diff --git a/routstr/proxy.py b/routstr/proxy.py
index 681a3aeb..a2cf9492 100644
--- a/routstr/proxy.py
+++ b/routstr/proxy.py
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ _ALLOWED_ENDPOINTS: dict[str, frozenset[str]] = {
     "completions": frozenset({"POST"}),
     "responses": frozenset({"POST"}),
     "messages": frozenset({"POST"}),
+    # Anthropic token-counting subroute; the proxy's allowlist is exact, so the
+    # "messages" entry above does not carry it. Clients (Claude Code, the
+    # Anthropic SDKs) call it before every request.
+    "messages/count_tokens": frozenset({"POST"}),
     "embeddings": frozenset({"POST"}),
     # TypeSafe System One decision endpoint: POST {state, model, questions}
     # -> {answers, usage}. Non-streaming, JSON in/out; billed from the
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_proxy_path_allowlist.py b/tests/unit/test_proxy_path_allowlist.py
index 4cd1c67f..1019dbad 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_proxy_path_allowlist.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_proxy_path_allowlist.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def test_ambiguous_paths_are_rejected(path: str) -> None:
         "v1/chat/completions",
         "chat/completions",
         "v1/responses",
+        "v1/messages",
+        "v1/messages/count_tokens",
         "v1/embeddings",
         "models",
         "v1/models/gpt-4",
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ def test_known_prefix_does_not_carry_an_unknown_endpoint(path: str) -> None:
         ("completions", "POST"),
         ("v1/responses", "POST"),
         ("v1/messages", "POST"),
+        ("v1/messages/count_tokens", "POST"),
         ("v1/embeddings", "POST"),
         ("models", "GET"),
         ("attestation", "GET"),
@@ -163,6 +166,24 @@ def test_method_must_match_the_endpoint(path: str, method: str) -> None:
     assert _forwarding_allowed(path, method) is False
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path",
+    [
+        "messages/count_tokens",
+        "v1/messages/count_tokens",
+        "v1/messages/count_tokens/",
+    ],
+)
+def test_count_tokens_endpoint_stays_allowed(path: str) -> None:
+    # Regression guard: /v1/messages/count_tokens is supported end-to-end
+    # (local handler when the upstream lacks native Anthropic support, plain
+    # forward otherwise), but the exact-match allowlist once omitted it, so
+    # Claude Code and the Anthropic SDKs were 404'd on every request. It must
+    # always be reachable, on POST only.
+    assert _forwarding_allowed(path, "POST") is True
+    assert _forwarding_allowed(path, "GET") is False
+
+
 def test_operator_additions_are_parsed_per_endpoint() -> None:
     parsed = _parse_extra_allowed_endpoints("POST:v1/rerank, GET:batches ,post:audio/x")
     assert parsed == {