diff --git a/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.test.ts b/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.test.ts
index 47298210a7fd..2143b1b8d6b1 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.test.ts
@@ -116,13 +116,17 @@ describe("vydra image-generation provider", () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow("vydra.image-generation: JSON response exceeds 16777216 bytes");
   });
 
-  it("passes request SSRF policy to the image creation request", async () => {
+  it("passes request SSRF policy through image creation, polling, and download", async () => {
     stubVydraApiKey();
     const fetchMock = stubFetch(
+      jsonResponse({
+        jobId: "job-123",
+        status: "queued",
+      }),
       jsonResponse({
         jobId: "job-123",
         status: "completed",
-        imageUrl: "https://cdn.vydra.ai/generated/test.png",
+        imageUrl: "https://198.18.0.11/generated/test.png",
       }),
       binaryResponse("png-data", "image/png"),
     );
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ describe("vydra image-generation provider", () => {
           providers: {
             vydra: {
               baseUrl: "https://198.18.0.10/api/v1",
+              request: { headers: { "X-Vydra-Policy": "cross-origin" } },
             },
           },
         },
@@ -147,6 +152,15 @@ describe("vydra image-generation provider", () => {
     const createCall = fetchCall(fetchMock);
     expect(createCall[0]).toBe("https://198.18.0.10/api/v1/models/grok-imagine");
     expect(createCall[1].method).toBe("POST");
+    expect(new Headers(createCall[1].headers).get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("cross-origin");
+    const pollCall = fetchCall(fetchMock, 1);
+    expect(pollCall[0]).toBe("https://198.18.0.10/api/v1/jobs/job-123");
+    expect(new Headers(pollCall[1].headers).get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("cross-origin");
+    const downloadCall = fetchCall(fetchMock, 2);
+    expect(downloadCall[0]).toBe("https://198.18.0.11/generated/test.png");
+    const downloadHeaders = new Headers(downloadCall[1].headers);
+    expect(downloadHeaders.get("authorization")).toBeNull();
+    expect(downloadHeaders.get("x-vydra-policy")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("polls jobs when the create response is not completed yet", async () => {
@@ -156,7 +170,7 @@ describe("vydra image-generation provider", () => {
       jsonResponse({
         jobId: "job-456",
         status: "completed",
-        resultUrls: ["https://cdn.vydra.ai/generated/polled.png"],
+        resultUrls: ["https://www.vydra.ai/generated/polled.png"],
       }),
       binaryResponse("png-data", "image/png"),
     );
@@ -166,12 +180,26 @@ describe("vydra image-generation provider", () => {
       provider: "vydra",
       model: "grok-imagine",
       prompt: "draw a cat",
-      cfg: {},
+      cfg: {
+        models: {
+          providers: {
+            vydra: {
+              baseUrl: "https://www.vydra.ai/api/v1",
+              models: [],
+              request: { headers: { "X-Vydra-Policy": "same-origin" } },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
     });
 
     const pollCall = fetchCall(fetchMock, 1);
     expect(pollCall[0]).toBe("https://www.vydra.ai/api/v1/jobs/job-456");
     expect(pollCall[1].method).toBe("GET");
+    expect(new Headers(pollCall[1].headers).get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("same-origin");
+    const downloadHeaders = new Headers(fetchCall(fetchMock, 2)[1].headers);
+    expect(downloadHeaders.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer vydra-test-key");
+    expect(downloadHeaders.get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("same-origin");
   });
 
   it("rejects job poll JSON responses that exceed the provider cap", async () => {
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.ts b/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.ts
index f583bcb3dc29..9f24cdffc581 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/image-generation-provider.ts
@@ -54,27 +54,27 @@ export function buildVydraImageGenerationProvider(): ImageGenerationProvider {
         throw new Error("Vydra image generation supports at most one image per request.");
       }
 
