diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b62bbe9e7..1f727d1cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### New Features and Changes
 - CLI Backends: add Codex CLI fallback with resume support (text output) and JSONL parsing for new runs, plus a live CLI resume probe.
+- CLI/Onboarding: add OpenRouter API key auth option in configure/onboard. (#703) — thanks @mteam88.
 
 ### Fixes
 - CLI/Status: surface gateway provider runtime errors (Signal/iMessage/Slack) in the Providers table.
diff --git a/src/agents/openai-responses.reasoning-replay.test.ts b/src/agents/openai-responses.reasoning-replay.test.ts
index 3ec326211..9cca7551a 100644
--- a/src/agents/openai-responses.reasoning-replay.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/openai-responses.reasoning-replay.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function installFailingFetchCapture() {
 }
 
 describe("openai-responses reasoning replay", () => {
-  it("replays reasoning for tool-call-only turns (required by OpenAI)", async () => {
+  it("skips reasoning for tool-call-only turns (OpenAI rejects standalone reasoning)", async () => {
     const cap = installFailingFetchCapture();
     try {
       const model = buildModel();
@@ -141,11 +141,8 @@ describe("openai-responses reasoning replay", () => {
         )
         .filter((t): t is string => typeof t === "string");
 
-      expect(types).toContain("reasoning");
       expect(types).toContain("function_call");
-      expect(types.indexOf("reasoning")).toBeLessThan(
-        types.indexOf("function_call"),
-      );
+      expect(types).not.toContain("reasoning");
     } finally {
       cap.restore();
     }
diff --git a/src/commands/auth-choice.test.ts b/src/commands/auth-choice.test.ts
index c22868ea7..c1ba77fb5 100644
--- a/src/commands/auth-choice.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/auth-choice.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe("applyAuthChoice", () => {
   const previousStateDir = process.env.CLAWDBOT_STATE_DIR;
   const previousAgentDir = process.env.CLAWDBOT_AGENT_DIR;
   const previousPiAgentDir = process.env.PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR;
+  const previousOpenrouterKey = process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
   let tempStateDir: string | null = null;
 
   afterEach(async () => {
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ describe("applyAuthChoice", () => {
     } else {
       process.env.PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR = previousPiAgentDir;
     }
+    if (previousOpenrouterKey === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
+    } else {
+      process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY = previousOpenrouterKey;
+    }
   });
 
   it("prompts and writes MiniMax API key when selecting minimax-api", async () => {