diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_catalog_source.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_catalog_source.py
index dcc806c592e..a2389de79ed 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_catalog_source.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_catalog_source.py
@@ -346,10 +346,11 @@ class CodexCatalogSource:
     ) -> bytes | _FetchFailed:
         client: Final = self._client if self._client is not None else _default_client()
         try:
-            response: Final = await client.get(
-                url, headers=headers, timeout=self._timeout, max_response_bytes=CODEX_CATALOG_MAX_BYTES
+            response: Final = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=self._timeout, max_response_bytes=CODEX_CATALOG_MAX_BYTES),
+                self._timeout,
             )
-        except (httpx.HTTPError, httpx.InvalidURL, HTTPResponseLimitError, ValueError) as error:
+        except (httpx.HTTPError, httpx.InvalidURL, HTTPResponseLimitError, ValueError, asyncio.TimeoutError) as error:
             return _FetchFailed(reason=f"{type(error).__name__} fetching {url}")
         if response.status_code != 200:
             return _FetchFailed(reason=f"HTTP {response.status_code} from {url}")
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_model_catalog.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_model_catalog.py
index 03b84e690b5..8de5118ff01 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_model_catalog.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/codex_model_catalog.py
@@ -591,10 +591,21 @@ _DEPLOYMENT_BASE_PARAMS: Final = ("api_base", "base_url")
 
 
 def _is_openai_host(url: object) -> bool:
-    host: Final = urlparse(url).hostname if isinstance(url, str) else None
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
+        return False
+    try:
+        host: Final = urlparse(url).hostname
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
     return host == OPENAI_API_HOST
 
 
+def _every_call_goes_through_a_litellm_proxy() -> bool:
+    import litellm  # noqa: PLC0415  # litellm imports this module while it is initializing
+
+    return litellm.LiteLLMProxyChatConfig.should_use_litellm_proxy_by_default() is True
+
+
 def _is_openai_origin(bases: Sequence[object]) -> bool:
     """Whether a deployment's OpenAI requests go to OpenAI itself, so its key may go to OpenAI's catalog
     endpoint: every `api_base` and `base_url` the deployment and its credential set, else the global
@@ -637,17 +648,21 @@ def _deployment_provider(params: Mapping[str, object]) -> str:
 
 
 def _deployment_openai_key(deployment: DeploymentTypedDict) -> str | None:
-    """The key a deployment sends OpenAI, its named credential's values overriding its own the way the call
-    path merges them and ``OPENAI_API_KEY`` standing in when neither sets one, when every base either one sets
-    is OpenAI's."""
+    """The key a deployment sends OpenAI, its own values winning over its named credential's the way the call
+    path fills only what the deployment lacks and ``OPENAI_API_KEY`` standing in when neither sets one, when every
+    base either one sets is OpenAI's and the call does not go through a LiteLLM proxy."""
     params: Final = MappingProxyType[str, object](deployment["litellm_params"])
     credential: Final = _credential_values(params.get("litellm_credential_name"))
-    effective: Final = MappingProxyType({**params, **credential})
+    effective: Final = MappingProxyType({**credential, **params})
     bases: Final = (
         *(params.get(key) for key in _DEPLOYMENT_BASE_PARAMS),
         *(credential.get(key) for key in _DEPLOYMENT_BASE_PARAMS),
     )
-    if _deployment_provider(effective) != "openai" or not _is_openai_origin(bases):
+    if (
+        effective.get("use_litellm_proxy") is True
+        or _deployment_provider(effective) != "openai"
+        or not _is_openai_origin(bases)
+    ):
         return None
     key: Final = _resolved_key(effective.get("api_key"))
     return None if key is None or key.startswith(FEDRAMP_KEY_PREFIXES) else key
@@ -656,6 +671,8 @@ def _deployment_openai_key(deployment: DeploymentTypedDict) -> str | None:
 def _resolved_key(api_key: object) -> str | None:
     if not isinstance(api_key, str) or not api_key:
         return os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or None
+    if api_key.startswith("oidc/"):
+        return None
     from litellm.secret_managers.main import (
         get_secret_str,  # noqa: PLC0415  # secret_managers.main imports litellm, which imports this module
     )
@@ -677,8 +694,8 @@ def codex_catalog_openai_key(
     OpenAI's own, ``OPENAI_API_KEY`` from the environment for one that sets no key. A key for an
     OpenAI-compatible server or a FedRAMP key (Codex sends those to ``gov.chatgpt.com``) never leaves for
     OpenAI's commercial catalog, a listing without an OpenAI deployment sends none, and no key is looked up
-    while the catalog stays local."""
-    if uses_vendored_codex_catalog():
+    while the catalog stays local or calls go through a LiteLLM proxy."""
+    if uses_vendored_codex_catalog() or _every_call_goes_through_a_litellm_proxy():
         return None
     registry: Final = llm_router.registry() if llm_router is not None else None
     deployments: Final = (
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_catalog_source.py b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_catalog_source.py
index a127bf7a25c..839179c245a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_catalog_source.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_catalog_source.py
@@ -370,6 +370,27 @@ def test_a_refused_openai_fetch_falls_back_to_the_release_tag_on_github(status:
     assert tree.calls[0] == _openai_url(RELEASE) and sorted(tree.calls[1:]) == sorted(_tree(RELEASE)), tree.calls
 
