diff --git a/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js b/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
index 7c340ace8..98cdd8f00 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import process from 'node:process';
 import util from 'node:util';
-import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 import express from 'express';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import {
     webTokenizers,
     getWebTokenizer,
 } from '../tokenizers.js';
+import { getVertexAIAuth } from '../google.js';
 
 const API_OPENAI = 'https://api.openai.com/v1';
 const API_CLAUDE = 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1';
@@ -61,123 +61,11 @@ const API_DEEPSEEK = 'https://api.deepseek.com/beta';
 const API_XAI = 'https://api.x.ai/v1';
 const API_POLLINATIONS = 'https://text.pollinations.ai/openai';
 
-/**
- * Generates a JWT token for Google Cloud authentication using service account credentials.
- * @param {object} serviceAccount Service account JSON object
- * @returns {Promise<string>} JWT token
- */
-async function generateJWTToken(serviceAccount) {
-    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-    const expiry = now + 3600; // 1 hour
 
-    const header = {
-        alg: 'RS256',
-        typ: 'JWT',
-    };
 
-    const payload = {
-        iss: serviceAccount.client_email,
-        scope: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
-        aud: 'https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token',
-        iat: now,
-        exp: expiry,
-    };
 
-    const headerBase64 = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(header)).toString('base64url');
-    const payloadBase64 = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(payload)).toString('base64url');
-    const signatureInput = `${headerBase64}.${payloadBase64}`;
 
-    // Create signature using private key
-    const sign = crypto.createSign('RSA-SHA256');
-    sign.update(signatureInput);
-    const signature = sign.sign(serviceAccount.private_key, 'base64url');
 
-    return `${signatureInput}.${signature}`;
-}
-
-/**
- * Gets an access token from Google OAuth2 using JWT assertion.
- * @param {string} jwtToken JWT token
- * @returns {Promise<string>} Access token
- */
-async function getAccessToken(jwtToken) {
-    const response = await fetch('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
-        },
-        body: new URLSearchParams({
-            grant_type: 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer',
-            assertion: jwtToken,
-        }),
-    });
-
-    if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error(`Failed to get access token: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
-    }
-
-    const data = await response.json();
-    return data.access_token;
-}
-
-/**
- * Gets authentication for Vertex AI - either API key or service account token.
- * @param {object} request Express request
- * @returns {Promise<{authHeader: string, authType: string}>} Authentication header and type
- */
-async function getVertexAIAuth(request) {
-    // Get the authentication mode from frontend
-    const authMode = request.body.vertexai_auth_mode || 'express';
-
-    // Check if using reverse proxy
-    if (request.body.reverse_proxy) {
-        return {
-            authHeader: `Bearer ${request.body.proxy_password}`,
-            authType: 'proxy',
-        };
-    }
-
-    if (authMode === 'express') {
-        // Express mode: use API key
-        const apiKey = readSecret(request.user.directories, SECRET_KEYS.VERTEXAI);
-        if (apiKey) {
-            return {
-                authHeader: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
-                authType: 'express',
-            };
-        }
-        throw new Error('API key is required for Vertex AI Express mode');
-    } else if (authMode === 'full') {
-        // Full mode: use service account JSON
-        // First try to read from backend secret storage
-        let serviceAccountJson = readSecret(request.user.directories, SECRET_KEYS.VERTEXAI_SERVICE_ACCOUNT);
-
-        // If not found in secrets, fall back to request body (for backward compatibility)
-        if (!serviceAccountJson) {
-            serviceAccountJson = request.body.vertexai_service_account_json;
-        }
-
-        if (serviceAccountJson) {
-            try {
-                const serviceAccount = JSON.parse(serviceAccountJson);
-
-                const jwtToken = await generateJWTToken(serviceAccount);
-                const accessToken = await getAccessToken(jwtToken);
-
-                return {
-                    authHeader: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
-                    authType: 'full',
-                };
-            } catch (error) {
-                console.error('Failed to authenticate with service account:', error);
-                throw new Error(`Service account authentication failed: ${error.message}`);
-            }
-        }
-        throw new Error('Service Account JSON is required for Vertex AI Full mode');
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Unsupported Vertex AI authentication mode: ${authMode}`);
-}
 
 /**
  * Applies a post-processing step to the generated messages.
diff --git a/src/endpoints/google.js b/src/endpoints/google.js
index a42e15af7..eb32faa61 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/google.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/google.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const API_MAKERSUITE = 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com';
 const API_VERTEX_AI = 'https://us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com';
 
 // Vertex AI authentication helper functions
-async function getVertexAIAuth(request) {
+export async function getVertexAIAuth(request) {
     const authMode = request.body.vertexai_auth_mode || 'express';
 
     if (request.body.reverse_proxy) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function getVertexAIAuth(request) {
  * @param {object} serviceAccount Service account JSON object
  * @returns {Promise<string>} JWT token
  */
-async function generateJWTToken(serviceAccount) {
+export async function generateJWTToken(serviceAccount) {
     const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
     const expiry = now + 3600; // 1 hour
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function generateJWTToken(serviceAccount) {
     return `${signatureInput}.${signature}`;
 }
 
-async function getAccessToken(jwtToken) {
+export async function getAccessToken(jwtToken) {
     const response = await fetch('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token', {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },