diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/10686-combo-quota-token-limit-await.md b/changelog.d/fixes/10686-combo-quota-token-limit-await.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9e7b910e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/10686-combo-quota-token-limit-await.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **Combo routing:** await each connection's token limit before reserving quota. The old lookup treated the `Promise` as a connection and dropped `rateLimitOverrides.tpm` ([#10686](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/10686)).
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo.ts b/open-sse/services/combo.ts
index 71d1f47384..b6ae5d534a 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ import { selectQuotaShareTarget } from "./combo/quotaShareStrategy.ts";
 import { makeConnectionConcurrencyResolver, lookupPositiveCap } from "./combo/concurrencyCaps.ts";
 import { acquireQuotaShareConcurrencySlot } from "./combo/quotaShareConcurrency.ts";
 import { canAffordRequest } from "../../src/lib/quota/quotaScheduler.ts";
-import { getCachedProviderConnectionById } from "../../src/lib/localDb.ts";
+import { getCachedProviderConnectionById } from "../../src/lib/db/readCache.ts";
 import { orderTargetsByEvalScores } from "./evalRouting.ts";
 
 /**
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ import { orderTargetsByEvalScores } from "./evalRouting.ts";
  * keeps the previously recorded limit (or 0 for a fresh row, meaning "no
  * budget enforced").
  */
-function resolveTargetTokenLimit(target: { connectionId?: string | null }): number | undefined {
+async function resolveTargetTokenLimit(target: {
+  connectionId?: string | null;
+}): Promise<number | undefined> {
   const connectionId = target?.connectionId;
   if (!connectionId) return undefined;
   try {
-    const connection = getCachedProviderConnectionById(connectionId);
+    const connection = await getCachedProviderConnectionById(connectionId);
     const overrides = (connection as { rateLimitOverrides?: Record<string, number> | null } | null)
       ?.rateLimitOverrides;
     const tpm = overrides?.tpm;
@@ -3082,7 +3084,7 @@ async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
           try {
             const { reserveQuota } = await import("../../src/lib/quota/quotaScheduler.ts");
             reserveQuota(target.connectionId, modelStr, attemptBody as Record<string, unknown>, {
-              tokenLimit: resolveTargetTokenLimit(target),
+              tokenLimit: await resolveTargetTokenLimit(target),
             });
           } catch {
             // best-effort only
diff --git a/tests/unit/combo-quota-token-limit.test.ts b/tests/unit/combo-quota-token-limit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ecdb91c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/combo-quota-token-limit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+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-combo-quota-token-limit-"));
+const ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR;
+const ORIGINAL_QUOTA_ROUTING = process.env.OMNIROUTE_QUOTA_AWARE_ROUTING;
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+process.env.OMNIROUTE_QUOTA_AWARE_ROUTING = "1";
+
+const { handleComboChat } = await import("../../open-sse/services/combo.ts");
+const { getProviderQuota } = await import("../../src/lib/quota/providerQuotaState.ts");
+const providersDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/providers.ts");
+const dbCore = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+
+const log = { info() {}, warn() {}, debug() {}, error() {} };
+
+test.after(() => {
+  dbCore.resetDbInstance();
+  if (ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR === undefined) delete process.env.DATA_DIR;
+  else process.env.DATA_DIR = ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR;
+  if (ORIGINAL_QUOTA_ROUTING === undefined) delete process.env.OMNIROUTE_QUOTA_AWARE_ROUTING;
+  else process.env.OMNIROUTE_QUOTA_AWARE_ROUTING = ORIGINAL_QUOTA_ROUTING;
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test("round-robin quota reservation keeps the connection token limit", async () => {
+  const connection = await providersDb.createProviderConnection({
+    provider: "openai",
+    authType: "apikey",
+    name: "quota token limit test",
+    apiKey: "sk-quota-token-limit-test",
+    rateLimitOverrides: { tpm: 5000 },
+  });
+  assert.ok(connection?.id);
+
+  const model = "openai/gpt-4o";
+  const combo = {
+    name: "quota-token-limit-test",
+    strategy: "round-robin",
+    config: { maxRetries: 0, disableSessionStickiness: true },
+    models: [
+      {
+        kind: "model",
+        provider: "openai",
+        providerId: "openai",
+        model: "gpt-4o",
+        connectionId: connection.id,
+        id: "quota-token-limit-test-target",
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  const result = await handleComboChat({
+    body: {
+      model,
+      messages: [{ role: "user", content: "reserve this request" }],
+      max_tokens: 8,
+      stream: false,
+    },
+    combo,
+    allCombos: [combo],
+    isModelAvailable: async () => true,
+    settings: {},
+    log,
+    handleSingleModel: async () => Response.json({ choices: [{ message: { content: "ok" } }] }),
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+  const snapshot = getProviderQuota(connection.id, model);
+  assert.equal(snapshot?.known, true);
+  assert.equal(snapshot?.tokenLimit, 5000);
+  assert.ok((snapshot?.tokensUsed ?? 0) > 0);
+});