-      const { fetchFn, baseUrl, allowPrivateNetwork, headers, dispatcherPolicy } =
-        await resolveVydraRequestContext({
-          cfg: req.cfg,
-          agentDir: req.agentDir,
-          authStore: req.authStore,
-          capability: "image",
-        });
+      const { fetchFn, baseUrl, requestPolicy } = await resolveVydraRequestContext({
+        cfg: req.cfg,
+        agentDir: req.agentDir,
+        authStore: req.authStore,
+        capability: "image",
+        ssrfPolicy: req.ssrfPolicy,
+      });
 
       const model = req.model?.trim() || DEFAULT_VYDRA_IMAGE_MODEL;
       const { response, release } = await postJsonRequest({
         url: `${baseUrl}/models/${model}`,
-        headers,
+        headers: requestPolicy.headers,
         body: {
           prompt: req.prompt,
           model: "text-to-image",
         },
         timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
         fetchFn,
-        allowPrivateNetwork,
-        ssrfPolicy: req.ssrfPolicy,
-        dispatcherPolicy,
+        allowPrivateNetwork: requestPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork,
+        ssrfPolicy: requestPolicy.ssrfPolicy,
+        dispatcherPolicy: requestPolicy.dispatcherPolicy,
       });
 
       try {
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ export function buildVydraImageGenerationProvider(): ImageGenerationProvider {
         const completedPayload = await resolveCompletedVydraPayload({
           submitted,
           baseUrl,
-          headers,
           timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
           fetchFn,
           kind: "image",
           missingJobIdMessage: "Vydra image generation response missing job id",
+          requestPolicy,
         });
         const imageUrl = extractVydraResultUrls(completedPayload, "image")[0];
         if (!imageUrl) {
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export function buildVydraImageGenerationProvider(): ImageGenerationProvider {
           timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
           fetchFn,
           maxBytes: resolveVydraGeneratedMediaMaxBytes({ cfg: req.cfg, kind: "image" }),
+          requestPolicy,
         });
         return {
           images: [
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/shared.test.ts b/extensions/vydra/shared.test.ts
index 035f51b6e7a7..1e395949c6bf 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/shared.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/shared.test.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@
 import { once } from "node:events";
 import http from "node:http";
 import { readResponseWithLimit } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/response-limit-runtime";
+import { installPinnedHostnameTestHooks } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-media-understanding";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { downloadVydraAsset } from "./shared.js";
 
 describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
+  installPinnedHostnameTestHooks();
+
   let server: http.Server | undefined;
   const dripTimers = new Set<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
 
+  const requestPolicyFor = (url: string, allowPrivateNetwork = false) => ({
+    allowPrivateNetwork,
+    headers: new Headers(),
+    headerOrigin: new URL(url).origin,
+  });
+
   afterEach(async () => {
     for (const timer of dripTimers) {
       clearTimeout(timer);
@@ -71,6 +80,7 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
         timeoutMs,
         fetchFn: fetch,
         maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}`, true),
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow(`Vydra image download timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`);
     const elapsedMs = performance.now() - startedAt;
@@ -95,6 +105,7 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
         timeoutMs,
         fetchFn: fetch,
         maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}`, true),
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow(`Vydra image download timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`);
     const elapsedMs = performance.now() - startedAt;
@@ -117,6 +128,7 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
           },
         ),
       maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor("https://cdn.vydra.example"),
     }).catch((error: unknown) => error);
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
@@ -137,6 +149,7 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
       timeoutMs: 250,
       fetchFn: async () => new Response(null, { status: 304 }),
       maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor("https://cdn.vydra.example"),
     }).catch((error: unknown) => error);
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({ name: "ProviderHttpError", status: 304, statusCode: 304 });
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
           },
         ),
       maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor("https://cdn.vydra.example"),
     }).catch((error: unknown) => error);
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
@@ -170,6 +184,28 @@ describe("downloadVydraAsset", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("preserves successful response body errors before the deadline", async () => {
+    const result = await downloadVydraAsset({
+      url: "https://cdn.vydra.example/generated/test.png",
+      kind: "image",
+      timeoutMs: 250,
+      fetchFn: async () =>
+        new Response(
+          new ReadableStream({
+            start(controller) {
+              controller.error(new Error("broken success body"));
+            },
+          }),
+          { status: 200 },
+        ),
+      maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      requestPolicy: requestPolicyFor("https://cdn.vydra.example"),
+    }).catch((error: unknown) => error);
+
+    expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ message: "broken success body" });
+  });
+
   it("does not bound a dripping body when only chunk idle timeout is used", async () => {
     // Negative control: chunkTimeoutMs resets on every drip, so idle alone never fires.
     const port = await listenDripServer({
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/shared.ts b/extensions/vydra/shared.ts
index 70da22d0a24a..1e9e08dd3c74 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/shared.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/shared.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import {
   assertOkOrThrowHttpError,
   createProviderOperationDeadline,
   createProviderOperationTimeoutResolver,
-  fetchWithTimeout,
+  fetchWithTimeoutGuarded,
   pollProviderOperationJson,
   resolveProviderHttpRequestConfig,
+  sanitizeConfiguredModelProviderRequest,
   type ProviderOperationDeadline,
   type ProviderOperationTimeoutMs,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-http";
 import { readResponseWithLimit } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/response-limit-runtime";
+import type { SsrFPolicy } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/ssrf-runtime";
 import {
   normalizeOptionalLowercaseString,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 2_500;
 const MAX_POLL_ATTEMPTS = 120;
 type VydraAuthStore = Parameters<typeof resolveApiKeyForProvider>[0]["store"];
 
