diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/translate_query_service.rb b/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/translate_query_service.rb
index bdff88150..93f68b05b 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/translate_query_service.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/translate_query_service.rb
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class Captain::Llm::TranslateQueryService < Captain::BaseTaskService
   end
 
   # Translation is an internal operation, not customer-initiated.
-  # Prefer the system key; fall back to the account's hook key for self-hosted setups without one.
-  def api_key
-    @api_key ||= system_api_key.presence || openai_hook&.settings&.dig('api_key')
+  # It should always use the installation key.
+  def llm_credential
+    @llm_credential ||= system_llm_credential
   end
 
   def query_in_target_language?(query)
diff --git a/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service.rb b/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service.rb
index e9cdc8937..aa40e8000 100644
--- a/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service.rb
+++ b/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service.rb
@@ -56,12 +56,10 @@ class Captain::ConversationCompletionService < Captain::BaseTaskService
     { complete: false, reason: reason }
   end
 
-  # Prefer the system API key over the account's OpenAI hook key.
   # This is an internal operational evaluation, not a customer-triggered feature,
-  # so it should not consume the customer's OpenAI credits on hosted platforms.
-  # Falls back to the account hook for self-hosted deployments without a system key.
-  def api_key
-    @api_key ||= system_api_key.presence || openai_hook&.settings&.dig('api_key')
+  # so it should always use the installation key.
+  def llm_credential
+    @llm_credential ||= system_llm_credential
   end
 
   def event_name
diff --git a/lib/captain/base_task_service.rb b/lib/captain/base_task_service.rb
index 60e6ac579..123377ea0 100644
--- a/lib/captain/base_task_service.rb
+++ b/lib/captain/base_task_service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class Captain::BaseTaskService
   include Integrations::LlmInstrumentation
   include Captain::ToolInstrumentation
+  include Llm::ExceptionTrackable
 
   # gpt-4o-mini supports 128,000 tokens
   # 1 token is approx 4 characters
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ class Captain::BaseTaskService
   end
 
   def execute_ruby_llm_request(model:, messages:, schema: nil, tools: [])
-    Llm::Config.with_api_key(api_key, api_base: api_base) do |context|
+    credential = llm_credential
+
+    Llm::Config.with_api_key(credential[:api_key], api_base: api_base) do |context|
       chat = build_chat(context, model: model, messages: messages, schema: schema, tools: tools)
 
       conversation_messages = messages.reject { |m| m[:role] == 'system' }
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ class Captain::BaseTaskService
       build_ruby_llm_response(chat.ask(conversation_messages.last[:content]), messages)
     end
   rescue StandardError => e
-    ChatwootExceptionTracker.new(e, account: account).capture_exception
+    capture_llm_exception(e, credential: credential)
     { error: e.message, request_messages: messages }
   end
 
@@ -147,11 +150,24 @@ class Captain::BaseTaskService
   end
 
   def api_key_configured?
-    api_key.present?
+    llm_credential.present?
   end
 
   def api_key
-    @api_key ||= openai_hook&.settings&.dig('api_key') || system_api_key
+    llm_credential&.dig(:api_key)
+  end
+
+  def llm_credential
+    @llm_credential ||= hook_llm_credential || system_llm_credential
+  end
+
+  def hook_llm_credential
+    key = openai_hook&.settings&.dig('api_key').presence
+    { api_key: key, source: :hook } if key
+  end
+
+  def system_llm_credential
+    { api_key: system_api_key, source: :system } if system_api_key.present?
   end
 
   def openai_hook
@@ -162,6 +178,10 @@ class Captain::BaseTaskService
     @system_api_key ||= InstallationConfig.find_by(name: 'CAPTAIN_OPEN_AI_API_KEY')&.value
   end
 
+  def exception_tracking_account
+    account
+  end
+
   def prompt_from_file(file_name)
     Rails.root.join('lib/integrations/openai/openai_prompts', "#{file_name}.liquid").read
   end
diff --git a/lib/integrations/llm_base_service.rb b/lib/integrations/llm_base_service.rb
index 397888b83..8410130ee 100644
--- a/lib/integrations/llm_base_service.rb
+++ b/lib/integrations/llm_base_service.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class Integrations::LlmBaseService
   include Integrations::LlmInstrumentation
+  include Llm::ExceptionTrackable
 
   # gpt-4o-mini supports 128,000 tokens
   # 1 token is approx 4 characters
@@ -100,13 +101,14 @@ class Integrations::LlmBaseService
   def execute_ruby_llm_request(parsed_body)
     messages = parsed_body['messages']
     model = parsed_body['model']
+    credential = llm_credential
 
