diff --git a/src/agents/agent-command.live-model-switch.test.ts b/src/agents/agent-command.live-model-switch.test.ts
index 82624222ef4e..e4a5792a9fa9 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-command.live-model-switch.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-command.live-model-switch.test.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@ vi.mock("./model-selection.js", () => ({
         : [],
     );
   },
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet: (allowedKeys: ReadonlySet<string>, key: string) => {
+    if (allowedKeys.has(key)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    const slash = key.indexOf("/");
+    return slash > 0 && allowedKeys.has(`${key.slice(0, slash)}/*`);
+  },
   modelKey: (p: string, m: string) => `${p}/${m}`,
   normalizeModelRef: (p: string, m: string) => ({ provider: p, model: m }),
   parseModelRef: (m: string, p: string) => ({ provider: p, model: m }),
diff --git a/src/agents/agent-command.ts b/src/agents/agent-command.ts
index 86db51622aa1..5b008ec1318c 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-command.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-command.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import { runWithModelFallback } from "./model-fallback.js";
 import {
   buildAllowedModelSet,
   buildConfiguredModelCatalog,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   modelKey,
   normalizeModelRef,
   parseModelRef,
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ async function agentCommandInternal(
       if (overrideModel) {
         const normalizedOverride = normalizeModelRef(overrideProvider, overrideModel);
         const key = modelKey(normalizedOverride.provider, normalizedOverride.model);
-        if (!allowAnyModel && !allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+        if (!allowAnyModel && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, key)) {
           const { updated } = applyModelOverrideToSessionEntry({
             entry,
             selection: { provider: defaultProvider, model: defaultModel, isDefault: true },
@@ -801,7 +802,7 @@ async function agentCommandInternal(
       const candidateProvider = storedProviderOverride || defaultProvider;
       const normalizedStored = normalizeModelRef(candidateProvider, storedModelOverride);
       const key = modelKey(normalizedStored.provider, normalizedStored.model);
-      if (allowAnyModel || allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+      if (allowAnyModel || isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, key)) {
         provider = normalizedStored.provider;
         model = normalizedStored.model;
       }
@@ -819,7 +820,7 @@ async function agentCommandInternal(
         throw new Error("Invalid model override.");
       }
       const explicitKey = modelKey(explicitRef.provider, explicitRef.model);
-      if (!allowAnyModel && !allowedModelKeys.has(explicitKey)) {
+      if (!allowAnyModel && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, explicitKey)) {
         throw new Error(
           `Model override "${sanitizeForLog(explicitRef.provider)}/${sanitizeForLog(explicitRef.model)}" is not allowed for agent "${sessionAgentId}".`,
         );
@@ -1125,7 +1126,7 @@ async function agentCommandInternal(
           }
           const switchRef = normalizeModelRef(err.provider, err.model);
           const switchKey = modelKey(switchRef.provider, switchRef.model);
-          if (!allowAnyModel && !allowedModelKeys.has(switchKey)) {
+          if (!allowAnyModel && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, switchKey)) {
             log.info(
               `Live session model switch in subagent run ${runId}: ` +
                 `rejected ${sanitizeForLog(err.provider)}/${sanitizeForLog(err.model)} (not in allowlist)`,
diff --git a/src/agents/model-selection-shared.ts b/src/agents/model-selection-shared.ts
index c1d296e7f92b..e57cce0e4343 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-selection-shared.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-selection-shared.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ export function parseConfiguredModelVisibilityEntries(params: { cfg?: OpenClawCo
   };
 }
 
+export function providerWildcardModelKey(provider: string): string {
+  return modelKey(normalizeProviderId(provider), "*");
+}
+
+export function isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedKeys: ReadonlySet<string>, key: string): boolean {
+  if (allowedKeys.has(key)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const separator = key.indexOf("/");
+  if (separator <= 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return allowedKeys.has(providerWildcardModelKey(key.slice(0, separator)));
+}
+
 export function inferUniqueProviderFromConfiguredModels(params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
   model: string;
@@ -689,6 +704,9 @@ export function buildAllowedModelSetWithFallbacks(params: {
   const allowedKeys = new Set<string>();
   const allowedRefs: ModelRef[] = [];
   const syntheticCatalogEntries = new Map<string, ModelCatalogEntry>();
+  for (const provider of visibility.providerWildcards) {
+    allowedKeys.add(providerWildcardModelKey(provider));
+  }
   const addAllowedCatalogRef = (ref: ModelRef) => {
     if (
       !allowedRefs.some(
@@ -816,7 +834,7 @@ function getModelRefStatusFromAllowedSet(params: {
       }),
     ),
     allowAny: params.allowed.allowAny,
-    allowed: params.allowed.allowAny || params.allowed.allowedKeys.has(key),
+    allowed: params.allowed.allowAny || isModelKeyAllowedBySet(params.allowed.allowedKeys, key),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts b/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
index 4b673bad4e57..fca6ca3e9c0a 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import {
   buildAllowedModelSet,
   buildConfiguredModelCatalog,
   inferUniqueProviderFromConfiguredModels,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   parseModelRef,
   buildModelAliasIndex,
   normalizeModelSelection,
