diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.backward-compat.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.backward-compat.spec.ts
index 11e9357ee8..bd9ace78a6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.backward-compat.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.backward-compat.spec.ts
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig - Backward Compatibility', () => {
         modelOptions: {
           model: '@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b',
           user: 'some-user',
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
         },
         reverseProxyUrl:
           'https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/${CF_GATEWAY_ID}/workers-ai/v1',
@@ -419,6 +420,9 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig - Backward Compatibility', () => {
           user: 'some-user',
           disableStreaming: true,
           apiKey: 'someKey',
+          modelKwargs: {
+            reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+          },
         },
         configOptions: {
           baseURL:
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.spec.ts
index 9de28d4049..e97feedebf 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   EModelEndpoint,
   ReasoningEffort,
   ReasoningSummary,
+  ReasoningParameterFormat,
 } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type { RequestInit } from 'undici';
 import type { OpenAIParameters, AzureOptions } from '~/types';
@@ -97,19 +98,18 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig', () => {
     expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_summary).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('should handle reasoning params without `useResponsesApi`', () => {
+  it('should pass custom endpoint reasoning through modelKwargs without `useResponsesApi`', () => {
     const modelOptions = {
       reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
       reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
     };
 
-    const result = getOpenAIConfig(mockApiKey, { modelOptions });
+    const result = getOpenAIConfig(mockApiKey, { modelOptions }, 'custom-endpoint');
 
-    /** When no endpoint is specified, it's treated as non-openAI/azureOpenAI, so uses reasoning object */
-    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toEqual({
-      effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
-      summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
+    expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
+      reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
     });
+    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toBeUndefined();
     expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_effort).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig', () => {
     expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_effort).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('should use reasoning object for non-openAI/azureOpenAI endpoints', () => {
+  it('should pass reasoning_effort through modelKwargs for non-openAI/azureOpenAI endpoints', () => {
     const modelOptions = {
       reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
       reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
@@ -181,13 +181,79 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig', () => {
 
     const result = getOpenAIConfig(mockApiKey, { modelOptions }, 'custom-endpoint');
 
-    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toEqual({
-      effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
-      summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
+    expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
+      reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
     });
+    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toBeUndefined();
     expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_effort).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('should support custom endpoint reasoning object format', () => {
+    const result = getOpenAIConfig(
+      mockApiKey,
+      {
+        customParams: {
+          reasoningFormat: ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject,
+        },
+        modelOptions: {
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+          reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
+        },
+      },
+      'custom-endpoint',
+    );
+
+    expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
+      reasoning: {
+        effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+        summary: ReasoningSummary.detailed,
+      },
+    });
+    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toBeUndefined();
+    expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_effort).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should default Vercel custom endpoints to reasoning object format', () => {
+    const result = getOpenAIConfig(
+      mockApiKey,
+      {
+        reverseProxyUrl: 'https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1',
+        modelOptions: {
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+        },
+      },
+      'Vercel',
+    );
+
+    expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
+      reasoning: {
+        effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+      },
+    });
+    expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toBeUndefined();
+    expect((result.llmConfig as Record<string, unknown>).reasoning_effort).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should allow Vercel reasoning format override', () => {
+    const result = getOpenAIConfig(
+      mockApiKey,
+      {
+        reverseProxyUrl: 'https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1',
+        customParams: {
+          reasoningFormat: ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningEffort,
+        },
+        modelOptions: {
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+        },
+      },
+      'Vercel',
+    );
+
+    expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
+      reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should handle OpenRouter configuration', () => {
     const reverseProxyUrl = 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1';
 
