diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts
index 2b84d12b2b..385958636b 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { isRequireApiKeyEnabled } from "@/shared/utils/featureFlags";
 import { v1EmbeddingsSchema } from "@/shared/validation/schemas";
 import { isValidationFailure, validateBody } from "@/shared/validation/helpers";
 
-import { getApiKeyMetadata } from "@/lib/localDb";
 import { createEmbeddingResponse, type EmbeddingHandlerOptions } from "@/lib/embeddings/service";
 import { extractApiKey, isValidApiKey } from "@/sse/services/auth";
 import { withInjectionGuard } from "@/middleware/promptInjectionGuard";
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ async function postHandler(request, context) {
   if (policy.rejection) return policy.rejection;
 
   // Extract API key info for logging
-  const apiKeyMeta = apiKeyRaw ? await getApiKeyMetadata(apiKeyRaw) : null;
+  const apiKeyMeta = policy.apiKeyInfo;
 
   // Build client raw request for logging
   const clientRawRequest = {
diff --git a/tests/unit/embeddings-route-apikeymeta-6929.test.ts b/tests/unit/embeddings-route-apikeymeta-6929.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e241d731c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/embeddings-route-apikeymeta-6929.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/**
+ * #6929 — eliminate the redundant getApiKeyMetadata DB read in the embeddings route.
+ *
+ * src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts used to do a THIRD DB lookup
+ * (`apiKeyMeta = apiKeyRaw ? await getApiKeyMetadata(apiKeyRaw) : null`) even though
+ * `enforceApiKeyPolicy()` already fetches the same metadata internally and returns it
+ * as `policy.apiKeyInfo`. The fix replaces that call with `policy.apiKeyInfo` directly.
+ *
+ * Regression coverage: the old code gated the lookup on the ROUTE's own
+ * `extractApiKey(request)` result (`apiKeyRaw`), which is null for a request
+ * authenticated only via the dashboard-playground "test this key by id" fallback
+ * (`resolvePlaygroundTestKey`, only reachable via an authenticated dashboard
+ * session + `x-omniroute-playground-key-id`, no bearer key). In that case the old
+ * code ALWAYS produced `apiKeyMeta = null` — so the downstream handler's call log
+ * never carried apiKeyId/apiKeyName. `policy.apiKeyInfo` is a superset that also
+ * covers this path, so the fixed code populates it correctly.
+ *
+ * This test drives that exact scenario end-to-end through the real POST handler and
+ * asserts the persisted call_logs row (the observable sink that receives
+ * `EmbeddingHandlerOptions.apiKeyId/apiKeyName`) carries the pre-fetched key's real
+ * id/name — proving the downstream handler received `policy.apiKeyInfo`, not a
+ * second/independent (and in this path, always-null) lookup.
+ */
+
+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";
+import { SignJWT } from "jose";
+
+const TEST_DATA_DIR = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "omr-embed-apikeymeta-6929-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+process.env.API_KEY_SECRET = process.env.API_KEY_SECRET || "embed-6929-api-secret";
+process.env.JWT_SECRET = "embed-6929-jwt-secret";
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const apiKeysDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/apiKeys.ts");
+const { createProviderNode } = await import("../../src/lib/db/providers/nodes.ts");
+const { getCallLogs } = await import("../../src/lib/usage/callLogs.ts");
+const { POST } = await import("../../src/app/api/v1/embeddings/route.ts");
+
+const PLAYGROUND_KEY_ID_HEADER = "x-omniroute-playground-key-id";
+
+test.after(() => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+async function sessionCookie(): Promise<string> {
+  const secret = new TextEncoder().encode(process.env.JWT_SECRET);
+  const jwt = await new SignJWT({ sub: "admin" })
+    .setProtectedHeader({ alg: "HS256" })
+    .setExpirationTime("1h")
+    .sign(secret);
+  return `auth_token=${jwt}`;
+}
+
+async function waitForCallLog(apiKeyId: string, timeoutMs = 2000) {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    const logs = await getCallLogs({ apiKey: apiKeyId, limit: 5 });
+    const match = logs.find((l: { apiKeyId?: string | null }) => l.apiKeyId === apiKeyId);
+    if (match) return match;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25));
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+test("#6929: playground-test-key request forwards pre-fetched policy.apiKeyInfo to the downstream call log (no dependence on a second getApiKeyMetadata read)", async () => {
+  const created = await apiKeysDb.createApiKey("embed-6929-playground-key", "machine-6929", []);
+
+  await createProviderNode({
+    type: "openai-compatible-embeddings",
+    name: "LAN Embed 6929",
+    prefix: "lanembed6929",
+    apiType: "embeddings",
+    baseUrl: "http://10.10.0.182:11434/v1",
+  });
+
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = async () =>
+    new Response(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        data: [{ object: "embedding", embedding: [0.1, 0.2], index: 0 }],
+        usage: { prompt_tokens: 3, total_tokens: 3 },
+      }),
+      { status: 200, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } }
+    );
+
+  try {
+    // No Authorization header at all — the route's own extractApiKey() returns null.
+    // Only enforceApiKeyPolicy's resolvePlaygroundTestKey() fallback (authenticated
+    // dashboard session + key-id header) resolves the key.
+    const req = new Request("http://localhost/v1/embeddings", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        [PLAYGROUND_KEY_ID_HEADER]: created.id,
+        cookie: await sessionCookie(),
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ model: "lanembed6929/nomic-embed-text", input: "hello world" }),
+    });
+
+    const res = await POST(req);
+    assert.equal(res.status, 200, "playground-key-authenticated embeddings request should succeed");
+
+    const logged = await waitForCallLog(created.id);
+    assert.ok(logged, "expected a call_logs row for the playground-resolved api key id");
+    assert.equal(
+      logged!.apiKeyId,
+      created.id,
+      "downstream handler must receive policy.apiKeyInfo.id, not a null/independent lookup"
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      logged!.apiKeyName,
+      "embed-6929-playground-key",
+      "downstream handler must receive policy.apiKeyInfo.name"
+    );
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  }
+});