+type VydraRequestPolicy = Pick<
+  ReturnType<typeof resolveProviderHttpRequestConfig>,
+  "allowPrivateNetwork" | "dispatcherPolicy" | "headers"
+> & {
+  headerOrigin: string;
+  ssrfPolicy?: SsrFPolicy;
+};
+
 type VydraMediaKind = Extract<MediaKind, "audio" | "image" | "video">;
 
 type VydraJobPayload = {
@@ -99,12 +109,11 @@ export async function resolveVydraRequestContext(params: {
   agentDir?: string;
   authStore?: VydraAuthStore;
   capability: "image" | "video";
+  ssrfPolicy?: SsrFPolicy;
 }): Promise<{
   fetchFn: typeof fetch;
   baseUrl: string;
-  allowPrivateNetwork: boolean;
-  headers: Headers;
-  dispatcherPolicy: ReturnType<typeof resolveProviderHttpRequestConfig>["dispatcherPolicy"];
+  requestPolicy: VydraRequestPolicy;
 }> {
   const auth = await resolveApiKeyForProvider({
     provider: "vydra",
@@ -116,11 +125,11 @@ export async function resolveVydraRequestContext(params: {
     throw new Error("Vydra API key missing");
   }
   const fetchFn = fetch;
+  const providerConfig = params.cfg.models?.providers?.vydra;
   const { baseUrl, allowPrivateNetwork, headers, dispatcherPolicy } =
     resolveProviderHttpRequestConfig({
       baseUrl: resolveVydraBaseUrlFromConfig(params.cfg),
       defaultBaseUrl: DEFAULT_VYDRA_BASE_URL,
-      allowPrivateNetwork: false,
       defaultHeaders: {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -128,13 +137,18 @@ export async function resolveVydraRequestContext(params: {
       provider: "vydra",
       capability: params.capability,
       transport: "http",
+      request: sanitizeConfiguredModelProviderRequest(providerConfig?.request),
     });
   return {
     fetchFn,
     baseUrl,
-    allowPrivateNetwork,
-    headers,
-    dispatcherPolicy,
+    requestPolicy: {
+      allowPrivateNetwork,
+      dispatcherPolicy,
+      headers,
+      headerOrigin: new URL(baseUrl).origin,
+      ...(params.ssrfPolicy ? { ssrfPolicy: params.ssrfPolicy } : {}),
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -221,6 +235,32 @@ function createVydraTimeoutError(deadline: ProviderOperationDeadline): Error {
   return new Error(`${deadline.label} timed out${timeoutLabel}`);
 }
 
