diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/12974-custom-vision-advertised-alias.md b/changelog.d/fixes/12974-custom-vision-advertised-alias.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d86bc2937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/12974-custom-vision-advertised-alias.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **fix(vision):** Custom Models with "Vision capable" checked no longer have image requests swapped to `glm/glm-4.6v` when the client sends the advertised alias (`vllm/path/...`) or the bare path-shaped id — Vision Bridge now matches the stored override for all three id forms ([#12758](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/12758))
diff --git a/src/lib/db/models.ts b/src/lib/db/models.ts
index b716d88173..8b878af1bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/models.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/models.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import { isRetiredGitHubCopilotModelId } from "@omniroute/open-sse/config/providers/registry/github/retiredModels.ts";
 
-import type { SqliteAdapter } from "./adapters/types";
 import { getDbInstance } from "./core";
 import { getProviderConnectionsCount } from "./providers";
 import { type JsonRecord, getKeyValue } from "./models/shared";
@@ -53,6 +52,13 @@ export {
 } from "./models/aliases";
 export { getMitmAlias, setMitmAliasAll } from "./models/mitmAlias";
 export type { SyncedAvailableModel } from "./models/synced";
+export {
+  getCustomModelVisionOverride,
+  listCustomModelVisionOverrides,
+  type CustomModelVisionOverrideMap,
+  type CustomModelVisionDatabase,
+  type CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions,
+} from "./models/customVisionOverride";
 
 // ──────────────── Custom Models ────────────────
 
@@ -91,93 +97,6 @@ export async function getAllCustomModels() {
   return result;
 }
 
-/** Nested provider → model map of explicit custom-model vision overrides. */
-export type CustomModelVisionOverrideMap = ReadonlyMap<string, ReadonlyMap<string, boolean>>;
-export type CustomModelVisionDatabase = Pick<SqliteAdapter, "prepare">;
-
-export interface CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions {
-  /** Narrow test seam; production uses the canonical DB singleton. */
-  getDatabase?: () => CustomModelVisionDatabase;
-}
-
-function readVisionOverrideFromModels(value: string | null, modelId: string): boolean | null {
-  if (!value) return null;
-  try {
-    const models = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
-    if (!Array.isArray(models)) return null;
-    const entry = models.find(
-      (candidate): candidate is { id: string; supportsVision?: boolean } =>
-        candidate !== null &&
-        typeof candidate === "object" &&
-        !Array.isArray(candidate) &&
-        (candidate as { id?: unknown }).id === modelId
-    );
-    return entry && typeof entry.supportsVision === "boolean" ? entry.supportsVision : null;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Resolve one explicit custom-model vision override. A supplied bulk map avoids
- * SQLite reads for request/build-local capability resolution.
- */
-export function getCustomModelVisionOverride(
-  providerId: string,
-  modelId: string,
-  bulk?: CustomModelVisionOverrideMap | null,
-  options: CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions = {}
-): boolean | null {
-  try {
-    if (bulk) return bulk.get(providerId)?.get(modelId) ?? null;
-    const db = options.getDatabase?.() ?? getDbInstance();
-    const row = db
-      .prepare("SELECT value FROM key_value WHERE namespace = 'customModels' AND key = ?")
-      .get(providerId);
-    return readVisionOverrideFromModels(getKeyValue(row).value, modelId);
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-/** Bulk-load explicit custom-model vision overrides with one SQLite query. */
-export function listCustomModelVisionOverrides(
-  options: CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions = {}
-): CustomModelVisionOverrideMap {
-  try {
-    const db = options.getDatabase?.() ?? getDbInstance();
-    const rows = db
-      .prepare("SELECT key, value FROM key_value WHERE namespace = 'customModels'")
-      .all();
-    const result = new Map<string, Map<string, boolean>>();
-    for (const row of rows) {
-      const { key, value } = getKeyValue(row);
-      if (!key || !value) continue;
-      try {
-        const models = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
-        if (!Array.isArray(models)) continue;
-        const byModel = new Map<string, boolean>();
-        for (const candidate of models) {
-          if (!candidate || typeof candidate !== "object" || Array.isArray(candidate)) continue;
-          const { id, supportsVision } = candidate as {
-            id?: unknown;
-            supportsVision?: unknown;
-          };
-          if (typeof id === "string" && typeof supportsVision === "boolean") {
-            byModel.set(id, supportsVision);
-          }
-        }
-        if (byModel.size > 0) result.set(key, byModel);
-      } catch {
-        // Malformed custom-model rows do not participate in capability resolution.
