diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index ed250d6bc..a108ecf29 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -650,6 +650,13 @@ export interface Config {
    * id; `"pick"` opens the interactive picker. Omitted for a fresh session.
    */
   resumeMode?: "id" | "pick";
+  /**
+   * True when this invocation passed --provider and/or --model. Resume keeps
+   * the stored session's model unless this is set; the override is a
+   * parse-time fact, never inferred by comparing launch values against the
+   * stored record.
+   */
+  modelOverride?: boolean;
 
   // Deprecated no-op retained for CLI compatibility.
   noWorkflow: boolean;
@@ -1181,6 +1188,9 @@ export async function loadConfig(
         }
       : {}),
     ...(resumePicker ? { resumePicker: true } : {}),
+    ...(provider !== undefined || model !== undefined
+      ? { modelOverride: true as const }
+      : {}),
     ...(settings?.defaultProvider !== undefined
       ? { globalDefaultProvider: settings.defaultProvider }
       : {}),
diff --git a/src/tui/session-start.test.ts b/src/tui/session-start.test.ts
index c223c4910..fd3ed9601 100644
--- a/src/tui/session-start.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/session-start.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 
 import { withMockedModuleDuring } from "../../tests/helpers/mock-module.js";
 import { setActiveRun, clearActiveRun } from "../session/active-run.js";
+import type { RunStateHandle } from "../session/active-run.js";
+import type { Config } from "../config/index.js";
 import type { RunState } from "../session/state.js";
+import type { Telemetry } from "../telemetry/index.js";
 
