diff --git a/core/bifrost.go b/core/bifrost.go
index 2c53f83d7fa..3d88c7b427c 100644
--- a/core/bifrost.go
+++ b/core/bifrost.go
@@ -6852,7 +6852,6 @@ func (p *PluginPipeline) RunPreRequestHooks(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, req *sc
 		return
 	}
 	ctx.BlockRestrictedWrites()
-	defer ctx.UnblockRestrictedWrites()
 	for _, plugin := range p.llmPlugins {
 		pluginName := plugin.GetName()
 		p.logger.Debug("running pre-request hook for plugin %s", pluginName)
@@ -6876,6 +6875,20 @@ func (p *PluginPipeline) RunPreRequestHooks(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, req *sc
 		}
 		p.tracer.EndSpan(handle, schemas.SpanStatusOk, "")
 	}
+	ctx.UnblockRestrictedWrites()
+
+	// Commit the routing-rule key pin. A matched routing rule writes the pinned key ID to the
+	// non-reserved BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID during the blocked phase above — a
+	// direct write to the reserved BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID would have been silently dropped.
+	// Core is the sole writer of the reserved key, so normalize the routing pin into it here,
+	// after unblocking, so key selection reads a single canonical pin. A non-empty routing pin
+	// overrides a caller-supplied pin: the routing rule is authoritative server-side policy and
+	// has typically already rewritten provider/model for this request.
+	if pin, ok := ctx.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID).(string); ok {
+		if pin = strings.TrimSpace(pin); pin != "" {
+			ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID, pin)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // RunPostLLMHooks executes PostHooks in reverse order for the plugins whose PreLLMHook ran.
diff --git a/core/bifrost_test.go b/core/bifrost_test.go
index 5023684c7d0..e7d53c21754 100644
--- a/core/bifrost_test.go
+++ b/core/bifrost_test.go
@@ -2756,3 +2756,73 @@ func TestFilterKeysByID(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+// fakeRoutingPlugin is a minimal LLMPlugin whose PreRequestHook writes a routing key pin to the
+// non-reserved BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID, mirroring what the governance routing
+// engine does. It exists to exercise the commit step in PluginPipeline.RunPreRequestHooks.
+type fakeRoutingPlugin struct {
+	name     string
+	pinKeyID string // written to BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID when non-empty
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRoutingPlugin) GetName() string { return f.name }
+func (f *fakeRoutingPlugin) Cleanup() error  { return nil }
+func (f *fakeRoutingPlugin) PreRequestHook(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, req *schemas.BifrostRequest) error {
+	if f.pinKeyID != "" {
+		// A direct write to the reserved BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID here would be dropped by the
+		// restricted-write block; routing must use the non-reserved key.
+		ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID, f.pinKeyID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+func (f *fakeRoutingPlugin) PreLLMHook(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, req *schemas.BifrostRequest) (*schemas.BifrostRequest, *schemas.LLMPluginShortCircuit, error) {
+	return req, nil, nil
+}
+func (f *fakeRoutingPlugin) PostLLMHook(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, resp *schemas.BifrostResponse, bifrostErr *schemas.BifrostError) (*schemas.BifrostResponse, *schemas.BifrostError, error) {
+	return resp, bifrostErr, nil
+}
+
+func newRoutingCommitPipeline(plugins ...schemas.LLMPlugin) *PluginPipeline {
+	return &PluginPipeline{
+		logger:     NewDefaultLogger(schemas.LogLevelError),
+		tracer:     &schemas.NoOpTracer{},
+		llmPlugins: plugins,
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRunPreRequestHooks_CommitsRoutingPinnedKey verifies that the pinned key a routing rule
+// writes to the non-reserved BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID (during the blocked
+// PreRequestHook phase) is committed by core into the reserved BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID that
+// key selection reads — and that the routing pin's precedence over a caller-supplied pin holds.
+func TestRunPreRequestHooks_CommitsRoutingPinnedKey(t *testing.T) {
+	const pinned = "routing-pinned-key-id"
+
+	t.Run("routing pin is committed to reserved api-key-id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := newRoutingCommitPipeline(&fakeRoutingPlugin{name: "gov", pinKeyID: pinned})
+		ctx := schemas.NewBifrostContext(context.Background(), time.Now())
+		p.RunPreRequestHooks(ctx, &schemas.BifrostRequest{})
+		if got, _ := ctx.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID).(string); got != pinned {
+			t.Fatalf("APIKeyID = %q, want %q", got, pinned)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("routing pin overrides a caller-supplied api-key-id", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := newRoutingCommitPipeline(&fakeRoutingPlugin{name: "gov", pinKeyID: pinned})
+		ctx := schemas.NewBifrostContext(context.Background(), time.Now())
+		ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID, "caller-pin")
+		p.RunPreRequestHooks(ctx, &schemas.BifrostRequest{})
+		if got, _ := ctx.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID).(string); got != pinned {
+			t.Fatalf("APIKeyID = %q, want %q (routing pin must override caller pin)", got, pinned)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("caller api-key-id preserved when no routing pin", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := newRoutingCommitPipeline(&fakeRoutingPlugin{name: "noop"})
+		ctx := schemas.NewBifrostContext(context.Background(), time.Now())
+		ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID, "caller-pin")
+		p.RunPreRequestHooks(ctx, &schemas.BifrostRequest{})
+		if got, _ := ctx.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID).(string); got != "caller-pin" {
+			t.Fatalf("APIKeyID = %q, want %q (no routing pin must not clobber caller pin)", got, "caller-pin")
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/core/schemas/bifrost.go b/core/schemas/bifrost.go
index 57f64891d25..b206b52da6d 100644
--- a/core/schemas/bifrost.go
+++ b/core/schemas/bifrost.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ const (
 	BifrostContextKeyGovernanceCustomerNames             BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-governance-customer-names"      // []string (display names, aligned with customer-ids; set by enterprise governance plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY)
 	BifrostContextKeyGovernanceRoutingRuleID             BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-governance-routing-rule-id"     // string (to store the routing rule ID (set by bifrost governance plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
 	BifrostContextKeyGovernanceRoutingRuleName           BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-governance-routing-rule-name"   // string (to store the routing rule name (set by bifrost governance plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
+	BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID               BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-routing-pinned-api-key-id"      // string (provider key ID pinned by a matched routing rule target; resolved against the configured key pool during key selection and takes precedence over a caller-supplied pin (set by bifrost governance plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
 	BifrostContextKeySelectedPromptName                  BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-selected-prompt-name"           // string (display name of the selected prompt (set by prompts plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
 	BifrostContextKeySelectedPromptVersion               BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-selected-prompt-version"        // string (numeric version as string, e.g. "3" (set by prompts plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
 	BifrostContextKeySelectedPromptID                    BifrostContextKey = "bifrost-selected-prompt-id"             // string (id of the selected prompt (set by prompts plugin - DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY))
@@ -1555,8 +1556,8 @@ func (r *BifrostMCPResponse) PopulateExtraFields(mcpRequestType MCPRequestType,
 
 // BifrostResponseExtraFields contains additional fields in a response.
 type BifrostResponseExtraFields struct {
-	RequestType               RequestType        `json:"request_type"`
-	RoutingInfo               RoutingInfo        `json:"routing_info"`
+	RequestType RequestType `json:"request_type"`
+	RoutingInfo RoutingInfo `json:"routing_info"`
 	// Deprecated: use RoutingInfo.Provider. Still populated for backward
 	// compatibility; new consumers should read from RoutingInfo.
 	Provider ModelProvider `json:"provider,omitempty"`
@@ -1569,9 +1570,9 @@ type BifrostResponseExtraFields struct {
 	// matched (i.e. RoutingInfo.ResolvedKeyAlias != nil), otherwise
 	// RoutingInfo.Model. Still populated for backward compatibility; new
 	// consumers should read from RoutingInfo.
-	ResolvedModelUsed string `json:"resolved_model_used,omitempty"`
-	Latency                   int64              `json:"latency"`                            // in milliseconds (for streaming responses this will be each chunk latency, and the last chunk latency will be the total latency)
-	ChunkIndex                int                `json:"chunk_index"`                        // used for streaming responses to identify the chunk index, will be 0 for non-streaming responses
+	ResolvedModelUsed         string             `json:"resolved_model_used,omitempty"`
+	Latency                   int64              `json:"latency"`     // in milliseconds (for streaming responses this will be each chunk latency, and the last chunk latency will be the total latency)
+	ChunkIndex                int                `json:"chunk_index"` // used for streaming responses to identify the chunk index, will be 0 for non-streaming responses
 	RawRequest                interface{}        `json:"raw_request,omitempty"`
 	RawResponse               interface{}        `json:"raw_response,omitempty"`
 	CacheDebug                *BifrostCacheDebug `json:"cache_debug,omitempty"`
diff --git a/plugins/governance/main.go b/plugins/governance/main.go
index c30a8a31858..ba0fbf9375b 100644
--- a/plugins/governance/main.go
+++ b/plugins/governance/main.go
@@ -774,9 +774,13 @@ func (p *GovernancePlugin) applyRoutingRules(ctx *schemas.BifrostContext, req *s
 		req.SetFallbacks(resolvedFallbacks)
 	}
 
-	// Pin specific API key by ID if the routing rule specifies one
+	// Pin specific API key by ID if the routing rule specifies one. This uses a dedicated,
+	// non-reserved context key (not BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID): routing runs inside
+	// PreRequestHook, where core blocks writes to reserved key-selection keys, so a write to
+	// the caller-pin key would be silently dropped. Key selection reads this routing pin first
+	// and resolves it against the configured key pool.
 	if decision.KeyID != "" {
-		ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID, decision.KeyID)
+		ctx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID, decision.KeyID)
 	}
 
 	p.logger.Debug("[Governance] Applied routing decision: provider=%s, model=%s, keyID=%s, fallbacks=%v", decision.Provider, decision.Model, decision.KeyID, decision.Fallbacks)
diff --git a/plugins/governance/routing_test.go b/plugins/governance/routing_test.go
index 231db1c861d..19b8b30a41d 100644
--- a/plugins/governance/routing_test.go
+++ b/plugins/governance/routing_test.go
@@ -334,13 +334,37 @@ func TestEvaluateRoutingRules_MultiTargetDeterministicWithPinnedKey(t *testing.T
 	// KeyID must be propagated through the routing decision.
 	assert.Equal(t, pinnedKeyID, decision.KeyID)
 
-	// Simulate the propagation step performed by governance/main.go so that we can
-	// assert the pinned key_id is visible in the BifrostContext.
-	if decision.KeyID != "" {
-		bgCtx.SetValue(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID, decision.KeyID)
-	}
-	ctxKeyID, _ := bgCtx.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID).(string)
-	assert.Equal(t, pinnedKeyID, ctxKeyID)
+	// Now exercise the REAL propagation path through applyRoutingRules, under the same
+	// restricted-write block that core's RunPreRequestHooks installs around every
+	// PreRequestHook (core/bifrost.go: ctx.BlockRestrictedWrites + ctx.WithPluginScope).
+	// This is what production actually does — the routing pin lands on the dedicated,
+	// non-reserved BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID (a write to the reserved
+	// BifrostContextKeyAPIKeyID would be silently dropped during this phase). Key selection
+	// (selectKeyFromProviderForModelWithPool) reads the pinned key back from this context.
+	plugin := &GovernancePlugin{
+		logger: NewMockLogger(),
+		store:  store,
+		engine: engine,
+	}
+	req := &schemas.BifrostRequest{
+		RequestType: schemas.ChatCompletionRequest,
+		ChatRequest: &schemas.BifrostChatRequest{Provider: schemas.OpenAI, Model: "gpt-4o"},
+	}
+
+	root := schemas.NewBifrostContext(context.Background(), time.Now())
+	root.BlockRestrictedWrites()
+	pluginName := PluginName
+	scoped := root.WithPluginScope(&pluginName)
+
+	appliedDecision, err := plugin.applyRoutingRules(scoped, req, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, appliedDecision)
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedKeyID, appliedDecision.KeyID)
+
+	// The pinned key_id must be readable from the root context that key selection consults.
+	ctxKeyID, _ := root.Value(schemas.BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID).(string)
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedKeyID, ctxKeyID,
+		"routing-rule pinned key_id must reach BifrostContextKeyRoutingPinnedAPIKeyID that selectKeyFromProviderForModelWithPool reads")
 }
 
 // TestEvaluateRoutingRules_ScopePrecedence tests virtual_key scope takes precedence over global