diff --git a/src/plugin/chat-message.test.ts b/src/plugin/chat-message.test.ts
index a10968303..e79eb8d2d 100644
--- a/src/plugin/chat-message.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugin/chat-message.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test"
+import { afterEach, describe, test, expect } from "bun:test"
 
 import { createChatMessageHandler } from "./chat-message"
+import { _resetForTesting, setMainSession, subagentSessions } from "../features/claude-code-session-state"
+import { clearSessionModel, getSessionModel, setSessionModel } from "../shared/session-model-state"
 
 type ChatMessagePart = { type: string; text?: string; [key: string]: unknown }
 type ChatMessageHandlerOutput = { message: Record<string, unknown>; parts: ChatMessagePart[] }
@@ -30,6 +32,13 @@ function createMockHandlerArgs(overrides?: {
   }
 }
 
+afterEach(() => {
+  _resetForTesting()
+  clearSessionModel("test-session")
+  clearSessionModel("main-session")
+  clearSessionModel("subagent-session")
+})
+
 function createMockInput(agent?: string, model?: { providerID: string; modelID: string }) {
   return {
     sessionID: "test-session",
@@ -142,4 +151,100 @@ describe("createChatMessageHandler - TUI variant passthrough", () => {
     expect(output.parts).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(output.parts[0].text).toContain("[BACKGROUND TASK COMPLETED]")
   })
+
+  test("reuses the stored model for subsequent messages in the main session when the UI sends none", async () => {
+    //#given
+    setMainSession("test-session")
+    setSessionModel("test-session", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: false })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const input = createMockInput("sisyphus")
+    const output = createMockOutput()
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message["model"]).toEqual({ providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+    expect(getSessionModel("test-session")).toEqual({ providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+  })
+
+  test("does not reuse a stored model for the first message of a session", async () => {
+    //#given
+    setMainSession("test-session")
+    setSessionModel("test-session", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: true })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const input = createMockInput("sisyphus")
+    const output = createMockOutput()
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message["model"]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test("does not reuse the main-session model for subagent sessions", async () => {
+    //#given
+    setMainSession("main-session")
+    setSessionModel("main-session", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+    subagentSessions.add("subagent-session")
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: false })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const input = {
+      sessionID: "subagent-session",
+      agent: "oracle",
+    }
+    const output = createMockOutput()
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message["model"]).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(getSessionModel("subagent-session")).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test("does not override explicit agent model overrides with stored session model", async () => {
+    //#given
+    setMainSession("test-session")
+    setSessionModel("test-session", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({
+      shouldOverride: false,
+      pluginConfig: {
+        agents: {
+          sisyphus: { model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" },
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const input = createMockInput("sisyphus")
+    const output = createMockOutput()
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message["model"]).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(getSessionModel("test-session")).toEqual({ providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" })
+  })
+
+  test("respects a mid-conversation model switch instead of reusing the previous stored model", async () => {
+    //#given
+    setMainSession("test-session")
+    setSessionModel("test-session", { providerID: "anthropic", modelID: "claude-opus-4-6" })
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: false })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const nextModel = { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.4" }
+    const input = createMockInput("sisyphus", nextModel)
+    const output = createMockOutput()
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message["model"]).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(getSessionModel("test-session")).toEqual(nextModel)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/plugin/chat-message.ts b/src/plugin/chat-message.ts
index 750eaf667..b7bfea33f 100644
--- a/src/plugin/chat-message.ts
+++ b/src/plugin/chat-message.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import type { OhMyOpenCodeConfig } from "../config"
 import type { PluginContext } from "./types"
 
 import { hasConnectedProvidersCache } from "../shared"
-import { setSessionModel } from "../shared/session-model-state"
-import { setSessionAgent } from "../features/claude-code-session-state"
+import { getSessionModel, setSessionModel } from "../shared/session-model-state"
+import { getMainSessionID, setSessionAgent, subagentSessions } from "../features/claude-code-session-state"
 import { applyUltraworkModelOverrideOnMessage } from "./ultrawork-model-override"
 import { parseRalphLoopArguments } from "../hooks/ralph-loop/command-arguments"
 
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export type ChatMessageInput = {
 }
 type StartWorkHookOutput = { parts: Array<{ type: string; text?: string }> }
 
+type SessionModelOverride = { providerID: string; modelID: string }
+
 function isStartWorkHookOutput(value: unknown): value is StartWorkHookOutput {
   if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false
   const record = value as Record<string, unknown>
@@ -35,6 +37,53 @@ function isStartWorkHookOutput(value: unknown): value is StartWorkHookOutput {
   })
 }
 
+function hasExplicitAgentModelOverride(
+  agent: string | undefined,
+  pluginConfig: OhMyOpenCodeConfig
+): boolean {
+  const configuredAgents = pluginConfig.agents
+  if (!agent || !configuredAgents || !(agent in configuredAgents)) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const configuredAgent = configuredAgents[agent as keyof typeof configuredAgents]
+  const configuredModel = configuredAgent?.model
+  return typeof configuredModel === "string" && configuredModel.trim().length > 0
+}
+
+function getStoredMainSessionModel(
+  input: ChatMessageInput,
+  pluginConfig: OhMyOpenCodeConfig,
+  isFirstMessage: boolean,
+  output: ChatMessageHandlerOutput
+): SessionModelOverride | undefined {
+  if (isFirstMessage) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (subagentSessions.has(input.sessionID)) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (getMainSessionID() !== input.sessionID) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (input.model) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (output.message["model"] !== undefined) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (hasExplicitAgentModelOverride(input.agent, pluginConfig)) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  return getSessionModel(input.sessionID)
+}
+
 export function createChatMessageHandler(args: {
   ctx: PluginContext
   pluginConfig: OhMyOpenCodeConfig
@@ -74,10 +123,21 @@ export function createChatMessageHandler(args: {
       setSessionAgent(input.sessionID, input.agent)
     }
 
-    if (firstMessageVariantGate.shouldOverride(input.sessionID)) {
+    const isFirstMessage = firstMessageVariantGate.shouldOverride(input.sessionID)
+    if (isFirstMessage) {
       firstMessageVariantGate.markApplied(input.sessionID)
     }
 
+    const storedMainSessionModel = getStoredMainSessionModel(
+      input,
+      pluginConfig,
+      isFirstMessage,
+      output,
+    )
+    if (storedMainSessionModel) {
+      output.message["model"] = storedMainSessionModel
+    }
+
     if (!isRuntimeFallbackEnabled) {
       await hooks.modelFallback?.["chat.message"]?.(input, output)
     }