diff --git a/backend/internal/service/grok_media.go b/backend/internal/service/grok_media.go
index 8827f2d00..2ce2bc802 100644
--- a/backend/internal/service/grok_media.go
+++ b/backend/internal/service/grok_media.go
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func (s *OpenAIGatewayService) forwardGrokMediaVideoContent(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	contentURL, err := grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL(statusBody)
+	contentURL, err := grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL(statusBody, requestID)
 	if err != nil {
 		SetOpsLatencyMs(c, OpsUpstreamLatencyMsKey, time.Since(upstreamStart).Milliseconds())
 		return nil, err
@@ -575,11 +575,18 @@ func (s *OpenAIGatewayService) forwardGrokMediaVideoContent(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL(body []byte) (string, error) {
+func grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL(body []byte, requestID string) (string, error) {
 	rawURL := strings.TrimSpace(gjson.GetBytes(body, "video.url").String())
 	if rawURL == "" {
 		return "", nil
 	}
+	// An upstream Sub2API rewrites protected content URLs to its own proxy
+	// endpoint. Treat that as an authenticated relay path, not as a signed URL;
+	// the caller will rebuild it against the configured account base URL and
+	// attach the upstream API key.
+	if isGrokMediaVideoContentURL(rawURL, requestID) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
 	if err != nil || !strings.EqualFold(parsed.Scheme, "https") ||
 		!strings.EqualFold(parsed.Hostname(), "vidgen.x.ai") ||
diff --git a/backend/internal/service/grok_media_content_test.go b/backend/internal/service/grok_media_content_test.go
index ba6b1d0ff..62f058a00 100644
--- a/backend/internal/service/grok_media_content_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/service/grok_media_content_test.go
@@ -220,6 +220,40 @@ func TestForwardGrokMediaContentFetchesValidatedSignedURLWithoutCredentials(t *t
 	require.True(t, HTTPUpstreamRedirectsDisabled(upstream.requests[1].Context()))
 }
 
+func TestForwardGrokMediaContentFollowsAuthenticatedSub2APIRelay(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, statusURL := range []string{
+		`/v1/videos/task-1/content`,
+		`https://relay.example/v1/videos/task-1/content`,
+	} {
+		t.Run(statusURL, func(t *testing.T) {
+			upstream := &grokMediaContentUpstreamStub{
+				responses: []*http.Response{
+					grokMediaContentStatusResponse(`{"status":"completed","video":{"url":"` + statusURL + `"}}`),
+					{
+						StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+						Header:     http.Header{"Content-Type": []string{"video/mp4"}},
+						Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("video-payload")),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			svc := &OpenAIGatewayService{cfg: &config.Config{}, httpUpstream: upstream}
+			c, recorder := grokMediaContentTestContext(http.MethodGet, "https://api.example/v1/videos/task-1/content", nil)
+
+			_, err := svc.ForwardGrokMedia(
+				context.Background(), c, grokMediaContentTestAccount(),
+				GrokMediaEndpointVideoContent, "task-1", nil, "",
+			)
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, recorder.Code)
+			require.Equal(t, "video-payload", recorder.Body.String())
+			require.Len(t, upstream.requests, 2)
+			require.Equal(t, "https://relay.example/v1/videos/task-1/content", upstream.requests[1].URL.String())
+			require.Equal(t, "Bearer upstream-key", upstream.requests[1].Header.Get("Authorization"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestForwardGrokMediaContentRejectsUntrustedSignedURL(t *testing.T) {
 	upstream := &grokMediaContentUpstreamStub{
 		responses: []*http.Response{
@@ -246,12 +280,21 @@ func TestGrokMediaSignedVideoContentURLRejectsDeceptiveOrigins(t *testing.T) {
 		"http://vidgen.x.ai/video.mp4",
 	} {
 		t.Run(rawURL, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL([]byte(`{"video":{"url":"` + rawURL + `"}}`))
+			_, err := grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL([]byte(`{"video":{"url":"`+rawURL+`"}}`), "task-1")
 			require.ErrorContains(t, err, "unsupported video content URL")
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGrokMediaSignedVideoContentURLRejectsDifferentRelayTask(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := grokMediaSignedVideoContentURL(
+		[]byte(`{"video":{"url":"/v1/videos/task-2/content"}}`),
+		"task-1",
+	)
+
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "unsupported video content URL")
+}
+
 func TestForwardGrokVideoStatusRewritesOnlyProtectedContentURL(t *testing.T) {
 	statusBody := `{"id":"task-1","status":"completed","url":"https://relay.example/v1/videos/task-1/content","download_url":"/v1/videos/task-1/content","video_url":"https://vidgen.x.ai/task-1.mp4","counter":9007199254740993}`
 	upstream := &grokMediaContentUpstreamStub{