diff --git a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
index 08b6f36d5f..c74f3b1b34 100644
--- a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -242,11 +242,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/ComboDefaultsTab.tsx": {
-    "no-restricted-syntax": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/ModelLockoutCard.tsx": {
     "react-hooks/exhaustive-deps": {
       "count": 1
@@ -1562,11 +1557,6 @@
       "count": 2
     }
   },
-  "tests/unit/messages-count-tokens-route.test.ts": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
-      "count": 4
-    }
-  },
   "tests/unit/mimocode-executor.test.ts": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 58
diff --git a/config/quality/test-masking-allowlist.json b/config/quality/test-masking-allowlist.json
index 128c05303d..d548c4a40c 100644
--- a/config/quality/test-masking-allowlist.json
+++ b/config/quality/test-masking-allowlist.json
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
     "src/shared/components/AutoRoutingBanner.test.tsx": {
       "replacement": "tests/unit/home-no-autorouting-banner.test.ts",
       "reason": "v3.8.45 #6164: fix(dashboard) remove the always-on Auto-Routing banner — o COMPONENTE foi deletado junto com o teste (feature removida pelo mantenedor, não mascaramento). O replacement guarda o novo contrato: a home NÃO renderiza o banner e o componente permanece deletado."
+    },
+    "tests/unit/free-provider-rankings-configured-filter.test.ts": {
+      "replacement": "tests/unit/freeProviderRankings-filters.test.ts",
+      "reason": "v3.8.45 #6251 supersede #6245: a página Free Provider Rankings migrou do toggle client-side 'Configured Only' (#6245, configuredProviderIds no cliente) para filtros server-side configuredOnly/availableOnly (#6251). O teste antigo pinava a implementação removida (7 asserts quebrados contra código que não existe); o replacement cobre o contrato novo com 11 casos (server-side, lib helper). Verificado legítimo — supersessão documentada no CHANGELOG do #6251."
     }
   },
   "tests/unit/catalog-updates-v3x.test.ts": "v3.8.45 #6248: fix(providers) remove deprecated MiMo V2 entries — os 5 asserts removidos pinavam specs de modelos mimo-v2-* que deixaram de existir no catálogo (54→49). Asserts seguem a remoção dos modelos, não enfraquecimento. Verificado legítimo. Prune após v3.8.45 mergear para main.",
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo/validateQuality.ts b/open-sse/services/combo/validateQuality.ts
index d752a78989..2bab070a21 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo/validateQuality.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo/validateQuality.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export async function validateResponseQuality(
     let hasContentBlock = false;
     let hasLifecycleEnd = false;
     let anyContentFound = false;
+    let sawAnyBytes = false;
     const sseLineNormalizer = createSSEDataLineNormalizer();
     let pendingEventType = "";
 
@@ -234,11 +235,13 @@ export async function validateResponseQuality(
             return { valid: false, reason: "streaming empty content block" };
           }
 
-          // Non-Claude stream with no recognizable content at all — the stream
-          // ended without any content deltas (e.g. Gemini returning HTTP 200
-          // with an empty body or only metadata chunks). Mark as invalid for
-          // combo failover so the sibling model gets tried.
-          if (!anyContentFound && !hasContentBlock) {
+          // Stream ended with a truly EMPTY body (e.g. Gemini returning HTTP
+          // 200 with zero bytes) — mark as invalid for combo failover so the
+          // sibling model gets tried. Streams that carried ANY SSE activity
+          // (an explicit `data: [DONE]`, ping/metadata events, an incomplete
+          // Claude lifecycle) keep the pass-through contract (#3399/#3685):
+          // those are handled by the stream-readiness timeout, not failover.
