diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a636bed42..5fc2cae45f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ _Development cycle in progress — entries are added as work merges into `releas
 - **api/responses:** combo names without a slash (e.g. `paid-premium`, `n8n-text`) are no longer force-rewritten to `codex/<combo>` on `/v1/responses` — `resolveResponsesApiModel` now returns the request unchanged when the model resolves to a combo (regression from the v3.8.9 Codex WS→HTTP fallback) ([#3242](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/3242) — thanks @wilsonicdev; the same fix shipped via #3244, closing #3227 / #3233)
 - **sse/web-tools:** web-cookie providers (e.g. `ds-web`) that wrap tool calls as `<tool_call name="...">{json}</tool_call>` are now parsed correctly — the real tool name is read from the JSON body instead of the tag attribute, and the call is no longer silently dropped when `arguments` is absent ([#3260](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/3260))
 - **sse/groq:** non-reasoning Groq models (`llama-3.3-70b-versatile`, `llama-4-scout`) are now flagged `supportsReasoning: false`, so `reasoning_effort` / `output_config.effort` / `thinking` are stripped before dispatch instead of being forwarded and rejected with HTTP 400 — fixes the Claude Code → Groq regression of #764 ([#3258](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/3258))
+- **api/images:** `POST /v1/images/edits` to a custom OpenAI-compatible provider no longer forwards an empty `model`. The multipart body is now built as a `Buffer` with an explicit boundary instead of a global `FormData` — the patched undici `fetch` serialized a native `FormData` as the literal string `[object FormData]` (text/plain), dropping every field including `model` ([#3273](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/3273))
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/open-sse/handlers/imageGeneration.ts b/open-sse/handlers/imageGeneration.ts
index b438fee1c4..3b2da49eaa 100644
--- a/open-sse/handlers/imageGeneration.ts
+++ b/open-sse/handlers/imageGeneration.ts
@@ -1027,16 +1027,40 @@ export async function handleOpenAIImageEdit({
     "edits"
   );
 
-  const form = new FormData();
-  form.append("model", model);
-  form.append("prompt", prompt);
-  if (size) form.append("size", size);
-  if (responseFormat) form.append("response_format", responseFormat);
-  form.append("n", String(n || 1));
-  const blob = new Blob([imageBytes], { type: imageMime || "image/png" });
-  form.append("image", blob, "image.png");
+  // Build the multipart body as a Buffer with an explicit boundary instead of a global
+  // `FormData`. In production `globalThis.fetch` is patched with node_modules/undici's fetch,
+  // whose `FormData` class differs from `globalThis.FormData` — passing a native FormData
+  // makes undici serialize it as the string "[object FormData]" (text/plain), dropping every
+  // field (including `model`, which reaches the upstream empty). A Buffer body is accepted
+  // verbatim by any fetch implementation. (#3273)
+  const boundary = `----OmniRouteImageEdit${randomUUID().replace(/-/g, "")}`;
+  const CRLF = "\r\n";
+  const partBuffers: Buffer[] = [];
+  const appendField = (name: string, value: string) => {
+    partBuffers.push(
+      Buffer.from(
+        `--${boundary}${CRLF}Content-Disposition: form-data; name="${name}"${CRLF}${CRLF}${value}${CRLF}`
+      )
+    );
+  };
+  appendField("model", model);
+  appendField("prompt", prompt);
+  if (size) appendField("size", size);
+  if (responseFormat) appendField("response_format", responseFormat);
+  appendField("n", String(n || 1));
+  partBuffers.push(
+    Buffer.from(
+      `--${boundary}${CRLF}Content-Disposition: form-data; name="image"; filename="image.png"${CRLF}` +
+        `Content-Type: ${imageMime || "image/png"}${CRLF}${CRLF}`
+    )
+  );
+  partBuffers.push(imageBytes);
+  partBuffers.push(Buffer.from(`${CRLF}--${boundary}--${CRLF}`));
+  const multipartBody = Buffer.concat(partBuffers);
 
-  const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+    "Content-Type": `multipart/form-data; boundary=${boundary}`,
+  };
   const token = credentials?.apiKey || credentials?.accessToken;
   if (token) headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${token}`;
 
@@ -1044,7 +1068,13 @@ export async function handleOpenAIImageEdit({
     log.info("IMAGE", `${provider}/${model} (edit) | prompt: "${prompt.slice(0, 60)}..." -> ${url}`);
   }
 
-  const result = await fetchImageEndpoint(url, headers, form as unknown as BodyInit, provider, log);
+  const result = await fetchImageEndpoint(
+    url,
+    headers,
+    multipartBody as unknown as BodyInit,
+    provider,
+    log
+  );
 
   saveCallLog({
     method: "POST",
diff --git a/tests/unit/image-edits-multipart-3273.test.ts b/tests/unit/image-edits-multipart-3273.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7e3e390dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/image-edits-multipart-3273.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import http from "node:http";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fetch as undiciFetch } from "undici";
+
+// #3273: POST /v1/images/edits to a custom OpenAI-compatible provider forwarded an EMPTY
+// model. Root cause: handleOpenAIImageEdit built a global `FormData`, but in production
+// `globalThis.fetch` is patched with node_modules/undici's fetch, whose `FormData` class
+// differs from `globalThis.FormData` — so undici serialized it as the string
+// "[object FormData]" (text/plain), dropping every field including `model`.
+// This test reproduces that exact condition by routing through undici's fetch.
+
+process.env.DATA_DIR = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "omni-img-3273-"));
+
+const { handleOpenAIImageEdit } = await import("../../open-sse/handlers/imageGeneration.ts");
+const { resetDbInstance } = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+
+test("#3273 /v1/images/edits forwards model as real multipart (undici-patched fetch)", async () => {
+  const captured = { contentType: "", body: "" };
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    req.on("data", (c: Buffer) => chunks.push(c));
+    req.on("end", () => {
+      captured.contentType = req.headers["content-type"] || "";
+      captured.body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8");
+      res.setHeader("content-type", "application/json");
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ data: [{ url: "https://example.com/out.png" }] }));
+    });
+  });
+  await new Promise<void>((r) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => r()));
+  const addr = server.address();
+  const port = typeof addr === "object" && addr ? addr.port : 0;
+
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = undiciFetch as unknown as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+  try {
+    await handleOpenAIImageEdit({
+      model: "gpt-image-2",
+      provider: "customopenai",
+      credentials: { apiKey: "sk-test", providerSpecificData: { baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}` } },
+      prompt: "make it blue",
+      imageBytes: Buffer.from([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47]),
+      imageMime: "image/png",
+    });
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    server.close();
+  }
+
+  assert.match(
+    captured.contentType,
+    /multipart\/form-data/,
+    `upstream must receive multipart, got "${captured.contentType}"`
+  );
+  assert.ok(captured.body.includes('name="model"'), "multipart must contain a model field");
+  assert.ok(captured.body.includes("gpt-image-2"), "model value must reach upstream (not empty)");
+  assert.ok(captured.body.includes('name="prompt"'), "prompt field must be present");
+  assert.ok(captured.body.includes('name="image"'), "image part must be present");
+});
+
+test.after(() => {
+  try {
+    resetDbInstance();
+  } catch {
+    /* ignore */
+  }
+  try {
+    fs.rmSync(process.env.DATA_DIR as string, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  } catch {
+    /* ignore */
+  }
+});