diff --git a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.spec.tsx b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.spec.tsx
index 1b50c30348..852b53047b 100644
--- a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.spec.tsx
+++ b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.spec.tsx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
       expect(screen.getByText(/noAvailableUsage/)).toBeInTheDocument()
     })
 
-    it('should show "API key required" for api-required-add variant (custom priority, no credentials)', () => {
+    it('should show "AI credits in use" with warning for credits-fallback (custom priority, no credentials, credits available)', () => {
       renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
           available_credentials: [],
         },
       }))
-      expect(screen.getByText(/apiKeyRequired/)).toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(screen.getByText(/aiCreditsInUse/)).toBeInTheDocument()
     })
 
-    it('should show "API key required" for api-required-configure variant (custom priority, credential exists but name missing)', () => {
+    it('should show "AI credits in use" with warning for credits-fallback (custom priority, credential unauthorized, credits available)', () => {
       renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -168,7 +168,18 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
           available_credentials: [{ credential_id: 'cred-1' }],
         },
       }))
-      expect(screen.getByText(/apiKeyRequired/)).toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(screen.getByText(/aiCreditsInUse/)).toBeInTheDocument()
+    })
+
+    it('should show warning icon for credits-fallback variant', () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
+        preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
+        custom_configuration: {
+          status: CustomConfigurationStatusEnum.noConfigure,
+          available_credentials: [],
+        },
+      }))
+      expect(container.querySelector('.i-ri-error-warning-fill')).toBeTruthy()
     })
   })
 
@@ -201,7 +212,8 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
       expect(container.querySelector('.i-ri-error-warning-fill')).toBeNull()
     })
 
-    it('should show red indicator and "Unavailable" for api-unavailable', () => {
+    it('should show red indicator and "Unavailable" for api-unavailable (exhausted + named unauthorized key)', () => {
+      mockTrialCredits.isExhausted = true
       renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -243,6 +255,7 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
     })
 
     it('should apply destructive container for api-unavailable variant', () => {
+      mockTrialCredits.isExhausted = true
       const { container } = renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
       expect(screen.getByTestId('model-auth-dropdown')).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'api-active')
     })
 
-    it('should pass api-required-add variant for custom priority with no credentials', () => {
+    it('should pass credits-fallback variant for custom priority with no credentials and credits available', () => {
       renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -364,10 +377,10 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
           available_credentials: [],
         },
       }))
-      expect(screen.getByTestId('model-auth-dropdown')).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'api-required-add')
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('model-auth-dropdown')).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'credits-fallback')
     })
 
-    it('should pass api-unavailable variant for custom priority with named but unauthorized key', () => {
+    it('should pass credits-fallback variant for custom priority with named unauthorized key and credits available', () => {
       renderWithQueryClient(createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -377,7 +390,7 @@ describe('CredentialPanel', () => {
           available_credentials: [{ credential_id: 'cred-1', credential_name: 'Bad Key' }],
         },
       }))
-      expect(screen.getByTestId('model-auth-dropdown')).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'api-unavailable')
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('model-auth-dropdown')).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'credits-fallback')
     })
 
     it('should pass no-usage variant when exhausted + credential but unauthorized', () => {
diff --git a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.tsx b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.tsx
index 401d07b684..04083eb447 100644
--- a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.tsx
+++ b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/credential-panel.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type CredentialPanelProps = {
 
 const TEXT_LABEL_VARIANTS = new Set<CardVariant>([
   'credits-active',
+  'credits-fallback',
   'credits-exhausted',
   'no-usage',
   'api-required-add',
@@ -70,10 +71,11 @@ const CredentialPanel = ({
   const { variant, credentialName } = state
   const isDestructive = isDestructiveVariant(variant)
   const isTextLabel = TEXT_LABEL_VARIANTS.has(variant)
+  const needsGap = !isTextLabel || variant === 'credits-fallback'
 
   return (
     <SystemQuotaCard variant={isDestructive ? 'destructive' : 'default'}>
-      <SystemQuotaCard.Label className={isTextLabel ? undefined : 'gap-1'}>
+      <SystemQuotaCard.Label className={needsGap ? 'gap-1' : undefined}>
         {isTextLabel
           ? <TextLabel variant={variant} />
           : <StatusLabel variant={variant} credentialName={credentialName} />}
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ const CredentialPanel = ({
 