+function resolveVydraGuardedRequestOptions(
+  policy: VydraRequestPolicy,
+): NonNullable<Parameters<typeof fetchWithTimeoutGuarded>[4]> {
+  const ssrfPolicy = policy.allowPrivateNetwork
+    ? { ...policy.ssrfPolicy, allowPrivateNetwork: true }
+    : policy.ssrfPolicy;
+  return {
+    ...(ssrfPolicy ? { ssrfPolicy } : {}),
+    ...(policy.dispatcherPolicy ? { dispatcherPolicy: policy.dispatcherPolicy } : {}),
+    auditContext: "vydra-media-download",
+  };
+}
+
+function resolveVydraAssetRequestHeaders(
+  url: string,
+  policy: VydraRequestPolicy,
+): Headers | undefined {
+  try {
+    // Same-origin assets may need the configured provider headers. Cross-origin
+    // result URLs must not receive the Vydra API credential or custom headers.
+    return new URL(url).origin === policy.headerOrigin ? policy.headers : undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 export function resolveVydraGeneratedMediaMaxBytes(params: {
   cfg: { agents?: { defaults?: { mediaMaxMb?: number } } };
   kind: VydraMediaKind;
@@ -244,6 +284,7 @@ export async function downloadVydraAsset(params: {
   timeoutMs?: ProviderOperationTimeoutMs;
   fetchFn: typeof fetch;
   maxBytes: number;
+  requestPolicy: VydraRequestPolicy;
 }): Promise<{ buffer: Buffer; mimeType: string; fileName: string }> {
   const timeoutMs = resolveVydraHttpTimeoutMs(params.timeoutMs);
   const deadline = createProviderOperationDeadline({
@@ -254,42 +295,65 @@ export async function downloadVydraAsset(params: {
     deadline,
     defaultTimeoutMs: timeoutMs,
   });
-  const response = await fetchWithTimeout(
+  const headers = resolveVydraAssetRequestHeaders(params.url, params.requestPolicy);
+  const result = await fetchWithTimeoutGuarded(
     params.url,
-    { method: "GET" },
+    {
+      method: "GET",
+      ...(headers ? { headers } : {}),
+    },
     resolveTimeoutMs(),
     params.fetchFn,
+    resolveVydraGuardedRequestOptions(params.requestPolicy),
   );
-  await assertOkOrThrowHttpError(response, `Vydra ${params.kind} download failed`, {
-    bodyTimeoutMs: resolveTimeoutMs,
-    onBodyTimeout: () => createVydraTimeoutError(deadline),
-  });
-  const mimeType =
-    response.headers.get("content-type")?.trim() ||
-    (params.kind === "image" ? "image/png" : params.kind === "audio" ? "audio/mpeg" : "video/mp4");
-  const buffer = await readResponseWithLimit(response, params.maxBytes, {
-    timeoutMs: resolveTimeoutMs,
-    onTimeout: () => createVydraTimeoutError(deadline),
-    onOverflow: ({ maxBytes }) =>
-      new Error(`Vydra ${params.kind} download exceeds ${maxBytes} bytes`),
-  });
-  const extension = resolveVydraFileExtension(params.kind, mimeType);
-  const fileStem = params.kind === "image" ? "image" : params.kind === "audio" ? "audio" : "video";
-  return {
-    buffer,
-    mimeType,
-    fileName: `${fileStem}-1.${extension}`,
-  };
+  try {
+    try {
+      await assertOkOrThrowHttpError(result.response, `Vydra ${params.kind} download failed`, {
+        bodyTimeoutMs: resolveTimeoutMs,
+        onBodyTimeout: () => createVydraTimeoutError(deadline),
+      });
+      const mimeType =
+        result.response.headers.get("content-type")?.trim() ||
+        (params.kind === "image"
+          ? "image/png"
+          : params.kind === "audio"
+            ? "audio/mpeg"
+            : "video/mp4");
+      const buffer = await readResponseWithLimit(result.response, params.maxBytes, {
+        timeoutMs: resolveTimeoutMs,
+        onTimeout: () => createVydraTimeoutError(deadline),
+        onOverflow: ({ maxBytes }) =>
+          new Error(`Vydra ${params.kind} download exceeds ${maxBytes} bytes`),
+      });
+      const extension = resolveVydraFileExtension(params.kind, mimeType);
+      const fileStem =
+        params.kind === "image" ? "image" : params.kind === "audio" ? "audio" : "video";
+      return {
+        buffer,
+        mimeType,
+        fileName: `${fileStem}-1.${extension}`,
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
+      // The guarded request signal remains active through body consumption and
+      // can win the same absolute-deadline race. Keep timeout precedence stable.
+      if (typeof deadline.deadlineAtMs === "number" && Date.now() >= deadline.deadlineAtMs) {
+        throw createVydraTimeoutError(deadline);
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await result.release();
+  }
 }
 