 
+def test_an_openai_answer_that_never_finishes_falls_back_to_the_release_tag_within_the_fetch_timeout() -> None:
+    class _NeverFinishingOpenAI(_RawTree):
+        async def get(
+            self,
+            url: str,
+            *,
+            headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+            timeout: float | None = None,
+            max_response_bytes: int | None = None,
+        ) -> httpx.Response:
+            if url == _openai_url(RELEASE):
+                self.calls.append(url)
+                await asyncio.Event().wait()
+            return await super().get(url, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, max_response_bytes=max_response_bytes)
+
+    tree: Final = _NeverFinishingOpenAI(_tree(RELEASE))
+    source: Final = CodexCatalogSource(client=tree, clock=_Clock(), timeout=0.05, response_deadline=30)
+    stock: Final = asyncio.run(asyncio.wait_for(source.stock(RELEASE, openai_api_key=OPENAI_KEY), timeout=5))
+    assert stock.source == f"github rust-v{RELEASE}" and FRESH_SLUG in stock.models
+
+
 def test_an_empty_openai_url_setting_keeps_the_key_home_and_fetches_from_github(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_model_catalog.py b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_model_catalog.py
index a12bd76b5fa..21f4ab2d3eb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_model_catalog.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_codex_model_catalog.py
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ def catalog_fetching(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_OFFLINE_MODE", raising=False)
 
 
-def _router_with(*litellm_params: Mapping[str, str]) -> litellm.Router:
+def _router_with(*litellm_params: Mapping[str, str | bool]) -> litellm.Router:
     return litellm.Router(
         model_list=[
             {"model_name": f"catalog-model-{index}", "litellm_params": dict(params)}
@@ -1126,3 +1126,73 @@ def test_a_base_url_or_a_credential_naming_another_server_keeps_the_key_from_ope
     entries: Final = [(f"catalog-model-{index}", f"catalog-model-{index}") for index in range(4)]
     assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries[:3]) is None
     assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries) == "sk-openai-credential"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("catalog_fetching")
+def test_a_deployments_own_key_wins_over_its_named_credentials_key_as_on_the_call_path(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_API_BASE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_base", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        litellm,
+        "credential_list",
+        [
+            CredentialItem(
+                credential_name="openai-org", credential_values={"api_key": "sk-openai-credential"}, credential_info={}
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+    router: Final = _router_with(
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-own-key", "litellm_credential_name": "openai-org"}
+    )
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, [("catalog-model-0", "catalog-model-0")]) == "sk-own-key"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("catalog_fetching")
+def test_an_api_base_that_does_not_parse_counts_as_another_server(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_API_BASE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_base", None)
+    router: Final = _router_with(
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-unparseable-base", "api_base": "https://[my-vllm]:8000/v1"},
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-plain-openai"},
+    )
+    entries: Final = [(f"catalog-model-{index}", f"catalog-model-{index}") for index in range(2)]
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries[:1]) is None
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries) == "sk-plain-openai"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("catalog_fetching")
+def test_an_oidc_key_reference_is_never_sent_as_the_catalog_key(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_API_BASE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_base", None)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-from-env")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CATALOG_OIDC_KEY", "sk-behind-the-reference")
+    router: Final = _router_with(
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "oidc/env/CATALOG_OIDC_KEY"},
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-plain-openai"},
+    )
+    entries: Final = [(f"catalog-model-{index}", f"catalog-model-{index}") for index in range(2)]
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries[:1]) is None
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries) == "sk-plain-openai"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("catalog_fetching")
+def test_a_deployment_sent_through_a_litellm_proxy_keeps_its_key_from_openai(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_API_BASE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("USE_LITELLM_PROXY", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_base", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "use_litellm_proxy", False)
+    router: Final = _router_with(
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-downstream-proxy", "use_litellm_proxy": True},
+        {"model": "openai/gpt-5.5", "api_key": "sk-plain-openai"},
+    )
+    entries: Final = [(f"catalog-model-{index}", f"catalog-model-{index}") for index in range(2)]
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries[:1]) is None
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries) == "sk-plain-openai"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("USE_LITELLM_PROXY", "True")
+    assert codex_catalog_openai_key(router, entries) is None