diff --git a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/README.md b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/README.md
index 1f18b4a40..f281e465b 100644
--- a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/README.md
+++ b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ no provider tokens.
 `mecak8s-openrouter` Secret from standard input, applies the real-provider overlay,
 and disables `--mock`. The credential is projected only as the container's
 `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` environment variable; it is never a Helm value or command-line
-argument. Running setup later without the variable returns to mock mode and deletes
-that fixture-owned Secret.
+argument. Real-provider mode pins new sessions to `openai/gpt-6-sol`. Running
+setup later without the variable returns to mock mode and deletes that fixture-owned
+Secret.
 
 A real-provider smoke call is a **separate, explicit billable operator action** after
 setup. It is not part of fixture setup or default tests; inspect the deployment and
diff --git a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/fixture_test.go b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/fixture_test.go
index e1bc53878..9bee73ee7 100644
--- a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/fixture_test.go
+++ b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/fixture_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,35 @@ func TestMecak8sKindFixture_Scenario2_MockDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMecak8sKindFixture_Scenario2_LiveProviderDefaultModel(t *testing.T) {
+	body, err := os.ReadFile("kind-provider-real.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var values struct {
+		Model string `yaml:"model"`
+	}
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(body, &values); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if values.Model != "openai/gpt-6-sol" {
+		t.Fatalf("real-provider model = %q, want %q", values.Model, "openai/gpt-6-sol")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("helm"); err != nil {
+		t.Skip("helm is required to render the real-provider fixture")
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command("helm", "template", "kind", ".", "-f", "values-kind.yaml", "-f", "../../mecak8s-kind/kind-provider-real.yaml")
+	cmd.Dir = "../helm/mecak8s"
+	rendered, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("render real-provider fixture: %v\n%s", err, rendered)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(rendered), "--model=openai/gpt-6-sol") {
+		t.Fatal("real-provider fixture render omits the pinned model")
+	}
+}
+
 // TestMecak8sKindFixture_Scenario2_LiveSmokeIsExplicit pins that the executable
 // setup task closure excludes the billable live-provider smoke action.
 func TestMecak8sKindFixture_Scenario2_LiveSmokeIsExplicit(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/kind-provider-real.yaml b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/kind-provider-real.yaml
index 6140992f8..7ad45ae54 100644
--- a/deploy/mecak8s-kind/kind-provider-real.yaml
+++ b/deploy/mecak8s-kind/kind-provider-real.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # visibly-annotated opt-in -- the same escape hatch deploy/mecak8s-vmcp's
 # Taskfile.yml uses for its own real-provider wiring (#800).
 mockProvider: false
+model: openai/gpt-6-sol
 security:
   allowUnsafeRealProvider: true
 extraEnv: