diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.test.ts b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.test.ts
index 707cc5dcf40d..6f7598ffd72a 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.test.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,22 @@ describe("toModelRow", () => {
       expect(row.local).toBe(true);
     }
   });
+
+  it("keeps local provider rows available when registry availability omits the model key", () => {
+    const row = toModelRow({
+      model: {
+        ...OPENROUTER_MODEL,
+        provider: "ollama",
+        id: "qwen3.6:35b-a3b",
+        name: "qwen3.6:35b-a3b",
+        baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:11434",
+      } as never,
+      key: "ollama/qwen3.6:35b-a3b",
+      tags: [],
+      availableKeys: new Set(["ollama/llama3.2"]),
+    });
+
+    expect(row.local).toBe(true);
+    expect(row.available).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
index fd35ed87b478..1922142e1824 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ export function toModelRow(params: {
 
   const input = model.input.join("+") || "text";
   const local = isLocalBaseUrl(model.baseUrl ?? "");
-  const modelIsAvailable = availableKeys?.has(modelKey(model.provider, model.id)) ?? false;
-  // Prefer model-level registry availability when present.
+  const modelIsAvailable =
+    local || (availableKeys?.has(modelKey(model.provider, model.id)) ?? false);
+  // Local provider rows use their baseUrl as the auth marker.
+  // Otherwise prefer model-level registry availability when present.
   // Fall back to provider-level auth heuristics only if registry availability isn't available,
   // or if the caller marks this as a synthetic/forward-compat model that won't appear in getAvailable().
   const available =