fix: preserve provider-scoped model options

src/commands/configure.gateway-auth.ts

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export async function promptAuthConfig(
       initialSelections: modelAllowlist?.initialSelections,
       message: modelAllowlist?.message,
       preferredProvider,
+      loadCatalog: false,
     });
     if (allowlistSelection.models) {
       next = applyModelFallbacksFromSelection(next, allowlistSelection.models, {

src/commands/model-picker.test.ts

@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ describe("promptModelAllowlist", () => {
       config,
       prompter,
       preferredProvider: "openai-codex",
+      loadCatalog: false,
     });
 
     expect(loadModelCatalog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();

src/flows/model-picker.ts

@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ export async function promptModelAllowlist(params: {
   allowedKeys?: string[];
   initialSelections?: string[];
   preferredProvider?: string;
+  loadCatalog?: boolean;
 }): Promise<PromptModelAllowlistResult> {
   const cfg = params.config;
   const existingKeys = resolveConfiguredModelKeys(cfg);
@@ -839,11 +840,12 @@ export async function promptModelAllowlist(params: {
         cfg,
       })
     : undefined;
+  const loadCatalog = params.loadCatalog ?? true;
 
   const scopedFastKeys =
     allowedKeys.length > 0
       ? allowedKeys
-      : preferredProvider && hasRealSeed
+      : !loadCatalog && preferredProvider && hasRealSeed
         ? initialSeeds.filter((key) => {
             const entry = splitModelKey(key);
             return entry ? matchesPreferredProvider?.(entry.provider) === true : false;
@@ -888,6 +890,10 @@ export async function promptModelAllowlist(params: {
     return { models: [], scopeKeys };
   }
 
+  if (!loadCatalog) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
   const allowlistProgress = params.prompter.progress("Loading available models");
   let catalog: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof loadModelCatalog>>;
   try {