diff --git a/gui/.eslint/i18n-allowlist.ts b/gui/.eslint/i18n-allowlist.ts
index 83974db5a8..7332fe522d 100644
--- a/gui/.eslint/i18n-allowlist.ts
+++ b/gui/.eslint/i18n-allowlist.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ export function isTechnicalLiteral(value: string): boolean {
   if (/^ocx\b/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
   if (/^codex\b/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
 
-  // HTTP headers / auth schemes
+  // HTTP protocol / headers / auth schemes
+  if (/^HTTP$/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
   if (/^Authorization\b/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
   if (/^Bearer\b/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
   if (/^Content-Type\b/i.test(trimmed)) return true;
diff --git a/gui/src/components/provider-workspace/ProviderSettings.tsx b/gui/src/components/provider-workspace/ProviderSettings.tsx
index 26ca85fa35..873d6f0730 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/provider-workspace/ProviderSettings.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/components/provider-workspace/ProviderSettings.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useT } from "../../i18n/shared";
 import { IconLock } from "../../icons";
 import { isCatalogProviderId } from "../../provider-icons";
 import { openAiAccountProviderState } from "../../provider-payload";
+import { providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery } from "../../provider-workspace/catalog";
 import type { CatalogPreset } from "../provider-catalog/provider-presets";
 import { authModeLabel } from "./ProviderRail";
 import type { WorkspaceItem, ProviderUpdatePatch } from "./types";
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
 }) {
   const t = useT();
   const initialAuth = String(item.authMode ?? (item.keyOptional ? "local" : "key"));
+  const liveModelDiscoverySupported = providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery(item.name, item);
+  const savedLiveModels = liveModelDiscoverySupported ? item.liveModels !== false : false;
   const [adapter, setAdapter] = useState(item.adapter);
   const [baseUrl, setBaseUrl] = useState(item.baseUrl);
   const [defaultModel, setDefaultModel] = useState(item.defaultModel ?? "");
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
   const [apiKeyTransport, setApiKeyTransport] = useState(item.apiKeyTransport ?? "x-api-key");
   const [note, setNote] = useState(item.note ?? "");
   const [allowPrivateNetwork, setAllowPrivateNetwork] = useState(item.allowPrivateNetwork ?? false);
-  const [liveModels, setLiveModels] = useState(item.liveModels !== false);
+  const [liveModels, setLiveModels] = useState(savedLiveModels);
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
   const [msg, setMsg] = useState<{ ok: boolean; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [accountMode, setAccountMode] = useState<"pool" | "direct">(item.codexAccountMode ?? "pool");
@@ -63,11 +66,11 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
     setApiKeyTransport(item.apiKeyTransport ?? "x-api-key");
     setNote(item.note ?? "");
     setAllowPrivateNetwork(item.allowPrivateNetwork ?? false);
-    setLiveModels(item.liveModels !== false);
+    setLiveModels(savedLiveModels);
     setMsg(null);
     setModeMsg(null);
     queueMicrotask(() => setEndpointChoice(matchChoiceId(baseUrlChoices, item.baseUrl)));
-  }, [item.adapter, item.baseUrl, item.defaultModel, item.authMode, item.apiKeyTransport, item.keyOptional, item.note, item.allowPrivateNetwork, item.liveModels, baseUrlChoices]);
+  }, [item.adapter, item.baseUrl, item.defaultModel, item.authMode, item.apiKeyTransport, item.keyOptional, item.note, item.allowPrivateNetwork, savedLiveModels, baseUrlChoices]);
   /* eslint-enable react-hooks/set-state-in-effect */
 
   // Account mode syncs on its own: a mode PATCH refresh must not reset an in-progress
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
     || (adapter.trim() === "anthropic" && authMode === "key" && apiKeyTransport !== (item.apiKeyTransport ?? "x-api-key"))
     || note.trim() !== (item.note ?? "")
     || allowPrivateNetwork !== (item.allowPrivateNetwork ?? false)
-    || liveModels !== (item.liveModels !== false);
+    || liveModels !== savedLiveModels;
 
   useEffect(() => { onDirtyChange?.(dirty); return () => onDirtyChange?.(false); }, [dirty, onDirtyChange]);
 
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
       const patch: ProviderUpdatePatch = { adapter: adapter.trim(), baseUrl: nextBaseUrl, defaultModel: defaultModel.trim(), authMode, note: note.trim(), allowPrivateNetwork };
       // Keep omitted legacy values omitted unless the user actually changes this toggle.
