/**
+ * Regression tests for #12574: the ElevenLabs proxy routes (speech-to-text,
+ * text-to-speech/[voiceId], voices) must go through enforceApiKeyPolicy()
+ * like every other billable /v1/* route, and their endpoint category must
+ * be resolvable so allowedEndpoints scoping takes effect.
+ */
+
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const TEST_DATA_DIR = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "omniroute-elevenlabs-policy-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+process.env.API_KEY_SECRET = process.env.API_KEY_SECRET || "elevenlabs-policy-test-secret";
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const readCache = await import("../../src/lib/db/readCache.ts");
+const apiKeysDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/apiKeys.ts");
+const costRules = await import("../../src/domain/costRules.ts");
+const voicesRoute = await import("../../src/app/api/v1/voices/route.ts");
+const speechRoute = await import("../../src/app/api/v1/text-to-speech/[voiceId]/route.ts");
+const transcriptionRoute = await import("../../src/app/api/v1/speech-to-text/route.ts");
+
+const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+const ELEVENLABS_API_KEY = "test-elevenlabs-key";
+
+function seedElevenLabsCredential() {
+  const now = new Date().toISOString();
+  core
+    .getDbInstance()
+    .prepare(
+      `INSERT OR REPLACE INTO provider_connections
+         (id, provider, auth_type, is_active, api_key, created_at, updated_at)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`
+    )
+    .run("elevenlabs-policy-test", "elevenlabs", "apikey", 1, ELEVENLABS_API_KEY, now, now);
+  readCache.invalidateDbCache("connections");
+}
+
+function stubUpstream() {
+  let called = false;
+  globalThis.fetch = (async () => {
+    called = true;
+    return Response.json({ voices: [] });
+  }) as typeof fetch;
+  return () => called;
+}
+
+async function callAllThreeRoutes(apiKey: string) {
+  const auth = { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` };
+  const voicesResponse = await voicesRoute.GET(
+    new Request("http://localhost/v1/voices", { headers: auth })
+  );
+  const speechResponse = await speechRoute.POST(
+    new Request("http://localhost/v1/text-to-speech/voice_123", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { ...auth, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: "{}",
+    }),
+    { params: Promise.resolve({ voiceId: "voice_123" }) }
+  );
+  const transcriptionResponse = await transcriptionRoute.POST(
+    new Request("http://localhost/v1/speech-to-text", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: auth,
+      body: new FormData(),
+    })
+  );
+  return [voicesResponse, speechResponse, transcriptionResponse];
+}
+
+test.beforeEach(async () => {
+  await core.ensureDbInitialized();
+  seedElevenLabsCredential();
+});
+
+test.afterEach(() => {
+  globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+});
+
+test.after(() => {
+  globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  apiKeysDb.resetApiKeyState();
+  costRules.resetCostData();
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 5, retryDelay: 100 });
+});
+
+test("an over-budget key is rejected with 429 on all three ElevenLabs routes without reaching upstream", async () => {
+  const key = await apiKeysDb.createApiKey("EL Budget Key", "machine-elevenlabs-budget");
+  costRules.setBudget(key.id, { dailyLimitUsd: 1, warningThreshold: 0.5 });
+  costRules.recordCost(key.id, 2);
+
+  const upstreamWasCalled = stubUpstream();
+  const [voicesResponse, speechResponse, transcriptionResponse] = await callAllThreeRoutes(
+    key.key
+  );
+
+  for (const response of [voicesResponse, speechResponse, transcriptionResponse]) {
+    assert.equal(response.status, 429);
+    const body = (await response.json()) as { error?: { message?: string } };
+    assert.match(body.error?.message ?? "", /Daily budget exceeded/);
+  }
+  assert.equal(upstreamWasCalled(), false);
+});
+
+test("a key scoped away from the elevenlabs category is rejected with 403 on all three routes", async () => {
+  const key = await apiKeysDb.createApiKey("EL Scoped Key", "machine-elevenlabs-scope");
+  await apiKeysDb.updateApiKeyPermissions(key.id, { allowedEndpoints: ["chat"] });
+
+  const upstreamWasCalled = stubUpstream();
+  const [voicesResponse, speechResponse, transcriptionResponse] = await callAllThreeRoutes(
+    key.key
+  );
+
+  for (const response of [voicesResponse, speechResponse, transcriptionResponse]) {
+    assert.equal(response.status, 403);
+    const body = (await response.json()) as { error?: { message?: string } };
+    assert.match(body.error?.message ?? "", /elevenlabs.*not allowed/i);
+  }
+  assert.equal(upstreamWasCalled(), false);
+});
+
+test("an unrestricted key still proxies through to the upstream successfully", async () => {
+  const key = await apiKeysDb.createApiKey("EL Unrestricted Key", "machine-elevenlabs-ok");
+
+  const upstreamWasCalled = stubUpstream();
+  const response = await voicesRoute.GET(
+    new Request("http://localhost/v1/voices", {
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key.key}` },
+    })
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+  assert.equal(upstreamWasCalled(), true);
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/endpoint-categories.test.ts b/tests/unit/endpoint-categories.test.ts
index 3ff73d0af2..fd973573d5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/endpoint-categories.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/endpoint-categories.test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ test("resolveEndpointCategory: maps /v1/agents/tasks to 'agents'", () => {
   assert.equal(resolveEndpointCategory("/v1/agents/tasks"), "agents");
 });
 
+test("resolveEndpointCategory: maps /v1/speech-to-text to 'elevenlabs'", () => {
+  assert.equal(resolveEndpointCategory("/v1/speech-to-text"), "elevenlabs");
+});
+
+test("resolveEndpointCategory: maps /v1/text-to-speech/voice_123 to 'elevenlabs'", () => {
+  assert.equal(resolveEndpointCategory("/v1/text-to-speech/voice_123"), "elevenlabs");
+});
+
+test("resolveEndpointCategory: maps /v1/voices to 'elevenlabs'", () => {
+  assert.equal(resolveEndpointCategory("/v1/voices"), "elevenlabs");
+});
+
 test("resolveEndpointCategory: returns null for unknown path", () => {
   assert.equal(resolveEndpointCategory("/v1/unknown"), null);
 });