diff --git a/src/agents/cli-runner/prepare.test.ts b/src/agents/cli-runner/prepare.test.ts
index c92e07024ec2..b4bbc7ccc6c5 100644
--- a/src/agents/cli-runner/prepare.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/cli-runner/prepare.test.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ describe("prepareCliRunContext", () => {
           requestedProvider: "openai",
           requestedModel: "mock-1",
           stage: "fallback",
-          fallbackReason: "overloaded",
+          fallbackReason: "rate_limit",
         },
       }),
     ).finally(preparedRunAdmission.close);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ describe("prepareCliRunContext", () => {
     expect(decisionWork).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(decisionWork[0]?.receipt).toMatchObject({
       action: { summary: "Requested openai/mock-1; selected test-cli/mock-2." },
-      decision: { reasonCode: "model_route_selected_after_fallback" },
+      decision: { reasonCode: "rate_limit" },
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-dispatch-preparation.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-dispatch-preparation.ts
index a56a742b4dbf..87e1f9b47d90 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-dispatch-preparation.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-dispatch-preparation.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ export async function prepareAndDispatchEmbeddedRunAttempt(input: {
     selectionMode:
       runtime.lastProfileId && runtime.lastProfileId === lockedProfileId ? "explicit" : "automatic",
     credentialProfileId: runtime.lastProfileId,
-    fallbackSelected: params.modelRoutingProvenance?.stage === "fallback",
-    fallbackReason: params.modelRoutingProvenance?.fallbackReason ?? fallbackReason,
+    fallbackSelected:
+      params.modelRoutingProvenance?.stage === "fallback" || Boolean(fallbackReason),
+    fallbackReason: params.modelRoutingProvenance?.fallbackReason,
   });
   const dispatchedAttempt = await dispatchEmbeddedRunAttempt({
     params,
diff --git a/src/agents/model-fallback.run-embedded.e2e.test.ts b/src/agents/model-fallback.run-embedded.e2e.test.ts
index d75a422c4625..8171cf2b5dda 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-fallback.run-embedded.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-fallback.run-embedded.e2e.test.ts
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ describe("runWithModelFallback + runEmbeddedAgent failover behavior", () => {
         },
         {
           action: { summary: "Requested openai/mock-1; selected groq/mock-2." },
-          decision: { reasonCode: "model_route_selected_after_fallback" },
+          decision: { reasonCode: "overloaded" },
         },
       ]);
       expect(observedModelRoutingProvenance).toMatchObject([
diff --git a/src/agents/model-routing-decision.test.ts b/src/agents/model-routing-decision.test.ts
index 38d2a3ef86b7..2339e3ff79de 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-routing-decision.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-routing-decision.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("admitted model routing decisions", () => {
       token,
       receipt: {
         action: { family: "model-routing", operation: "explicit-selection" },
-        decision: { reasonCode: "model_route_selected_after_fallback" },
+        decision: { reasonCode: "rate_limit" },
         enforcement: { coverageState: "attribution-only" },
       },
       refs: {
diff --git a/src/agents/model-routing-decision.ts b/src/agents/model-routing-decision.ts
index b731e1b13491..721bea0abb45 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-routing-decision.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-routing-decision.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { recordExecutionDecisionWork } from "../audit/execution-decision-work.js";
 import type { ExecutionIdentityAdmissionToken } from "../audit/execution-identity-admission.js";
 import { redactSensitiveText } from "../logging/redact.js";
+import type { FailoverReason } from "./failover/signal.js";
 
 type ModelRoutingSelectionMode = "automatic" | "explicit";
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export function recordAdmittedModelRoutingDecision(params: {
   selectionMode: ModelRoutingSelectionMode;
   credentialProfileId?: string;
   fallbackSelected?: boolean;
-  fallbackReason?: string | null;
+  fallbackReason?: FailoverReason | null;
   occurredAt?: number;
 }): boolean {
   if (!params.token) {
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ export function recordAdmittedModelRoutingDecision(params: {
   const selectedRef = boundedModelRef(params.selectedProvider, params.selectedModel);
   const credentialProfileId = params.credentialProfileId?.trim();
   const hasCredentialOwner = Boolean(credentialProfileId);
-  const fallbackSelected =
-    params.fallbackSelected === true || Boolean(params.fallbackReason?.trim());
+  const reasonCode =
+    params.fallbackReason ??
+    (params.fallbackSelected ? "model_route_selected_after_fallback" : "model_route_selected");
   return recordExecutionDecisionWork({
     workVersion: 1,
     token: params.token,
@@ -48,9 +50,7 @@ export function recordAdmittedModelRoutingDecision(params: {
       },
       decision: {
         outcome: "allowed",
-        reasonCode: fallbackSelected
-          ? "model_route_selected_after_fallback"
-          : "model_route_selected",
+        reasonCode,
       },
       enforcement: {
         coverageState: hasCredentialOwner ? "attribution-only" : "unknown",