diff --git a/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.test.ts b/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.test.ts
index b403a0bd3e3..8f404c57cc9 100644
--- a/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
   LIVE_MODEL_FILE_PROBE_TOKEN,
   modelSupportsImageInput,
   shouldSkipLiveModelExtraProbes,
+  shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe,
+  shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe,
 } from "./live-model-turn-probes.js";
 
 describe("live model turn probes", () => {
@@ -84,6 +86,21 @@ describe("live model turn probes", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("skips known stale file probe routes", () => {
+    expect(shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe({ provider: "opencode-go", id: "glm-5" })).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe({ provider: "opencode-go", id: "kimi-k2.5" })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("skips known stale image probe routes", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe({
+        provider: "fireworks",
+        id: "accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k2p6",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe({ provider: "fireworks", id: "glm-5" })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("matches expected probe replies", () => {
     expect(fileProbeTextMatches(`The value is ${LIVE_MODEL_FILE_PROBE_TOKEN}.`)).toBe(true);
     expect(fileProbeTextMatches("amber")).toBe(false);
diff --git a/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.ts b/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.ts
index f47eb4fb149..433dcb64039 100644
--- a/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.ts
+++ b/src/agents/live-model-turn-probes.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ const PROBE_PNG_BASE64 =
   "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAYAAABzenr0AAAALUlEQVR4nO3OIQEAAAwCMPrnod8fAzMxv7S9pQgICAgICAgICAgICAgICKwDD+yWbLXSniMNAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC";
 
 const KNOWN_EMPTY_EXTRA_PROBE_MODELS = new Set(["openrouter/amazon/nova-2-lite-v1"]);
+const KNOWN_EMPTY_FILE_PROBE_MODELS = new Set(["opencode-go/glm-5", "opencode-go/glm-5.1"]);
+const KNOWN_EMPTY_IMAGE_PROBE_MODELS = new Set([
+  "fireworks/accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k2p6",
+  "fireworks/accounts/fireworks/routers/kimi-k2p5-turbo",
+  "opencode-go/kimi-k2.6",
+]);
+
+function modelKey(model: Pick<Model<Api>, "id" | "provider">): string {
+  return `${model.provider}/${model.id}`;
+}
 
 export function isLiveModelProbeEnabled(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
@@ -36,7 +46,15 @@ export function modelSupportsImageInput(model: Pick<Model<Api>, "input">): boole
 export function shouldSkipLiveModelExtraProbes(
   model: Pick<Model<Api>, "id" | "provider">,
 ): boolean {
-  return KNOWN_EMPTY_EXTRA_PROBE_MODELS.has(`${model.provider}/${model.id}`);
+  return KNOWN_EMPTY_EXTRA_PROBE_MODELS.has(modelKey(model));
+}
+
+export function shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe(model: Pick<Model<Api>, "id" | "provider">): boolean {
+  return KNOWN_EMPTY_FILE_PROBE_MODELS.has(modelKey(model));
+}
+
+export function shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe(model: Pick<Model<Api>, "id" | "provider">): boolean {
+  return KNOWN_EMPTY_IMAGE_PROBE_MODELS.has(modelKey(model));
 }
 
 export function buildLiveModelFileProbeContext(params: { systemPrompt?: string }): Context {
diff --git a/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts b/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
index d827f658a6d..f4d84baa910 100644
--- a/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import {
   LIVE_MODEL_IMAGE_PROBE_ENV,
   modelSupportsImageInput,
   shouldSkipLiveModelExtraProbes,
+  shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe,
+  shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe,
 } from "./live-model-turn-probes.js";
 import { createLiveTargetMatcher } from "./live-target-matcher.js";
 import { isLiveProfileKeyModeEnabled, isLiveTestEnabled } from "./live-test-helpers.js";
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ async function runExtraTurnProbes(params: {
     reasoning: resolveTestReasoning(params.model),
     maxTokens: 128,
   };
-  if (LIVE_FILE_PROBE_ENABLED) {
+  if (LIVE_FILE_PROBE_ENABLED && !shouldSkipLiveModelFileProbe(params.model)) {
     logProgress(`${params.progressLabel}: file-read probe`);
     const file = await completeSimpleWithTimeout(
       params.model,
@@ -497,6 +499,8 @@ async function runExtraTurnProbes(params: {
     if (!fileProbeTextMatches(fileText)) {
       throw new Error(`file-read probe did not return ${LIVE_MODEL_FILE_PROBE_TOKEN}: ${fileText}`);
     }
+  } else if (LIVE_FILE_PROBE_ENABLED) {
+    logProgress(`${params.progressLabel}: file-read probe skipped (known empty route)`);
   }
 
   if (!LIVE_IMAGE_PROBE_ENABLED) {
@@ -506,6 +510,10 @@ async function runExtraTurnProbes(params: {
     logProgress(`${params.progressLabel}: image probe skipped (no image input)`);
     return;
   }
+  if (shouldSkipLiveModelImageProbe(params.model)) {
+    logProgress(`${params.progressLabel}: image probe skipped (known empty route)`);
+    return;
+  }
 
   logProgress(`${params.progressLabel}: image probe`);
   const image = await completeSimpleWithTimeout(