diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/openrouter/[...path]/route.test.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/openrouter/[...path]/route.test.ts
index 70e5a61990..3d65029d8b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/api/openrouter/[...path]/route.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/api/openrouter/[...path]/route.test.ts
@@ -784,21 +784,22 @@ describe('POST /api/openrouter/v1/chat/completions rules-engine actions', () =>
     expect(mockedUpstreamRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it.each(['google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free', 'google/gemma-4-31b-it:free'])(
-    'rejects the unavailable free model %s before upstream',
-    async modelId => {
-      mockedCheckFreeModelRateLimit.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true, requestCount: 0 });
+  it.each([
+    'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free',
+    'google/gemma-4-31b-it:free',
+    'thinkingmachines/inkling:free',
+  ])('rejects the unavailable free model %s before upstream', async modelId => {
+    mockedCheckFreeModelRateLimit.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true, requestCount: 0 });
 
-      const { POST } = await import('./route');
-      const response = await POST(makeRequest(makeBody(modelId)) as never);
+    const { POST } = await import('./route');
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest(makeBody(modelId)) as never);
 
-      expect(response.status).toBe(404);
-      expect(await response.json()).toMatchObject({
-        error_type: 'unavailable_model',
-      });
-      expect(mockedUpstreamRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    }
-  );
+    expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+    expect(await response.json()).toMatchObject({
+      error_type: 'unavailable_model',
+    });
+    expect(mockedUpstreamRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 
   it('rate limits rules-engine rate-limit actions before upstream', async () => {
     mockedRedisGet.mockResolvedValue(cachedRulesEngineAction('rate-limit'));
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/unavailable-models.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/unavailable-models.ts
index aaf91676aa..917adadbe0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/unavailable-models.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/unavailable-models.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { normalizeModelId } from '@/lib/ai-gateway/model-utils';
 const unavailableModelIds: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
   'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free', // usable through kilo-auto
   'google/gemma-4-31b-it:free',
+  'thinkingmachines/inkling:free',
 ]);
 
 export function isUnavailableModel(modelId: string): boolean {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-models.test.ts b/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-models.test.ts
index 95bbbb9437..724037d5ac 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-models.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-models.test.ts
@@ -283,14 +283,18 @@ describe('GET /api/openrouter/models', () => {
     expect(Array.isArray(responseData.data)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  test('excludes unavailable free Gemma models advertised upstream while retaining paid Gemma', async () => {
+  test('excludes unavailable free models advertised upstream while retaining paid Gemma', async () => {
     const original = mockOpenRouterModels.data.find(model => model.id === 'some-other-model');
     if (!original) throw new Error('Expected catalog fixture');
     const upstream = {
       data: [
         ...mockOpenRouterModels.data,
         { ...original, id: 'google/gemma-4-31b-it', name: 'Google: Gemma 4 31B IT' },
-        ...['google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free', 'google/gemma-4-31b-it:free'].map(id => ({
+        ...[
+          'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free',
+          'google/gemma-4-31b-it:free',
+          'thinkingmachines/inkling:free',
+        ].map(id => ({
           ...original,
           id,
           name: id,
@@ -310,6 +314,7 @@ describe('GET /api/openrouter/models', () => {
     expect(response.status).toBe(200);
     expect(modelIds).not.toContain('google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free');
     expect(modelIds).not.toContain('google/gemma-4-31b-it:free');
+    expect(modelIds).not.toContain('thinkingmachines/inkling:free');
     expect(modelIds).toContain('google/gemma-4-31b-it');
   });