diff --git a/backend/__tests__/unit/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.test.js b/backend/__tests__/unit/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.test.js
index 20ea517be6..afa0d9badd 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/unit/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/unit/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.test.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const mock = {
 
 const k8s = require('@kubernetes/client-node');
 const {
-  restartAgentRuntime, provisionAgentRuntime, buildPvcVirtualKeyReadScript, issueLiteLLMVirtualKey,
+  restartAgentRuntime, provisionAgentRuntime, buildPvcVirtualKeyReadScript, issueLiteLLMVirtualKey, issueLiteLLMOpenRouterKey,
   readOpenClawIdentityFile, getAgentRuntimeLogs,
 } = require('../../../services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s');
 const { CYCLES_DIRECTIVE_MARKER } = require('../../../routes/registry/presets');
@@ -560,6 +560,31 @@ describe('issueLiteLLMVirtualKey never sends the master key to LiteLLM', () => {
     expect(axios.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('/key/info?key=sk-virtual-theo'), expect.anything());
     expect(key).toBe('sk-virtual-theo');
   });
+
+  // D111: these keys now route to a paid model, and the $60 group budget is on
+  // the deepseek-v4-flash model name, which alias callers never touch.
+  it('mints a fresh key with a monthly spend budget', async () => {
+    k8s.__mock.execStdout = '';
+
+    await issueLiteLLMVirtualKey('theo');
+
+    const [url, body] = axios.post.mock.calls.find(([u]) => u.endsWith('/key/generate'));
+    expect(url).toBe('http://litellm:4000/key/generate');
+    expect(body.max_budget).toBe(30);
+    expect(body.budget_duration).toBe('30d');
+  });
+
+  it('mints a fresh community key with the same monthly spend budget', async () => {
+    k8s.__mock.execStdout = '';
+
+    await issueLiteLLMOpenRouterKey('community-agent');
+
+    const [url, body] = axios.post.mock.calls.find(([u]) => u.endsWith('/key/generate'));
+    expect(url).toBe('http://litellm:4000/key/generate');
+    expect(body.user_id).toBe('community-agent');
+    expect(body.max_budget).toBe(30);
+    expect(body.budget_duration).toBe('30d');
+  });
 });
 
 
diff --git a/backend/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.ts b/backend/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.ts
index 54cc206114..2a7ce0523c 100644
--- a/backend/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.ts
+++ b/backend/services/agentProvisionerServiceK8s.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ const AGENT_TOLERATIONS = (() => {
 // misbehaving agent can't monopolize the single-replica LiteLLM proxy.
 const LITELLM_KEY_MAX_PARALLEL_REQUESTS = 4;
 const LITELLM_KEY_RPM_LIMIT = 120;
+// Monthly spend cap per issued key (D111, 2026-10-27). Unlike the breakers above
+// this IS a usage quota: since the GPT aliases were repointed at DeepSeek, and dead
+// routes fall back to it, calls through these keys are paid, while the
+// deepseek-v4-flash group budget sits on that model name, which alias callers never
+// touch. The whole proxy runs ~$15/mo, so $30 per agent only trips on a runaway.
+// A reused key keeps whatever budget it already carries; this stamps new ones.
+const LITELLM_KEY_MAX_BUDGET_USD = 30;
+const LITELLM_KEY_BUDGET_DURATION = '30d';
 
 /**
  * Resolve OpenClaw account ID from agent name and instance ID
@@ -1650,6 +1658,8 @@ const issueLiteLLMVirtualKey = async (agentId: any) => {
         // trips only on runaway flooding (see constant comment).
         max_parallel_requests: LITELLM_KEY_MAX_PARALLEL_REQUESTS,
         rpm_limit: LITELLM_KEY_RPM_LIMIT,
+        max_budget: LITELLM_KEY_MAX_BUDGET_USD,
+        budget_duration: LITELLM_KEY_BUDGET_DURATION,
         metadata: { agent_id: agentId, provisioned_at: new Date().toISOString() },
       },
       { headers },
@@ -1729,6 +1739,8 @@ const issueLiteLLMOpenRouterKey = async (agentId: any) => {
         // trips only on runaway flooding (see constant comment).
         max_parallel_requests: LITELLM_KEY_MAX_PARALLEL_REQUESTS,
         rpm_limit: LITELLM_KEY_RPM_LIMIT,
+        max_budget: LITELLM_KEY_MAX_BUDGET_USD,
+        budget_duration: LITELLM_KEY_BUDGET_DURATION,
         metadata: { agent_id: agentId, key_type: 'openrouter', provisioned_at: new Date().toISOString() },
       },
       { headers },
@@ -3535,8 +3547,9 @@ const refreshCodexOAuthTokenIfNeeded = async ({ thresholdDays = 3 } = {}) => {
 
 module.exports = {
   buildPvcVirtualKeyReadScript,
-  // Test seam: the dev issuer, so a test can assert what it sends to LiteLLM.
+  // Test seams: the dev and community issuers, so a test can assert what each sends to LiteLLM.
   issueLiteLLMVirtualKey,
+  issueLiteLLMOpenRouterKey,
   getAgentSessionSizes,
   provisionAgentRuntime,
   startAgentRuntime,