 async function waitForVydraJob(params: {
   baseUrl: string;
   jobId: string;
-  headers: Headers;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   deadline?: ProviderOperationDeadline;
   fetchFn: typeof fetch;
   kind: VydraMediaKind;
+  requestPolicy: VydraRequestPolicy;
 }): Promise<unknown> {
   const deadline =
     params.deadline ??
@@ -299,7 +363,7 @@ async function waitForVydraJob(params: {
     });
   return await pollProviderOperationJson<unknown>({
     url: `${params.baseUrl}/jobs/${params.jobId}`,
-    headers: params.headers,
+    headers: params.requestPolicy.headers,
     deadline,
     defaultTimeoutMs: DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS,
     fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
@@ -307,6 +371,10 @@ async function waitForVydraJob(params: {
     pollIntervalMs: POLL_INTERVAL_MS,
     requestFailedMessage: "Vydra job status request failed",
     timeoutMessage: `Vydra job ${params.jobId} did not finish in time`,
+    allowPrivateNetwork: params.requestPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork,
+    ssrfPolicy: params.requestPolicy.ssrfPolicy,
+    dispatcherPolicy: params.requestPolicy.dispatcherPolicy,
+    auditContext: "vydra-job-status",
     isComplete: (payload) =>
       resolveVydraResponseStatus(payload) === "completed" ||
       extractVydraResultUrls(payload, params.kind).length > 0,
@@ -322,12 +390,12 @@ async function waitForVydraJob(params: {
 export async function resolveCompletedVydraPayload(params: {
   submitted: unknown;
   baseUrl: string;
-  headers: Headers;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   deadline?: ProviderOperationDeadline;
   fetchFn: typeof fetch;
   kind: VydraMediaKind;
   missingJobIdMessage: string;
+  requestPolicy: VydraRequestPolicy;
 }): Promise<unknown> {
   if (
     resolveVydraResponseStatus(params.submitted) === "completed" ||
@@ -342,10 +410,10 @@ export async function resolveCompletedVydraPayload(params: {
   return waitForVydraJob({
     baseUrl: params.baseUrl,
     jobId,
-    headers: params.headers,
     timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
     ...(params.deadline ? { deadline: params.deadline } : {}),
     fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
     kind: params.kind,
+    requestPolicy: params.requestPolicy,
   });
 }
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.test.ts b/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.test.ts
index f6422843cd4d..8ae30b4b48a8 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("vydra speech provider", () => {
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(
         new Response(
           JSON.stringify({
-            audioUrl: "https://cdn.vydra.ai/generated/test.mp3",
+            audioUrl: "https://www.vydra.ai/generated/test.mp3",
           }),
           {
             status: 200,
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ describe("vydra speech provider", () => {
     );
     const headers = new Headers(init.headers);
     expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer vydra-test-key");
+    const [, downloadInit] = fetchMock.mock.calls[1] as [string, RequestInit];
+    expect(new Headers(downloadInit.headers).get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer vydra-test-key");
     expect(result.outputFormat).toBe("mp3");
     expect(result.fileExtension).toBe(".mp3");
     expect(result.audioBuffer).toEqual(Buffer.from("mp3-data"));
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.ts b/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.ts
index bc24b856d0ad..0ad1c33468c0 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/speech-provider.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ export function buildVydraSpeechProvider(): SpeechProviderPlugin {
           timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
           fetchFn,
           maxBytes: resolveVydraGeneratedMediaMaxBytes({ cfg: req.cfg, kind: "audio" }),
+          requestPolicy: {
+            allowPrivateNetwork,
+            dispatcherPolicy,
+            headers,
+            headerOrigin: new URL(baseUrl).origin,
+          },
         });
         return {
           audioBuffer: audio.buffer,
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.test.ts b/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.test.ts
index beebda92a9b8..f788290638e9 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Vydra tests cover video generation provider plugin behavior.
+import * as providerHttp from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-http";
 import { expectExplicitVideoGenerationCapabilities } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-test-contracts";
 import { installPinnedHostnameTestHooks } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-media-understanding";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
@@ -80,6 +81,72 @@ describe("vydra video-generation provider", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("carries configured request policy through video submit, poll, and download", async () => {
+    stubVydraApiKey();
+    const postJsonRequestSpy = vi.spyOn(providerHttp, "postJsonRequest");
+    const pollProviderOperationJsonSpy = vi.spyOn(providerHttp, "pollProviderOperationJson");
+    const fetchWithTimeoutGuardedSpy = vi.spyOn(providerHttp, "fetchWithTimeoutGuarded");
+    const fetchMock = stubFetch(
+      jsonResponse({ jobId: "job-policy", status: "processing" }),
+      jsonResponse({
+        jobId: "job-policy",
+        status: "completed",
+        videoUrl: "https://198.18.0.10/generated/policy.mp4",
+      }),
+      binaryResponse("mp4-data", "video/mp4"),
+    );
+
+    const provider = buildVydraVideoGenerationProvider();
+    await provider.generateVideo({
+      provider: "vydra",
+      model: "veo3",
+      prompt: "policy proof",
+      cfg: {
+        models: {
+          providers: {
+            vydra: {
+              baseUrl: "https://198.18.0.10/api/v1",
+              models: [],
+              request: {
+                allowPrivateNetwork: true,
+                headers: { "X-Vydra-Policy": "video-policy" },
+                proxy: { mode: "env-proxy" },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const submitRequest = postJsonRequestSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    expect(submitRequest?.allowPrivateNetwork).toBe(true);
+    expect(submitRequest?.dispatcherPolicy).toMatchObject({ mode: "env-proxy" });
+    expect(submitRequest?.headers.get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("video-policy");
+
+    const pollRequest = pollProviderOperationJsonSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    expect(pollRequest?.allowPrivateNetwork).toBe(true);
+    expect(pollRequest?.dispatcherPolicy).toBe(submitRequest?.dispatcherPolicy);
+    const pollHeaders = new Headers(
+      typeof pollRequest?.headers === "function" ? pollRequest.headers() : pollRequest?.headers,
+    );
+    expect(pollHeaders.get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("video-policy");
+
+    const downloadRequest = fetchWithTimeoutGuardedSpy.mock.calls.find(
+      ([url]) => url === "https://198.18.0.10/generated/policy.mp4",
+    );
+    expect(downloadRequest?.[4]).toMatchObject({
+      ssrfPolicy: { allowPrivateNetwork: true },
+      dispatcherPolicy: submitRequest?.dispatcherPolicy,
+      auditContext: "vydra-media-download",
+    });
+
+    for (const index of [0, 1, 2]) {
+      const headers = new Headers((fetchCall(fetchMock, index)[1] as RequestInit).headers);
+      expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer vydra-test-key");
+      expect(headers.get("x-vydra-policy")).toBe("video-policy");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("rejects generated video downloads that exceed the configured media cap", async () => {
     stubVydraApiKey();
     stubFetch(
diff --git a/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.ts b/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.ts
index 02310b558b0a..01bdaab0b1c6 100644
--- a/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/vydra/video-generation-provider.ts
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ export function buildVydraVideoGenerationProvider(): VideoGenerationProvider {
         throw new Error("Vydra video generation does not support video reference inputs.");
       }
 
