diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/ai_usage_chat.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/ai_usage_chat.py
index 2e38abddd0f..5c76a5dcc45 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/ai_usage_chat.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/ai_usage_chat.py
@@ -495,11 +495,26 @@ async def _process_tool_call(
     chat_messages.append({"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": tc.id, "content": tool_result})
 
 
+async def _acompletion(model: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+    """Route through llm_router for proxy model names, bare litellm otherwise.
+
+    The Ask AI dropdown is populated from the proxy's model_list, so the model
+    reaching here is usually an alias whose provider, api_base and api_key live
+    in litellm_params. Bare acompletion cannot see those and fails with
+    "LLM Provider NOT provided".
+    """
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import llm_router
+
+    if llm_router is not None and model in llm_router.get_model_names():
+        return await llm_router.acompletion(model=model, **kwargs)
+    return await litellm.acompletion(model=model, **kwargs)
+
+
 async def _stream_final_response(model: str, chat_messages: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
     """Stream the final LLM response after tool results are appended."""
     yield _sse({"type": "status", "message": "Analyzing results..."})
 
-    response: Final = await litellm.acompletion(
+    response: Final = await _acompletion(
         model=model,
         messages=chat_messages,
         stream=True,
@@ -528,7 +543,7 @@ async def stream_usage_ai_chat(
     try:
         yield _sse({"type": "status", "message": "Thinking..."})
         tools: Final = get_tools_for_role(is_admin)
-        response: Final = await litellm.acompletion(
+        response: Final = await _acompletion(
             model=resolved_model,
             messages=chat_messages,
             tools=tools,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/test_ai_usage_chat.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/test_ai_usage_chat.py
index e8a74e41dae..56f8a8c2bd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/test_ai_usage_chat.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/usage_endpoints/test_ai_usage_chat.py
@@ -466,3 +466,99 @@ class TestUsageAiChatServiceAccountGuard:
                 is_admin=False,
             )
         assert "Endpoint-level guard missing" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+
+class TestProxyAliasRouting:
+    """The selected model comes from the proxy's model_list, so an alias like
+    `kr/gpt-5.6-luna` only resolves through llm_router, never through bare
+    litellm.acompletion."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _single_turn_response():
+        response = MagicMock()
+        response.choices = [MagicMock()]
+        response.choices[0].message.tool_calls = None
+        response.choices[0].message.content = "done"
+        return response
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_registered_alias_goes_through_the_router(self):
+        mock_router = MagicMock()
+        mock_router.get_model_names.return_value = ["kr/gpt-5.6-luna"]
+        mock_router.acompletion = AsyncMock(return_value=self._single_turn_response())
+
+        with (
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.usage_endpoints.ai_usage_chat.litellm"
+            ) as mock_litellm,
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.llm_router", mock_router),
+        ):
+            mock_litellm.acompletion = AsyncMock(
+                side_effect=AssertionError("alias must not reach bare litellm.acompletion")
+            )
+
+            events = [
+                json.loads(event.replace("data: ", "").strip())
+                async for event in stream_usage_ai_chat(
+                    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "spend?"}],
+                    model="kr/gpt-5.6-luna",
+                    user_id="user-123",
+                    is_admin=True,
+                )
+            ]
+
+        assert mock_router.acompletion.await_count == 1
+        assert mock_router.acompletion.await_args.kwargs["model"] == "kr/gpt-5.6-luna"
+        assert [e["type"] for e in events] == ["status", "chunk", "done"]
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_native_provider_model_still_uses_bare_litellm(self):
+        mock_router = MagicMock()
+        mock_router.get_model_names.return_value = ["kr/gpt-5.6-luna"]
+        mock_router.acompletion = AsyncMock(
+            side_effect=AssertionError("unregistered model must not reach the router")
+        )
+
+        with (
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.usage_endpoints.ai_usage_chat.litellm"
+            ) as mock_litellm,
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.llm_router", mock_router),
+        ):
+            mock_litellm.acompletion = AsyncMock(return_value=self._single_turn_response())
+
+            events = [
+                json.loads(event.replace("data: ", "").strip())
+                async for event in stream_usage_ai_chat(
+                    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "spend?"}],
+                    model="gpt-4o-mini",
+                    user_id="user-123",
+                    is_admin=True,
+                )
+            ]
+
+        assert mock_litellm.acompletion.await_count == 1
+        assert [e["type"] for e in events] == ["status", "chunk", "done"]
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_no_router_configured_falls_back_to_bare_litellm(self):
+        with (
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.usage_endpoints.ai_usage_chat.litellm"
+            ) as mock_litellm,
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.llm_router", None),
+        ):
+            mock_litellm.acompletion = AsyncMock(return_value=self._single_turn_response())
+
+            events = [
+                json.loads(event.replace("data: ", "").strip())
+                async for event in stream_usage_ai_chat(
+                    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "spend?"}],
+                    model="kr/gpt-5.6-luna",
+                    user_id="user-123",
+                    is_admin=True,
+                )
+            ]
+
+        assert mock_litellm.acompletion.await_count == 1
+        assert [e["type"] for e in events] == ["status", "chunk", "done"]