+          if (!anyContentFound && !hasContentBlock && !sawAnyBytes) {
             log.warn?.(
               "COMBO",
               "Streaming response ended with no recognized content — marking as invalid for combo failover"
@@ -255,6 +258,7 @@ export async function validateResponseQuality(
 
         // Accumulate raw bytes for potential replay.
         bufferedChunks.push(value);
+        if (value && value.length > 0) sawAnyBytes = true;
 
         // Decode incrementally (stream:true keeps multi-byte char state).
         decodedSoFar += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
diff --git a/src/lib/db/proxies.ts b/src/lib/db/proxies.ts
index ffe0b85a5b..754259e82f 100755
--- a/src/lib/db/proxies.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/proxies.ts
@@ -632,6 +632,59 @@ export async function resolveProxyForScopeFromRegistry(scope: string, scopeId?:
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * #6246 fail-closed guard. Returns true when a connection would egress DIRECTLY
+ * ONLY because its ASSIGNED proxy (account/provider/global scope) is dead/inactive
+ * — i.e. the request must be BLOCKED, not silently sent on the real IP.
+ *
+ * Callers use this after `resolveProxyForConnection` returns a direct result: if
+ * the operator assigned a proxy but every assigned proxy is dead, leaking the IP
+ * is worse than failing the request. An explicit "proxy off" (global or per
+ * connection) is a deliberate direct choice and is NOT treated as a leak. Read-only
+ * and best-effort: any DB error fails OPEN (returns false) so a guard never breaks
+ * the request path.
+ */
+export function hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connectionId: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const db = getDbInstance();
+
+    // Explicit global "proxy off" → direct is intended, never a leak.
+    const globalRow = db
+      .prepare("SELECT value FROM key_value WHERE namespace = 'settings' AND key = 'proxyEnabled'")
+      .get() as { value?: string } | undefined;
+    if (globalRow?.value) {
+      try {
+        if (JSON.parse(globalRow.value) === false) return false;
+      } catch {
+        /* malformed → treat as enabled */
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Explicit per-connection "proxy off" → direct is intended.
+    const conn = db
+      .prepare("SELECT provider, proxy_enabled FROM provider_connections WHERE id = ?")
+      .get(connectionId) as { provider?: string | null; proxy_enabled?: number } | undefined;
+    if (conn && conn.proxy_enabled === 0) return false;
+    const provider = conn?.provider ?? null;
+
+    // A proxy is assigned to this connection at some scope, but every assigned
+    // proxy is dead (the alive filter would have resolved a live one already).
+    const dead = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT 1 FROM proxy_assignments a JOIN proxy_registry p ON p.id = a.proxy_id
+           WHERE ((a.scope = 'account' AND a.scope_id = ?)
+               OR (a.scope = 'provider' AND a.scope_id = ?)
+               OR (a.scope = 'global'))
+             AND NOT ${PROXY_ALIVE_PREDICATE}
+           LIMIT 1`
+      )
+      .get(connectionId, provider);
+    return !!dead;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function migrateLegacyProxyConfigToRegistry(options?: { force?: boolean }) {
   const force = options?.force === true;
   const db = getDbInstance();
diff --git a/src/lib/proxyHealth/decision.ts b/src/lib/proxyHealth/decision.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..341d404290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/proxyHealth/decision.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Pure, network-free decision for the proxy health scheduler (#6246).
+ *
+ * Separated from the sweep so the status/removal policy can be unit-tested
+ * exhaustively without any I/O. The sweep classifies each probe into a tri-state
+ * {@link ProxyProbeOutcome} and applies the returned {@link ProxyHealthDecision}.
+ *
+ * Policy (agreed for #6246):
+ *   A — downgrade only after `removeAfter` CONSECUTIVE conclusive failures.
+ *   B — an `inconclusive` probe (our own timeout/abort, or the probe TARGET
+ *       erroring) never penalizes: it neither counts nor changes status.
+ *   C — by DEFAULT (auto-remove off) the health check NEVER mutates a proxy's
+ *       status. It only counts failures for logging. A proxy is downgraded to
+ *       `inactive` (and removed) only when the operator opts in via
+ *       PROXY_AUTO_REMOVE=true. This mirrors how accounts are only auto-disabled
+ *       when the operator allows it — the operator owns their (often paid) proxies.