   normalizeProviderId,
   normalizeProviderIdForAuth,
   modelKey,
+  providerWildcardModelKey,
   resolvePersistedOverrideModelRef,
   resolvePersistedModelRef,
   resolvePersistedSelectedModelRef,
@@ -977,6 +979,31 @@ describe("model-selection", () => {
       expect(result.allowedKeys.has("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6")).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it("preserves provider wildcard intent when catalog rows are unavailable", () => {
+      const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
+        agents: {
+          defaults: {
+            models: {
+              "openai-codex/*": {},
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+
+      const result = buildAllowedModelSet({
+        cfg,
+        catalog: [],
+        defaultProvider: "anthropic",
+        defaultModel: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+      });
+
+      expect(result.allowAny).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.allowedCatalog).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result.allowedKeys.has(providerWildcardModelKey("openai-codex"))).toBe(true);
+      expect(isModelKeyAllowedBySet(result.allowedKeys, "openai-codex/gpt-added-later")).toBe(true);
+      expect(isModelKeyAllowedBySet(result.allowedKeys, "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it("unions exact model entries with provider wildcard entries", () => {
       const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
         agents: {
diff --git a/src/agents/model-selection.ts b/src/agents/model-selection.ts
index ca9ac45bb408..72aa223bdb6a 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-selection.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-selection.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import {
   getModelRefStatusWithFallbackModels,
   inferUniqueProviderFromCatalog,
   inferUniqueProviderFromConfiguredModels,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   normalizeModelSelection,
   parseConfiguredModelVisibilityEntries,
+  providerWildcardModelKey,
   resolveBareModelDefaultProvider,
   resolveAllowedModelRefFromAliasIndex,
   resolveAllowlistModelKey as resolveAllowlistModelKeyFromShared,
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ export {
   findNormalizedProviderValue,
   inferUniqueProviderFromConfiguredModels,
   inferUniqueProviderFromCatalog,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   legacyModelKey,
   modelKey,
   normalizeModelRef,
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ export {
   normalizeProviderIdForAuth,
   parseConfiguredModelVisibilityEntries,
   parseModelRef,
+  providerWildcardModelKey,
   resolveBareModelDefaultProvider,
   resolveConfiguredModelRef,
   resolveHooksGmailModel,
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/session-status-tool.ts b/src/agents/tools/session-status-tool.ts
index a4081c0eb81c..7031ac52dae3 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/session-status-tool.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/session-status-tool.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   buildAllowedModelSet,
   buildConfiguredModelCatalog,
   buildModelAliasIndex,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   modelKey,
   resolveDefaultModelForAgent,
   resolveModelRefFromString,
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ async function resolveModelOverride(params: {
     throw new Error(`Unrecognized model "${raw}".`);
   }
   const key = modelKey(resolved.ref.provider, resolved.ref.model);
-  if (allowed.allowedKeys.size > 0 && !allowed.allowedKeys.has(key)) {
+  if (allowed.allowedKeys.size > 0 && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowed.allowedKeys, key)) {
     throw new Error(`Model "${key}" is not allowed.`);
   }
   const isDefault =
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model-selection.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model-selection.ts
index 153e96ce6c92..7fe96dcbe880 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model-selection.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model-selection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ensureAuthProfileStore } from "../../agents/auth-profiles.js";
 import {
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   type ModelAliasIndex,
   modelKey,
   resolveModelRefFromString,
@@ -122,7 +123,10 @@ export function resolveModelSelectionFromDirective(params: {
   });
   if (explicit) {
     const explicitKey = modelKey(explicit.ref.provider, explicit.ref.model);
-    if (params.allowedModelKeys.size === 0 || params.allowedModelKeys.has(explicitKey)) {
+    if (
+      params.allowedModelKeys.size === 0 ||
+      isModelKeyAllowedBySet(params.allowedModelKeys, explicitKey)
+    ) {
       modelSelection = {
         provider: explicit.ref.provider,
         model: explicit.ref.model,
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
index 7200c1577b6b..aff5fc45ca1f 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { splitTrailingAuthProfile } from "../../agents/model-ref-profile.js";
+import { isModelKeyAllowedBySet } from "../../agents/model-selection.js";
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/provider-id.js";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
 
@@ -300,6 +301,9 @@ export function resolveModelDirectiveSelection(params: {
       }
       const provider = normalizeProviderId(key.slice(0, slash));
       const model = key.slice(slash + 1);
+      if (model === "*") {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (providerFilter && provider !== providerFilter) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ export function resolveModelDirectiveSelection(params: {
       }
       for (const match of aliasMatches) {
         const key = modelKey(match.provider, match.model);
-        if (!allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+        if (!isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, key)) {
           continue;
         }
