diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/8032-path-shaped-vision.md b/changelog.d/fixes/8032-path-shaped-vision.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce7cefa7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/8032-path-shaped-vision.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **fix(providers):** path-shaped multimodal model ids (e.g. `cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3`) resolve native vision via leaf/registry metadata instead of triggering Vision Bridge ([#8032](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/8032)) — thanks @Prudhvivuda
diff --git a/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts b/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
index f4bb9868f6..60f3d349dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ function heuristicMaxTokens(modelStr: string): boolean {
   return !blocked;
 }
 
+/** Last path segment of a path-shaped model id (`cline-pass/kimi-k3` → `kimi-k3`). */
+function leafModelId(modelId: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!modelId || !modelId.includes("/")) return null;
+  const leaf = modelId.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop() ?? null;
+  return leaf && leaf !== modelId ? leaf : null;
+}
+
 function getStaticSpec(modelId: string | null, rawModel: string | null): ModelSpec | undefined {
   if (modelId) {
     const byCanonical = getModelSpec(modelId);
@@ -235,6 +242,29 @@ function getStaticSpec(modelId: string | null, rawModel: string | null): ModelSp
   return undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * #8032: vision-only leaf fallback for path-shaped routed ids.
+ *
+ * Must NOT live in getStaticSpec() — that helper also feeds supportsTools /
+ * supportsThinking / contextWindow / maxOutputTokens. A shared leaf lookup
+ * incorrectly promotes e.g. aihorde/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash to the real
+ * DeepSeek V4 Flash tool-calling spec (#8212 regression).
+ */
+function getVisionStaticSpec(
+  modelId: string | null,
+  rawModel: string | null
+): ModelSpec | undefined {
+  const direct = getStaticSpec(modelId, rawModel);
+  if (direct) return direct;
+  for (const candidate of [modelId, rawModel]) {
+    const leaf = leafModelId(candidate);
+    if (!leaf) continue;
+    const byLeaf = getModelSpec(leaf);
+    if (byLeaf) return byLeaf;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 function getAuthoritativeStaticContextWindow(
   provider: string | null,
   modelId: string | null,
@@ -318,6 +348,8 @@ function getSyncedCapabilityForResolved(
           const values = [candidate];
           const stripped = stripLatestAlias(candidate);
           if (stripped) values.push(stripped);
+          const leaf = leafModelId(candidate);
+          if (leaf) values.push(leaf);
           // models.dev often stores OpenAI-family specialty models as qualified
           // ids under another mapped provider, e.g. vercel + "openai/whisper-1".
           if (!candidate.includes("/")) {
@@ -411,6 +443,14 @@ function resolveVisionCapability(
     if (synced.attachment === false && modalitiesDeclareVision(allModalities)) {
       return true;
     }
+    // #8032: attachment=false without modalities must not beat authoritative
+    // registry/spec vision for path-shaped custom/routed ids (e.g. Cline Pass
+    // `cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3` → MODEL_SPECS["kimi-k3"].supportsVision).
+    if (synced.attachment === false) {
+      if (registryModel?.supportsVision === true) return true;
+      if (spec?.supportsVision === true) return true;
+      return false;
+    }
     return synced.attachment;
   }
 
@@ -534,8 +574,12 @@ export function getResolvedModelCapabilities(input: CapabilityInput): ResolvedMo
 
   const maxTokenOverride = getMaxTokenCapabilityOverride(resolved);
 