+ */
+
+export type ProxyProbeOutcome = "ok" | "fail" | "inconclusive";
+
+export interface ProxyHealthDecisionInput {
+  /** Tri-state result of the reachability probe for this proxy. */
+  outcome: ProxyProbeOutcome;
+  /** Consecutive failure count recorded BEFORE this probe. */
+  priorFailures: number;
+  /** PROXY_AUTO_REMOVE === "true" — operator opted into status management. */
+  autoRemove: boolean;
+  /** Consecutive conclusive failures required before a downgrade/removal. */
+  removeAfter: number;
+}
+
+export interface ProxyHealthDecision {
+  /** New consecutive-failure count to persist for this proxy. */
+  failures: number;
+  /** Whether to drop this proxy from the consecutive-failure map. */
+  clearFailures: boolean;
+  /** Status to write, or `null` to leave the operator-controlled status untouched. */
+  setStatus: "active" | "inactive" | null;
+  /** Whether to auto-remove the proxy (only ever true when autoRemove is on). */
+  remove: boolean;
+}
+
+export function decideProxyHealthAction(input: ProxyHealthDecisionInput): ProxyHealthDecision {
+  const { outcome, priorFailures, autoRemove, removeAfter } = input;
+  const threshold = Number.isFinite(removeAfter) && removeAfter > 0 ? removeAfter : 3;
+
+  // B: inconclusive probes are neutral — do not touch count or status.
+  if (outcome === "inconclusive") {
+    return { failures: priorFailures, clearFailures: false, setStatus: null, remove: false };
+  }
+
+  // Success: reset the streak. Only (re)assert "active" when the operator has
+  // opted into status management; otherwise never touch the user's status (C).
+  if (outcome === "ok") {
+    return {
+      failures: 0,
+      clearFailures: true,
+      setStatus: autoRemove ? "active" : null,
+      remove: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Conclusive failure.
+  const failures = priorFailures + 1;
+
+  // C: default mode only counts/logs — never downgrades.
+  if (!autoRemove) {
+    return { failures, clearFailures: false, setStatus: null, remove: false };
+  }
+
+  // A: downgrade + remove only once the consecutive threshold is reached.
+  if (failures >= threshold) {
+    return { failures, clearFailures: false, setStatus: "inactive", remove: true };
+  }
+
+  return { failures, clearFailures: false, setStatus: null, remove: false };
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/proxyHealth/scheduler.ts b/src/lib/proxyHealth/scheduler.ts
index 2e6c291125..0921a909a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxyHealth/scheduler.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxyHealth/scheduler.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@
 import { deleteProxyById, listProxies, updateProxy } from "@/lib/localDb";
 import { createProxyDispatcher, clearDispatcherCache } from "@omniroute/open-sse/utils/proxyDispatcher";
 import { fetch as undiciFetch } from "undici";
+import {
+  decideProxyHealthAction,
+  type ProxyProbeOutcome,
+} from "./decision.ts";
 
-const TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+// #6246: a HEAD to the public probe target through a legit (often loaded) proxy
+// can exceed a few seconds; the old 5s ceiling produced false negatives that
+// flipped healthy proxies to inactive. Raise it and treat our own timeout as
+// inconclusive (see testOneProxy) rather than a proxy failure.
+const TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 15000;
 // Reachability probe target for proxy health checks. Configurable so operators
 // can point it at an internal/self-hosted endpoint instead of the public default.
 const TEST_URL = process.env.PROXY_HEALTH_TEST_URL || "https://httpbin.org/ip";
@@ -65,7 +73,21 @@ function isBackgroundServicesDisabled(): boolean {
   return ["1", "true", "yes", "on"].includes(raw.trim().toLowerCase());
 }
 
-async function testOneProxy(proxy: { id: string; type: string; host: string; port: number }): Promise<boolean> {
+/**
+ * Reachability probe for one proxy, classified into a tri-state so the pure
+ * decision layer can apply the #6246 policy:
+ *   - "ok"           — the proxy relayed and the target answered (<500).
+ *   - "inconclusive" — NOT the proxy's fault: our own timeout/abort, or the probe
+ *                      TARGET returned a 5xx (the proxy connected fine). Never
+ *                      penalizes the proxy.
+ *   - "fail"         — a proxy-level connection error (refused/unreachable/TLS).
