diff --git a/sdk/api/handlers/handlers.go b/sdk/api/handlers/handlers.go
index 6734d500..49e73d46 100644
--- a/sdk/api/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/sdk/api/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ func requestExecutionMetadata(ctx context.Context) map[string]any {
 			key = strings.TrimSpace(ginCtx.GetHeader("Idempotency-Key"))
 		}
 	}
-	if key == "" {
-		return make(map[string]any)
-	}
 
-	meta := map[string]any{idempotencyKeyMetadataKey: key}
+	meta := make(map[string]any)
+	if key != "" {
+		meta[idempotencyKeyMetadataKey] = key
+	}
 	if pinnedAuthID := pinnedAuthIDFromContext(ctx); pinnedAuthID != "" {
 		meta[coreexecutor.PinnedAuthMetadataKey] = pinnedAuthID
 	}
diff --git a/sdk/api/handlers/handlers_metadata_test.go b/sdk/api/handlers/handlers_metadata_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99af872d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/api/handlers/handlers_metadata_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	coreexecutor "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/sdk/cliproxy/executor"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+func TestRequestExecutionMetadataIncludesExecutionSessionWithoutIdempotencyKey(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := WithExecutionSessionID(context.Background(), "session-1")
+
+	meta := requestExecutionMetadata(ctx)
+	if got := meta[coreexecutor.ExecutionSessionMetadataKey]; got != "session-1" {
+		t.Fatalf("ExecutionSessionMetadataKey = %v, want %q", got, "session-1")
+	}
+	if _, ok := meta[idempotencyKeyMetadataKey]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected idempotency key in metadata: %v", meta[idempotencyKeyMetadataKey])
+	}
+}