diff --git a/proxy/metrics_monitor.go b/proxy/metrics_monitor.go
index 81030826..347099a9 100644
--- a/proxy/metrics_monitor.go
+++ b/proxy/metrics_monitor.go
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ func processStreamingResponse(modelID string, start time.Time, body []byte) (Tok
 			usage := parsed.Get("usage")
 			timings := parsed.Get("timings")
 
+			// v1/responses format nests usage under response.usage
+			if !usage.Exists() {
+				usage = parsed.Get("response.usage")
+			}
+
 			if usage.Exists() || timings.Exists() {
 				return parseMetrics(modelID, start, usage, timings)
 			}
@@ -503,9 +508,9 @@ func filterAcceptEncoding(acceptEncoding string) string {
 	supported := map[string]bool{"gzip": true, "deflate": true}
 	var filtered []string
 
-	for _, part := range strings.Split(acceptEncoding, ",") {
+	for part := range strings.SplitSeq(acceptEncoding, ",") {
 		// Parse encoding and optional quality value (e.g., "gzip;q=1.0")
-		encoding := strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(part, ";")[0])
+		encoding, _, _ := strings.Cut(strings.TrimSpace(part), ";")
 		if supported[strings.ToLower(encoding)] {
 			filtered = append(filtered, strings.TrimSpace(part))
 		}
diff --git a/proxy/metrics_monitor_test.go b/proxy/metrics_monitor_test.go
index 32b6846a..3f3c9ec6 100644
--- a/proxy/metrics_monitor_test.go
+++ b/proxy/metrics_monitor_test.go
@@ -709,6 +709,35 @@ data: [DONE]
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, metrics[0].OutputTokens)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("v1/responses format with nested response.usage", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mm := newMetricsMonitor(testLogger, 10, 0)
+
+		// v1/responses SSE format: usage is nested under response.usage
+		responseBody := "event: response.completed\n" +
+			`data: {"type":"response.completed","response":{"id":"resp_abc","object":"response","created_at":1773416985,"status":"completed","model":"test-model","output":[],"usage":{"input_tokens":17,"output_tokens":23,"total_tokens":40}}}` +
+			"\n\n"
+
+		nextHandler := func(modelID string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			w.Write([]byte(responseBody))
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/responses", nil)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		ginCtx, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(rec)
+
+		err := mm.wrapHandler("test-model", ginCtx.Writer, req, nextHandler)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		metrics := mm.getMetrics()
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(metrics))
+		assert.Equal(t, "test-model", metrics[0].Model)
+		assert.Equal(t, 17, metrics[0].InputTokens)
+		assert.Equal(t, 23, metrics[0].OutputTokens)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("handles empty streaming response records minimal metrics", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mm := newMetricsMonitor(testLogger, 10, 0)