diff --git a/extensions/huggingface/models.test.ts b/extensions/huggingface/models.test.ts
index 60ae22001d35..beb2e4ed4451 100644
--- a/extensions/huggingface/models.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/huggingface/models.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ function stubAbortSignalTimeout() {
   return vi.spyOn(AbortSignal, "timeout").mockReturnValue(controller.signal);
 }
 
+function responseFromReader(reader: ReadableStreamDefaultReader<Uint8Array>): Response {
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    status: 200,
+    headers: new Headers({ "Content-Type": "application/json" }),
+    body: { getReader: () => reader },
+  } as Response;
+}
+
 afterEach(() => {
   restoreEnv("VITEST", ORIGINAL_VITEST);
   restoreEnv("NODE_ENV", ORIGINAL_NODE_ENV);
@@ -108,6 +117,59 @@ describe("huggingface models", () => {
     expect(timeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS);
   });
 
+  it("falls back to the static catalog when the discovery response exceeds the byte cap", async () => {
+    process.env.VITEST = "false";
+    process.env.NODE_ENV = "development";
+    const chunk = new Uint8Array(1024 * 1024);
+    const read = vi.fn(async () => ({ done: false as const, value: chunk }));
+    const cancel = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const releaseLock = vi.fn();
+    const reader = {
+      read,
+      cancel,
+      releaseLock,
+    } as unknown as ReadableStreamDefaultReader<Uint8Array>;
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(async () => responseFromReader(reader)),
+    );
+
+    const models = await discoverHuggingfaceModels("hf_test_token");
+
+    expect(models.map((m) => m.id)).toEqual(HUGGINGFACE_MODEL_CATALOG.map((m) => m.id));
+    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(releaseLock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(read).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(17);
+  });
+
+  it("parses a valid bounded discovery response", async () => {
+    process.env.VITEST = "false";
+    process.env.NODE_ENV = "development";
+    const modelId = "test-org/test-model";
+    const body = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: modelId }] }));
+    const read = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ done: false, value: body })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ done: true, value: undefined });
+    const cancel = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const releaseLock = vi.fn();
+    const reader = {
+      read,
+      cancel,
+      releaseLock,
+    } as unknown as ReadableStreamDefaultReader<Uint8Array>;
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(async () => responseFromReader(reader)),
+    );
+
+    const models = await discoverHuggingfaceModels("hf_test_token");
+
+    expect(models.some((model) => model.id === modelId)).toBe(true);
+    expect(cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(releaseLock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   describe("isHuggingfacePolicyLocked", () => {
     it("returns true for :cheapest and :fastest refs", () => {
       expect(isHuggingfacePolicyLocked("huggingface/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1:cheapest")).toBe(true);
diff --git a/extensions/huggingface/models.ts b/extensions/huggingface/models.ts
index 462c682ed815..fc856eca880c 100644
--- a/extensions/huggingface/models.ts
+++ b/extensions/huggingface/models.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Huggingface plugin module implements models behavior.
 import { resolveTimerTimeoutMs } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
+import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-http";
 import type { ModelDefinitionConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-types";
 import {
   fetchWithSsrFGuard,
@@ -165,7 +166,10 @@ export async function discoverHuggingfaceModels(
         return HUGGINGFACE_MODEL_CATALOG.map(buildHuggingfaceModelDefinition);
       }
 
-      const body = (await response.json()) as OpenAIListModelsResponse;
+      const body = await readProviderJsonResponse<OpenAIListModelsResponse>(
+        response,
+        "huggingface.model-discovery",
+      );
       const data = body?.data;
       if (!Array.isArray(data) || data.length === 0) {
         return HUGGINGFACE_MODEL_CATALOG.map(buildHuggingfaceModelDefinition);