diff --git a/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts b/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
index c63142aad9..f14b25b855 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 import type { ApiHandlerOptions, ModelRecord } from "../../shared/api"
 
+import { shouldSkipReasoningForModel } from "../../utils/model-utils"
 import { convertToOpenAiMessages } from "../transform/openai-format"
 import { ApiStreamChunk } from "../transform/stream"
 import { convertToR1Format } from "../transform/r1-format"
@@ -260,6 +261,22 @@ export class OpenRouterHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionH
 				toolCallAccumulator.clear()
 			}
 
+			// OpenRouter passes reasoning details that we can pass back unmodified in api requests to preserve reasoning traces for model
+			// See: https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#preserving-reasoning-blocks
+			if (
+				delta &&
+				"reasoning_details" in delta &&
+				delta.reasoning_details &&
+				// @ts-ignore-next-line
+				delta.reasoning_details.length && // exists and non-0
+				!shouldSkipReasoningForModel(this.options.openRouterModelId)
+			) {
+				yield {
+					type: "reasoning_details",
+					reasoning_details: delta.reasoning_details,
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (chunk.usage) {
 				lastUsage = chunk.usage
 			}
diff --git a/src/api/transform/openai-format.ts b/src/api/transform/openai-format.ts
index 134f9f2ed6..3cbc675b1c 100644
--- a/src/api/transform/openai-format.ts
+++ b/src/api/transform/openai-format.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,23 @@ export function convertToOpenAiMessages(
 
 				// Process non-tool messages
 				let content: string | undefined
+				const reasoningDetails: any[] = []
 				if (nonToolMessages.length > 0) {
+					nonToolMessages.forEach((part) => {
+						// @ts-ignore-next-line
+						if (part.type === "text" && part.reasoning_details) {
+							// @ts-ignore-next-line
+							if (Array.isArray(part.reasoning_details)) {
+								// @ts-ignore-next-line
+								reasoningDetails.push(...part.reasoning_details)
+							} else {
+								// @ts-ignore-next-line
+								reasoningDetails.push(part.reasoning_details)
+							}
+							// @ts-ignore-next-line
+							// delete part.reasoning_details
+						}
+					})
 					content = nonToolMessages
 						.map((part) => {
 							if (part.type === "image") {
@@ -137,6 +153,9 @@ export function convertToOpenAiMessages(
 					content,
 					// Cannot be an empty array. API expects an array with minimum length 1, and will respond with an error if it's empty
 					tool_calls: tool_calls.length > 0 ? tool_calls : undefined,
+					// @ts-ignore-next-line
+					reasoning_details:
+						reasoningDetails.length > 0 ? consolidateReasoningDetails(reasoningDetails) : undefined,
 				})
 			}
 		}
@@ -144,3 +163,107 @@ export function convertToOpenAiMessages(
 
