diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/9241-registered-keys-window-reset.md b/changelog.d/fixes/9241-registered-keys-window-reset.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deeb1e4baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/9241-registered-keys-window-reset.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **fix(db):** `validateRegisteredKey` no longer rejects the first request of a fresh budget window when the previous window's usage already met the daily/hourly budget — the reset `UPDATE` zeroed the counters in the DB but the budget check still read the stale pre-reset snapshot, so the reset is now mirrored into the row before checking ([#9241](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/9241))
diff --git a/src/lib/db/registeredKeys.ts b/src/lib/db/registeredKeys.ts
index e56fd8851b..2b0d0ddaf4 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/registeredKeys.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/registeredKeys.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ export function validateRegisteredKey(rawKey: string): RegisteredKey | null {
   const today = nowDay();
   const hour = nowHour();
   if (row.last_reset_day !== today || row.last_reset_hour !== hour) {
+    const dailyReset = row.last_reset_day !== today;
+    const hourlyReset = row.last_reset_hour !== hour;
     db.prepare(
       `
       UPDATE registered_keys
@@ -393,6 +395,10 @@ export function validateRegisteredKey(rawKey: string): RegisteredKey | null {
       WHERE id = ?
     `
     ).run(today, hour, today, hour, row.id);
+    if (dailyReset) row.daily_used = 0;
+    if (hourlyReset) row.hourly_used = 0;
+    row.last_reset_day = today;
+    row.last_reset_hour = hour;
   }
 
   // Budget check
diff --git a/tests/unit/db-registeredKeys-crud.test.ts b/tests/unit/db-registeredKeys-crud.test.ts
index a9a3894062..06718ff56d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/db-registeredKeys-crud.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/db-registeredKeys-crud.test.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,38 @@ test("validateRegisteredKey respects budget limits", async () => {
   assert.equal(rk.validateRegisteredKey(created.rawKey), null);
 });
 
+test("validateRegisteredKey resets budget counters on a fresh window", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const issued = rk.issueRegisteredKey({
+    name: "Window Reset",
+    dailyBudget: 3,
+  });
+  assert.ok("rawKey" in issued);
+  if (!("rawKey" in issued)) return;
+
+  const db = core.getDbInstance();
+  const yesterday = new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+    .toISOString()
+    .slice(0, 10);
+  const previousHour = new Date(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000)
+    .toISOString()
+    .slice(0, 13);
+
+  rk.incrementRegisteredKeyUsage(issued.id);
+  rk.incrementRegisteredKeyUsage(issued.id);
+  rk.incrementRegisteredKeyUsage(issued.id);
+  db.prepare(
+    `UPDATE registered_keys SET daily_used = ?, hourly_used = ?, last_reset_day = ?, last_reset_hour = ? WHERE id = ?`,
+  ).run(3, 3, yesterday, previousHour, issued.id);
+
+  // First validation of the new window must be accepted (not rejected against the
+  // stale pre-reset counters) and must return the freshly-reset counters.
+  const validated = rk.validateRegisteredKey(issued.rawKey);
+  assert.ok(validated !== null);
+  assert.equal(validated.dailyUsed, 0);
+  assert.equal(validated.hourlyUsed, 0);
+});
+
 // ──────────────── checkQuota ────────────────
 
 test("checkQuota returns allowed true when no limits set", async () => {