@@ -1212,6 +1278,7 @@ describe('getOpenAIConfig', () => {
       expect(result.llmConfig.maxTokens).toBe(2000);
       expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toEqual({
         text: { verbosity: Verbosity.medium },
+        reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
         customParam: 'custom-value',
       });
       expect(result.tools).toEqual([{ type: 'web_search' }]);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.ts
index b239a2b7d0..3cc1c68cc1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ProxyAgent } from 'undici';
 import { Providers } from '@librechat/agents';
-import { KnownEndpoints, EModelEndpoint } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import { KnownEndpoints, EModelEndpoint, ReasoningParameterFormat } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type * as t from '~/types';
 import { getLLMConfig as getAnthropicLLMConfig } from '~/endpoints/anthropic/llm';
 import { getOpenAILLMConfig, extractDefaultParams } from './llm';
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ function getDefaultParams({
   };
 }
 
+function getReasoningFormat({
+  customFormat,
+  isVercel,
+}: {
+  customFormat?: ReasoningParameterFormat;
+  isVercel: boolean;
+}): ReasoningParameterFormat | undefined {
+  if (customFormat) {
+    return customFormat;
+  }
+  if (isVercel) {
+    return ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 function mergeHeadersPreservingAnthropicBeta(
   headers: Record<string, string> | undefined,
   defaultHeaders: Record<string, string>,
@@ -159,6 +175,10 @@ export function getOpenAIConfig(
       defaultParams,
       modelOptions,
       useOpenRouter,
+      reasoningFormat: getReasoningFormat({
+        customFormat: options.customParams?.reasoningFormat,
+        isVercel: Boolean(isVercel),
+      }),
     });
     llmConfig = openaiResult.llmConfig;
     azure = openaiResult.azure;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.spec.ts
index 366176978a..df63759aec 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   EModelEndpoint,
   ReasoningEffort,
   ReasoningSummary,
+  ReasoningParameterFormat,
 } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import { getOpenAILLMConfig, extractDefaultParams, applyDefaultParams } from './llm';
 import type * as t from '~/types';
@@ -463,23 +464,58 @@ describe('getOpenAILLMConfig', () => {
       expect(result.llmConfig).toHaveProperty('reasoning_effort', ReasoningEffort.high);
     });
 
-    it('should use reasoning object for non-OpenAI endpoints', () => {
+    it('should pass reasoning_effort through modelKwargs for custom endpoints', () => {
       const result = getOpenAILLMConfig({
         apiKey: 'test-api-key',
         streaming: true,
         endpoint: 'custom',
         modelOptions: {
-          model: 'o1',
+          model: 'provider/reasoning-model',
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toHaveProperty('reasoning_effort', ReasoningEffort.high);
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning');
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning_effort');
+    });
+
+    it('should support reasoning object passthrough for custom endpoints', () => {
+      const result = getOpenAILLMConfig({
+        apiKey: 'test-api-key',
+        streaming: true,
+        endpoint: 'custom',
+        reasoningFormat: ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject,
+        modelOptions: {
+          model: 'provider/reasoning-model',
           reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
           reasoning_summary: ReasoningSummary.concise,
         },
       });
 
-      expect(result.llmConfig).toHaveProperty('reasoning');
-      expect(result.llmConfig.reasoning).toEqual({
+      expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toHaveProperty('reasoning', {
         effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
         summary: ReasoningSummary.concise,
       });
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning');
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning_effort');
+    });
+
+    it('should allow custom endpoints to disable reasoning passthrough', () => {
+      const result = getOpenAILLMConfig({
+        apiKey: 'test-api-key',
+        streaming: true,
+        endpoint: 'custom',
+        reasoningFormat: ReasoningParameterFormat.disabled,
+        modelOptions: {
+          model: 'provider/reasoning-model',
+          reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort.high,
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning');
+      expect(result.llmConfig).not.toHaveProperty('reasoning_effort');
+      expect(result.llmConfig.modelKwargs).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
     it('should use reasoning object when useResponsesApi is true', () => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
index d2148cebb4..d366e84588 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   EModelEndpoint,
+  ReasoningParameterFormat,
   removeNullishValues,
   supportsAdaptiveThinking,
 } from 'librechat-data-provider';
@@ -86,6 +87,26 @@ function hasReasoningParams({
   );
 }
 