 describe("createTUICrashGuard", () => {
   test("finalizeOnCrash writes live session id and provider:model after bindLiveSession", async () => {
@@ -99,3 +102,218 @@ describe("createTUICrashGuard", () => {
     expect(ran).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+interface CapturedSave {
+  cwd: string;
+  sessionId: string;
+  state: RunState;
+}
+
+function storedRunState(overrides: Partial<RunState> = {}): RunState {
+  return {
+    status: "running",
+    turnsUsed: 7,
+    task: "stored task",
+    startedAt: 111,
+    model: "stored-p:stored-m",
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function launchConfig(overrides: Partial<Config> = {}): Config {
+  return {
+    configured: true,
+    apiKey: "key",
+    baseURL: "https://example.test",
+    model: "launch-m",
+    providerName: "launch-p",
+    cwd: "/cwd",
+    task: "",
+    dangerouslySkipPermissions: false,
+    anthropicCachePrompt: false,
+    skipPermissionsFromSettings: false,
+    auto: true,
+    command: "tui",
+    globalSettingsPath: "/settings",
+    providers: [],
+    mcpServerEntries: [],
+    sessionId: "launch-session",
+    noWorkflow: false,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as Config;
+}
+
+async function runPrepareTUISession(
+  config: Config,
+  opts: { pickSessionId?: string; stored?: RunState | null },
+): Promise<{
+  prepared: Awaited<
+    ReturnType<typeof import("./session-start.js").prepareTUISession>
+  >;
+  saves: CapturedSave[];
+  activeRuns: RunStateHandle[];
+}> {
+  const saves: CapturedSave[] = [];
+  const activeRuns: RunStateHandle[] = [];
+  const stored = opts.stored === undefined ? storedRunState() : opts.stored;
+  const prepared = await withMockedModuleDuring(
+    import.meta.resolve("../session/assemble-runtime.js"),
+    (real: typeof import("../session/assemble-runtime.js")) => ({
+      ...real,
+      assembleInferenceBase: async () => ({}),
+      assembleSessionTrust: async () => ({}),
+    }),
+    async () =>
+      withMockedModuleDuring(
+        import.meta.resolve("./pick-session.js"),
+        (real: typeof import("./pick-session.js")) => ({
+          ...real,
+          pickSession: async () =>
+            opts.pickSessionId === undefined
+              ? null
+              : {
+                  sessionId: opts.pickSessionId,
+                  task: "picked task",
+                  startedAt: 1,
+                  updatedAt: 2,
+                  status: "running" as const,
+                },
+        }),
+        async () =>
+          withMockedModuleDuring(
+            import.meta.resolve("../session/state.js"),
+            (real: typeof import("../session/state.js")) => ({
+              ...real,
+              loadState: async () =>
+                stored === null
+                  ? { kind: "missing" as const }
+                  : { kind: "ok" as const, state: stored },
+              saveState: async (
+                cwd: string,
+                sessionId: string,
+                state: RunState,
+              ) => {
+                saves.push({ cwd, sessionId, state });
+              },
+            }),
+            async () =>
+              withMockedModuleDuring(
+                import.meta.resolve("../session/index.js"),
+                (real: typeof import("../session/index.js")) => ({
+                  ...real,
+                  initSessionDir: async () => "/dir",
+                  sessionContextDir: () => "/workdir",
+                }),
+                async () =>
+                  withMockedModuleDuring(
+                    import.meta.resolve("../session/active-run.js"),
+                    (real: typeof import("../session/active-run.js")) => ({
+                      ...real,
+                      setActiveRun: (handle: RunStateHandle) => {
+                        activeRuns.push(handle);
+                      },
+                    }),
+                    async () => {
+                      const { prepareTUISession } =
+                        await import("./session-start.js");
+                      return prepareTUISession(config, {} as Telemetry);
+                    },
+                  ),
+              ),
+          ),
+      ),
+  );
+  return { prepared, saves, activeRuns };
+}
+
+describe("prepareTUISession resume model", () => {
+  test("picker resume without flags restores the stored provider:model", async () => {
+    const { prepared, saves } = await runPrepareTUISession(
+      launchConfig({ resumePicker: true }),
+      { pickSessionId: "picked-session" },
+    );
+
+    expect(prepared?.config.providerName).toBe("stored-p");
+    expect(prepared?.config.model).toBe("stored-m");
+    expect(saves).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(saves[0]?.state.model).toBe("stored-p:stored-m");
+  });
+
+  test("id resume without flags restores the stored provider:model", async () => {
+    const { prepared, saves, activeRuns } = await runPrepareTUISession(
+      launchConfig({ resumeMode: "id", sessionId: "resume-id" }),
+      {},
+    );
+
+    expect(prepared?.config.providerName).toBe("stored-p");
+    expect(prepared?.config.model).toBe("stored-m");
+    expect(prepared?.resumeSeed.storedModel).toEqual({
+      providerName: "stored-p",
+      model: "stored-m",
+    });
+    expect(saves).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(saves[0]?.sessionId).toBe("resume-id");
+    expect(saves[0]?.state.model).toBe("stored-p:stored-m");
+    expect(activeRuns).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(activeRuns[0]?.model).toBe("stored-p:stored-m");
+  });
+
+  test("explicit flags win over the stored model on both resume branches", async () => {
+    for (const config of [
+      launchConfig({ resumePicker: true, modelOverride: true }),
+      launchConfig({
+        resumeMode: "id",
+        sessionId: "resume-id",
+        modelOverride: true,
+      }),
+    ]) {
+      const { prepared, saves } = await runPrepareTUISession(config, {
+        pickSessionId: "picked-session",
+      });
+
+      expect(prepared?.config.providerName).toBe("launch-p");
+      expect(prepared?.config.model).toBe("launch-m");
+      expect(saves).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(saves[0]?.state.model).toBe("launch-p:launch-m");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("legacy model-less records keep the launch default", async () => {
+    const { model: _dropped, ...legacy } = storedRunState();
+    const { prepared, saves } = await runPrepareTUISession(
+      launchConfig({ resumePicker: true }),
+      { pickSessionId: "picked-session", stored: legacy },
+    );
+
+    expect(prepared?.config.providerName).toBe("launch-p");
+    expect(prepared?.config.model).toBe("launch-m");
+    expect(prepared?.resumeSeed.storedModel).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(saves).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(saves[0]?.state.model).toBe("launch-p:launch-m");
+  });
+
+  test("resolveResumeSeed carries the stored model and tolerates malformed values", async () => {
+    const { resolveResumeSeed } = await import("./session-start.js");
+
+    expect(resolveResumeSeed(null)).toEqual({
+      turnsUsed: 0,
+      mcpServers: [],
+      activatedTools: [],
+    });
+    expect(resolveResumeSeed(storedRunState()).storedModel).toEqual({
+      providerName: "stored-p",
+      model: "stored-m",
+    });
+    expect(
+      resolveResumeSeed(storedRunState({ model: "stored-p:org:model-v2" }))
+        .storedModel,
+    ).toEqual({ providerName: "stored-p", model: "org:model-v2" });
+    for (const model of ["nocolon", ":empty-provider", "provider:", ""]) {
+      expect(
+        resolveResumeSeed(storedRunState({ model })).storedModel,
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+    const { model: _dropped, ...legacy } = storedRunState();
+    expect(resolveResumeSeed(legacy).storedModel).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tui/session-start.ts b/src/tui/session-start.ts
index e1b429e89..b5c47278a 100644
--- a/src/tui/session-start.ts
+++ b/src/tui/session-start.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ export interface ResumeSeed {
   // Present only when the prior run stamped an Anthropic-protocol cache write.
   lastCacheWriteAt?: number;
   cacheWriteModel?: string;
+  // The prior run's resolved provider:model, split for restore. Absent for a
+  // fresh run and for legacy records that predate the model field.
+  storedModel?: { providerName: string; model: string };
 }
 
 const FRESH_RESUME_SEED: ResumeSeed = {
@@ -58,6 +61,23 @@ const FRESH_RESUME_SEED: ResumeSeed = {
   activatedTools: [],
 };
 
+/**
+ * Split a run.json `provider:model` identity on its first colon so model ids
+ * containing colons survive. Absent or malformed values yield undefined and
+ * the caller keeps the launch default; this never throws.
+ */
+function splitStoredModel(
+  value: string | undefined,
+): { providerName: string; model: string } | undefined {
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  const colon = value.indexOf(":");
+  if (colon <= 0 || colon === value.length - 1) return undefined;
+  return {
+    providerName: value.slice(0, colon),
+    model: value.slice(colon + 1),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Fold a resumed session's run.json into a concrete seed once, at the
  * resume boundary, so every downstream reader (the run sink, the
@@ -68,10 +88,12 @@ const FRESH_RESUME_SEED: ResumeSeed = {
  */
 export function resolveResumeSeed(pickedState: RunState | null): ResumeSeed {
   if (pickedState === null) return FRESH_RESUME_SEED;
+  const storedModel = splitStoredModel(pickedState.model);
   return {
     turnsUsed: pickedState.turnsUsed,
     mcpServers: pickedState.mcpServers ?? [],
     activatedTools: pickedState.activatedTools ?? [],
+    ...(storedModel !== undefined ? { storedModel } : {}),
     ...(pickedState.lastCacheWriteAt !== undefined
       ? {
           lastCacheWriteAt: pickedState.lastCacheWriteAt,
@@ -290,6 +312,19 @@ export async function prepareTUISession(
     }
   }
 
+  // A resume without explicit --provider/--model keeps the stored session's
+  // model: the launch default would otherwise clobber it on both resume
+  // branches above. An explicit flag wins, so the restore is gated on the
+  // parse-time signal rather than any value comparison. Fresh runs and
+  // legacy model-less records carry no storedModel and keep the default.
+  if (config.modelOverride !== true && resumeSeed.storedModel !== undefined) {
+    config = {
+      ...config,
+      providerName: resumeSeed.storedModel.providerName,
+      model: resumeSeed.storedModel.model,
+    };
+  }
+
   const workdir = sessionContextDir(config.cwd, sessionId);
   await initSessionDir(config.cwd, sessionId);