-      }
-    }
-    return result;
-  } catch {
-    return new Map<string, Map<string, boolean>>();
-  }
-}
-
 export async function addCustomModel(
   providerId: string,
   modelId: string,
diff --git a/src/lib/db/models/customVisionOverride.ts b/src/lib/db/models/customVisionOverride.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62b6c6bfd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/db/models/customVisionOverride.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/**
+ * Explicit Custom Models "Vision capable" lookup.
+ *
+ * Dashboard stores the flag under the connection id (often an
+ * openai-compatible-chat-* uuid) and the path-shaped model id. Clients send
+ * the advertised alias (`vllm/path/...`), the bare path, or the internal
+ * `providerId/modelPath`. parseModel splits on the first slash, so the
+ * advertised forms miss the stored pair. Match the stored row against all
+ * three forms before Vision Bridge substitutes a fallback VLM.
+ */
+import type { SqliteAdapter } from "../adapters/types";
+import { getDbInstance } from "../core";
+import { getKeyValue } from "./shared";
+
+/** Nested provider → model map of explicit custom-model vision overrides. */
+export type CustomModelVisionOverrideMap = ReadonlyMap<string, ReadonlyMap<string, boolean>>;
+export type CustomModelVisionDatabase = Pick<SqliteAdapter, "prepare">;
+
+export interface CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions {
+  /** Narrow test seam; production uses the canonical DB singleton. */
+  getDatabase?: () => CustomModelVisionDatabase;
+  /**
+   * Raw model string from the request (`vllm/orcarouter/Qwen...`, the bare
+   * path, or `providerId/modelPath`). Used when the parsed provider/model pair
+   * does not match the stored customModels key.
+   */
+  lookupKey?: string;
+}
+
+type OverrideHit = { providerId: string; modelId: string; supportsVision: boolean };
+
+function idsEqual(left: string, right: string): boolean {
+  return left === right || left.toLowerCase() === right.toLowerCase();
+}
+
+function isPathShaped(value: string | undefined): boolean {
+  return Boolean(value && value.includes("/"));
+}
+
+/** Stored custom-model id matches the parsed pair and/or the raw request string. */
+export function customModelIdMatchesRequest(
+  storedId: string,
+  requestedModelId: string,
+  lookupKey?: string
+): boolean {
+  if (!storedId) return false;
+  if (idsEqual(storedId, requestedModelId)) return true;
+  if (lookupKey && idsEqual(storedId, lookupKey)) return true;
+  // Suffix only when the stored id is itself path-shaped. A leaf like "4o"
+  // must not match lookupKey "openai/gpt-4o".
