diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/10945-least-used-rotation.md b/changelog.d/fixes/10945-least-used-rotation.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36b23951b2
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+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/10945-least-used-rotation.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **Account rotation:** make `fallbackStrategy: "least-used"` actually rotate. The strategy sorts on `lastUsedAt` but never wrote it — only the round-robin branch committed — so on a pool where every `last_used_at` was still `NULL` the tie-break fell through to `priority` and returned the same connection on every dispatch ([#10945](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/10945)).
diff --git a/src/sse/services/auth.ts b/src/sse/services/auth.ts
index 8f456f5566..822a92fd56 100644
--- a/src/sse/services/auth.ts
+++ b/src/sse/services/auth.ts
@@ -1967,6 +1967,15 @@ export async function getProviderCredentials(
         return new Date(a.lastUsedAt).getTime() - new Date(b.lastUsedAt).getTime();
       });
       connection = sorted[0];
+      // Record the use (#10945). This strategy sorts on the very field it was
+      // not writing, so on a pool where every lastUsedAt is null the tie-break
+      // fell through to `priority` and returned the SAME connection on every
+      // call, forever — the opposite of the documented behaviour, and silent.
+      // round-robin is the only other strategy that reads lastUsedAt and it has
+      // always committed here; least-used now does the same.
+      const commit = planLastUsedCommit(connection, connectionsRaw, 1);
+      if (options.lease) commitSelectionSideEffects = commit;
+      else await commit();
     } else if (strategy === "cost-optimized") {
       // Cost Optimized: sort by priority ascending (lower = cheaper/preferred)
       // Future: can be enhanced with actual cost data per provider
diff --git a/tests/unit/least-used-rotation-10945.test.ts b/tests/unit/least-used-rotation-10945.test.ts
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+// #10945 — `fallbackStrategy: "least-used"` never rotated on a fresh pool.
+//
+// The strategy sorts on `lastUsedAt` but was the only lastUsedAt-reading
+// strategy that never wrote it: `planLastUsedCommit()` was called from the
+// round-robin branch only. With every row's `last_used_at` still NULL the
+// tie-break fell through to `priority` ascending, so the same connection came
+// back on every dispatch — silently, with no error or warning.
+//
+// Measured on the pre-fix build, three sequential dispatches over a 3-account
+// pool:
+//
+//   least-used   picked [0, 0, 0]   last_used_at [null, null, null]
+//   round-robin  picked [0, 1, 2]   last_used_at [ts,   ts,   ts  ]
+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-least-used-10945-"));
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+
+const core = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const providersDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/providers.ts");
+const settingsDb = await import("../../src/lib/db/settings.ts");
+const auth = await import("../../src/sse/services/auth.ts");
+
+async function resetStorage() {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
+}
+
+test.after(() => {
+  core.resetDbInstance();
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+/** Three active apikey connections, distinct priorities, all last_used_at NULL. */
+async function seedFreshPool(): Promise<string[]> {
+  const ids: string[] = [];
+  for (const [index, apiKey] of ["sk-lu-a", "sk-lu-b", "sk-lu-c"].entries()) {
+    const connection = (await providersDb.createProviderConnection({
+      provider: "glm",
+      authType: "apikey",
+      apiKey,
+      isActive: true,
+      testStatus: "active",
+      priority: index + 1,
+    })) as { id: string };
+    ids.push(connection.id);
+  }
+  return ids;
+}
+
+test("#10945 least-used rotates across a fresh pool instead of pinning one account", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const ids = await seedFreshPool();
+  await settingsDb.updateSettings({ fallbackStrategy: "least-used" });
+
+  const picked: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
+    const selected = (await auth.getProviderCredentials("glm", null, null, "glm-4.6")) as {
+      connectionId: string;
+    } | null;
+    assert.ok(selected, `dispatch ${i + 1} should resolve a connection`);
+    picked.push(selected.connectionId);
+  }
+
+  assert.equal(
+    new Set(picked).size,
+    ids.length,
+    `least-used must visit every account before repeating; got ${JSON.stringify(
+      picked.map((id) => ids.indexOf(id))
+    )}`
+  );
+});
+
+test("#10945 least-used persists last_used_at so the next process keeps rotating", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const ids = await seedFreshPool();
+  await settingsDb.updateSettings({ fallbackStrategy: "least-used" });
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
+    await auth.getProviderCredentials("glm", null, null, "glm-4.6");
+  }
+
+  const rows = await Promise.all(
+    ids.map((id) => providersDb.getProviderConnectionById(id) as Promise<{ lastUsedAt?: string }>)
+  );
+  for (const [index, row] of rows.entries()) {
+    assert.ok(
+      row?.lastUsedAt,
+      `connection ${index} must have last_used_at written; in-memory-only rotation is lost on restart`
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test("#10945 least-used still honours an existing lastUsedAt ordering", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const ids = await seedFreshPool();
+  // Deliberately inverse to `priority`: the lowest-priority account is the most
+  // recently used, so a fix that merely fell back to priority order would fail.
+  await providersDb.updateProviderConnection(ids[0], {
+    lastUsedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 1_000).toISOString(),
+  });
+  await providersDb.updateProviderConnection(ids[1], {
+    lastUsedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000).toISOString(),
+  });
+  await providersDb.updateProviderConnection(ids[2], {
+    lastUsedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 3_600_000).toISOString(),
+  });
+  await settingsDb.updateSettings({ fallbackStrategy: "least-used" });
+
+  const selected = (await auth.getProviderCredentials("glm", null, null, "glm-4.6")) as {
+    connectionId: string;
+  } | null;
+  assert.ok(selected);
+  assert.equal(selected.connectionId, ids[2], "must pick the least recently used account");
+});
+
+test("#10945 a single-account pool keeps resolving that account", async () => {
+  await resetStorage();
+  const connection = (await providersDb.createProviderConnection({
+    provider: "glm",
+    authType: "apikey",
+    apiKey: "sk-lu-solo",
+    isActive: true,
+    testStatus: "active",
+    priority: 1,
+  })) as { id: string };
+  await settingsDb.updateSettings({ fallbackStrategy: "least-used" });
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    const selected = (await auth.getProviderCredentials("glm", null, null, "glm-4.6")) as {
+      connectionId: string;
+    } | null;
+    assert.equal(selected?.connectionId, connection.id);
+  }
+});