diff --git a/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
index a33a6e1eb1..4ba9e70e48 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
       const originalEnv = process.env;
       process.env = {
         ...originalEnv,
-        SERPER_API_KEY: 'test-key',
-        // Missing other keys to force authentication failure
+        JINA_API_KEY: 'test-key',
       };
 
       // Initialize webSearchConfig with environment variable references
@@ -710,10 +709,9 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
       mockLoadAuthValues.mockImplementation(({ authFields }) => {
         const result: Record<string, string> = {};
         authFields.forEach((field: string) => {
-          if (field === 'SERPER_API_KEY') {
+          if (field === 'JINA_API_KEY') {
             result[field] = 'test-key';
           }
-          // Other fields are intentionally missing
         });
         return Promise.resolve(result);
       });
@@ -1106,6 +1104,47 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
       expect(cohereCalls.length).toBe(0);
     });
 
+    it('should fallback to no reranker when rerankerType is omitted and no reranker is authenticated', async () => {
+      const webSearchConfig: TCustomConfig['webSearch'] = {
+        searxngInstanceUrl: '${SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL}',
+        searxngApiKey: '${SEARXNG_API_KEY}',
+        firecrawlApiKey: '${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}',
+        firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
+        jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
+        jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
+        safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
+        searchProvider: 'searxng' as SearchProviders,
+        scraperProvider: 'firecrawl' as ScraperProviders,
+      };
+
+      mockLoadAuthValues.mockImplementation(({ authFields }) => {
+        const result: Record<string, string> = {};
+        authFields.forEach((field: string) => {
+          if (field === 'SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL') {
+            result[field] = 'https://search.example';
+          } else if (field === 'SEARXNG_API_KEY') {
+            result[field] = 'searxng-api-key';
+          } else if (field === 'FIRECRAWL_API_KEY') {
+            result[field] = 'firecrawl-api-key';
+          } else if (field === 'FIRECRAWL_API_URL') {
+            result[field] = 'https://api.firecrawl.dev';
+          }
+        });
+        return Promise.resolve(result);
+      });
+
+      const result = await loadWebSearchAuth({
+        userId,
+        webSearchConfig,
+        loadAuthValues: mockLoadAuthValues,
+      });
+
+      expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.authResult.rerankerType).toBe('none');
+      expect(result.authTypes).toContainEqual(['rerankers', AuthType.SYSTEM_DEFINED]);
+    });
+
     it('should handle invalid specified service gracefully', async () => {
       // Initialize a webSearchConfig with an invalid searchProvider
       const webSearchConfig: TCustomConfig['webSearch'] = {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/web/web.ts b/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
index 06d65d4d98..d43649947d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ import {
   extractVariableName,
 } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import { webSearchAuth } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
-import type {
-  RerankerTypes,
-  TCustomConfig,
-  TWebSearchConfig,
-} from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import type { RerankerTypes, TCustomConfig, TWebSearchConfig } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type { TWebSearchKeys, TWebSearchCategories } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
 import { isSSRFTarget, resolveHostnameSSRF } from '../auth';
 
@@ -209,8 +205,7 @@ export async function loadWebSearchAuth({
           const isUserProvidedOptInUrlKey =
             originalKey != null && USER_PROVIDED_OPT_IN_URL_KEYS.has(originalKey);
           const isUserProvidedUrlEnabled =
-            isUserProvidedUrlKey ||
-            (isUserProvidedOptInUrlKey && isUserProvidedEnabled(field));
+            isUserProvidedUrlKey || (isUserProvidedOptInUrlKey && isUserProvidedEnabled(field));
           let contributed = false;
 
           if (isUserProvidedOptInUrlKey && isFieldUserProvided && !isUserProvidedUrlEnabled) {
@@ -253,6 +248,10 @@ export async function loadWebSearchAuth({
         continue;
       }
     }
+    if (category === SearchCategories.RERANKERS && !webSearchConfig?.rerankerType) {
+      authResult.rerankerType = 'none' as RerankerTypes;
+      return [true, false];
+    }
     return [false, isUserProvided];
   }