+  // Vision consults leaf static metadata for path-shaped ids; other capability
+  // fields keep using the non-leaf `spec` from getStaticSpec() above.
+  const visionSpec = getVisionStaticSpec(resolved.model, resolved.rawModel);
+
   const supportsVision = resolveVisionCapability(
-    spec,
+    visionSpec,
     registryModel,
     synced,
     modalitiesInput,
diff --git a/tests/unit/model-capabilities-path-shaped-vision-8032.test.ts b/tests/unit/model-capabilities-path-shaped-vision-8032.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae53ebef86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/model-capabilities-path-shaped-vision-8032.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/**
+ * #8032 — path-shaped custom/routed multimodal ids (e.g. `cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3`)
+ * must resolve supportsVision=true from leaf static/registry metadata even when
+ * models.dev sync stores attachment=false with empty modalities for that key.
+ *
+ * Without this, Vision Bridge activates and reroutes to openai/gpt-4o-mini.
+ */
+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-path-shaped-vision-8032-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const modelsDevSync = await import("../../src/lib/modelsDevSync.ts");
+const modelCapabilities = await import("../../src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts");
+
+function buildCapability(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+  return {
+    tool_call: null,
+    reasoning: null,
+    attachment: null,
+    structured_output: null,
+    temperature: null,
+    modalities_input: "[]",
+    modalities_output: "[]",
+    knowledge_cutoff: null,
+    release_date: null,
+    last_updated: null,
+    status: null,
+    family: null,
+    open_weights: null,
+    limit_context: null,
+    limit_input: null,
+    limit_output: null,
+    interleaved_field: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function resetStorage() {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
+}
+
+test.beforeEach(() => {
+  resetStorage();
+});
+
+test.after(() => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test("#8032 cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3: attachment=false empty modalities → vision via leaf/registry", () => {
+  modelsDevSync.saveModelsDevCapabilities({
+    clinepass: {
+      "cline-pass/kimi-k3": buildCapability({
+        attachment: false,
+        modalities_input: JSON.stringify(["text"]),
+        modalities_output: JSON.stringify(["text"]),
+        tool_call: true,
+        limit_context: 1048576,
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+
+  const caps = modelCapabilities.getResolvedModelCapabilities("cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3");
+  assert.equal(caps.supportsVision, true);
+});
+
+test("#8032 leaf fallback: cline-pass/kimi-k3 resolves MODEL_SPECS kimi-k3 vision", () => {
+  // No synced row — leaf static spec + registry must still confirm vision.
+  const caps = modelCapabilities.getResolvedModelCapabilities("cline-pass/kimi-k3");
+  assert.equal(caps.supportsVision, true);
+});
+
+test("#8032 leaf fallback is vision-only: aihorde/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash keeps tools=false", () => {
+  // Regression guard from PR review (#8495 / #8212): shared getStaticSpec leaf
+  // lookup previously promoted this live-discovered AI Horde id to the real
+  // DeepSeek V4 Flash supportsTools:true spec. Leaf lookup must stay vision-only.
+  const caps = modelCapabilities.getResolvedModelCapabilities(
+    "aihorde/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash"
+  );
+  assert.equal(caps.toolCalling, false);
+  assert.equal(caps.supportsTools, false);
+  assert.equal(
+    caps.contextWindow,
+    null,
+    "leaf MODEL_SPECS context must not leak onto unrelated path-shaped ids"
+  );
+});
+
+test("#8032 #4071 text-only override still wins over path-shaped sync noise", () => {
+  modelsDevSync.saveModelsDevCapabilities({
+    xiaomi: {
+      "mimo-v2.5-pro": buildCapability({
+        attachment: true,
+        modalities_input: JSON.stringify(["text", "image"]),
+        modalities_output: JSON.stringify(["text"]),
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+
+  const caps = modelCapabilities.getResolvedModelCapabilities("xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro");
+  assert.equal(caps.supportsVision, false);
+});
+
+test("#8032 Vision Bridge skips describe/reroute for cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3 with image", async () => {
+  modelsDevSync.saveModelsDevCapabilities({
+    clinepass: {
+      "cline-pass/kimi-k3": buildCapability({
+        attachment: false,
+        modalities_input: JSON.stringify(["text"]),
+        modalities_output: JSON.stringify(["text"]),
+        tool_call: true,
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+
+  const model = "cp/cline-pass/kimi-k3";
+  assert.equal(modelCapabilities.getResolvedModelCapabilities(model).supportsVision, true);
+
+  const { VisionBridgeGuardrail } = await import("../../src/lib/guardrails/visionBridge.ts");
+  let visionCallCount = 0;
+  const guardrail = new VisionBridgeGuardrail({
+    deps: {
+      getSettings: async () => ({
+        visionBridgeEnabled: true,
+        visionBridgeModel: "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+        visionBridgePrompt: "Describe this image concisely.",
+        visionBridgeTimeout: 30000,
+        visionBridgeMaxImages: 10,
+      }),
+      callVisionModel: async () => {
+        visionCallCount++;
+        return "should not run";
+      },
+      hasUsableCredentials: async () => null,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const result = await guardrail.preCall(
+    {
+      model,
+      messages: [
+        {
+          role: "user",
+          content: [
+            { type: "text", text: "What is in this image?" },
+            {
+              type: "image_url",
+              image_url: { url: "https://example.com/photo.png" },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    { model, log: console }
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(result.block, false);
+  assert.equal(visionCallCount, 0);
+  assert.equal(result.modifiedPayload, undefined);
+});