diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/openrouter_compat_proxy.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/openrouter_compat_proxy.py
index 5001c575a5..d940a83f73 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/openrouter_compat_proxy.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/openrouter_compat_proxy.py
@@ -213,12 +213,23 @@ def clean_request_body_bytes(body_bytes: bytes) -> bytes:
     return json.dumps(payload, separators=(",", ":")).encode("utf-8")
 
 
+def _parse_connection_tokens(headers: dict[str, str]) -> set[str]:
+    """Extract hop-by-hop header names from the ``Connection`` field."""
+    connection_header = next(
+        (value for name, value in headers.items() if name.lower() == "connection"),
+        "",
+    )
+    return {
+        token.strip().lower() for token in connection_header.split(",") if token.strip()
+    }
+
+
 def clean_request_headers(headers: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
     """Drop hop-by-hop headers and rewrite ``anthropic-beta`` to remove
     forbidden tokens.  Returns a fresh dict the caller can pass through
     to the upstream client without further mutation.
 
-    Per RFC 7230 §6.1, intermediaries must drop the static hop-by-hop
+    Per RFC 7230 section 6.1, intermediaries must drop the static hop-by-hop
     set above **and** every header name listed in the incoming
     ``Connection`` field value (case-insensitive).  The latter is how
     extension hop-by-hop headers are signalled per-connection.
@@ -226,17 +237,7 @@ def clean_request_headers(headers: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
     Callers should pass an already-materialised ``dict`` (e.g.
     ``dict(request.headers)``) so this function stays simple.
     """
-    # Parse ``Connection: a, b, c`` into a lowercase token set so we
-    # can drop any header the sender explicitly marked as hop-by-hop
-    # on this connection.  This is separate from the static set
-    # above — extension headers can be anything.
-    connection_header = next(
-        (value for name, value in headers.items() if name.lower() == "connection"),
-        "",
-    )
-    connection_tokens: set[str] = {
-        token.strip().lower() for token in connection_header.split(",") if token.strip()
-    }
+    connection_tokens = _parse_connection_tokens(headers)
 
     cleaned: dict[str, str] = {}
     for name, value in headers.items():
@@ -253,6 +254,40 @@ def clean_request_headers(headers: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
     return cleaned
 
 
+def clean_response_headers(
+    headers: "Any",
+) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """Like :func:`clean_request_headers` but preserves multi-valued
+    headers (e.g. ``Set-Cookie``).  Accepts any mapping-like object
+    whose ``.items()`` yields ``(name, value)`` pairs — including
+    aiohttp's ``CIMultiDictProxy`` which can have duplicate keys.
+
+    Returns a list of ``(name, value)`` tuples suitable for passing
+    to ``web.StreamResponse(headers=...)`` via ``CIMultiDict``.
+    """
+    connection_tokens: set[str] = set()
+    for name, value in headers.items():
+        if name.lower() == "connection":
+            connection_tokens = {
+                t.strip().lower() for t in value.split(",") if t.strip()
+            }
+            break
+
+    cleaned: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
+    for name, value in headers.items():
+        lower_name = name.lower()
+        if lower_name in _HOP_BY_HOP_HEADERS or lower_name in connection_tokens:
+            continue
+        if lower_name == "anthropic-beta":
+            stripped = strip_forbidden_anthropic_beta_header(value)
+            if stripped is None:
+                continue
+            cleaned.append((name, stripped))
+            continue
+        cleaned.append((name, value))
+    return cleaned
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The proxy server
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -312,8 +347,16 @@ class OpenRouterCompatProxy:
         """
         if self._runner is not None:
             return  # already started
+        # Use sock_connect + sock_read instead of total so long-lived
+        # SSE / streaming responses aren't killed after request_timeout.
+        # total=None means no cumulative limit; sock_read is the per-chunk
+        # idle timeout (time between data arriving on the socket).
         client = aiohttp.ClientSession(
-            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=self._request_timeout)
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(
+                total=None,
+                sock_connect=self._request_timeout,
+                sock_read=self._request_timeout,
+            )
         )
         app = web.Application()
         # Catch every method + path so we can also forward GETs
@@ -358,7 +401,11 @@ class OpenRouterCompatProxy:
         # endpoint is anyway discoverable from the config the operator
         # already has access to. The detailed upstream is exposed via
         # the ``target_base_url`` property for callers that need it.
-        logger.info("OpenRouter compat proxy listening on 127.0.0.1:%d", self._port)
+        logger.info(
+            "OpenRouter compat proxy listening on %s:%d",
+            self._bind_host,
+            self._port,
+        )
 
     async def stop(self) -> None:
         """Stop accepting connections and release the port."""
@@ -433,10 +480,13 @@ class OpenRouterCompatProxy:
             return web.Response(status=502, text="upstream error")
 
         # Stream the response back unchanged (apart from hop-by-hop
-        # header filtering).
+        # header filtering).  Use clean_response_headers to preserve
+        # multi-valued headers like Set-Cookie that dict() would drop.
+        from multidict import CIMultiDict
+
         downstream = web.StreamResponse(
             status=upstream_response.status,
-            headers=clean_request_headers(dict(upstream_response.headers)),
+            headers=CIMultiDict(clean_response_headers(upstream_response.headers)),
         )
         await downstream.prepare(request)
         # Track whether the stream terminated cleanly.  A mid-stream