diff --git a/src/prerna/reactor/insights/GetInsightActiveRoomModelReactor.java b/src/prerna/reactor/insights/GetInsightActiveRoomModelReactor.java
index b7286e1246..b631965ed5 100644
--- a/src/prerna/reactor/insights/GetInsightActiveRoomModelReactor.java
+++ b/src/prerna/reactor/insights/GetInsightActiveRoomModelReactor.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import prerna.auth.User;
 import prerna.engine.impl.model.Room;
 import prerna.engine.impl.model.inferencetracking.ModelInferenceLogsUtils;
 import prerna.reactor.AbstractReactor;
@@ -37,19 +40,40 @@
 
 public class GetInsightActiveRoomModelReactor extends AbstractReactor {
 
+	private static final String MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEY = "modelId";
+	/** Older rooms stored the model under these option keys. Same keys AgentRunner reads. */
+	private static final String[] LEGACY_MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEYS = { "engine", "model", "engineId" };
+
 	@Override
 	public NounMetadata execute() {
 		String roomId = this.insight.getRoomId();
 		if (roomId == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Insight is not associated with any room");
 		}
-		String userId = this.insight.getUser().getPrimaryLoginToken().getId();
-		Room room = ModelInferenceLogsUtils.getRoomById(roomId, userId);
+		User user = this.insight.getUser();
+		String userId = user.getPrimaryLoginToken().getId();
 
-		String modelId = null;
-		Map<String, Object> optionsMap = room.getOptionsMap();
-		if (optionsMap.containsKey("modelId")) {
-			modelId = (String) optionsMap.get("modelId");
+		// The cached room is the one RunAgent works on, so it carries the model the
+		// run resolved even when that never reached the stored row.
+		Room cachedRoom = user.getRoomHash().get(roomId);
+		Room storedRoom = ModelInferenceLogsUtils.getRoomById(roomId, userId);
+		if (cachedRoom == null && storedRoom == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Room " + roomId + " does not exist");
+		}
+
+		// The playground writes the selected model to options.modelId, so it wins
+		String modelId = getOption(storedRoom, MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEY);
+		if (modelId == null) {
+			modelId = getOption(cachedRoom, MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEY);
+		}
+		if (modelId == null) {
+			modelId = getModelId(cachedRoom);
+		}
+		if (modelId == null) {
+			modelId = getModelId(storedRoom);
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; modelId == null && i < LEGACY_MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEYS.length; i++) {
+			modelId = getOption(storedRoom, LEGACY_MODEL_ID_OPTION_KEYS[i]);
 		}
 		if (modelId == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("No model associated with the room");
@@ -58,6 +82,22 @@ public NounMetadata execute() {
 		return new NounMetadata(modelId, PixelDataType.CONST_STRING);
 	}
 
+	private static String getOption(Room room, String key) {
+		if (room == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Map<String, Object> optionsMap = room.getOptionsMap();
+		if (optionsMap == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Object value = optionsMap.get(key);
+		return value instanceof String ? StringUtils.trimToNull((String) value) : null;
+	}
+
+	private static String getModelId(Room room) {
+		return room == null ? null : StringUtils.trimToNull(room.getModelId());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String getReactorDescription() {
 		return "Get the active model for the room set in the current insight";