diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/build-direct-provider.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/build-direct-provider.ts
index 1a812a859..72f33588e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/build-direct-provider.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/build-direct-provider.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   addCacheBreakpoints,
   injectReasoningIntoContent,
+  removeCacheBreakpoints,
 } from '@/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers';
 import type { CustomLlmProvider } from '@kilocode/db';
 import type { GatewayChatApiKind, Provider } from '@/lib/ai-gateway/providers/types';
@@ -65,9 +66,12 @@ export type DirectProviderInput = ResolvedExperimentUpstream & {
  * contacted. The route layer is responsible for not applying provider
  * pinning or kilo-exclusive model rewrites on top of this provider.
  */
-export function buildDirectProvider(upstream: DirectProviderInput): Provider {
+export function buildDirectProvider(
+  id: 'custom' | 'experiment',
+  upstream: DirectProviderInput
+): Provider {
   return {
-    id: 'custom',
+    id,
     apiUrl: upstream.base_url,
     apiKey: upstream.api_key,
     supportedChatApis: inferSupportedChatApis(upstream.opencode_settings?.ai_sdk_provider),
@@ -83,6 +87,9 @@ export function buildDirectProvider(upstream: DirectProviderInput): Provider {
         Object.assign(context.extraHeaders, upstream.extra_headers);
       }
       context.request.body.model = upstream.internal_id;
+      if (upstream.remove_cache_breakpoints) {
+        removeCacheBreakpoints(context.request);
+      }
       if (upstream.add_cache_breakpoints) {
         addCacheBreakpoints(context.request);
       }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/upstream-schema.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/upstream-schema.ts
index ecf810923..0c3636ff7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/upstream-schema.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/experiments/upstream-schema.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { CustomLlmExtraBodySchema, OpenCodeSettingsSchema } from '@kilocode/db/s
 export const ExperimentUpstreamSchema = z
   .object({
     internal_id: z.string().min(1),
-    base_url: z.string().url(),
+    base_url: z.url(),
     opencode_settings: z
       .object({
         ai_sdk_provider: OpenCodeSettingsSchema.shape.ai_sdk_provider,
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const ExperimentUpstreamSchema = z
     extra_body: CustomLlmExtraBodySchema.optional(),
     remove_from_body: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     add_cache_breakpoints: z.boolean().optional(),
+    remove_cache_breakpoints: z.boolean().optional(),
     inject_reasoning_into_content: z.boolean().optional(),
   })
   .strict();
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/get-provider.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/get-provider.ts
index 1bb83f99a..d00e76072 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/get-provider.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/get-provider.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async function checkCustomLlm(
   }
   return {
     kind: 'provider',
-    provider: buildDirectProvider({
+    provider: buildDirectProvider('custom', {
       internal_id: customLlm.internal_id,
       base_url: customLlm.base_url,
       api_key: customLlm.api_key,
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ async function checkCustomLlm(
       extra_headers: customLlm.extra_headers,
       remove_from_body: customLlm.remove_from_body,
       add_cache_breakpoints: customLlm.add_cache_breakpoints,
+      remove_cache_breakpoints: customLlm.remove_cache_breakpoints,
       inject_reasoning_into_content: customLlm.inject_reasoning_into_content,
     }),
     userByok: null,
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ export async function getProvider(input: GetProviderInput): Promise<GetProviderR
     if (selection?.status === 'active') {
       return {
         kind: 'provider',
-        provider: buildDirectProvider(selection.upstream),
+        provider: buildDirectProvider('experiment', selection.upstream),
         userByok: null,
         bypassAccessCheck: false,
         experiment: {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers.ts
index dcc9f5308..220063b74 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,24 @@ function containsCacheControl(value: unknown): boolean {
   return Object.values(value).some(containsCacheControl);
 }
 
+function deleteCacheControl(value: unknown): void {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    for (const item of value) {
+      deleteCacheControl(item);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!isObjectRecord(value)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (Object.hasOwn(value, 'cache_control')) {
+    delete value.cache_control;
+  }
+  for (const item of Object.values(value)) {
+    deleteCacheControl(item);
+  }
+}
+
 export function addCacheBreakpoints(request: GatewayRequest) {
   if (
     request.kind === 'chat_completions' &&
@@ -153,6 +171,20 @@ export function addCacheBreakpoints(request: GatewayRequest) {
   }
 }
 