+  if (
+    isPathShaped(storedId) &&
+    lookupKey &&
+    lookupKey.toLowerCase().endsWith(`/${storedId.toLowerCase()}`)
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function readVisionOverrideFromModels(value: string | null, modelId: string): boolean | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  try {
+    const models = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
+    if (!Array.isArray(models)) return null;
+    const entry = models.find(
+      (candidate): candidate is { id: string; supportsVision?: boolean } =>
+        candidate !== null &&
+        typeof candidate === "object" &&
+        !Array.isArray(candidate) &&
+        typeof (candidate as { id?: unknown }).id === "string" &&
+        idsEqual((candidate as { id: string }).id, modelId)
+    );
+    return entry && typeof entry.supportsVision === "boolean" ? entry.supportsVision : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function collectOverrideHits(map: CustomModelVisionOverrideMap): OverrideHit[] {
+  const hits: OverrideHit[] = [];
+  for (const [providerId, byModel] of map) {
+    for (const [modelId, supportsVision] of byModel) {
+      hits.push({ providerId, modelId, supportsVision });
+    }
+  }
+  return hits;
+}
+
+function pickMatchingOverride(
+  hits: OverrideHit[],
+  providerId: string,
+  modelId: string,
+  lookupKey?: string
+): boolean | null {
+  const exact = hits.find(
+    (hit) => idsEqual(hit.providerId, providerId) && idsEqual(hit.modelId, modelId)
+  );
+  if (exact) return exact.supportsVision;
+
+  const matches = hits.filter((hit) =>
+    customModelIdMatchesRequest(hit.modelId, modelId, lookupKey)
+  );
+  if (matches.length === 0) return null;
+  const first = matches[0].supportsVision;
+  if (!matches.every((hit) => hit.supportsVision === first)) return null;
+  if (providerId) {
+    const sameProvider = matches.filter((hit) => idsEqual(hit.providerId, providerId));
+    if (sameProvider.length === 1) return sameProvider[0].supportsVision;
+  }
+  return first;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve one explicit custom-model vision override. A supplied bulk map avoids
+ * SQLite reads for request/build-local capability resolution.
+ */
+export function getCustomModelVisionOverride(
+  providerId: string,
+  modelId: string,
+  bulk?: CustomModelVisionOverrideMap | null,
+  options: CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions = {}
+): boolean | null {
+  try {
+    const lookupKey = options.lookupKey;
+    const canScan = isPathShaped(modelId) || isPathShaped(lookupKey);
+    if (!providerId && !canScan) return null;
+
+    if (bulk) {
+      if (!canScan && providerId) {
+        return bulk.get(providerId)?.get(modelId) ?? null;
+      }
+      return pickMatchingOverride(collectOverrideHits(bulk), providerId, modelId, lookupKey);
+    }
+    const db = options.getDatabase?.() ?? getDbInstance();
+    if (providerId) {
+      const row = db
+        .prepare("SELECT value FROM key_value WHERE namespace = 'customModels' AND key = ?")
+        .get(providerId);
+      const exact = readVisionOverrideFromModels(getKeyValue(row).value, modelId);
+      if (exact !== null) return exact;
+    }
+    if (!canScan) return null;
+    return pickMatchingOverride(
+      collectOverrideHits(listCustomModelVisionOverrides({ getDatabase: () => db })),
+      providerId,
+      modelId,
+      lookupKey
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Bulk-load explicit custom-model vision overrides with one SQLite query. */
+export function listCustomModelVisionOverrides(
+  options: CustomModelVisionOverrideReadOptions = {}
+): CustomModelVisionOverrideMap {
+  try {
+    const db = options.getDatabase?.() ?? getDbInstance();
+    const rows = db
+      .prepare("SELECT key, value FROM key_value WHERE namespace = 'customModels'")
+      .all();
+    const result = new Map<string, Map<string, boolean>>();
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      const { key, value } = getKeyValue(row);
+      if (!key || !value) continue;
+      try {
+        const models = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
+        if (!Array.isArray(models)) continue;
+        const byModel = new Map<string, boolean>();
+        for (const candidate of models) {
+          if (!candidate || typeof candidate !== "object" || Array.isArray(candidate)) continue;
+          const { id, supportsVision } = candidate as {
+            id?: unknown;
+            supportsVision?: unknown;
+          };
+          if (typeof id === "string" && typeof supportsVision === "boolean") {
+            byModel.set(id, supportsVision);
+          }
+        }
+        if (byModel.size > 0) result.set(key, byModel);
+      } catch {
+        // Malformed custom-model rows do not participate in capability resolution.