+ */
+async function testOneProxy(proxy: {
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+  host: string;
+  port: number;
+}): Promise<ProxyProbeOutcome> {
   const proxyUrl = `${proxy.type}://${proxy.host}:${proxy.port}`;
   const controller = new AbortController();
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), TEST_TIMEOUT_MS);
@@ -77,9 +99,13 @@ async function testOneProxy(proxy: { id: string; type: string; host: string; por
       dispatcher,
       headers: { "User-Agent": "OmniRoute/1.0" },
     });
-    return resp.status < 500;
+    // A 5xx from the probe target means the proxy DID relay — the target is at
+    // fault, not the proxy. Do not penalize the proxy for that.
+    return resp.status < 500 ? "ok" : "inconclusive";
   } catch {
-    return false;
+    // Our own deadline elapsed → inconclusive (slow, not necessarily dead).
+    // Any other error is a genuine proxy-level connection failure.
+    return controller.signal.aborted ? "inconclusive" : "fail";
   } finally {
     clearTimeout(timeout);
   }
@@ -95,44 +121,54 @@ async function sweep(): Promise<void> {
 
   let tested = 0;
   let alive = 0;
+  let inconclusive = 0;
   let removed = 0;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < proxies.length; i += CONCURRENCY) {
     const batch = proxies.slice(i, i + CONCURRENCY);
     const results = await Promise.allSettled(
       batch.map(async (proxy) => {
-        const ok = await testOneProxy(proxy);
-        return { id: proxy.id, ok };
+        const outcome = await testOneProxy(proxy);
+        return { id: proxy.id, outcome };
       })
     );
 
     for (const result of results) {
       if (result.status !== "fulfilled") continue;
-      const { id, ok } = result.value;
+      const { id, outcome } = result.value;
       tested++;
+      if (outcome === "ok") alive++;
+      else if (outcome === "inconclusive") inconclusive++;
 
-      if (ok) {
-        alive++;
-        failureMap.delete(id);
-        await updateProxy(id, { status: "active" }).catch(() => {});
-      } else {
-        const failures = (failureMap.get(id) ?? 0) + 1;
-        failureMap.set(id, failures);
-        await updateProxy(id, { status: "inactive" }).catch(() => {});
+      const decision = decideProxyHealthAction({
+        outcome,
+        priorFailures: failureMap.get(id) ?? 0,
+        autoRemove,
+        removeAfter,
+      });
 
-        if (autoRemove && failures >= removeAfter) {
-          if (await deleteProxyById(id, { force: true }).catch(() => false)) {
-            failureMap.delete(id);
-            removed++;
-            try { clearDispatcherCache(); } catch { /* non-critical */ }
-          }
+      if (decision.clearFailures) failureMap.delete(id);
+      else failureMap.set(id, decision.failures);
+
+      // #6246 (policy C): only mutate the operator-owned status when the decision
+      // explicitly asks for it. By default (auto-remove off) setStatus is null, so
+      // a transient probe failure never flips a healthy proxy to inactive.
+      if (decision.setStatus) {
+        await updateProxy(id, { status: decision.setStatus }).catch(() => {});
+      }
+
+      if (decision.remove) {
+        if (await deleteProxyById(id, { force: true }).catch(() => false)) {
+          failureMap.delete(id);
+          removed++;
+          try { clearDispatcherCache(); } catch { /* non-critical */ }
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
   console.log(
-    `${LOG_PREFIX} Sweep complete: ${tested} tested, ${alive} alive, ${removed} auto-removed`
+    `${LOG_PREFIX} Sweep complete: ${tested} tested, ${alive} alive, ${inconclusive} inconclusive, ${removed} auto-removed`
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts b/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
index e26581f897..87eb47a389 100644
--- a/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   type AppliedProxySink,
 } from "@omniroute/open-sse/utils/proxyFetch.ts";
 import { resolveProxyForConnection } from "@/lib/localDb";
+import { hasBlockingProxyAssignment } from "@/lib/db/proxies";
 import {
   CircuitBreakerOpenError,
   getCircuitBreaker,
@@ -686,7 +687,22 @@ export function decideProxyResolutionFailure(
 
 export async function safeResolveProxy(connectionId: string, apiKeyId?: string) {
   try {
-    return await resolveProxyForConnection(connectionId, apiKeyId);
+    const resolved = await resolveProxyForConnection(connectionId, apiKeyId);
+    // #6246: a connection that resolves to DIRECT only because its assigned proxy
+    // is dead/inactive must fail closed — egressing on the real IP leaks it. Reuse
+    // the existing proxy-resolution-failure policy (blocks by default; PROXY_FAIL_OPEN
+    // opts back into direct). Explicit "proxy off" is not a leak (see the guard).
+    if (!(resolved as { proxy?: unknown } | null)?.proxy && hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connectionId)) {
+      return decideProxyResolutionFailure(
+        Object.assign(
+          new Error(
+            "PROXY_ASSIGNED_UNAVAILABLE: assigned proxy is inactive/unreachable; refusing to egress on a direct connection"
+          ),
+          { code: "PROXY_ASSIGNED_UNAVAILABLE" }
+        )
+      );
+    }
+    return resolved;
   } catch (proxyErr) {
     return decideProxyResolutionFailure(proxyErr);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/agentSkillTools-mcp.test.ts b/tests/unit/agentSkillTools-mcp.test.ts
index 8a3985f4a9..a34acea595 100644
--- a/tests/unit/agentSkillTools-mcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/agentSkillTools-mcp.test.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ test("agentSkillTools exports exactly 3 tools", () => {
 
 test("each agentSkillTool has name, description, inputSchema, and handler", () => {
   for (const toolDef of Object.values(agentSkillTools)) {
-    assert.ok(typeof toolDef.name === "string" && toolDef.name.length > 0, `${toolDef.name}: name missing`);
-    assert.ok(typeof toolDef.description === "string" && toolDef.description.length > 0, `${toolDef.name}: description missing`);
+    assert.ok(
+      typeof toolDef.name === "string" && toolDef.name.length > 0,
+      `${toolDef.name}: name missing`
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      typeof toolDef.description === "string" && toolDef.description.length > 0,
+      `${toolDef.name}: description missing`
+    );
     assert.ok(toolDef.inputSchema != null, `${toolDef.name}: inputSchema missing`);
     assert.ok(typeof toolDef.handler === "function", `${toolDef.name}: handler missing`);
   }
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ test("omniroute_agent_skills_coverage({}) returns coverage shape", async () => {
   assert.equal(result.cli.total, 20);
   assert.ok(typeof result.api.have === "number");
   assert.ok(typeof result.cli.have === "number");
-  assert.ok(result.api.have >= 0 && result.api.have <= 22);
+  assert.ok(result.api.have >= 0 && result.api.have <= 23);
   assert.ok(result.cli.have >= 0 && result.cli.have <= 20);
   assert.ok(typeof result.totalSkills === "number");
   assert.equal(result.totalSkills, result.api.have + result.cli.have + (result.config?.have ?? 0));
diff --git a/tests/unit/combo-streaming-empty-content-failover.test.ts b/tests/unit/combo-streaming-empty-content-failover.test.ts
index f623cd1bd1..1d38c10b76 100644
--- a/tests/unit/combo-streaming-empty-content-failover.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/combo-streaming-empty-content-failover.test.ts
@@ -273,3 +273,22 @@ test("#3685 streaming is preserved for non-empty response: clonedResponse body y
   assert.ok(decoded.includes("Hello"), "decoded body must contain the actual text content");
   assert.ok(decoded.includes(", world!"), "decoded body must contain the full text delta");
 });
+
+test("#5976 truly EMPTY streaming body (zero bytes) → invalid for combo failover", async () => {
+  // A 200 SSE response whose body closes without emitting a single byte
+  // (e.g. Gemini returning HTTP 200 with an empty body) cannot carry content —
+  // fail over to the sibling model. Streams with ANY SSE activity (an explicit
+  // [DONE], ping/metadata events) keep the pass-through contract (#3399/#3685).
