diff --git a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
index 0279e53cd66..b93dcf66171 100644
--- a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
+++ b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
@@ -293,22 +293,18 @@ def _dispatch_nonstreaming_api_request(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, make_client):
 
 
 def should_use_direct_api_call(agent) -> bool:
-    """True when the LLM call must run inline instead of on the interrupt worker.
+    """Whether a cron OpenAI-wire request should skip the interrupt worker.
 
-    ``interruptible_api_call`` / ``interruptible_streaming_api_call`` run every
-    request on a spawned daemon worker so the conversation loop can poll for an
-    interactive interrupt during the blocking HTTP round-trip. Cron jobs execute
-    their turn inside the gateway's *nested* thread pools (cron-scheduler →
-    parallel/sequential pool → per-job pool → ``run_conversation``); stacking the
-    interrupt worker on top of that wedges before the socket even opens on the
-    2nd+ call of a tool-using turn (#62151), while the identical job runs fine
-    via ``hermes cron tick`` (foreground, no nested gateway pools). Cron has no
-    interactive interrupt surface — its only stop signal is the scheduler's
-    inactivity watchdog, which fires from the outer thread — so running inline
-    removes the deadlock class without giving anything up. This predicate is the
-    single extension point for any future non-interactive, nested-pool context.
+    Issue #62151 is specific to OpenRouter's chat-completions path inside the
+    gateway cron thread stack. Keep native/Codex/Bedrock/MoA transports on their
+    established workers: their cancellation and client ownership differ, and
+    the report provides no evidence that those paths share the pre-HTTP wedge.
     """
-    return getattr(agent, "platform", None) == "cron"
+    return (
+        getattr(agent, "platform", None) == "cron"
+        and getattr(agent, "api_mode", None) == "chat_completions"
+        and getattr(agent, "provider", None) != "moa"
+    )
 
 
 def direct_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict):
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_cron_inline_api_call_62151.py b/tests/agent/test_cron_inline_api_call_62151.py
index 11eea93ee32..44d15949082 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_cron_inline_api_call_62151.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_cron_inline_api_call_62151.py
@@ -40,12 +40,21 @@ def _make_agent(*, platform="cron"):
     return agent
 
 
-def test_should_use_direct_api_call_only_for_cron_platform():
+def test_should_use_direct_api_call_only_for_cron_openai_wire():
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="cron")) is True
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="cli")) is False
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="telegram")) is False
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform=None)) is False
 
+    for api_mode in ("codex_responses", "anthropic_messages", "bedrock_converse"):
+        agent = _make_agent(platform="cron")
+        agent.api_mode = api_mode
+        assert should_use_direct_api_call(agent) is False
+
+    moa = _make_agent(platform="cron")
+    moa.provider = "moa"
+    assert should_use_direct_api_call(moa) is False
+
 
 def test_direct_api_call_runs_inline_and_closes_client():
     agent = _make_agent()
diff --git a/tests/cron/test_cron_direct_api_call_62151.py b/tests/cron/test_cron_direct_api_call_62151.py
index 28c02a52eb2..f6c4c19d530 100644
--- a/tests/cron/test_cron_direct_api_call_62151.py
+++ b/tests/cron/test_cron_direct_api_call_62151.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def _make_agent(*, platform="cron"):
     agent = MagicMock()
     agent.platform = platform
     agent.api_mode = "chat_completions"
+    agent.provider = "openrouter"
     agent._interrupt_requested = False
     agent._touch_activity = MagicMock()
     agent._create_request_openai_client = MagicMock()
@@ -28,12 +29,21 @@ def _make_agent(*, platform="cron"):
     return agent
 
 
-def test_should_use_direct_api_call_only_for_cron_platform():
+def test_should_use_direct_api_call_only_for_cron_openai_wire():
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="cron")) is True
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="cli")) is False
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform="telegram")) is False
     assert should_use_direct_api_call(_make_agent(platform=None)) is False
 
+    for api_mode in ("codex_responses", "anthropic_messages", "bedrock_converse"):
+        agent = _make_agent(platform="cron")
+        agent.api_mode = api_mode
+        assert should_use_direct_api_call(agent) is False
+
+    moa = _make_agent(platform="cron")
+    moa.provider = "moa"
+    assert should_use_direct_api_call(moa) is False
+
 
 def test_direct_api_call_runs_two_sequential_requests_on_same_thread():
     """Mirror the 2nd+ call failure mode: two back-to-back completions.create."""