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  } catch {
+    return new Map<string, Map<string, boolean>>();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts b/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
index 9d9572a7b1..1d357471a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
@@ -845,14 +845,16 @@ export function getResolvedModelCapabilities(
   // fields keep using the non-leaf `spec` from getStaticSpec() above.
   const visionSpec = getVisionStaticSpec(resolved.model, resolved.rawModel);
 
-  // #9195: read the custom model's supportsVision override from the DB so the
-  // dashboard "Vision capable" toggle affects Combo routing.
+  // #9195 / #12758: keep the original provider&&model short-circuit. All
+  // three advertised id forms still parse to both halves; the matcher
+  // recovers the stored connection-id row via lookupKey / path leftover.
   const customVisionOverride =
     resolved.provider && resolved.model
       ? getCustomModelVisionOverride(
           resolved.provider,
           resolved.model,
-          snapshot?.customVisionOverrides
+          snapshot?.customVisionOverrides,
+          { lookupKey: resolved.lookupKey ?? resolved.rawModel ?? lookupKey }
         )
       : null;
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/vision-bridge-custom-path-id-12758.test.ts b/tests/unit/vision-bridge-custom-path-id-12758.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63bceb033f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/vision-bridge-custom-path-id-12758.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/**
+ * #12758 — vision-bridge must honor Custom Models "Vision capable" for the
+ * same three id forms /v1/models advertises, not only the internal
+ * providerId/modelPath string.
+ *
+ * parseModel splits on the first slash, so a path-shaped custom id such as
+ * `orcarouter/Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored-NVFP4` is looked up as provider
+ * `orcarouter` + model `Qwen3.8-...`. The override lives under the real
+ * openai-compatible connection id. Text chat already resolves that record;
+ * the bridge used a narrower pair and silently swapped in glm/glm-4.6v.
+ */
+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-12758-vision-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+process.env.API_KEY_SECRET = process.env.API_KEY_SECRET || "custom-vision-12758-test-secret";
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const { addCustomModel, getCustomModelVisionOverride } = await import("../../src/lib/db/models.ts");
+const { getResolvedModelCapabilities } = await import("../../src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts");
+const { VisionBridgeGuardrail } = await import("../../src/lib/guardrails/visionBridge.ts");
+import type { GuardrailContext } from "../../src/lib/guardrails/base.ts";
+import type { VisionModelConfig } from "../../src/lib/guardrails/visionBridgeHelpers.ts";
+
+const CONNECTION_ID = "openai-compatible-chat-12758-vllm";
+const CUSTOM_MODEL_ID = "orcarouter/Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored-NVFP4";
+const ADVERTISED_ALIAS = `vllm/${CUSTOM_MODEL_ID}`;
+const FULL_INTERNAL = `${CONNECTION_ID}/${CUSTOM_MODEL_ID}`;
+const FALLBACK_VISION_MODEL = "glm/glm-4.6v";
+
+const ID_FORMS = [
+  { name: "advertised alias vllm/path", model: ADVERTISED_ALIAS },
+  { name: "bare path-shaped id", model: CUSTOM_MODEL_ID },
+  { name: "full providerId/modelPath", model: FULL_INTERNAL },
+] as const;
+
+async function seedVisionCustomModel() {
+  await addCustomModel(
+    CONNECTION_ID,
+    CUSTOM_MODEL_ID,
+    "Qwen 3.8 vision",
+    "manual",
+    "chat-completions",
+    ["chat"],
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    true
+  );
+}
+
+function imagePayload(model: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return {
+    model,
+    messages: [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: [
+          { type: "text", text: "What color is this image? One word." },
+          {
+            type: "image_url",
+            image_url: { url: "https://example.com/swatch.png" },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