 	return openAiMessages
 }
+
+// Type for OpenRouter's reasoning detail elements
+// https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#streaming-response
+type ReasoningDetail = {
+	// https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#reasoning-detail-types
+	type: string // "reasoning.summary" | "reasoning.encrypted" | "reasoning.text"
+	text?: string
+	data?: string // Encrypted reasoning data
+	signature?: string | null
+	id?: string | null // Unique identifier for the reasoning detail
+	/*
+	 The format of the reasoning detail, with possible values:
+	 	"unknown" - Format is not specified
+		"openai-responses-v1" - OpenAI responses format version 1
+		"anthropic-claude-v1" - Anthropic Claude format version 1 (default)
+	 */
+	format: string //"unknown" | "openai-responses-v1" | "anthropic-claude-v1" | "xai-responses-v1"
+	index?: number // Sequential index of the reasoning detail
+}
+
+// Helper function to convert reasoning_details array to the format OpenRouter API expects
+// Takes an array of reasoning detail objects and consolidates them by index
+function consolidateReasoningDetails(reasoningDetails: ReasoningDetail[]): ReasoningDetail[] {
+	if (!reasoningDetails || reasoningDetails.length === 0) {
+		return []
+	}
+
+	// Group by index
+	const groupedByIndex = new Map<number, ReasoningDetail[]>()
+
+	for (const detail of reasoningDetails) {
+		const index = detail.index ?? 0
+		if (!groupedByIndex.has(index)) {
+			groupedByIndex.set(index, [])
+		}
+		groupedByIndex.get(index)!.push(detail)
+	}
+
+	// Consolidate each group
+	const consolidated: ReasoningDetail[] = []
+
+	for (const [index, details] of groupedByIndex.entries()) {
+		// Concatenate all text parts
+		let concatenatedText = ""
+		let signature: string | undefined
+		let id: string | undefined
+		let format = "unknown"
+		let type = "reasoning.text"
+
+		for (const detail of details) {
+			if (detail.text) {
+				concatenatedText += detail.text
+			}
+			// Keep the signature from the last item that has one
+			if (detail.signature) {
+				signature = detail.signature
+			}
+			// Keep the id from the last item that has one
+			if (detail.id) {
+				id = detail.id
+			}
+			// Keep format and type from any item (they should all be the same)
+			if (detail.format) {
+				format = detail.format
+			}
+			if (detail.type) {
+				type = detail.type
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Create consolidated entry for text
+		if (concatenatedText) {
+			const consolidatedEntry: ReasoningDetail = {
+				type: type,
+				text: concatenatedText,
+				signature: signature,
+				id: id,
+				format: format,
+				index: index,
+			}
+			consolidated.push(consolidatedEntry)
+		}
+
+		// For encrypted chunks (data), only keep the last one
+		let lastDataEntry: ReasoningDetail | undefined
+		for (const detail of details) {
+			if (detail.data) {
+				lastDataEntry = {
+					type: detail.type,
+					data: detail.data,
+					signature: detail.signature,
+					id: detail.id,
+					format: detail.format,
+					index: index,
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (lastDataEntry) {
+			consolidated.push(lastDataEntry)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return consolidated
+}
diff --git a/src/api/transform/stream.ts b/src/api/transform/stream.ts
index cd6c3a56a7..55a72e6e85 100644
--- a/src/api/transform/stream.ts
+++ b/src/api/transform/stream.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export type ApiStreamChunk =
 	| ApiStreamTextChunk
 	| ApiStreamUsageChunk
 	| ApiStreamReasoningChunk
+	| ApiStreamReasoningDetailsChunk
 	| ApiStreamGroundingChunk
 	| ApiStreamToolCallChunk
 	| ApiStreamError
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ export interface ApiStreamReasoningChunk {
 	text: string
 }
 
+export interface ApiStreamReasoningDetailsChunk {
+	type: "reasoning_details"
+	reasoning_details: any // OpenRouter specific format
+}
+
 export interface ApiStreamUsageChunk {
 	type: "usage"
 	inputTokens: number
diff --git a/src/core/task/Task.ts b/src/core/task/Task.ts
index c0de86aa95..c04f7f4706 100644
--- a/src/core/task/Task.ts
+++ b/src/core/task/Task.ts
@@ -2193,6 +2193,7 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
 				const stream = this.attemptApiRequest()
 				let assistantMessage = ""
 				let reasoningMessage = ""
+				const reasoningDetails = []
 				let pendingGroundingSources: GroundingSource[] = []
 				this.isStreaming = true
 
@@ -2225,6 +2226,15 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
 								await this.say("reasoning", formattedReasoning, undefined, true)
 								break
 							}
+							// for cline/openrouter providers
+							case "reasoning_details":
+								// reasoning_details may be an array of 0 or 1 items depending on how openrouter returns it
+								if (Array.isArray(chunk.reasoning_details)) {
+									reasoningDetails.push(...chunk.reasoning_details)
+								} else {
+									reasoningDetails.push(chunk.reasoning_details)
+								}
+								break
 							case "usage":
 								inputTokens += chunk.inputTokens
 								outputTokens += chunk.outputTokens
@@ -2692,7 +2702,17 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
 					await this.addToApiConversationHistory(
 						{
 							role: "assistant",
-							content: assistantContent,
+							content: assistantContent.map((block) => {
+								if (block.type === "text" && reasoningDetails.length > 0) {
+									return {
+										...block,
+										// reasoning_details only exists for cline/openrouter providers
+										// @ts-ignore-next-line (reasoning_details is not a valid property for TextBlockParam)
+										reasoning_details: reasoningDetails,
+									}
+								}
+								return block
+							}),
 						},
 						reasoningMessage || undefined,
 					)
diff --git a/src/utils/model-utils.ts b/src/utils/model-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fff0ae942e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/model-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * Determines if reasoning content should be skipped for a given model
+ * Currently skips reasoning for Grok-4 models since they only display "thinking" without useful information
+ */
+export function shouldSkipReasoningForModel(modelId?: string): boolean {
+	if (!modelId) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return modelId.includes("grok-4")
+}