+  const emptyBody = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+    start(controller) {
+      controller.close();
+    },
+  });
+  const res = new Response(emptyBody, {
+    status: 200,
+    headers: { "content-type": "text/event-stream" },
+  });
+  const out = await validateResponseQuality(res, true, silentLog);
+  assert.equal(out.valid, false, "zero-byte streaming body must trigger failover");
+  assert.equal(out.reason, "streaming no recognized content");
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/free-provider-rankings-configured-filter.test.ts b/tests/unit/free-provider-rankings-configured-filter.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b16552de..0000000000
--- a/tests/unit/free-provider-rankings-configured-filter.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Unit tests for the "Configured Only" filter on the Free Provider Rankings page.
- *
- * Phase 1 of #6150 — verifies the toggle state, filtering logic, status column,
- * cleanup flag, and i18n keys exist in the source code.
- */
-
-import test from "node:test";
-import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { join } from "node:path";
-
-const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "../..");
-const read = (p: string) => readFileSync(join(root, p), "utf8");
-const pageSrc = read("src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/free-provider-rankings/page.tsx");
-const en = JSON.parse(read("src/i18n/messages/en.json"));
-
-test("page declares configuredOnly state", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("useState(false)"), "configuredOnly defaults to false");
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("setConfiguredOnly"), "setConfiguredOnly setter exists");
-});
-
-test("page declares configuredProviderIds state", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("configuredProviderIds"), "configuredProviderIds state exists");
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("Set<string>"), "configuredProviderIds is typed as Set<string>");
-});
-
-test("page fetches /api/providers on mount", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes('fetch("/api/providers")'), "fetches /api/providers");
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("conn?.provider"), "uses optional chaining for conn.provider");
-});
-
-test("useEffect has cleanup flag to prevent stale state updates", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("let active = true"), "declares cleanup flag");
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("if (!active) return"), "guards state update with active flag");
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("active = false"), "cleanup function sets active to false");
-});
-
-test("displayedRankings filters by configuredProviderIds when toggle is on", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes("displayedRankings"), "displayedRankings derived variable exists");
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes("configuredProviderIds.has(r.id)"),
-    "filters rankings by configuredProviderIds.has(r.id)"
-  );
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes("configuredOnly\n    ? rankings.filter"),
-    "conditional: when configuredOnly is true, filters rankings"
-  );
-});
-
-test("toggle switch has accessible attributes", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes('role="switch"'), "toggle has role=switch");
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes("aria-checked={configuredOnly}"),
-    "toggle has aria-checked bound to configuredOnly"
-  );
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes('htmlFor="configured-only-toggle"'),
-    "label is linked to toggle via htmlFor"
-  );
-});
-
-test("table has a 'Configured' status column", () => {
-  assert.ok(pageSrc.includes('t("colConfigured")'), "table header includes colConfigured key");
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes("configuredProviderIds.has(provider.id)"),
-    "status column checks configuredProviderIds"
-  );
-});
-
-test("empty state shows noConfiguredProviders when toggle is on", () => {
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes('t("noConfiguredProviders")'),
-    "empty state uses noConfiguredProviders i18n key"
-  );
-  assert.ok(
-    pageSrc.includes("configuredOnly && rankings.length > 0"),
-    "shows noConfiguredProviders only when toggle is on and data exists"
-  );
-});
-
-test("i18n: en.json has all required filter keys", () => {
-  const keys = en.freeProviderRankingsPage;
-  assert.ok(keys, "freeProviderRankingsPage namespace exists in en.json");
-  assert.equal(typeof keys.configuredOnly, "string", "configuredOnly is a string");
-  assert.equal(typeof keys.configuredOnlyHint, "string", "configuredOnlyHint is a string");
-  assert.equal(typeof keys.noConfiguredProviders, "string", "noConfiguredProviders is a string");
-  assert.equal(typeof keys.colConfigured, "string", "colConfigured is a string");
-  assert.ok(keys.configuredOnly.length > 0, "configuredOnly is non-empty");
-  assert.ok(keys.configuredOnlyHint.length > 0, "configuredOnlyHint is non-empty");
-  assert.ok(keys.noConfiguredProviders.length > 0, "noConfiguredProviders is non-empty");
-  assert.ok(keys.colConfigured.length > 0, "colConfigured is non-empty");
-});
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy-assigned-unavailable-6246.test.ts b/tests/unit/proxy-assigned-unavailable-6246.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8aa52f3192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy-assigned-unavailable-6246.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/**
+ * TDD — #6246 IP leak (part 1, fail-closed).
+ *
+ * When a proxy is ASSIGNED to a connection (account/provider/global scope) but is
+ * dead/inactive, `resolveProxyForConnection` returns a direct result (no alive
+ * proxy resolved). The chat path used to egress DIRECTLY in that case, leaking
+ * the operator's real IP. The fix is a fail-closed guard: if the only reason a
+ * connection resolves to direct is that its ASSIGNED proxy is dead, block instead
+ * of leaking. Explicit "proxy off" toggles are a deliberate direct choice and must
+ * NOT be treated as a leak.
+ *
+ * This test exercises the pure DB predicate `hasBlockingProxyAssignment`, which
+ * encodes exactly that decision (honoring the global + connection proxy toggles).
+ */
+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-proxy-6246-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+process.env.API_KEY_SECRET = "test-secret";
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const proxiesDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/proxies.ts");
+const providersDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/providers.ts");
+
+async function resetStorage() {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
+}
+
+function setGlobalProxyEnabled(enabled: boolean) {
+  const db = core.getDbInstance();
+  db.prepare(
+    "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO key_value (namespace, key, value) VALUES ('settings', 'proxyEnabled', ?)"
+  ).run(JSON.stringify(enabled));
+}
+
+async function makeConnection(): Promise<string> {
+  const conn = await providersDb.createProviderConnection({
+    provider: "openai",
+    authType: "apiKey",
+    name: `Conn ${Date.now()} ${Math.random()}`,
+    apiKey: "sk-test",
+  });
+  return (conn as { id: string }).id;
+}
+
+test.after(async () => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test("BLOCKS: an account proxy assigned but marked inactive (the IP-leak case)", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connId = await makeConnection();
+  const proxy = await proxiesDb.createProxy({
+    name: "Dead paid proxy",
+    type: "http",
+    host: "127.0.0.1",
+    port: 9001,
+  });
+  await proxiesDb.updateProxy(proxy!.id, { status: "inactive" });
+  await proxiesDb.assignProxyToScope("account", connId, proxy!.id);
+
+  assert.equal(
+    proxiesDb.hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connId),
+    true,
+    "a dead assigned proxy must block, not fall back to a direct egress"
+  );
+});
+
+test("ALLOWS DIRECT: a connection with no proxy assignment at all", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connId = await makeConnection();
+  assert.equal(
+    proxiesDb.hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connId),
+    false,
+    "no assignment = user never configured a proxy = direct is legitimate"
+  );
+});
+
+test("NOT BLOCKING: an assigned proxy that is still ALIVE", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connId = await makeConnection();
+  const proxy = await proxiesDb.createProxy({
+    name: "Live proxy",
+    type: "http",
+    host: "127.0.0.1",
+    port: 9002,
+  });
+  await proxiesDb.assignProxyToScope("account", connId, proxy!.id);
+
+  assert.equal(
+    proxiesDb.hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connId),
+    false,
+    "an alive assigned proxy resolves normally; nothing to block"
+  );
+});
+
+test("EXPLICIT DIRECT: global proxyEnabled=false is a deliberate choice, not a leak", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connId = await makeConnection();
+  const proxy = await proxiesDb.createProxy({
+    name: "Dead proxy",
+    type: "http",
+    host: "127.0.0.1",
+    port: 9003,
+  });
+  await proxiesDb.updateProxy(proxy!.id, { status: "inactive" });
+  await proxiesDb.assignProxyToScope("account", connId, proxy!.id);
+  setGlobalProxyEnabled(false);
+
+  assert.equal(
+    proxiesDb.hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connId),
+    false,
+    "operator turned proxying off globally — direct is intended, do not block"
+  );
+});
+
+test("BLOCKS: a dead GLOBAL proxy assignment blocks any connection", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connId = await makeConnection();
+  const proxy = await proxiesDb.createProxy({
+    name: "Dead global proxy",
+    type: "http",
+    host: "127.0.0.1",
+    port: 9004,
+  });
+  await proxiesDb.updateProxy(proxy!.id, { status: "error" });
+  await proxiesDb.assignProxyToScope("global", null, proxy!.id);
+
+  assert.equal(
+    proxiesDb.hasBlockingProxyAssignment(connId),
+    true,
+    "a dead global proxy assignment must block, not leak direct"
+  );
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy-health-decide-action-6246.test.ts b/tests/unit/proxy-health-decide-action-6246.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ceed75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy-health-decide-action-6246.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * TDD — #6246 proxy health regression (part 2, A+B+C).