+export function removeCacheBreakpoints(request: GatewayRequest) {
+  if (request.kind === 'chat_completions' && Array.isArray(request.body.messages)) {
+    console.debug('[removeCacheBreakpoints] removing cache breakpoints from chat completions');
+    deleteCacheControl(request.body.messages);
+  } else if (request.kind === 'responses' && Array.isArray(request.body.input)) {
+    console.debug('[removeCacheBreakpoints] removing cache breakpoints from responses request');
+    deleteCacheControl(request.body.input);
+  } else if (request.kind === 'messages') {
+    console.debug('[removeCacheBreakpoints] removing cache breakpoints from messages request');
+    delete request.body.cache_control;
+    deleteCacheControl(request.body.messages);
+  }
+}
+
 export function fixResponsesRequest(request: GatewayResponsesRequest) {
   if (!Array.isArray(request.input)) {
     return;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/types.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/types.ts
index ee7e75c02..8cc42d51f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/types.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/types.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type ProviderId =
   | 'morph'
   | 'vercel'
   | 'custom'
+  | 'experiment'
   | 'dev-tools';
 
 export type BYOKResult = {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-request-helpers.test.ts b/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-request-helpers.test.ts
index 4e3ce69c6..bb86d93b5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-request-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/tests/openrouter-request-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from '@jest/globals';
-import { addCacheBreakpoints } from '@/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers';
+import {
+  addCacheBreakpoints,
+  removeCacheBreakpoints,
+} from '@/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/request-helpers';
 import type { GatewayRequest } from '@/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/types';
 import type OpenAI from 'openai';
 
@@ -251,3 +254,109 @@ describe('addCacheBreakpoints', () => {
     expect(request.body.cache_control).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe('removeCacheBreakpoints', () => {
+  test('removes all cache breakpoints added to a chat completions request', () => {
+    const request: GatewayRequest = {
+      kind: 'chat_completions',
+      body: {
+        model: 'test-model',
+        messages: [
+          { role: 'system', content: 'You are helpful.' },
+          { role: 'user', content: 'First prompt' },
+          { role: 'assistant', content: 'First response' },
+          {
+            role: 'user',
+            content: [
+              { type: 'text', text: 'Latest prompt' },
+              { type: 'text', text: 'Latest detail' },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    addCacheBreakpoints(request);
+    expect(containsCacheControlDeep(request.body.messages)).toBe(true);
+
+    removeCacheBreakpoints(request);
+
+    expect(containsCacheControlDeep(request.body.messages)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('removes all cache breakpoints added to a responses request', () => {
+    const request: GatewayRequest = {
+      kind: 'responses',
+      body: {
+        model: 'test-model',
+        input: [
+          { type: 'message', role: 'system', content: 'You are helpful.' },
+          {
+            type: 'message',
+            role: 'user',
+            content: [{ type: 'input_text', text: 'First prompt' }],
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'function_call_output',
+            call_id: 'call_123',
+            output: [
+              { type: 'input_text', text: 'Tool output' },
+              { type: 'input_text', text: 'Tool detail' },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    addCacheBreakpoints(request);
+    if (request.kind !== 'responses' || !Array.isArray(request.body.input)) return;
+    expect(containsCacheControlDeep(request.body.input)).toBe(true);
+
+    removeCacheBreakpoints(request);
+
+    expect(containsCacheControlDeep(request.body.input)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('removes top-level and nested cache_control from a messages request', () => {
+    const request: GatewayRequest = {
+      kind: 'messages',
+      body: {
+        model: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
+        max_tokens: 1024,
+        cache_control: { type: 'ephemeral' },
+        messages: [
+          {
+            role: 'user',
+            content: [
+              {
+                type: 'text',
+                text: 'First prompt',
+                cache_control: { type: 'ephemeral' },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          { role: 'assistant', content: 'First response' },
+          { role: 'user', content: 'Latest prompt' },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    removeCacheBreakpoints(request);
+
+    expect(request.body.cache_control).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(containsCacheControlDeep(request.body.messages)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+function containsCacheControlDeep(value: unknown): boolean {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.some(containsCacheControlDeep);
+  }
+  if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (Object.hasOwn(value, 'cache_control')) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return Object.values(value).some(containsCacheControlDeep);
+}
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts b/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
index d67e4790c..192f47fea 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
@@ -1205,11 +1205,12 @@ export const CustomLlmDefinitionSchema = z.object({
   display_name: z.string(),
   context_length: z.number(),
   max_completion_tokens: z.number(),
-  base_url: z.string(),
+  base_url: z.url(),
   api_key: z.string(),
   organization_ids: z.array(z.string()),
   supports_image_input: z.boolean().optional(),
   add_cache_breakpoints: z.boolean().optional(),
+  remove_cache_breakpoints: z.boolean().optional(),
   inject_reasoning_into_content: z.boolean().optional(),
   extra_headers: CustomLlmExtraHeadersSchema.optional(),
   extra_body: CustomLlmExtraBodySchema.optional(),