diff --git a/extensions/google/provider-hooks.ts b/extensions/google/provider-hooks.ts
index 219d1041512..7b09c48bdde 100644
--- a/extensions/google/provider-hooks.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/provider-hooks.ts
@@ -4,25 +4,15 @@ import type {
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import { buildProviderReplayFamilyHooks } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-shared";
 import { buildProviderToolCompatFamilyHooks } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-tools";
-import { createGoogleThinkingStreamWrapper, isGoogleGemini3ProModel } from "./thinking-api.js";
+import { resolveGoogleThinkingProfile } from "./provider-policy.js";
+import { createGoogleThinkingStreamWrapper } from "./thinking-api.js";
 
 export const GOOGLE_GEMINI_PROVIDER_HOOKS = {
   ...buildProviderReplayFamilyHooks({
     family: "google-gemini",
   }),
   ...buildProviderToolCompatFamilyHooks("gemini"),
-  resolveThinkingProfile: ({ modelId }: ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext) =>
-    ({
-      levels: isGoogleGemini3ProModel(modelId)
-        ? [{ id: "off" }, { id: "low" }, { id: "adaptive" }, { id: "high" }]
-        : [
-            { id: "off" },
-            { id: "minimal" },
-            { id: "low" },
-            { id: "medium" },
-            { id: "adaptive" },
-            { id: "high" },
-          ],
-    }) satisfies ProviderThinkingProfile,
+  resolveThinkingProfile: (context: ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext) =>
+    resolveGoogleThinkingProfile(context) satisfies ProviderThinkingProfile | undefined,
   wrapStreamFn: createGoogleThinkingStreamWrapper,
 };
diff --git a/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.test.ts b/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.test.ts
index 309bd52db90..ed289a3b1f3 100644
--- a/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { normalizeConfig } from "./provider-policy-api.js";
+import { normalizeConfig, resolveThinkingProfile } from "./provider-policy-api.js";
 
 describe("google provider policy public artifact", () => {
   it("normalizes Google provider config without loading the full provider plugin", () => {
@@ -129,4 +129,21 @@ describe("google provider policy public artifact", () => {
       ],
     });
   });
+
+  it("preserves Gemini 3 thinking levels when catalog reasoning metadata is stale", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveThinkingProfile({
+        provider: "google",
+        modelId: "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        reasoning: false,
+      })?.levels,
+    ).toEqual([
+      { id: "off" },
+      { id: "minimal" },
+      { id: "low" },
+      { id: "medium" },
+      { id: "adaptive" },
+      { id: "high" },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.ts b/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.ts
index 3da6b425b3a..bf9a7ef42ac 100644
--- a/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/provider-policy-api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+import type { ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-types";
-import { normalizeGoogleProviderConfig } from "./provider-policy.js";
+import { normalizeGoogleProviderConfig, resolveGoogleThinkingProfile } from "./provider-policy.js";
 
 export function normalizeConfig(params: { provider: string; providerConfig: ModelProviderConfig }) {
   return normalizeGoogleProviderConfig(params.provider, params.providerConfig);
 }
+
+export function resolveThinkingProfile(context: ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext) {
+  return resolveGoogleThinkingProfile(context);
+}
diff --git a/extensions/google/provider-policy.ts b/extensions/google/provider-policy.ts
index 1e7e978d946..305e4c691ef 100644
--- a/extensions/google/provider-policy.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/provider-policy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import type {
+  ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext,
+  ProviderThinkingProfile,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-types";
 import { normalizeAntigravityModelId, normalizeGoogleModelId } from "./model-id.js";
+import { isGoogleGemini3ProModel, isGoogleGemini3ThinkingLevelModel } from "./thinking-api.js";
 
 type GoogleApiCarrier = {
   api?: string | null;
@@ -174,3 +179,27 @@ export function normalizeGoogleProviderConfig(
 
