diff --git a/controller/model_pricing_conversion_endpoints_test.go b/controller/model_pricing_conversion_endpoints_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9d895227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/model_pricing_conversion_endpoints_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/common"
+	"github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/model"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// Model metadata may declare endpoints either as a type array or as a path map.
+// Conversion must understand both; reading only the map form made every model
+// with array-form metadata look like a broken routing configuration.
+func TestModelPricingConversionAcceptsDeclaredEndpointArray(t *testing.T) {
+	db := modelManagementDB(t, "sqlite", "")
+	previousQuota := common.QuotaPerUnit
+	common.QuotaPerUnit = 500000
+	t.Cleanup(func() { common.QuotaPerUnit = previousQuota })
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name        string
+		endpoints   string
+		draft       model.PricingValues
+		wantImageCt bool
+	}{
+		{"array-endpoints-image", `["image-generation","openai"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelRatio": 1.7875, "CompletionRatio": 6, "ImageRatio": 1.6}, false},
+		{"array-endpoints-image-fixed", `["image-generation","openai"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelPrice": 1}, true},
+		{"array-endpoints-gemini", `["gemini","openai"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelRatio": 0.10725, "CompletionRatio": 100}, false},
+		{"array-endpoints-gemini-cache", `["gemini","openai"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelRatio": 0.715, "CompletionRatio": 60, "CacheRatio": 0.1}, false},
+		{"array-endpoints-openai-response", `["openai","openai-response","openai-response-compact","gemini"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelRatio": 0.17875, "CompletionRatio": 120}, false},
+		{"map-endpoints-image", `{"image-generation": {"path": "/v1/images/generations", "method": "POST"}}`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelPrice": 1}, true},
+		// Endpoint names must be trimmed before the switch matches them: a
+		// padded name would otherwise match nothing and silently downgrade a
+		// fixed-price image model to per-request billing.
+		{"array-endpoints-image-padded", `[" image-generation ","openai"]`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelPrice": 1}, true},
+		{"map-endpoints-image-padded", `{"image-generation ": {"path": "/v1/images/generations", "method": "POST"}}`,
+			model.PricingValues{"ModelPrice": 1}, true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.NoError(t, db.Create(&model.Model{
+				ModelName: tc.name, Endpoints: tc.endpoints, Status: 1, NameRule: model.NameRuleExact,
+			}).Error)
+			var response struct {
+				Success bool
+				Data    model.ModelPricingConversion
+			}
+			modelManagementRequest(t, PreviewModelPricingConversion, http.MethodPost,
+				"/api/option/model_pricing/convert",
+				map[string]any{"model_name": tc.name, "pricing": tc.draft}, &response)
+			require.True(t, response.Success)
+			t.Logf("PROBE %-34s expression=%q unsupported=%q image_count=%v",
+				tc.name, response.Data.Expression, response.Data.UnsupportedReason,
+				response.Data.BillingDetails.ImageCount)
+			require.Empty(t, response.Data.UnsupportedReason)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, response.Data.Expression)
+			// Declared endpoint types must actually reach the endpoint switch;
+			// an array of names read as array indices would silently skip it.
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantImageCt, response.Data.BillingDetails.ImageCount,
+				"declared image-generation endpoint must drive image-count billing")
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/model/model_pricing_conversion.go b/model/model_pricing_conversion.go
index 8cbeb19ac..bde0e473d 100644
--- a/model/model_pricing_conversion.go
+++ b/model/model_pricing_conversion.go
@@ -141,6 +141,51 @@ func ResolveCacheWriteMode(name string, configured PricingValues) CacheWriteMode
 	return CacheWriteNone
 }
 
+// declaredEndpointNames resolves the endpoint types declared by one model
+// metadata row. Model metadata accepts two shapes — the map form (custom paths)
+// and the type-array form (declared protocols) — and conversion must honour
+// both. Reading only the map form made array-form metadata look like a broken
+// routing configuration and blocked an otherwise convertible model.
+func declaredEndpointNames(raw string) ([]string, error) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(raw) == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	var value any
+	if err := common.UnmarshalJsonStr(raw, &value); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Normalize whitespace here: the callers match these names against the
+	// endpoint switch, so a padded value such as "image-generation " would
+	// silently fall through and drop the image-count settlement rule.
+	switch endpoints := value.(type) {
+	case []any:
+		names := make([]string, 0, len(endpoints))
+		for _, endpoint := range endpoints {
+			text, ok := endpoint.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, errors.New("invalid endpoint type")
+			}
+			text = strings.TrimSpace(text)
+			if text == "" {
+				return nil, errors.New("invalid endpoint type")
+			}
+			names = append(names, text)
+		}
+		return names, nil
+	case map[string]any:
+		names := make([]string, 0, len(endpoints))
+		for endpoint := range endpoints {
+			endpoint = strings.TrimSpace(endpoint)
+			if endpoint == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			names = append(names, endpoint)
+		}
+		return names, nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("invalid endpoints")
+}
+
 func PreviewModelPricingConversion(name string, draft PricingValues) (*ModelPricingConversion, error) {
 	if draft == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("pricing draft is required")
@@ -249,11 +294,11 @@ func PreviewModelPricingConversion(name string, draft PricingValues) (*ModelPric
 		if entry.Endpoints == "" || !slices.ContainsFunc(names, entry.MatchesName) {
 			continue
 		}
-		var endpoints map[string]any
-		if err := common.UnmarshalJsonStr(entry.Endpoints, &endpoints); err != nil {
+		endpoints, err := declaredEndpointNames(entry.Endpoints)
+		if err != nil {
 			return &ModelPricingConversion{UnsupportedReason: "The model routing configuration could not be verified."}, nil
 		}
-		for endpoint := range endpoints {
+		for _, endpoint := range endpoints {
 			switch constant.EndpointType(endpoint) {
 			case constant.EndpointTypeImageGeneration:
 				if fixedPrice {