       // Otherwise an unrelated settings save manufactures `liveModels: true` provenance.
-      if (liveModels !== (item.liveModels !== false)) patch.liveModels = liveModels;
+      if (liveModelDiscoverySupported && liveModels !== (item.liveModels !== false)) patch.liveModels = liveModels;
       if (supportsApiKeyTransport) patch.apiKeyTransport = apiKeyTransport;
       else if (item.apiKeyTransport !== undefined) patch.apiKeyTransport = "";
       const res = await onUpdateProvider(item.name, patch);
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
     setAdapter(item.adapter); setBaseUrl(item.baseUrl);
     setDefaultModel(item.defaultModel ?? ""); setAuthMode(initialAuth);
     setApiKeyTransport(item.apiKeyTransport ?? "x-api-key");
-    setNote(item.note ?? ""); setAllowPrivateNetwork(item.allowPrivateNetwork ?? false); setLiveModels(item.liveModels !== false); setMsg(null);
+    setNote(item.note ?? ""); setAllowPrivateNetwork(item.allowPrivateNetwork ?? false); setLiveModels(savedLiveModels); setMsg(null);
     setEndpointChoice(matchChoiceId(baseUrlChoices, item.baseUrl));
   };
 
@@ -335,7 +338,12 @@ export default function ProviderSettings({
         <span className="pwi-settings-label">{t("pws.allowPrivateNetwork")}</span>
       </label>
       <label className="pwi-settings-field" style={{ flexDirection: "row", alignItems: "flex-start", gap: 8 }}>
-        <input type="checkbox" checked={liveModels} onChange={e => setLiveModels(e.target.checked)} />
+        <input
+          type="checkbox"
+          checked={liveModels}
+          disabled={!liveModelDiscoverySupported}
+          onChange={e => setLiveModels(e.target.checked)}
+        />
         <span>
           <span className="pwi-settings-label">{t("pws.liveModels")}</span>
           <span className="muted text-label" style={{ display: "block", marginTop: 2 }}>{t("pws.liveModelsDesc")}</span>
diff --git a/gui/src/provider-workspace/catalog.ts b/gui/src/provider-workspace/catalog.ts
index 847d0ae326..fcbfac1319 100644
--- a/gui/src/provider-workspace/catalog.ts
+++ b/gui/src/provider-workspace/catalog.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ function normalizedBaseUrl(value: string): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
+const CANONICAL_PROVIDER_PROTOCOL = new URL(CODEX_FORWARD_BASE_URL).protocol;
+function providerEndpoint(host: string, ...path: string[]): string {
+  return `${CANONICAL_PROVIDER_PROTOCOL}//${host}/${path.join("/")}`;
+}
+
+const STATIC_MODEL_CATALOG_TRANSPORTS: Readonly<Record<string, { adapter: string; baseUrl: string }>> = {
+  "cline-pass": { adapter: "openai-chat", baseUrl: providerEndpoint("api.cline.bot", "api", "v1") },
+  "mimo-free": { adapter: "mimo-free", baseUrl: providerEndpoint("api.xiaomimimo.com", "api", "free-ai", "openai", "chat") },
+};
+
+/** Keep the Providers toggle aligned with the backend's canonical static-catalog boundary. */
+export function providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery(name: string, provider: WorkspaceProvider): boolean {
+  const canonical = STATIC_MODEL_CATALOG_TRANSPORTS[name];
+  if (!canonical || provider.adapter !== canonical.adapter) return true;
+  return normalizedBaseUrl(provider.baseUrl) !== normalizedBaseUrl(canonical.baseUrl);
+}
+
 /** Loopback host check shared with the provider-kind classifier (WP080a). */
 export function hasLoopbackBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): boolean {
   try {
diff --git a/gui/tests/provider-settings-live-models-provenance.test.tsx b/gui/tests/provider-settings-live-models-provenance.test.tsx
index 097780177e..f40ee8067a 100644
--- a/gui/tests/provider-settings-live-models-provenance.test.tsx
+++ b/gui/tests/provider-settings-live-models-provenance.test.tsx
@@ -115,3 +115,46 @@ test("changing an explicit false to true sends an explicit liveModels choice", a
   expect(patches[0]?.liveModels).toBe(true);
   await act(async () => { root.unmount(); });
 });
+
+test("canonical ClinePass shows the static catalog as disabled even with stale liveModels true", async () => {
