diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.test.tsx
index d167c042ce6bb..2231f39c761d6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.test.tsx
@@ -62,18 +62,19 @@ describe('onboarding Picker', () => {
 
     expect(screen.getByText('Nous Portal')).toBeTruthy()
     expect(screen.getByText('Recommended')).toBeTruthy()
-    // Fireworks is the always-visible #2 slot (after Nous), even while OAuth
-    // alternatives stay collapsed behind the disclosure.
-    expect(screen.getByText('Fireworks AI')).toBeTruthy()
+    // Fireworks stays behind the disclosure with the other alternatives; only
+    // Nous Portal is visible before the user expands the list.
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Fireworks AI')).toBeNull()
     expect(screen.queryByText('Anthropic API Key')).toBeNull()
 
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Other providers' }))
 
+    expect(screen.getByText('Fireworks AI')).toBeTruthy()
     expect(screen.getByText('Anthropic API Key')).toBeTruthy()
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse' })).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
-  it('shows Fireworks in slot #2 ahead of other OAuth providers', () => {
+  it('shows Fireworks first in the expanded list, ahead of other OAuth providers', () => {
     setProviders([
       provider('openai-codex', 'OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT'),
       provider('minimax-oauth', 'MiniMax'),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
index 6fb2adfd85662..3b44c4cba057b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -467,19 +467,22 @@ export function Picker({ ctx }: { ctx: OnboardingContext }) {
   const select = (p: OAuthProvider) => void startProviderOAuth(p, ctx)
   const featured = ordered.find(p => p.id === FEATURED_ID) ?? null
   const rest = featured ? ordered.filter(p => p.id !== FEATURED_ID) : ordered
-  // Collapse the secondary providers behind a disclosure only when Nous
-  // Portal is present to anchor the choice — otherwise show the full list.
-  const collapsible = Boolean(featured) && rest.length > 0
+  // Collapse the secondary providers behind a disclosure whenever Nous Portal
+  // is present to anchor the choice — otherwise show the full list. The
+  // Fireworks/OpenRouter key rows always live behind the disclosure, so the
+  // toggle is warranted even when there are no other OAuth providers.
+  const collapsible = Boolean(featured)
   const showRest = !collapsible || showAll
 
   return (
     <div className="grid gap-2">
       <div className="grid max-h-[60dvh] gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-1">
         {featured ? <FeaturedProviderRow onSelect={select} provider={featured} /> : null}
-        {/* Slot #2 — always visible, matching CANONICAL_PROVIDERS (Nous → Fireworks). */}
-        <FireworksProviderRow onClick={() => openKeyForm('FIREWORKS_API_KEY')} />
         {showRest ? (
           <>
+            {/* Fireworks leads the expanded list, matching CANONICAL_PROVIDERS
+                (Nous → Fireworks), but stays hidden until the user opens it. */}
+            <FireworksProviderRow onClick={() => openKeyForm('FIREWORKS_API_KEY')} />
             {rest.map(p => (
               <ProviderRow key={p.id} onSelect={select} provider={p} />
             ))}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/providers.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/providers.tsx
index f02226b7c9e41..e35b7ab3cb7d2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/providers.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/providers.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function ConnectedTag() {
 const PROVIDER_ROW_CLASS =
   'group flex w-full items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-[6px] px-3 py-2.5 text-left transition-colors hover:bg-(--ui-control-hover-background)'
 
-/** Quick-key row for API-key providers (Fireworks #2 after Nous, OpenRouter further down). */
+/** Quick-key row for API-key providers (Fireworks leads the expanded list after Nous, OpenRouter further down). */
 export function KeyProviderRow({ onClick, pitch, title }: { onClick: () => void; pitch: string; title: string }) {
   return (
     <RowButton className={PROVIDER_ROW_CLASS} onClick={onClick}>