diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.test.ts
index 4f1302fd1b..7310464896 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,15 @@ describe("formatThinkingOptionLabel", () => {
     expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "think-hard", label: "think-hard" })).toBe("Think hard");
     expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "xhigh", label: "XHigh" })).toBe("Extra high");
   });
+
+  it("preserves provider-supplied xhigh labels with extra detail", () => {
+    expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "xhigh", label: "XHigh (56 | 8m)" })).toBe(
+      "X high (56 | 8m)",
+    );
+    expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "xhigh", label: "XHigh (45 | 6m)" })).toBe(
+      "X high (45 | 6m)",
+    );
+    expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "xhigh" })).toBe("Extra high");
+    expect(formatThinkingOptionLabel({ id: "xhigh", label: "Extra high" })).toBe("Extra high");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.ts
index ff32aaf4dc..704298f78c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-controls/labels.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ export function formatAgentModeLabel(mode: ControlLabelInput): string {
 
 export function formatThinkingOptionLabel(option: ControlLabelInput): string {
   const rawLabel = (option.label ?? option.id).trim();
-  const compactId = option.id.replace(/[\s_-]+/g, "").toLowerCase();
   const compactLabel = rawLabel.replace(/[\s_-]+/g, "").toLowerCase();
 
-  if (compactId === "xhigh" || compactLabel === "xhigh") {
+  if (compactLabel === "xhigh" || compactLabel === "extrahigh") {
     return i18n.t("agentControls.thinking.extraHigh");
   }