diff --git a/src/commands/status.scan.ts b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
index a74b9bbc131..4ef90bf1da0 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ type GatewayProbeSnapshot = {
 let pluginRegistryModulePromise: Promise<typeof import("../cli/plugin-registry.js")> | undefined;
 let statusScanRuntimeModulePromise: Promise<typeof import("./status.scan.runtime.js")> | undefined;
 
-type StatusScanRuntimeModule = typeof import("./status.scan.runtime.js");
-type ChannelStatusIssues = ReturnType<StatusScanRuntimeModule["collectChannelStatusIssues"]>;
-type ChannelsTable = Awaited<ReturnType<StatusScanRuntimeModule["buildChannelsTable"]>>;
-
 function loadPluginRegistryModule() {
   pluginRegistryModulePromise ??= import("../cli/plugin-registry.js");
   return pluginRegistryModulePromise;
@@ -62,6 +58,10 @@ function loadStatusScanRuntimeModule() {
   return statusScanRuntimeModulePromise;
 }
 
+type StatusScanRuntimeModule = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof loadStatusScanRuntimeModule>>;
+type ChannelStatusIssues = ReturnType<StatusScanRuntimeModule["collectChannelStatusIssues"]>;
+type ChannelsTable = Awaited<ReturnType<StatusScanRuntimeModule["buildChannelsTable"]>>;
+
 function deferResult<T>(promise: Promise<T>): Promise<DeferredResult<T>> {
   return promise.then(
     (value) => ({ ok: true, value }),
diff --git a/src/plugins/provider-runtime.ts b/src/plugins/provider-runtime.ts
index 8997011a7c9..41c0a70ec4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/provider-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/provider-runtime.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ function resolveProviderPluginsForHooks(params: {
 }): ProviderPlugin[] {
   return resolvePluginProviders({
     ...params,
+    activate: false,
+    cache: false,
     bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
     bundledProviderVitestCompat: true,
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/providers.ts b/src/plugins/providers.ts
index e3215f2c6da..37f937d5a91 100644
--- a/src/plugins/providers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/providers.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ export function resolvePluginProviders(params: {
   bundledProviderAllowlistCompat?: boolean;
   bundledProviderVitestCompat?: boolean;
   onlyPluginIds?: string[];
+  activate?: boolean;
+  cache?: boolean;
 }): ProviderPlugin[] {
   const maybeAllowlistCompat = params.bundledProviderAllowlistCompat
     ? withBundledPluginAllowlistCompat({
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ export function resolvePluginProviders(params: {
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     env: params.env,
     onlyPluginIds: params.onlyPluginIds,
+    activate: params.activate,
+    cache: params.cache,
     logger: createPluginLoaderLogger(log),
   });
 
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
index eea76e6482b..6907cafa0ed 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ describe("chat view", () => {
     });
     expect(request).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("chat.history", expect.anything());
     expect(state.sessionsResult?.sessions[0]?.model).toBe("gpt-5-mini");
+    expect(state.sessionsResult?.sessions[0]?.modelProvider).toBe("openai");
     vi.unstubAllGlobals();
   });