-      const { fetchFn, baseUrl, allowPrivateNetwork, headers, dispatcherPolicy } =
-        await resolveVydraRequestContext({
-          cfg: req.cfg,
-          agentDir: req.agentDir,
-          authStore: req.authStore,
-          capability: "video",
-        });
+      const { fetchFn, baseUrl, requestPolicy } = await resolveVydraRequestContext({
+        cfg: req.cfg,
+        agentDir: req.agentDir,
+        authStore: req.authStore,
+        capability: "video",
+      });
       const deadline = createProviderOperationDeadline({
         timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_VYDRA_VIDEO_TIMEOUT_MS,
         label: "Vydra video generation",
@@ -99,15 +98,15 @@ export function buildVydraVideoGenerationProvider(): VideoGenerationProvider {
       const { model, body } = resolveVydraVideoRequestBody(req);
       const { response, release } = await postJsonRequest({
         url: `${baseUrl}/models/${model}`,
-        headers,
+        headers: requestPolicy.headers,
         body,
         timeoutMs: resolveProviderOperationTimeoutMs({
           deadline,
           defaultTimeoutMs: DEFAULT_VYDRA_VIDEO_TIMEOUT_MS,
         }),
         fetchFn,
-        allowPrivateNetwork,
-        dispatcherPolicy,
+        allowPrivateNetwork: requestPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork,
+        dispatcherPolicy: requestPolicy.dispatcherPolicy,
       });
 
       try {
@@ -119,11 +118,11 @@ export function buildVydraVideoGenerationProvider(): VideoGenerationProvider {
         const completedPayload = await resolveCompletedVydraPayload({
           submitted,
           baseUrl,
-          headers,
           deadline,
           fetchFn,
           kind: "video",
           missingJobIdMessage: "Vydra video generation response missing job id",
+          requestPolicy,
         });
         const videoUrl = extractVydraResultUrls(completedPayload, "video")[0];
         if (!videoUrl) {
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@ export function buildVydraVideoGenerationProvider(): VideoGenerationProvider {
           }),
           fetchFn,
           maxBytes: resolveVydraGeneratedMediaMaxBytes({ cfg: req.cfg, kind: "video" }),
+          requestPolicy,
         });
         return {
           videos: [