diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 5b54ed500b..ab42b2b10a 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   --color-bg-primary: #f9f9fb;
   --color-bg-subtle: #f0f0f5;
   --color-surface: #ffffff;
-  --color-sidebar: rgba(245, 245, 250, 0.8);
+  --color-sidebar: #f5f5fa;
   --color-border: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
   --color-text-main: #1a1a2e;
   --color-text-primary: #1a1a2e;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   --color-bg-primary: #0b0e14;
   --color-bg-subtle: #111520;
   --color-surface: #161b22;
-  --color-sidebar: rgba(16, 20, 30, 0.8);
+  --color-sidebar: #10141e;
   --color-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
   --color-text-main: #e6e6ef;
   --color-text-primary: #e6e6ef;
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Header.tsx b/src/shared/components/Header.tsx
index fa7c09536a..9102ad1e2a 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/Header.tsx
@@ -143,11 +143,9 @@ export default function Header({ onMenuClick, showMenuButton = true }) {
 
   return (
     <header
-      className="sticky top-0 z-10 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-black/5 bg-bg/80 px-8 py-5 backdrop-blur-xl dark:border-white/5"
+      className="sticky top-0 z-10 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-black/5 bg-bg px-8 py-5 dark:border-white/5"
       style={{
-        paddingTop: isMacElectron
-          ? "calc(1.25rem + var(--desktop-safe-top))"
-          : undefined,
+        paddingTop: isMacElectron ? "calc(1.25rem + var(--desktop-safe-top))" : undefined,
       }}
     >
       {/* Mobile menu button */}
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ProxyLogger.tsx b/src/shared/components/ProxyLogger.tsx
index 665956ef58..8e97cb425d 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ProxyLogger.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/ProxyLogger.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default function ProxyLogger() {
   const [selectedLog, setSelectedLog] = useState(null);
   const intervalRef = useRef(null);
   const hasLoadedRef = useRef(false);
+  const logsSignatureRef = useRef("");
 
   const [visibleColumns, setVisibleColumns] = useState(() => {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return DEFAULT_VISIBLE;
@@ -88,7 +89,12 @@ export default function ProxyLogger() {
         const res = await fetch(`/api/usage/proxy-logs?${params}`);
         if (res.ok) {
           const data = await res.json();
-          setLogs(data);
+          // Skip re-render if data hasn't changed (#1369 GPU perf)
+          const sig = JSON.stringify(data.map?.((l: any) => l.id) ?? []);
+          if (sig !== logsSignatureRef.current) {
+            logsSignatureRef.current = sig;
+            setLogs(data);
+          }
         }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Failed to fetch proxy logs:", error);
diff --git a/src/shared/components/RequestLoggerV2.tsx b/src/shared/components/RequestLoggerV2.tsx
index 48f0c7e7e4..f5047b4640 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/RequestLoggerV2.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/RequestLoggerV2.tsx
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export default function RequestLoggerV2() {
   const [detailLoggingLoading, setDetailLoggingLoading] = useState(false);
   const intervalRef = useRef(null);
   const hasLoadedRef = useRef(false);
+  const logsSignatureRef = useRef("");
   const [providerNodes, setProviderNodes] = useState([]);
 
   // Column visibility with localStorage persistence
@@ -205,7 +206,12 @@ export default function RequestLoggerV2() {
         const res = await fetch(`/api/usage/call-logs?${params}`);
         if (res.ok) {
           const data = await res.json();
-          setLogs(data);
+          // Skip re-render if data hasn't changed (#1369 GPU perf)
+          const sig = JSON.stringify(data.map?.((l: any) => l.id) ?? []);
+          if (sig !== logsSignatureRef.current) {
+            logsSignatureRef.current = sig;
+            setLogs(data);
+          }
         }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Failed to fetch call logs:", error);
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx b/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 5e59ff549b..ae1289617e 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export default function Sidebar({
     <>
       <aside
         className={cn(
-          "flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col border-r border-black/5 bg-vibrancy backdrop-blur-xl transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out dark:border-white/5",
+          "flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col border-r border-black/5 bg-sidebar transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out dark:border-white/5",
           collapsed ? "w-16" : "w-80"
         )}
         style={{
diff --git a/src/sse/services/auth.ts b/src/sse/services/auth.ts
index 906fd4dbd7..63c611db9d 100644
--- a/src/sse/services/auth.ts
+++ b/src/sse/services/auth.ts
@@ -1402,9 +1402,17 @@ export function extractApiKey(request: Request) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Validate API key (optional - for local use can skip)
+ * Validate API key (optional - for local use can skip).
+ * Feature #1350: Supports OMNIROUTE_API_KEY / ROUTER_API_KEY env vars as
+ * persistent passthrough keys that always validate, surviving Docker
+ * restarts and backup restores without DB dependency.
  */
 export async function isValidApiKey(apiKey: string) {
   if (!apiKey) return false;
+
+  // Persistent env-var key — always valid regardless of DB state (#1350)
+  const envKey = process.env.OMNIROUTE_API_KEY || process.env.ROUTER_API_KEY;
+  if (envKey && apiKey === envKey) return true;
+
   return await validateApiKey(apiKey);
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/bailian-quota-fetcher.test.ts b/tests/unit/bailian-quota-fetcher.test.ts
index 51026db703..ee2bb0bb1d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bailian-quota-fetcher.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/bailian-quota-fetcher.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota returns null when no registered credentials exist", asyn
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota uses apiKey when consoleApiKey is absent", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-inline-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota uses apiKey when consoleApiKey is absent", async () => {
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota uses apiKey when consoleApiKey is empty string", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-empty-console-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota uses apiKey when consoleApiKey is empty string", async (
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota prefers consoleApiKey when present", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-console-key-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota prefers consoleApiKey when present", async () => {
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota parses triple-window and returns percentUsed = max(5h%, weekly%, monthly%)", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-triple-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota parses triple-window and returns percentUsed = max(5h%,
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota retries with China host on ConsoleNeedLogin", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-retry-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota retries with China host on ConsoleNeedLogin", async () =
 