+  const { root, container } = await mountSettings({
+    name: "cline-pass",
+    adapter: "openai-chat",
+    baseUrl: "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+    authMode: "key",
+    liveModels: true,
+  } as WorkspaceItem);
+  const toggles = container.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="checkbox"]');
+
+  expect(toggles[1]?.disabled).toBe(true);
+  expect(toggles[1]?.checked).toBe(false);
+  await act(async () => { root.unmount(); });
+});
+
+test("same-named custom MiMo provider keeps live discovery editable", async () => {
+  const { root, container } = await mountSettings({
+    name: "mimo-free",
+    adapter: "openai-chat",
+    baseUrl: "https://example.test/v1",
+    authMode: "key",
+    liveModels: true,
+  } as WorkspaceItem);
+  const toggles = container.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="checkbox"]');
+
+  expect(toggles[1]?.disabled).toBe(false);
+  expect(toggles[1]?.checked).toBe(true);
+  await act(async () => { root.unmount(); });
+});
+
+test("key-optional auth fallback remains local for unrelated providers", async () => {
+  const { root, container } = await mountSettings({
+    name: "custom-provider",
+    adapter: "openai-chat",
+    baseUrl: "https://example.test/v1",
+    keyOptional: true,
+  } as WorkspaceItem);
+  const selects = container.querySelectorAll<HTMLSelectElement>("select.input");
+
+  expect(selects[1]?.value).toBe("local");
+  await act(async () => { root.unmount(); });
+});
diff --git a/src/adapters/mimo-free.ts b/src/adapters/mimo-free.ts
index b02ea0d20e..a257e7d4c9 100644
--- a/src/adapters/mimo-free.ts
+++ b/src/adapters/mimo-free.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ function randomUserAgent(): string {
   return USER_AGENTS[Math.floor(Math.random() * USER_AGENTS.length)]!;
 }
 
+function isCanonicalMimoFreeEndpoint(baseUrl: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const actual = new URL(baseUrl.trim());
+    const expected = new URL(MIMO_CHAT_URL);
+    actual.pathname = actual.pathname.replace(/\/+$/, "") || "/";
+    expected.pathname = expected.pathname.replace(/\/+$/, "") || "/";
+    return actual.toString().replace(/\/$/, "") === expected.toString().replace(/\/$/, "");
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Anonymous per-install client id for the bootstrap `client` field. A random UUID
  * persisted under the config dir (OPENCODEX_HOME-aware) — deliberately NOT derived
@@ -194,6 +206,11 @@ export function injectMimoSystemMarker(body: unknown): unknown {
  * On 401/403, flushes the JWT cache and retries once via fetchResponse.
  */
 export function createMimoFreeAdapter(provider: OcxProviderConfig): ProviderAdapter {
+  if (!isCanonicalMimoFreeEndpoint(provider.baseUrl)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "The mimo-free adapter only supports the canonical Xiaomi MiMo Free endpoint. Use openai-chat for a custom endpoint.",
+    );
+  }
   const base = createOpenAIChatAdapter(provider);
   // Per-adapter session-affinity id (random, per process instance).
   const sessionId = `ses_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 26)}`;
diff --git a/src/providers/derive.ts b/src/providers/derive.ts
index 0aef212180..e43ed866b9 100644
--- a/src/providers/derive.ts
+++ b/src/providers/derive.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import type { CodexAccountMode, OcxProviderConfig } from "../types";
 import {
   PROVIDER_REGISTRY,
-  providerMatchesRegistryTransport,
   registryEntryForProviderDestination,
   type ProviderRegistryEntry,
 } from "./registry";
+import {
+  providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards,
+  registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery,
+  repairStaticModelCatalogProvider,
+} from "./static-model-discovery";
 
 export interface DerivedKeyLoginProvider {
   label: string;
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ export function applyDirectReasoningEffortContracts(
  * keep distinguishing local runtimes from API-key providers after the seed round-trip.
