diff --git a/tests/test_openapi_websocket_exclusion.py b/tests/test_openapi_websocket_exclusion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d2d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_openapi_websocket_exclusion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Regression test: WebSocket routes used to show up in /openapi.json as an
+empty, spec-invalid Path Item Object ({}) -- PathItem has no "websocket"
+field, so setattr(path_item, "websocket", op) silently created a dangling
+attribute to_dict() never serialized, and the path stayed in the schema
+with no operations at all.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+
+from velocix import TestClient, Velocix
+from velocix.websocket.connection import WebSocket
+
+
+def _run(coro):
+    return asyncio.run(coro)
+
+
+def test_websocket_route_excluded_from_openapi_schema():
+    app = Velocix()
+
+    @app.get("/posts")
+    async def list_posts():
+        return {"posts": []}
+
+    @app.websocket("/ws/posts/{post_id}")
+    async def watch_post(websocket: WebSocket):
+        await websocket.accept()
+        await websocket.close()
+
+    async def scenario():
+        async with TestClient(app) as client:
+            schema = (await client.get("/openapi.json")).json()
+            paths = schema.get("paths", {})
+            assert "/posts" in paths
+            assert "get" in paths["/posts"]
+            assert "/ws/posts/{post_id}" not in paths
+
+    _run(scenario())
diff --git a/velocix/core/app.py b/velocix/core/app.py
index e26baae..0c597c4 100644
--- a/velocix/core/app.py
+++ b/velocix/core/app.py
@@ -937,6 +937,12 @@ async def openapi_handler(request: Request) -> Response:
                     # missing from the docs entirely or, once hit, showed up
                     # under the literal ID that happened to hit them first.
                     for method, path, handler, _name in self.router._registered:
+                        if method == "WEBSOCKET":
+                            # OpenAPI 3.x has no operation concept for
+                            # WebSocket routes; PathItem has no matching
+                            # field, so this always produced an empty (and
+                            # spec-invalid) {} entry.
+                            continue
                         if getattr(handler, "__route_include_in_schema__", True) is False:
                             continue
                         if path in (self.openapi_url, self.docs_url, self.redoc_url):