+function getReasoningObject({
+  reasoningEffort,
+  reasoningSummary,
+}: {
+  reasoningEffort?: OpenAILLMConfig['reasoning_effort'];
+  reasoningSummary?: OpenAILLMConfig['reasoning_summary'];
+}): OpenAI.Reasoning {
+  return removeNullishValues(
+    {
+      effort: reasoningEffort,
+      summary: reasoningSummary,
+    },
+    true,
+  ) as OpenAI.Reasoning;
+}
+
+function isOpenAIEndpoint(endpoint?: EModelEndpoint | string | null): boolean {
+  return endpoint === EModelEndpoint.openAI || endpoint === EModelEndpoint.azureOpenAI;
+}
+
 const openRouterAnthropicVerbosityByEffort: Record<
   string,
   NonNullable<OpenAILLMConfig['verbosity']>
@@ -204,6 +225,60 @@ function applyOpenRouterReasoningConfig({
   return true;
 }
 
+function applyReasoningConfig({
+  endpoint,
+  llmConfig,
+  modelKwargs,
+  reasoningEffort,
+  reasoningFormat,
+  reasoningSummary,
+}: {
+  endpoint?: EModelEndpoint | string | null;
+  llmConfig: OpenAILLMConfig;
+  modelKwargs: Record<string, unknown>;
+  reasoningEffort?: OpenAILLMConfig['reasoning_effort'];
+  reasoningFormat?: ReasoningParameterFormat;
+  reasoningSummary?: OpenAILLMConfig['reasoning_summary'];
+}): boolean {
+  if (
+    !hasReasoningParams({
+      reasoning_effort: reasoningEffort,
+      reasoning_summary: reasoningSummary,
+    })
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const reasoning = getReasoningObject({ reasoningEffort, reasoningSummary });
+  if (llmConfig.useResponsesApi === true) {
+    llmConfig.reasoning = reasoning;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (isOpenAIEndpoint(endpoint)) {
+    if (reasoningEffort) {
+      llmConfig.reasoning_effort = reasoningEffort;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (reasoningFormat === ReasoningParameterFormat.disabled) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (reasoningFormat === ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject) {
+    modelKwargs.reasoning = reasoning;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (reasoningEffort) {
+    modelKwargs.reasoning_effort = reasoningEffort;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 function getModelKwargsText(modelKwargs: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> {
   const { text } = modelKwargs;
   if (text == null || typeof text !== 'object' || Array.isArray(text)) {
@@ -294,6 +369,7 @@ export function getOpenAILLMConfig({
   dropParams,
   defaultParams,
   useOpenRouter,
+  reasoningFormat = ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningEffort,
   modelOptions: _modelOptions,
 }: {
   apiKey: string;
@@ -305,6 +381,7 @@ export function getOpenAILLMConfig({
   dropParams?: string[];
   defaultParams?: Record<string, unknown>;
   useOpenRouter?: boolean;
+  reasoningFormat?: ReasoningParameterFormat;
   azure?: false | t.AzureOptions;
 }): Pick<t.LLMConfigResult, 'llmConfig' | 'tools'> & {
   azure?: t.AzureOptions;
@@ -442,20 +519,16 @@ export function getOpenAILLMConfig({
         modelKwargs,
         llmConfig,
       }) || hasModelKwargs;
-  } else if (
-    hasReasoningParams({ reasoning_effort, reasoning_summary }) &&
-    (llmConfig.useResponsesApi === true ||
-      (endpoint !== EModelEndpoint.openAI && endpoint !== EModelEndpoint.azureOpenAI))
-  ) {
-    llmConfig.reasoning = removeNullishValues(
-      {
-        effort: reasoning_effort,
-        summary: reasoning_summary,
-      },
-      true,
-    ) as OpenAI.Reasoning;
-  } else if (hasReasoningParams({ reasoning_effort })) {
-    llmConfig.reasoning_effort = reasoning_effort;
+  } else {
+    hasModelKwargs =
+      applyReasoningConfig({
+        endpoint,
+        llmConfig,
+        modelKwargs,
+        reasoningFormat,
+        reasoningEffort: reasoning_effort,
+        reasoningSummary: reasoning_summary,
+      }) || hasModelKwargs;
   }
 
