diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
index e1904b13856..bc84891975a 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,39 @@ describe("gateway codex harness live helpers", () => {
     expect(isExpectedCodexModelsCommandText(text)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("accepts the interactive TUI current-model summary", () => {
+    const text = [
+      "`codex models` didn’t return a plain list in this environment; it dropped into the interactive TUI instead.",
+      "",
+      "What I could confirm from that session is:",
+      "- Codex CLI version: `v0.118.0`",
+      "- Current selected model: `local-default-model`",
+      "- The UI indicates `/model` is the command to change models",
+    ].join("\n");
+
+    expect(
+      EXPECTED_CODEX_MODELS_COMMAND_TEXT.some((expectedText) => text.includes(expectedText)),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(isExpectedCodexModelsCommandText(text)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts the local Codex model-cache summary", () => {
+    const text = [
+      "Available models in this Codex install, from the local cache fetched on `2026-04-18`, are:",
+      "",
+      "- `gpt-5.4`",
+      "- `local-default-model`",
+      "- `gpt-5.4-mini`",
+      "",
+      "This session is currently running `codex/gpt-5.4` with `low` reasoning according to `/codex status`.",
+    ].join("\n");
+
+    expect(
+      EXPECTED_CODEX_MODELS_COMMAND_TEXT.some((expectedText) => text.includes(expectedText)),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(isExpectedCodexModelsCommandText(text)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("rejects unrelated codex command output", () => {
     expect(isExpectedCodexModelsCommandText("Codex is healthy.")).toBe(false);
   });
diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
index 7ecf8465039..a642ca0e6c0 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const EXPECTED_CODEX_MODELS_COMMAND_TEXT = [
   "`codex models` failed in this sandbox",
   "`codex models` could not be run in this sandbox.",
   "`codex models` is not runnable in this sandboxed session.",
+  "`codex models` didn’t return a plain list in this environment",
   "I couldn’t get a direct `codex models` CLI listing because the local sandbox blocked that command.",
   "I couldn’t list all installed/available Codex models from the local CLI because the sandboxed `codex` command failed to start in this environment.",
   "I couldn’t get `codex models` from the CLI because the sandbox blocks the namespace setup it needs",
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export const EXPECTED_CODEX_MODELS_COMMAND_TEXT = [
   "Available models in this session:",
   "Available models in this environment:",
   "Available models in this Codex environment:",
+  "Available models in this Codex install",
   "Available agent models:",
   "Visible options in this session:",
   "Current: `codex/",
@@ -83,18 +85,32 @@ export function isExpectedCodexModelsCommandText(text: string): boolean {
 
   const mentionsInteractiveSelection =
     normalized.includes("interactive model-selection prompt") ||
-    normalized.includes("interactive model selection prompt");
+    normalized.includes("interactive model selection prompt") ||
+    normalized.includes("interactive tui");
   const mentionsVisibleOptions =
     normalized.includes("visible options in this session:") ||
     normalized.includes("visible options:");
   const mentionsCurrentActiveModel =
     normalized.includes("current active model is `codex/") ||
     normalized.includes("current active model is codex/");
+  const mentionsCurrentSelectedModel =
+    normalized.includes("current selected model:") ||
+    normalized.includes("currently selected model:");
   const isInteractiveSelectionSummary =
     text.includes("`/codex models`") &&
     mentionsInteractiveSelection &&
     mentionsVisibleOptions &&
     mentionsCurrentActiveModel;
+  const isInteractiveTuiSummary =
+    mentionsCodexModelsCommand &&
+    mentionsInteractiveSelection &&
+    normalized.includes("plain list") &&
+    mentionsCurrentSelectedModel;
 
-  return isSandboxFallback || isSessionConfigFallback || isInteractiveSelectionSummary;
+  return (
+    isSandboxFallback ||
+    isSessionConfigFallback ||
+    isInteractiveSelectionSummary ||
+    isInteractiveTuiSummary
+  );
 }