-    Llm::Config.with_api_key(hook.settings['api_key'], api_base: api_base) do |context|
+    Llm::Config.with_api_key(credential[:api_key], api_base: api_base) do |context|
       chat = context.chat(model: model)
       setup_chat_with_messages(chat, messages)
     end
   rescue StandardError => e
-    ChatwootExceptionTracker.new(e, account: hook.account).capture_exception
+    capture_llm_exception(e, credential: credential)
     build_error_response_from_exception(e, messages)
   end
 
@@ -164,6 +166,14 @@ class Integrations::LlmBaseService
     }
   end
 
+  def llm_credential
+    @llm_credential ||= { api_key: hook.settings['api_key'], source: :hook }
+  end
+
+  def exception_tracking_account
+    hook.account
+  end
+
   def build_error_response_from_exception(error, messages)
     { error: error.message, request_messages: messages }
   end
diff --git a/lib/llm/exception_trackable.rb b/lib/llm/exception_trackable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2bb48618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/llm/exception_trackable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Llm::ExceptionTrackable
+  private
+
+  def capture_llm_exception(error, credential:)
+    if credential && credential[:source] == :system
+      ChatwootExceptionTracker.new(error, account: exception_tracking_account).capture_exception
+    else
+      Rails.logger.error("[LLM] account=#{exception_tracking_account&.id} #{error.class}: #{error.message}")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service_spec.rb
index 58b2b2ce6..5c2000a84 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/conversation_completion_service_spec.rb
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::ConversationCompletionService do
         service.perform
       end
 
-      it 'falls back to the account hook key when no system key exists' do
+      it 'does not fall back to the account hook key when no system key exists' do
         InstallationConfig.find_by(name: 'CAPTAIN_OPEN_AI_API_KEY').update!(value: nil)
 
-        expect(Llm::Config).to receive(:with_api_key).with('customer-own-key', api_base: anything).and_yield(mock_context)
-        allow(mock_chat).to receive(:ask).and_return(
-          instance_double(RubyLLM::Message, content: { 'complete' => true, 'reason' => 'Done' }, input_tokens: 10, output_tokens: 5)
-        )
+        expect(Llm::Config).not_to receive(:with_api_key)
 
-        service.perform
+        result = service.perform
+
+        expect(result[:complete]).to be false
+        expect(result[:reason]).to eq(I18n.t('captain.api_key_missing'))
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb b/spec/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
index b3c330252..cb8a2ae2c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
@@ -258,6 +258,18 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::BaseTaskService do
       expect(result[:error]).to eq('API Error')
       expect(result[:request_messages]).to eq(messages)
     end
+
+    it 'does not track exceptions for account hook failures' do
+      create(:integrations_hook, :openai, account: account, settings: { 'api_key' => 'hook-key' })
+
+      expect(Llm::Config).to receive(:with_api_key).with('hook-key', api_base: anything).and_raise(error)
+      expect(ChatwootExceptionTracker).not_to receive(:new)
+
+      result = service.send(:make_api_call, model: model, messages: messages)
+
+      expect(result[:error]).to eq('API Error')
+      expect(result[:request_messages]).to eq(messages)
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#api_key' do
@@ -276,6 +288,16 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::BaseTaskService do
         expect(service.send(:api_key)).to eq('test-key')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when no API key is configured' do
+      before do
+        InstallationConfig.find_by(name: 'CAPTAIN_OPEN_AI_API_KEY')&.destroy
+      end
+
+      it 'returns nil' do
+        expect(service.send(:api_key)).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#prompt_from_file' do
diff --git a/spec/lib/integrations/llm_base_service_spec.rb b/spec/lib/integrations/llm_base_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc23d18ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/integrations/llm_base_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Integrations::LlmBaseService do
+  let(:account) { create(:account) }
+  let(:inbox) { create(:inbox, account: account) }
+  let(:conversation) { create(:conversation, account: account, inbox: inbox) }
+  let(:hook) { create(:integrations_hook, :openai, account: account, settings: { 'api_key' => 'hook-key' }) }
+  let(:event) { { 'name' => 'summarize', 'data' => { 'conversation_display_id' => conversation.display_id } } }
+  let(:service) { described_class.new(hook: hook, event: event) }
+  let(:error) { StandardError.new('API Error') }
+  let(:body) { { model: 'gpt-4', messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }] }.to_json }
+
+  describe '#make_api_call' do
+    before do
+      allow(service).to receive(:instrument_llm_call).and_yield
+      allow(Llm::Config).to receive(:with_api_key).and_raise(error)
+    end
+
+    it 'does not track exceptions for hook key failures' do
+      expect(ChatwootExceptionTracker).not_to receive(:new)
+
+      result = service.send(:make_api_call, body)
+
+      expect(result[:error]).to eq('API Error')
+      expect(result[:request_messages]).to eq([{ 'role' => 'user', 'content' => 'Hello' }])
+    end
+  end
+end