   if (llmConfig.max_tokens != null) {
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/specs/config-schemas.spec.ts b/packages/data-provider/specs/config-schemas.spec.ts
index 5420fb7354..50e2488b40 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/specs/config-schemas.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/specs/config-schemas.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   summarizationTriggerSchema,
   summarizationConfigSchema,
 } from '../src/config';
-import { tModelSpecPresetSchema, EModelEndpoint } from '../src/schemas';
+import { tModelSpecPresetSchema, EModelEndpoint, ReasoningParameterFormat } from '../src/schemas';
 import { specsConfigSchema } from '../src/models';
 import { FileSources } from '../src/types/files';
 
@@ -305,6 +305,33 @@ describe('endpointSchema addParams validation', () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('accepts custom reasoning format config', () => {
+    const result = endpointSchema.safeParse({
+      ...validEndpoint,
+      customParams: {
+        reasoningFormat: ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    if (result.success) {
+      expect(result.data.customParams?.reasoningFormat).toBe(
+        ReasoningParameterFormat.reasoningObject,
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects invalid custom reasoning format config', () => {
+    const result = endpointSchema.safeParse({
+      ...validEndpoint,
+      customParams: {
+        reasoningFormat: 'provider_magic',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('rejects non-boolean web_search objects in addParams', () => {
     const result = endpointSchema.safeParse({
       ...validEndpoint,
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index 0799e52f35..7c9ff43b30 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import type { ZodError } from 'zod';
 import type { TEndpointsConfig, TModelsConfig, TConfig } from './types';
-import { EModelEndpoint, eModelEndpointSchema, isAgentsEndpoint } from './schemas';
+import {
+  EModelEndpoint,
+  eModelEndpointSchema,
+  isAgentsEndpoint,
+  eReasoningParameterFormatSchema,
+} from './schemas';
 import { ComponentTypes, SettingTypes, OptionTypes } from './generate';
 import { specsConfigSchema, TSpecsConfig } from './models';
 import { fileConfigSchema } from './file-config';
@@ -630,6 +635,7 @@ export const endpointSchema = baseEndpointSchema.merge(
     customParams: z
       .object({
         defaultParamsEndpoint: z.string().default('custom'),
+        reasoningFormat: eReasoningParameterFormatSchema.optional(),
         paramDefinitions: z.array(paramDefinitionSchema).optional(),
       })
       .strict()
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
index c3cb4cef39..8e2f374bcc 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ export enum ReasoningEffort {
   xhigh = 'xhigh',
 }
 
+export enum ReasoningParameterFormat {
+  disabled = 'disabled',
+  reasoningEffort = 'reasoning_effort',
+  reasoningObject = 'reasoning_object',
+}
+
 export enum AnthropicEffort {
   unset = '',
   low = 'low',
@@ -250,6 +256,7 @@ export const imageDetailValue = {
 
 export const eImageDetailSchema = z.nativeEnum(ImageDetail);
 export const eReasoningEffortSchema = z.nativeEnum(ReasoningEffort);
+export const eReasoningParameterFormatSchema = z.nativeEnum(ReasoningParameterFormat);
 export const eAnthropicEffortSchema = z.nativeEnum(AnthropicEffort);
 export const eThinkingDisplaySchema = z.nativeEnum(ThinkingDisplay);
 export const eReasoningSummarySchema = z.nativeEnum(ReasoningSummary);
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/types.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/types.ts
index 35774dd664..6a8b6c2f88 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
   TAttachment,
   TMessage,
   TBanner,
+  ReasoningParameterFormat,
 } from './schemas';
 import type { RefillIntervalUnit } from './balance';
 import type { SettingDefinition } from './generate';
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ export type TConfig = {
   capabilities?: string[];
   customParams?: {
     defaultParamsEndpoint?: string;
+    reasoningFormat?: ReasoningParameterFormat;
     paramDefinitions?: Partial<SettingDefinition>[];
   };
 };