+test.beforeEach(async () => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 5, retryDelay: 100 });
+  fs.mkdirSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  await seedVisionCustomModel();
+});
+
+test.after(() => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 5, retryDelay: 100 });
+});
+
+test("#12758 custom vision override matches all three advertised id forms", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride(CONNECTION_ID, CUSTOM_MODEL_ID),
+    true,
+    "exact connection-id lookup is the control"
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride("vllm", CUSTOM_MODEL_ID, undefined, {
+      lookupKey: ADVERTISED_ALIAS,
+    }),
+    true,
+    "vllm/path advertised alias must resolve the custom override"
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride("orcarouter", "Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored-NVFP4", undefined, {
+      lookupKey: CUSTOM_MODEL_ID,
+    }),
+    true,
+    "first-slash split of the path-shaped id must still hit the override"
+  );
+});
+
+for (const form of ID_FORMS) {
+  test(`#12758 capabilities.supportsVision is true for ${form.name}`, () => {
+    const caps = getResolvedModelCapabilities(form.model);
+    assert.equal(
+      caps.supportsVision,
+      true,
+      `${form.model} must inherit the Custom Models Vision capable flag`
+    );
+  });
+
+  test(`#12758 vision-bridge does not swap ${form.name} to ${FALLBACK_VISION_MODEL}`, async () => {
+    let visionCallCount = 0;
+    const guardrail = new VisionBridgeGuardrail({
+      deps: {
+        getSettings: async () => ({
+          visionBridgeEnabled: true,
+          visionBridgeModel: FALLBACK_VISION_MODEL,
+        }),
+        callVisionModel: async (_imageDataUri: string, _config: VisionModelConfig) => {
+          visionCallCount++;
+          return "should never describe";
+        },
+        hasUsableCredentials: async () => null,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const payload = imagePayload(form.model);
+    const result = await guardrail.preCall(payload, {
+      model: form.model,
+      log: { debug() {}, info() {}, warn() {}, error() {} },
+    } as unknown as GuardrailContext);
+
+    assert.equal(result.block, false);
+    assert.equal(visionCallCount, 0, "native vision must not call the describe model");
+    assert.equal(
+      result.modifiedPayload,
+      undefined,
+      `${form.model} must not be rewritten to ${FALLBACK_VISION_MODEL}`
+    );
+    const rewritten = (result.modifiedPayload as { model?: string } | undefined)?.model;
+    assert.notEqual(rewritten, FALLBACK_VISION_MODEL);
+  });
+}
+
+test("#12758 explicit supportsVision:false still wins on the advertised alias", async () => {
+  const textOnlyId = "orcarouter/text-only-qwen";
+  await addCustomModel(
+    CONNECTION_ID,
+    textOnlyId,
+    "Qwen text only",
+    "manual",
+    "chat-completions",
+    ["chat"],
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    false
+  );
+  const advertised = `vllm/${textOnlyId}`;
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride("vllm", textOnlyId, undefined, { lookupKey: advertised }),
+    false
+  );
+  assert.equal(getResolvedModelCapabilities(advertised).supportsVision, false);
+});
+
+test("#12758 bare registry id does not inherit an unrelated custom vision flag", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride("", "gpt-4o", undefined, { lookupKey: "gpt-4o" }),
+    null,
+    "empty-provider gpt-4o must not scan customModels"
+  );
+  assert.equal(getResolvedModelCapabilities("gpt-4o").supportsVision, true);
+});
+
+test("#12758 a leaf stored id does not suffix-steal openai/gpt-4o", async () => {
+  await addCustomModel(
+    CONNECTION_ID,
+    "4o",
+    "stolen leaf",
+    "manual",
+    "chat-completions",
+    ["chat"],
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    true
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    getCustomModelVisionOverride("openai", "gpt-4o", undefined, { lookupKey: "openai/gpt-4o" }),
+    null,
+    "leaf '4o' must not match lookupKey openai/gpt-4o"
+  );
+});