diff --git a/tests/tools/test_delegate.py b/tests/tools/test_delegate.py
index 6fb57bff7e..ef250c56c7 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_delegate.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_delegate.py
@@ -1303,6 +1303,25 @@ class TestChildCredentialPoolResolution(unittest.TestCase):
 
     # --- Custom-endpoint identity resolution (issue #7833) ---
 
+    def test_named_custom_child_pool_follows_requested_provider_not_endpoint_order(self):
+        """#45763 (salvage #89021): two named custom providers on one gateway URL keep separate pools; the child
+        leases the pool of the identity it inherited, not the first entry registered for that URL."""
+        from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
+
+        url = "https://gateway.invalid/v1"
+        get_hermes_home().joinpath("config.yaml").write_text(
+            f"providers:\n  claude-ai:\n    api: {url}\n  open-ai:\n    api: {url}\n", encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        parent = _make_mock_parent()
+        parent.provider, parent.base_url, parent.requested_provider = "custom", url, "custom:open-ai"
+        parent._credential_pool = None
+
+        with patch("tools.delegate_tool_config._loaded_pool", side_effect=lambda key: key) as loaded:
+            key = _resolve_child_credential_pool("custom", parent, url, effective_requested_provider="custom:open-ai")
+        loaded.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertIn("open-ai", key)
+        self.assertNotIn("claude", key)
+
 
     @patch(
         "tools.delegate_tool._load_config",
diff --git a/tools/delegate_tool.py b/tools/delegate_tool.py
index f2c7c67053..b99d6dea1b 100644
--- a/tools/delegate_tool.py
+++ b/tools/delegate_tool.py
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ def _build_child_agent(
     if parent_sid and getattr(child, "_session_init_model_config", None) is not None:
         child._session_init_model_config["_delegate_from"] = parent_sid
     # Shared pool lets children rotate credentials on rate limits.
-    child_pool = _resolve_child_credential_pool(rt["provider"], parent_agent, rt["base_url"])
+    child_pool = _resolve_child_credential_pool(
+        rt["provider"], parent_agent, rt["base_url"], effective_requested_provider=rt.get("requested_provider"),
+    )
     if child_pool is not None:
         child._credential_pool = child_pool
 
diff --git a/tools/delegate_tool_config.py b/tools/delegate_tool_config.py
index 65c2ad38f1..c4003d603d 100644
--- a/tools/delegate_tool_config.py
+++ b/tools/delegate_tool_config.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def _pool_serves_endpoint(pool: Any, provider: Optional[str], base_url: Optional
 
 def _resolve_child_credential_pool(
     effective_provider: Optional[str], parent_agent, effective_base_url: Optional[str] = None,
+    effective_requested_provider: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
     """Credential pool for the child: parent's pool (same provider), that provider's own pool, or None (child keeps
     its fixed credential). Custom endpoints all collapse to ``provider="custom"``, so they are matched by endpoint
@@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ def _resolve_child_credential_pool(
     interchangeable and let the child inherit the parent's pool. We therefore resolve custom runtimes by
     endpoint identity (the ``custom:<name>`` pool key derived from the base_url) and only share the parent's
     pool when both resolve to the *same* custom endpoint. See #7833.
+
+    Named custom providers may share one gateway URL with different credentials, so the inherited
+    ``requested_provider`` identity takes precedence over URL-only matching (#45763): the child must not
+    lease the first pool registered for the shared endpoint.
     """
     parent_pool = getattr(parent_agent, "_credential_pool", None)
     if not effective_provider:
@@ -254,10 +259,12 @@ def _resolve_child_credential_pool(
     try:
         if effective_provider == "custom":
             from agent.credential_pool import get_custom_provider_pool_key
-            child_key = get_custom_provider_pool_key(effective_base_url)
+            child_key = get_custom_provider_pool_key(effective_base_url, provider_name=effective_requested_provider)
             if child_key is None:
                 return None
-            parent_key = get_custom_provider_pool_key(getattr(parent_agent, "base_url", None))
+            parent_key = get_custom_provider_pool_key(
+                getattr(parent_agent, "base_url", None), provider_name=getattr(parent_agent, "requested_provider", None),
+            )
             if parent_pool is not None and parent_provider == "custom" and parent_key is not None and parent_key == child_key:
                 return parent_pool
             return _loaded_pool(child_key)