diff --git a/.changeset/routed-free-model-name.md b/.changeset/routed-free-model-name.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31185ae44e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/routed-free-model-name.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Fix the model usage panel showing just "free" for auto-routed sessions. The routed model id (e.g. `tencent/hy3:free`) is now displayed correctly instead of being collapsed to its `:free` suffix.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/model-usage.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/model-usage.test.ts
index 4d1c84c981c..4b6461f5308 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/model-usage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/model-usage.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ describe("model usage", () => {
     expect(modelUsageName(models[0], providers)).toBe("Qwen 3.7 Plus")
     expect(modelUsageName(models[1], providers)).toBe("MiniMax M3")
     expect(modelUsageName({ ...models[0], modelID: "moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code-20260612" }, {})).toBe("kimi-k2.7-code")
+    // Routed free-variant ids keep their name instead of collapsing to the ":free" suffix
+    expect(modelUsageName({ ...models[0], modelID: "tencent/hy3:free" }, {})).toBe("hy3:free")
   })
 
   test("matches sessions through their top-level tree", () => {
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/model-usage.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/model-usage.ts
index b6427f5d4f6..4bcb528e7ae 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/model-usage.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/context/model-usage.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function modelUsageName(model: SessionModelUsage["models"][number], provi
   const id = model.modelID.replace(DATE_SUFFIX, "")
   const name = provider?.models[model.modelID]?.name ?? provider?.models[id]?.name ?? id
   return name
-    .replace(/^[^:]+:\s*/, "")
+    .replace(/^[^:]+:\s+/, "")
     .replace(/^[^/]+\//, "")
     .replace(/\s*\([^)]*%\s*off[^)]*\)\s*$/i, "")
     .replace(/^qwen(?=\d)/i, "Qwen ")