  */
 export function providerConfigSeed(entry: ProviderRegistryEntry): OcxProviderConfig {
+  const liveModels = registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery(entry) ? entry.liveModels : false;
   return {
     adapter: entry.adapter,
     baseUrl: entry.baseUrl,
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ export function providerConfigSeed(entry: ProviderRegistryEntry): OcxProviderCon
     ...(entry.staticHeaders ? { headers: { ...entry.staticHeaders } } : {}),
     ...(entry.defaultModel ? { defaultModel: entry.defaultModel } : {}),
     ...(entry.models ? { models: [...entry.models] } : {}),
-    ...(entry.liveModels !== undefined ? { liveModels: entry.liveModels } : {}),
+    ...(liveModels !== undefined ? { liveModels } : {}),
     ...(entry.contextWindow !== undefined ? { contextWindow: entry.contextWindow } : {}),
     ...(entry.modelContextWindows ? { modelContextWindows: { ...entry.modelContextWindows } } : {}),
     ...(entry.modelInputModalities ? { modelInputModalities: cloneRecordOfArrays(entry.modelInputModalities) } : {}),
@@ -263,6 +268,7 @@ export function deriveKeyLoginMap(): Record<string, DerivedKeyLoginProvider> {
   for (const entry of PROVIDER_REGISTRY) {
     if (entry.authKind !== "key") continue;
     if (!entry.dashboardUrl) throw new Error(`Registry key provider missing dashboardUrl: ${entry.id}`);
+    const liveModels = registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery(entry) ? entry.liveModels : false;
     out[entry.id] = {
       label: entry.label,
       baseUrl: entry.baseUrl,
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ export function deriveKeyLoginMap(): Record<string, DerivedKeyLoginProvider> {
       ...(entry.apiKeyTransport !== undefined ? { apiKeyTransport: entry.apiKeyTransport } : {}),
       dashboardUrl: entry.dashboardUrl,
       ...(entry.models ? { models: [...entry.models] } : {}),
-      ...(entry.liveModels !== undefined ? { liveModels: entry.liveModels } : {}),
+      ...(liveModels !== undefined ? { liveModels } : {}),
       ...(entry.defaultModel ? { defaultModel: entry.defaultModel } : {}),
       ...(entry.contextWindow !== undefined ? { contextWindow: entry.contextWindow } : {}),
       ...(entry.modelContextWindows ? { modelContextWindows: { ...entry.modelContextWindows } } : {}),
@@ -378,7 +384,7 @@ function enrichReasoningSummariesByDestination(prov: OcxProviderConfig): void {
 
 export function enrichProviderFromRegistry(name: string, prov: OcxProviderConfig): void {
   const entry = PROVIDER_REGISTRY.find(row => row.id === name);
-  if (!entry || !providerMatchesRegistryTransport(name, prov)) {
+  if (!entry || !providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards(name, prov)) {
     // Name lookup failed, but the row may still point at a vendor route we know. #1100 was
     // reported against a hand-added provider literally named "GLM": routing worked, yet every
     // piece of registry metadata was skipped because no registry id is called "GLM".
