[eric] free-trial: arm gate ignores our own managed Claude node (trial no longer self-clears on relaunch)

backend/apps/subscription/free_trial.py

@@ -100,12 +100,21 @@ async def _has_connected_subscription() -> bool:
     connections live in 9Router, not settings, so the sync check above misses
     them; this catches a sub connected while the trial was armed."""
     try:
-        from backend.apps.nine_router import is_running as _9r_running, get_providers as _9r_providers
+        from backend.apps.nine_router import (
+            is_running as _9r_running,
+            get_providers as _9r_providers,
+            NINE_ROUTER_CLAUDE_PRO_NAME,
+        )
         if not _9r_running():
             return False
         conns = await _9r_providers()
+        # Exclude our OWN managed node: the free trial registers itself as a `claude`
+        # connection here, and counting it would make the trial think a real model is
+        # connected and clear itself on the next boot (works once, dead on relaunch).
         return any(
-            c.get("isActive") and c.get("provider") in ("claude", "codex", "gemini-cli")
+            c.get("isActive")
+            and c.get("provider") in ("claude", "codex", "gemini-cli")
+            and c.get("name") != NINE_ROUTER_CLAUDE_PRO_NAME
             for c in conns
         )
     except Exception: