diff --git a/src/lib/credentialHealth/scheduler.ts b/src/lib/credentialHealth/scheduler.ts
index fb5d7a6d31..f997df244d 100644
--- a/src/lib/credentialHealth/scheduler.ts
+++ b/src/lib/credentialHealth/scheduler.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ export async function sweep(): Promise<void> {
   state.sweepInProgress = true;
 
   try {
-    // Get all provider connections (API-key + OAuth)
+    // Get active provider connections only (API-key + OAuth). Disabled
+    // connections are excluded from routing and must not consume health-check
+    // concurrency or delay the scheduler with avoidable upstream timeouts.
     let connections: Array<{
       id: string;
       provider: string;
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ export async function sweep(): Promise<void> {
     }>;
 
     try {
-      const raw = await getProviderConnections({});
+      const raw = await getProviderConnections({ isActive: true });
       connections = (Array.isArray(raw) ? raw : []).filter(
         (conn: any) => conn && conn.id && (conn.authType === "apikey" || conn.authType === "oauth")
       ) as Array<{
diff --git a/tests/unit/credential-health-active-connections-9180.test.ts b/tests/unit/credential-health-active-connections-9180.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095f895a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/credential-health-active-connections-9180.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+
+const schedulerSource = fs.readFileSync(
+  new URL("../../src/lib/credentialHealth/scheduler.ts", import.meta.url),
+  "utf8"
+);
+
+function getSweepConnectionSelection(): string {
+  const start = schedulerSource.indexOf("export async function sweep(): Promise<void>");
+  assert.notEqual(start, -1, "credential-health sweep must exist");
+
+  const end = schedulerSource.indexOf(
+    "\n    if (connections.length === 0) return;",
+    start
+  );
+  assert.notEqual(end, -1, "credential-health connection-selection block must exist");
+
+  return schedulerSource.slice(start, end);
+}
+
+test("#9180 credential-health sweep queries active connections only", () => {
+  const selection = getSweepConnectionSelection();
+
+  assert.match(
+    selection,
+    /getProviderConnections\(\{\s*isActive:\s*true\s*\}\)/,
+    "the scheduler must request only active provider connections"
+  );
+
+  assert.doesNotMatch(
+    selection,
+    /getProviderConnections\(\{\s*\}\)/,
+    "the scheduler must not load disabled connections through an unfiltered query"
+  );
+});
+
+test("#9180 active-only selection retains API-key and OAuth scope", () => {
+  const selection = getSweepConnectionSelection();
+
+  assert.match(
+    selection,
+    /conn\.authType === "apikey"/,
+    "API-key connections must remain eligible"
+  );
+
+  assert.match(
+    selection,
+    /conn\.authType === "oauth"/,
+    "OAuth connections must remain eligible"
+  );
+});