diff --git a/tests/run_agent/test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py b/tests/run_agent/test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py
index 9ef8e3dcd..9bd4ab929 100644
--- a/tests/run_agent/test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py
+++ b/tests/run_agent/test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import httpx
 
-from run_agent import AIAgent, _get_proxy_from_env
+from run_agent import AIAgent, _get_proxy_from_env, _get_proxy_for_base_url
 
 
 def _make_agent():
@@ -143,3 +143,78 @@ def test_create_openai_client_no_proxy_when_env_unset(mock_openai, monkeypatch):
         "pools were %r" % (pool_types,)
     )
     http_client.close()
+
+
+def test_get_proxy_for_base_url_returns_none_when_host_bypassed(monkeypatch):
+    """NO_PROXY must suppress the proxy for matching base_urls.
+
+    Regression for #14966: users running a local inference endpoint
+    (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp) with a global HTTPS_PROXY would see
+    the keepalive client route loopback traffic through the proxy, which
+    typically answers 502 for local hosts. NO_PROXY should opt those
+    hosts out via stdlib ``urllib.request.proxy_bypass_environment``.
+    """
+    for key in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY",
+                "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy",
+                "NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HTTPS_PROXY", "http://127.0.0.1:7897")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NO_PROXY", "localhost,127.0.0.1,192.168.0.0/16")
+
+    # Local endpoint — must bypass the proxy.
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1") is None
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("http://localhost:1234/v1") is None
+
+    # Non-local endpoint — proxy still applies.
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("https://api.openai.com/v1") == "http://127.0.0.1:7897"
+
+
+def test_get_proxy_for_base_url_returns_proxy_when_no_proxy_unset(monkeypatch):
+    for key in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY",
+                "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy",
+                "NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HTTPS_PROXY", "http://corp:8080")
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1") == "http://corp:8080"
+
+
+def test_get_proxy_for_base_url_returns_none_when_proxy_unset(monkeypatch):
+    for key in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY",
+                "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy",
+                "NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NO_PROXY", "localhost,127.0.0.1")
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1") is None
+    assert _get_proxy_for_base_url("https://api.openai.com/v1") is None
+
+
+@patch("run_agent.OpenAI")
+def test_create_openai_client_bypasses_proxy_for_no_proxy_host(mock_openai, monkeypatch):
+    """E2E: with HTTPS_PROXY + NO_PROXY=localhost, a local base_url gets a
+    keepalive client with NO HTTPProxy mount."""
+    for key in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY",
+                "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy",
+                "NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HTTPS_PROXY", "http://127.0.0.1:7897")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NO_PROXY", "localhost,127.0.0.1")
+
+    agent = _make_agent()
+    kwargs = {
+        "api_key": "***",
+        "base_url": "http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1",
+    }
+    agent._create_openai_client(kwargs, reason="test", shared=False)
+
+    forwarded = mock_openai.call_args.kwargs
+    http_client = _extract_http_client(forwarded)
+    assert isinstance(http_client, httpx.Client)
+    pool_types = [
+        type(mount._pool).__name__
+        for mount in http_client._mounts.values()
+        if mount is not None and hasattr(mount, "_pool")
+    ]
+    assert "HTTPProxy" not in pool_types, (
+        "NO_PROXY host must not route through HTTPProxy; pools were %r" % (pool_types,)
+    )
+    http_client.close()