diff --git a/src/plugin/chat-headers.test.ts b/src/plugin/chat-headers.test.ts
index f2858605d..35de5e006 100644
--- a/src/plugin/chat-headers.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugin/chat-headers.test.ts
@@ -106,4 +106,41 @@ describe("createChatHeadersHandler", () => {
 
     expect(output.headers["x-initiator"]).toBeUndefined()
   })
+
+  test("skips x-initiator override when model uses @ai-sdk/github-copilot", async () => {
+    const handler = createChatHeadersHandler({
+      ctx: {
+        client: {
+          session: {
+            message: async () => ({
+              data: {
+                parts: [
+                  {
+                    type: "text",
+                    text: `notification\n${OMO_INTERNAL_INITIATOR_MARKER}`,
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      } as never,
+    })
+    const output: { headers: Record<string, string> } = { headers: {} }
+
+    await handler(
+      {
+        sessionID: "ses_4",
+        provider: { id: "github-copilot" },
+        model: { api: { npm: "@ai-sdk/github-copilot" } },
+        message: {
+          id: "msg_4",
+          role: "user",
+        },
+      },
+      output,
+    )
+
+    expect(output.headers["x-initiator"]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/plugin/chat-headers.ts b/src/plugin/chat-headers.ts
index 044ccaf28..9945ac1f1 100644
--- a/src/plugin/chat-headers.ts
+++ b/src/plugin/chat-headers.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ export function createChatHeadersHandler(args: { ctx: PluginContext }): (input:
     if (!isChatHeadersOutput(output)) return
 
     if (!isCopilotProvider(normalizedInput.provider.id)) return
+
+    // Do not override x-initiator when @ai-sdk/github-copilot is active.
+    // OpenCode's copilot fetch wrapper already sets x-initiator based on
+    // the actual request body content. Overriding it here causes a mismatch
+    // that the Copilot API rejects with "invalid initiator".
+    const model = isRecord(input) && isRecord((input as Record<string, unknown>).model)
+      ? (input as Record<string, unknown>).model as Record<string, unknown>
+      : undefined
+    const api = model && isRecord(model.api) ? model.api as Record<string, unknown> : undefined
+    if (api?.npm === "@ai-sdk/github-copilot") return
+
     if (!(await isOmoInternalMessage(normalizedInput, ctx.client))) return
 
     output.headers["x-initiator"] = "agent"