diff --git a/src/app/api/providers/route.js b/src/app/api/providers/route.js
index e4c7dc8f..f289cd25 100644
--- a/src/app/api/providers/route.js
+++ b/src/app/api/providers/route.js
@@ -122,11 +122,18 @@ export async function POST(request) {
 
     let providerSpecificData = normalizeProviderSpecificData(provider, body, body.providerSpecificData);
 
+    // Compatible/embedding nodes allow exactly one connection each. These guards were
+    // dropped accidentally during the bun:sqlite refactor (v0.4.28); restored to honor
+    // the contract locked in by tests/unit/compatible-provider-connections.test.js (#925).
     if (isOpenAICompatibleProvider(provider)) {
       const node = await getProviderNodeById(provider);
       if (!node) {
         return NextResponse.json({ error: "OpenAI Compatible node not found" }, { status: 404 });
       }
+      const existingConnections = await getProviderConnections({ provider });
+      if (existingConnections.length > 0) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Only one connection is allowed for this OpenAI Compatible node" }, { status: 400 });
+      }
       providerSpecificData = {
         prefix: node.prefix,
         apiType: node.apiType,
@@ -138,6 +145,10 @@ export async function POST(request) {
       if (!node) {
         return NextResponse.json({ error: "Anthropic Compatible node not found" }, { status: 404 });
       }
+      const existingConnections = await getProviderConnections({ provider });
+      if (existingConnections.length > 0) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Only one connection is allowed for this Anthropic Compatible node" }, { status: 400 });
+      }
       providerSpecificData = {
         prefix: node.prefix,
         baseUrl: node.baseUrl,
@@ -148,6 +159,10 @@ export async function POST(request) {
       if (!node) {
         return NextResponse.json({ error: "Custom Embedding node not found" }, { status: 404 });
       }
+      const existingConnections = await getProviderConnections({ provider });
+      if (existingConnections.length > 0) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Only one connection is allowed for this Custom Embedding node" }, { status: 400 });
+      }
       providerSpecificData = {
         prefix: node.prefix,
         baseUrl: node.baseUrl,