+ *
+ * Before this fix the sweep marked a proxy `inactive` on the FIRST failed probe,
+ * unconditionally, and treated any error (including our own timeout or the probe
+ * TARGET being down) as a proxy failure. That flipped healthy paid proxies to
+ * inactive, which then dropped them from egress selection ("my proxies are not
+ * being used anymore").
+ *
+ * The decision is extracted into a pure, network-free function so it can be
+ * unit-tested exhaustively:
+ *   A — only downgrade after `removeAfter` CONSECUTIVE conclusive failures.
+ *   B — an inconclusive probe (our timeout / probe-target error) never penalizes.
+ *   C — by default (PROXY_AUTO_REMOVE off) the health check NEVER mutates status;
+ *       it only counts/logs. Status downgrade happens only when auto-remove is on.
+ */
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+const { decideProxyHealthAction } = await import("../../src/lib/proxyHealth/decision.ts");
+
+test("C: default (autoRemove off) never mutates status on failure — only counts", () => {
+  const d = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "fail",
+    priorFailures: 0,
+    autoRemove: false,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(d.setStatus, null, "must not downgrade status by default");
+  assert.equal(d.remove, false);
+  assert.equal(d.failures, 1, "still counts the failure for logging");
+});
+
+test("C: default (autoRemove off) never downgrades even after many failures", () => {
+  const d = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "fail",
+    priorFailures: 9,
+    autoRemove: false,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(d.setStatus, null);
+  assert.equal(d.remove, false);
+  assert.equal(d.failures, 10);
+});
+
+test("A: with autoRemove on, does NOT downgrade before the consecutive threshold", () => {
+  const d = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "fail",
+    priorFailures: 1, // this probe makes it 2, threshold is 3
+    autoRemove: true,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(d.setStatus, null, "2 < 3 failures must not flip inactive");
+  assert.equal(d.remove, false);
+  assert.equal(d.failures, 2);
+});
+
+test("A: with autoRemove on, downgrades + removes at the consecutive threshold", () => {
+  const d = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "fail",
+    priorFailures: 2, // this probe makes it 3 == threshold
+    autoRemove: true,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(d.setStatus, "inactive");
+  assert.equal(d.remove, true);
+  assert.equal(d.failures, 3);
+});
+
+test("B: an inconclusive probe never penalizes (no count bump, no status change)", () => {
+  const d = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "inconclusive",
+    priorFailures: 2,
+    autoRemove: true,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(d.setStatus, null, "inconclusive must not touch status");
+  assert.equal(d.remove, false);
+  assert.equal(d.failures, 2, "failure streak is preserved, not incremented");
+  assert.equal(d.clearFailures, false);
+});
+
+test("ok: resets the failure streak; re-activates only when autoRemove manages status", () => {
+  const onAuto = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "ok",
+    priorFailures: 2,
+    autoRemove: true,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(onAuto.clearFailures, true);
+  assert.equal(onAuto.setStatus, "active");
+  assert.equal(onAuto.failures, 0);
+
+  const offAuto = decideProxyHealthAction({
+    outcome: "ok",
+    priorFailures: 2,
+    autoRemove: false,
+    removeAfter: 3,
+  });
+  assert.equal(offAuto.clearFailures, true);
+  assert.equal(offAuto.setStatus, null, "default mode never touches user-controlled status");
+  assert.equal(offAuto.failures, 0);
+});