 test("fetchBailianQuota does not retry more than once on ConsoleNeedLogin", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-no-retry-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota returns null when response has no codingPlanQuotaInfo",
 });
 test("fetchBailianQuota caches results within TTL", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-cache-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init) => {
     calls.push({ url, init });
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ test("fetchBailianQuota caches results within TTL", async () => {
 
 test("ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_HOST env var overrides default host", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-env-host-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
   const originalEnv = process.env.ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_HOST;
 
   process.env.ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_HOST = "custom.bailian.aliyun.com";
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ test("ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_HOST env var overrides default host", async () => {
 
 test("ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_QUOTA_URL env var overrides full URL", async () => {
   const connectionId = `bailian-env-url-${Date.now()}`;
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
   const originalEnv = process.env.ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_QUOTA_URL;
 
   process.env.ALIBABA_CODING_PLAN_QUOTA_URL = "https://override.example.com/api/v1/quota";
diff --git a/tests/unit/request-log-payloads.test.ts b/tests/unit/request-log-payloads.test.ts
index 24b0f8301f..a5515620e7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/request-log-payloads.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/request-log-payloads.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test("wraps raw text payloads in JSON-safe objects", () => {
 
 test("serializes truncated payloads as valid JSON objects", () => {
   const stored = serializePayloadForStorage({ text: "x".repeat(200) }, 80);
-  const parsed = parseStoredPayload(stored);
+  const parsed: any = parseStoredPayload(stored);
 
   assert.equal(parsed._truncated, true);
   assert.equal(parsed._originalSize > 80, true);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ test("builds compact OpenAI stream summary for detailed logs", () => {
     FORMATS.OPENAI,
     "gpt-4.1-mini"
   );
-  const compact = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
+  const compact: any = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
     collector.build(summary, { includeEvents: false })
   );
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ test("builds compact Claude stream summary for detailed logs", () => {
     FORMATS.CLAUDE,
     "claude-sonnet-4"
   );
-  const compact = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
+  const compact: any = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
     collector.build(summary, { includeEvents: false })
   );
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ test("builds compact OpenAI summary with reasoning alias (delta.reasoning)", ()
     FORMATS.OPENAI,
     "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5"
   );
-  const compact = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
+  const compact: any = compactStructuredStreamPayload(
     collector.build(summary, { includeEvents: false })
   );
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/usage-service-hardening.test.ts b/tests/unit/usage-service-hardening.test.ts
index 2bc1bd64da..95b7b08627 100644
--- a/tests/unit/usage-service-hardening.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/usage-service-hardening.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test.afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 test("usage service covers GitHub free-plan parsing, auth denial and unsupported providers", async () => {
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
   globalThis.fetch = async (_url, init = {}) => {
     calls.push(init);
     return new Response(
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test("usage service covers GitHub paid snapshot edge cases, missing quota payloa
 });
 
 test("usage service covers Gemini CLI access-token checks, cached subscription lookup and quota failures", async () => {
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {
     calls.push({ url: String(url), init });
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ test("usage service covers Gemini CLI tier-label fallbacks and fetch error handl
 });
 
 test("usage service covers Antigravity quota parsing, exclusions and forbidden access", async () => {
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {
     calls.push({ url: String(url), init });
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ test("usage service covers Antigravity quota parsing, exclusions and forbidden a
 });
 
 test("usage service retries Antigravity fetchAvailableModels across the shared fallback order", async () => {
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
 
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {
     calls.push({ url: String(url), init });
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ test("usage service covers Qwen, Qoder, GLM and GLMT branches", async () => {
 });
 
 test("usage service parses Cursor team quotas and clamps on-demand ratio", async () => {
-  const calls = [];
+  const calls: any[] = [];
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {
     calls.push({ url: String(url), init });