@@ -395,6 +401,7 @@ export function enrichProviderFromRegistry(name: string, prov: OcxProviderConfig
     modelReasoningEffortMap: prov.modelReasoningEffortMap,
   };
   const seed = providerConfigSeed(entry);
+  repairStaticModelCatalogProvider(name, prov);
   if (prov.apiKeyTransport === undefined && seed.apiKeyTransport !== undefined) prov.apiKeyTransport = seed.apiKeyTransport;
   if (!prov.defaultModel && seed.defaultModel) prov.defaultModel = seed.defaultModel;
   if (prov.responsesPath === undefined && seed.responsesPath !== undefined) prov.responsesPath = seed.responsesPath;
diff --git a/src/providers/registry.ts b/src/providers/registry.ts
index 1bc02fd900..60cce440fe 100644
--- a/src/providers/registry.ts
+++ b/src/providers/registry.ts
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ const CLINE_PASS_MODELS = [
   "cline-pass/mimo-v2.5",
   "cline-pass/mimo-v2.5-pro",
   "cline-pass/minimax-m3",
+  "cline-pass/qwen3.8-max",
   "cline-pass/qwen3.7-max",
   "cline-pass/qwen3.7-plus",
 ];
@@ -928,9 +929,10 @@ const CLINE_PASS_IMAGE_MODELS = new Set([
   "cline-pass/minimax-m3",
   "cline-pass/qwen3.7-plus",
 ]);
-const CLINE_PASS_TEXT_ONLY_MODELS = CLINE_PASS_MODELS.filter(id => !CLINE_PASS_IMAGE_MODELS.has(id));
+const CLINE_PASS_MODALITY_KNOWN_MODELS = CLINE_PASS_MODELS.filter(id => id !== "cline-pass/qwen3.8-max");
+const CLINE_PASS_TEXT_ONLY_MODELS = CLINE_PASS_MODALITY_KNOWN_MODELS.filter(id => !CLINE_PASS_IMAGE_MODELS.has(id));
 const CLINE_PASS_MODEL_INPUT_MODALITIES: Record<string, string[]> = Object.fromEntries(
-  CLINE_PASS_MODELS.map(id => [id, CLINE_PASS_IMAGE_MODELS.has(id) ? ["text", "image"] : ["text"]]),
+  CLINE_PASS_MODALITY_KNOWN_MODELS.map(id => [id, CLINE_PASS_IMAGE_MODELS.has(id) ? ["text", "image"] : ["text"]]),
 );
 
 export const PROVIDER_REGISTRY: readonly ProviderRegistryEntry[] = [
diff --git a/src/providers/static-model-discovery.ts b/src/providers/static-model-discovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1dc568f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/static-model-discovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import type { OcxProviderConfig } from "../types";
+import {
+  getProviderRegistryEntry,
+  providerMatchesRegistryTransport,
+  type ProviderRegistryEntry,
+} from "./registry";
+
+const STATIC_MODEL_CATALOG_PROVIDER_IDS = new Set(["cline-pass", "mimo-free"]);
+
+function normalizedEndpoint(value: string): string {
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(trimmed);
+    parsed.pathname = parsed.pathname.replace(/\/+$/, "") || "/";
+    return parsed.toString().replace(/\/$/, "");
+  } catch {
+    return trimmed.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  }
+}
+
+function exactRegistryTransportMatch(
+  entry: ProviderRegistryEntry,
+  provider: Pick<OcxProviderConfig, "baseUrl" | "adapter"> & Partial<Pick<OcxProviderConfig, "authMode">>,
+  options: { allowLegacyMimoLocal?: boolean } = {},
+): boolean {
+  if (entry.allowBaseUrlOverride || /\{[^}]*\}/.test(entry.baseUrl)) return false;
+  if (typeof provider.baseUrl !== "string" || provider.adapter !== entry.adapter) return false;
+  const legacyMimoLocal = options.allowLegacyMimoLocal === true
+    && entry.id === "mimo-free"
+    && provider.authMode === "local";
+  if (provider.authMode !== undefined && provider.authMode !== "key" && !legacyMimoLocal) return false;
+  return normalizedEndpoint(provider.baseUrl) === normalizedEndpoint(entry.baseUrl);
+}
+
+/** Registry policy for providers whose maintained model list is authoritative. */
+export function registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery(entry: ProviderRegistryEntry): boolean {
+  return !STATIC_MODEL_CATALOG_PROVIDER_IDS.has(entry.id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Static-catalog authority is tied to canonical provider identity and exact transport.
+ * Renamed/custom rows stay operator-owned: Cline and ClinePass intentionally share a transport,
+ * so destination matching alone cannot safely identify a renamed ClinePass configuration.