         if (!candidates.some((c) => c.provider === match.provider && c.model === match.model)) {
@@ -395,7 +399,7 @@ export function resolveModelDirectiveSelection(params: {
   }
 
   const resolvedKey = modelKey(resolved.ref.provider, resolved.ref.model);
-  if (allowedModelKeys.size === 0 || allowedModelKeys.has(resolvedKey)) {
+  if (allowedModelKeys.size === 0 || isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, resolvedKey)) {
     return {
       selection: {
         provider: resolved.ref.provider,
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.test.ts
index 8e744f834ce4..331eb01d2536 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.test.ts
@@ -659,6 +659,45 @@ describe("createModelSelectionState respects session model override", () => {
     expect(sessionStore[sessionKey]?.providerOverride).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it("keeps wildcard-provider overrides when configured catalog rows are unavailable", async () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6" },
+          models: {
+            "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6": {},
+            "openai-codex/*": {},
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as OpenClawConfig;
+    const sessionKey = "agent:main:telegram:direct:1";
+    const sessionEntry = makeEntry({
+      providerOverride: "openai-codex",
+      modelOverride: "gpt-added-after-startup",
+    });
+    const sessionStore = { [sessionKey]: sessionEntry };
+
+    const state = await createModelSelectionState({
+      cfg,
+      agentCfg: cfg.agents?.defaults,
+      sessionEntry,
+      sessionStore,
+      sessionKey,
+      defaultProvider: "anthropic",
+      defaultModel: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+      provider: "anthropic",
+      model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+      hasModelDirective: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(state.provider).toBe("openai-codex");
+    expect(state.model).toBe("gpt-added-after-startup");
+    expect(state.resetModelOverride).toBe(false);
+    expect(sessionStore[sessionKey]?.providerOverride).toBe("openai-codex");
+    expect(sessionStore[sessionKey]?.modelOverride).toBe("gpt-added-after-startup");
+  });
+
   it("keeps allowed legacy combined session overrides after normalization", async () => {
     const cfg = {
       agents: {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.ts
index b44b43210f53..cafc7903abbd 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { ModelCatalogEntry } from "../../agents/model-catalog.js";
 import {
   buildConfiguredModelCatalog,
   buildAllowedModelSet,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   modelKey,
   normalizeModelRef,
   normalizeProviderId,
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ export async function createModelSelectionState(params: {
       directStoredOverride.model,
     );
     const key = modelKey(normalizedOverride.provider, normalizedOverride.model);
-    if (allowedModelKeys.size > 0 && !allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+    if (allowedModelKeys.size > 0 && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, key)) {
       const { updated } = applyModelOverrideToSessionEntry({
         entry: sessionEntry,
         selection: { provider: defaultProvider, model: defaultModel, isDefault: true },
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ export async function createModelSelectionState(params: {
       storedOverride.model,
     );
     const key = modelKey(normalizedStoredOverride.provider, normalizedStoredOverride.model);
-    if (allowedModelKeys.size === 0 || allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+    if (allowedModelKeys.size === 0 || isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowedModelKeys, key)) {
       provider = normalizedStoredOverride.provider;
       model = normalizedStoredOverride.model;
     }
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/session-reset-model.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/session-reset-model.ts
index 8fc57e915544..8b031fdf3276 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/session-reset-model.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/session-reset-model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ModelCatalogEntry } from "../../agents/model-catalog.types.js";
+import { isModelKeyAllowedBySet } from "../../agents/model-selection.js";
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/provider-id.js";
 import { resolveAgentModelFallbackValues } from "../../config/model-input.js";
 import type { SessionEntry } from "../../config/sessions.js";
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ function buildSelectionFromExplicit(params: {
     return undefined;
   }
   const key = modelKey(resolved.ref.provider, resolved.ref.model);
-  if (params.allowedModelKeys.size > 0 && !params.allowedModelKeys.has(key)) {
+  if (params.allowedModelKeys.size > 0 && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(params.allowedModelKeys, key)) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const isDefault =
diff --git a/src/gateway/http-utils.ts b/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
index cfdc29dca617..db199bba75ca 100644
--- a/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { IncomingMessage } from "node:http";
 import { resolveDefaultAgentId } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import {
   buildAllowedModelSet,
+  isModelKeyAllowedBySet,
   modelKey,
   parseModelRef,
   resolveDefaultModelForAgent,
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export async function resolveOpenAiCompatModelOverride(params: {
     agentId: params.agentId,
   });
   const normalized = modelKey(parsed.provider, parsed.model);
-  if (!allowed.allowAny && !allowed.allowedKeys.has(normalized)) {
+  if (!allowed.allowAny && !isModelKeyAllowedBySet(allowed.allowedKeys, normalized)) {
     return {
       errorMessage: `Model '${normalized}' is not allowed for agent '${params.agentId}'.`,
     };