   return nextProvider;
 }
+
+export function resolveGoogleThinkingProfile({
+  modelId,
+  reasoning,
+}: ProviderDefaultThinkingPolicyContext): ProviderThinkingProfile | undefined {
+  const isGemini3ThinkingModel = isGoogleGemini3ThinkingLevelModel(modelId);
+  if (reasoning === false && !isGemini3ThinkingModel) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    levels: isGoogleGemini3ProModel(modelId)
+      ? [{ id: "off" }, { id: "low" }, { id: "adaptive" }, { id: "high" }]
+      : [
+          { id: "off" },
+          { id: "minimal" },
+          { id: "low" },
+          { id: "medium" },
+          { id: "adaptive" },
+          { id: "high" },
+        ],
+    preserveWhenCatalogReasoningFalse: isGemini3ThinkingModel || undefined,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/thinking.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/thinking.test.ts
index aa07e77e6cf..680fd9f3e64 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/thinking.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/thinking.test.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,38 @@ describe("listThinkingLevels", () => {
     ).toBe("off");
   });
 
+  it("preserves provider-authoritative thinking profiles over stale catalog reasoning", () => {
+    providerRuntimeMocks.resolveProviderThinkingProfile.mockReturnValue({
+      levels: [{ id: "off" }, { id: "minimal" }, { id: "low" }, { id: "medium" }],
+      preserveWhenCatalogReasoningFalse: true,
+    });
+    const catalog = [
+      {
+        provider: "google",
+        id: "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        name: "Gemini 3 Flash Preview",
+        reasoning: false,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    expect(
+      isThinkingLevelSupported({
+        provider: "google",
+        model: "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        level: "low",
+        catalog,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      resolveSupportedThinkingLevel({
+        provider: "google",
+        model: "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        level: "low",
+        catalog,
+      }),
+    ).toBe("low");
+  });
+
   it("passes catalog reasoning into provider thinking profiles for support checks", () => {
     providerRuntimeMocks.resolveProviderThinkingProfile.mockImplementation(({ context }) => ({
       levels:
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/thinking.ts b/src/auto-reply/thinking.ts
index e486121f973..fa3c00e1b59 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/thinking.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/thinking.ts
@@ -166,19 +166,22 @@ export function resolveThinkingProfile(params: {
     modelId: context.modelId,
     reasoning: context.reasoning,
   };
-  if (context.reasoning === false) {
-    return buildOffOnlyThinkingProfile();
-  }
   const pluginProfile = resolveProviderThinkingProfile({
     provider: context.normalizedProvider,
     context: providerContext,
   });
   if (pluginProfile) {
     const normalized = normalizeThinkingProfile(pluginProfile);
-    if (normalized.levels.length > 0) {
+    if (
+      normalized.levels.length > 0 &&
+      (context.reasoning !== false || pluginProfile.preserveWhenCatalogReasoningFalse === true)
+    ) {
       return normalized;
     }
   }
+  if (context.reasoning === false) {
+    return buildOffOnlyThinkingProfile();
+  }
 
   const defaultLevel = resolveProviderDefaultThinkingLevel({
     provider: context.normalizedProvider,
diff --git a/src/plugins/provider-thinking.types.ts b/src/plugins/provider-thinking.types.ts
index 8d28e3324d2..eab175e4608 100644
--- a/src/plugins/provider-thinking.types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/provider-thinking.types.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ export type ProviderThinkingLevel = {
 export type ProviderThinkingProfile = {
   levels: ProviderThinkingLevel[] | ReadonlyArray<ProviderThinkingLevel>;
   defaultLevel?: ProviderThinkingLevelId | null;
+  /**
+   * Some bundled providers have model-specific thinking contracts that are more
+   * current than cached generic catalog metadata. Keep this opt-in so
+   * `reasoning: false` remains authoritative for ordinary catalog entries.
+   */
+  preserveWhenCatalogReasoningFalse?: boolean;
 };