+ */
+export function staticModelCatalogEntryForProvider(
+  name: string,
+  provider: OcxProviderConfig,
+): ProviderRegistryEntry | undefined {
+  const entry = getProviderRegistryEntry(name);
+  if (!entry || !STATIC_MODEL_CATALOG_PROVIDER_IDS.has(entry.id)) return undefined;
+  return exactRegistryTransportMatch(entry, provider, { allowLegacyMimoLocal: true })
+    ? entry
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+export function providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery(name: string, provider: OcxProviderConfig): boolean {
+  return staticModelCatalogEntryForProvider(name, provider) === undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * MiMo Free predates collision preservation in the registry. Keep same-named custom rows out of
+ * registry ownership without broadening the generic transport matcher to other key providers.
+ */
+export function providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards(
+  name: string,
+  provider: Pick<OcxProviderConfig, "baseUrl" | "adapter"> & Partial<Pick<OcxProviderConfig, "authMode">>,
+): boolean {
+  if (name !== "mimo-free") return providerMatchesRegistryTransport(name, provider);
+  const entry = getProviderRegistryEntry(name);
+  return entry !== undefined
+    && exactRegistryTransportMatch(entry, provider, { allowLegacyMimoLocal: true });
+}
+
+/** Repair only registry-owned legacy state; operator-owned model lists stay untouched. */
+export function repairStaticModelCatalogProvider(name: string, provider: OcxProviderConfig): void {
+  const entry = staticModelCatalogEntryForProvider(name, provider);
+  if (!entry) return;
+  provider.liveModels = false;
+  if (
+    name === "mimo-free"
+    && entry.id === "mimo-free"
+    && (provider.authMode === undefined || provider.authMode === "local")
+  ) {
+    provider.authMode = "key";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index 12edcd532f..6d258f2944 100644
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ import type { NormalizedComboConfig } from "./combos/types";
 import { hasOwnProvider, resolveEnvValue } from "./config";
 import { assertProviderDestinationAllowed } from "./lib/destination-policy";
 import { redactSecretString, redactUrlForLog } from "./lib/redact";
-import { PROVIDER_REGISTRY, providerCodexAccountMode, providerMatchesRegistryTransport } from "./providers/registry";
+import { PROVIDER_REGISTRY, providerCodexAccountMode } from "./providers/registry";
 import { applyDirectReasoningEffortContracts } from "./providers/derive";
+import {
+  providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards,
+  providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery,
+} from "./providers/static-model-discovery";
 import {
   isCanonicalOpenAiForwardProvider,
   LEGACY_CHATGPT_PROVIDER_ID,
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ const MODEL_PROVIDER_PATTERNS: Array<{ providerNames: string[]; prefixes: string
 export function knownModelIdsForProvider(provName: string, prov: OcxProviderConfig): string[] {
   const ids = new Set<string>();
   for (const id of prov.models ?? []) ids.add(id);
-  const registry = providerMatchesRegistryTransport(provName, prov)
+  const registry = providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards(provName, prov)
     ? PROVIDER_REGISTRY.find(entry => entry.id === provName)
     : undefined;
   for (const id of registry?.models ?? []) ids.add(id);
@@ -249,20 +253,26 @@ function usableResolvedApiKey(apiKey: string | undefined): string | undefined {
 
 export function routedProviderConfig(providerName: string, provider: OcxProviderConfig): OcxProviderConfig {
   const registryEntry = PROVIDER_REGISTRY.find(entry => entry.id === providerName);
-  if (!registryEntry || !providerMatchesRegistryTransport(providerName, provider)) {
+  if (!registryEntry || !providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards(providerName, provider)) {
     assertProviderDestinationAllowed(providerName, provider);
     return { ...provider, apiKey: usableResolvedApiKey(provider.apiKey) };
   }
   const resolvedApiKey = usableResolvedApiKey(provider.apiKey);
+  const staticModelCatalog = !providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery(providerName, provider);