 const TEXT_LABEL_KEYS = {
   'credits-active': 'modelProvider.card.aiCreditsInUse',
+  'credits-fallback': 'modelProvider.card.aiCreditsInUse',
   'credits-exhausted': 'modelProvider.card.quotaExhausted',
   'no-usage': 'modelProvider.card.noAvailableUsage',
   'api-required-add': 'modelProvider.card.apiKeyRequired',
@@ -104,9 +107,14 @@ function TextLabel({ variant }: { variant: CardVariant }) {
   const labelKey = TEXT_LABEL_KEYS[variant as keyof typeof TEXT_LABEL_KEYS]
 
   return (
-    <span className={isDestructive ? 'text-text-destructive' : 'text-text-secondary'}>
-      {t(labelKey, { ns: 'common' })}
-    </span>
+    <>
+      <span className={isDestructive ? 'text-text-destructive' : 'text-text-secondary'}>
+        {t(labelKey, { ns: 'common' })}
+      </span>
+      {variant === 'credits-fallback' && (
+        <span className="i-ri-error-warning-fill h-3 w-3 shrink-0 text-text-warning" />
+      )}
+    </>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.spec.ts b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.spec.ts
index 09094671dd..c8aa4c2a0a 100644
--- a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.spec.ts
+++ b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.spec.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('useCredentialPanelState', () => {
       expect(result.current.priority).toBe('apiKey')
     })
 
-    it('should return api-unavailable when API key unauthorized', () => {
+    it('should return credits-fallback when API key unauthorized and credits available', () => {
       const provider = createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ describe('useCredentialPanelState', () => {
 
       const { result } = renderHook(() => useCredentialPanelState(provider))
 
-      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('api-required-configure')
+      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('credits-fallback')
     })
 
-    it('should return api-required-add when no credentials exist', () => {
+    it('should return credits-fallback when no credentials and credits available', () => {
       const provider = createProvider({
         preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
         custom_configuration: {
@@ -131,7 +131,41 @@ describe('useCredentialPanelState', () => {
 
       const { result } = renderHook(() => useCredentialPanelState(provider))
 
-      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('api-required-add')
+      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('credits-fallback')
+    })
+
+    it('should return no-usage when no credentials and credits exhausted', () => {
+      mockTrialCredits.isExhausted = true
+      mockTrialCredits.credits = 0
+      const provider = createProvider({
+        preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
+        custom_configuration: {
+          status: CustomConfigurationStatusEnum.noConfigure,
+          available_credentials: [],
+        },
+      })
+
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useCredentialPanelState(provider))
+
+      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('no-usage')
+    })
+
+    it('should return api-unavailable when credential with name unauthorized and credits exhausted', () => {
+      mockTrialCredits.isExhausted = true
+      mockTrialCredits.credits = 0
+      const provider = createProvider({
+        preferred_provider_type: PreferredProviderTypeEnum.custom,
+        custom_configuration: {
+          status: CustomConfigurationStatusEnum.active,
+          current_credential_id: undefined,
+          current_credential_name: 'Bad Key',
+          available_credentials: [{ credential_id: 'cred-1', credential_name: 'Bad Key' }],
+        },
+      })
+
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useCredentialPanelState(provider))
+
+      expect(result.current.variant).toBe('api-unavailable')
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.ts b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.ts
index 85c518620d..424837841d 100644
--- a/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.ts
+++ b/web/app/components/header/account-setting/model-provider-page/provider-added-card/use-credential-panel-state.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type UsagePriority = 'credits' | 'apiKey' | 'apiKeyOnly'
 
 export type CardVariant
   = | 'credits-active'
+    | 'credits-fallback'
     | 'credits-exhausted'
     | 'no-usage'
     | 'api-fallback'
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ function deriveVariant(
 
   if (hasCredential && authorized)
     return 'api-active'
+
+  if (priority === 'apiKey' && !isExhausted)
+    return 'credits-fallback'
+
+  if (priority === 'apiKey' && !hasCredential)
+    return 'no-usage'
+
   if (hasCredential && !authorized)
     return credentialName ? 'api-unavailable' : 'api-required-configure'
   return 'api-required-add'