diff --git a/.changeset/fix-custom-provider-models-dropdown.md b/.changeset/fix-custom-provider-models-dropdown.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd10678929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-custom-provider-models-dropdown.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+Fix custom provider models not appearing in model dropdowns. The `/models` endpoint filtered results to providers configured in Fusion's auth stores, which excluded custom providers (stored in global settings). Their registry keys are now added to the allowlist so their models surface in pickers.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-model-routes.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-model-routes.ts
index a1b2e4ec27..e332c1c4e9 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-model-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-model-routes.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { access, readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
-import { resolvePlanningSettingsModel } from "@fusion/core";
+import { customProviderRegistryKey, resolvePlanningSettingsModel } from "@fusion/core";
+import type { CustomProvider } from "@fusion/core";
 import { ApiError } from "../api-error.js";
 import type { ApiRouteRegistrar } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export const registerModelRoutes: ApiRouteRegistrar = (ctx) => {
     let useCursorCli = false;
     let resolvedPlanningProvider: string | undefined;
     let resolvedPlanningModelId: string | undefined;
+    let customProviders: CustomProvider[] = [];
     if (store) {
       try {
         const globalStore = store.getGlobalSettingsStore();
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ export const registerModelRoutes: ApiRouteRegistrar = (ctx) => {
         useDroidCli = globalSettings.useDroidCli === true;
         useLlamaCpp = globalSettings.useLlamaCpp === true;
         useCursorCli = (globalSettings as Record<string, unknown>).useCursorCli === true;
+        customProviders = globalSettings.customProviders ?? [];
 
         const mergedSettings = await store.getSettingsFast();
         const resolvedPlanningModel = resolvePlanningSettingsModel(mergedSettings);
@@ -163,6 +166,11 @@ export const registerModelRoutes: ApiRouteRegistrar = (ctx) => {
       if (useClaudeCli) configuredProviders.add("pi-claude-cli");
       if (useDroidCli) configuredProviders.add("droid-cli");
       if (useLlamaCpp) configuredProviders.add("llama-server");
+      // Custom providers are configured in Fusion's global settings rather than
+      // the auth.json/models.json stores, so add their registry keys explicitly.
+      for (const provider of customProviders) {
+        configuredProviders.add(customProviderRegistryKey(provider, customProviders));
+      }
       models = models.filter((m) => configuredProviders.has(m.provider));
 
       res.json({