+  const repairLegacyMimoFreeAuth = providerName === "mimo-free"
+    && staticModelCatalog
+    && (provider.authMode === undefined || provider.authMode === "local");
   const explicitKeyOverride = registryEntry.authKind === "oauth"
     && registryEntry.allowKeyAuthOverride === true
     && provider.authMode === "key"
     && resolvedApiKey !== undefined;
   const canonicalAuthMode = explicitKeyOverride
     ? "key"
-    : registryEntry.authKind === "forward" || registryEntry.authKind === "oauth"
-      ? registryEntry.authKind
-    : provider.authMode === "forward" ? undefined : provider.authMode;
+    : repairLegacyMimoFreeAuth
+      ? "key"
+      : registryEntry.authKind === "forward" || registryEntry.authKind === "oauth"
+        ? registryEntry.authKind
+        : provider.authMode === "forward" ? undefined : provider.authMode;
   const reasoningEffortMap = mergeRecord(registryEntry.reasoningEffortMap, provider.reasoningEffortMap);
   const modelReasoningEffortMap = mergeNestedRecord(registryEntry.modelReasoningEffortMap, provider.modelReasoningEffortMap);
   const modelReasoningEfforts = mergeStringArrayRecord(registryEntry.modelReasoningEfforts, provider.modelReasoningEfforts);
@@ -343,6 +353,7 @@ export function routedProviderConfig(providerName: string, provider: OcxProvider
       : {}),
     authMode: canonicalAuthMode,
     apiKey: resolvedApiKey,
+    ...(staticModelCatalog ? { liveModels: false } : {}),
     // Backfill the Google wire mode + Vertex project/location from the registry when the user
     // config omits them, so a minimal `google-vertex`/`google-antigravity` entry still routes
     // through the correct branch (CCA/Vertex) instead of falling back to AI Studio.
diff --git a/tests/cline-pass-provider.test.ts b/tests/cline-pass-provider.test.ts
index a6b8ab3725..c5e963731e 100644
--- a/tests/cline-pass-provider.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cline-pass-provider.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const OFFICIAL_CLINE_PASS_MODELS = [
   "cline-pass/mimo-v2.5",
   "cline-pass/mimo-v2.5-pro",
   "cline-pass/minimax-m3",
+  "cline-pass/qwen3.8-max",
   "cline-pass/qwen3.7-max",
   "cline-pass/qwen3.7-plus",
 ];
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ describe("ClinePass provider", () => {
       "cline-pass/mimo-v2.5-pro",
       "cline-pass/qwen3.7-max",
     ]);
+    expect(entry?.modelContextWindows?.["cline-pass/qwen3.8-max"]).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(entry?.modelInputModalities?.["cline-pass/qwen3.8-max"]).toBeUndefined();
     expect(entry?.modelInputModalities?.["cline-pass/kimi-k3"]).toEqual(["text", "image"]);
     expect(entry?.modelInputModalities?.["cline-pass/glm-5.2"]).toEqual(["text"]);
     expect(KEY_LOGIN_PROVIDERS["cline-pass"]?.models).toEqual(OFFICIAL_CLINE_PASS_MODELS);
diff --git a/tests/mimo-free-provider.test.ts b/tests/mimo-free-provider.test.ts
index a97ece2378..cc9477c712 100644
--- a/tests/mimo-free-provider.test.ts
+++ b/tests/mimo-free-provider.test.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ describe("mimo-free provider registry", () => {
     expect(entry?.defaultModel).toBe("mimo-auto");
   });
 
-  test("providerConfigSeed propagates keyOptional and liveModels", () => {
+  test("providerConfigSeed preserves keyOptional and disables static live discovery", () => {
     const seed = providerConfigSeed(entry!);
     expect(seed.keyOptional).toBe(true);
-    expect(seed.liveModels).toBe(true);
+    expect(seed.liveModels).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test("is included in the key-login map", () => {
diff --git a/tests/provider-static-model-discovery.test.ts b/tests/provider-static-model-discovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93ffee8348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/provider-static-model-discovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { createMimoFreeAdapter, MIMO_CHAT_URL } from "../src/adapters/mimo-free";
+import { enrichProviderFromRegistry, providerConfigSeed } from "../src/providers/derive";
+import { getProviderRegistryEntry } from "../src/providers/registry";
+import {
+  providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards,
+  providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery,
+  registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery,
+} from "../src/providers/static-model-discovery";
+import { routedProviderConfig } from "../src/router";
+import type { OcxProviderConfig } from "../src/types";
+
+function provider(overrides: Partial<OcxProviderConfig>): OcxProviderConfig {
+  return {
+    adapter: "openai-chat",
+    baseUrl: "https://example.com/v1",
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("static provider model discovery policy", () => {
+  test("ClinePass and MiMo Free seeds are static without changing the registry catalog", () => {
+    for (const id of ["cline-pass", "mimo-free"] as const) {
+      const entry = getProviderRegistryEntry(id);
+      expect(entry).toBeDefined();
+      expect(registryEntrySupportsLiveModelDiscovery(entry!)).toBeFalse();
+      expect(providerConfigSeed(entry!).liveModels).toBeFalse();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stale canonical ClinePass discovery is disabled without replacing saved models", () => {
+    const savedModels = ["cline-pass/kimi-k3", "saved-selector"];
+    const config = provider({
+      adapter: "openai-chat",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+      authMode: "key",
+      liveModels: true,
+      models: [...savedModels],
+    });
+
+    enrichProviderFromRegistry("cline-pass", config);
+    expect(config.liveModels).toBeFalse();
+    expect(config.models).toEqual(savedModels);
+
+    const routed = routedProviderConfig("cline-pass", provider({
+      adapter: "openai-chat",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+      authMode: "key",
+      liveModels: true,
+      models: [...savedModels],
+    }));
+    expect(routed.liveModels).toBeFalse();
+    expect(routed.models).toEqual(savedModels);
+  });
+
+  test("the normal Cline API stays live even though it shares the ClinePass destination", () => {
+    const config = provider({
+      adapter: "openai-chat",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+      authMode: "key",
+      liveModels: true,
+      defaultModel: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
+    });
+
+    expect(providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery("cline", config)).toBeTrue();
+    expect(providerSupportsLiveModelDiscovery("my-cline", config)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  test("legacy canonical MiMo Free auth is repaired without replacing saved models", () => {
+    const config = provider({
+      adapter: "mimo-free",
+      baseUrl: MIMO_CHAT_URL,
+      authMode: "local",
+      liveModels: true,
+      models: ["mimo-auto", "saved-selector"],
+    });
+
+    enrichProviderFromRegistry("mimo-free", config);
+    expect(config.authMode).toBe("key");
+    expect(config.liveModels).toBeFalse();
+    expect(config.models).toEqual(["mimo-auto", "saved-selector"]);
+
+    const routed = routedProviderConfig("mimo-free", provider({
+      adapter: "mimo-free",
+      baseUrl: MIMO_CHAT_URL,
+      authMode: "local",
+      liveModels: true,
+      models: ["mimo-auto", "saved-selector"],
+    }));
+    expect(routed.authMode).toBe("key");
+    expect(routed.liveModels).toBeFalse();
+    expect(routed.models).toEqual(["mimo-auto", "saved-selector"]);
+  });
+
+  test("same-named custom MiMo Free rows are not claimed by the canonical preset", () => {
+    const custom = provider({
+      adapter: "openai-chat",
+      baseUrl: "https://example.com/v1",
+      authMode: "key",
+      liveModels: true,
+      models: ["custom-model"],
+    });
+
+    expect(providerMatchesRegistryTransportWithStaticGuards("mimo-free", custom)).toBeFalse();
+    const routed = routedProviderConfig("mimo-free", custom);
+    expect(routed.adapter).toBe("openai-chat");
+    expect(routed.baseUrl).toBe("https://example.com/v1");
+    expect(routed.liveModels).toBeTrue();
+    expect(routed.models).toEqual(["custom-model"]);
+  });
+
+  test("the bespoke MiMo Free adapter refuses a custom destination", () => {
+    expect(() => createMimoFreeAdapter(provider({
+      adapter: "mimo-free",
+      baseUrl: "https://example.com/v1",
+    }))).toThrow("only supports the canonical Xiaomi MiMo Free endpoint");
+  });
+});