diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.features.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.features.test.ts
index f70ecd6d76..23b4ee6684 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.features.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.features.test.ts
@@ -563,6 +563,39 @@ describe("Codex app-server provider controls", () => {
     await expect(appServer.waitForTurnStart()).resolves.toMatchObject({ serviceTier: "priority" });
   });
 
+  test("a live service_tier: fast is returned as the model's Fast tier", async () => {
+    const { session, appServer } = await createConnectedSession();
+
+    await expect(session.applyOptions?.({ service_tier: "fast" })).resolves.toEqual({
+      service_tier: "priority",
+    });
+
+    await session.startTurn("hello");
+    await expect(appServer.waitForTurnStart()).resolves.toMatchObject({ serviceTier: "priority" });
+  });
+
+  test("switching to a model without the speed tier says Normal and keeps it so on the way back", async () => {
+    const models = [
+      ...TEST_SPEED_MODELS,
+      { id: "plain", isDefault: false, defaultReasoningEffort: "medium", serviceTiers: [] },
+    ];
+    const { session, appServer } = await createConnectedSession(
+      { model: "gpt-5.4", providerOptions: { service_tier: "priority" } },
+      { models },
+    );
+    const events: AgentStreamEvent[] = [];
+    session.subscribe((event) => events.push(event));
+
+    await session.setModel?.("plain");
+    await session.setModel?.("gpt-5.4");
+
+    expect(events.filter((event) => event.type === "options_changed")).toEqual([
+      { type: "options_changed", provider: "codex", patch: { service_tier: "default" } },
+    ]);
+    await session.startTurn("hello");
+    await expect(appServer.waitForTurnStart()).resolves.toMatchObject({ serviceTier: "default" });
+  });
+
   describe("a pre-v0.10 fast_mode: true option", () => {
     function createLegacyFastHarness(configDefaults: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
       const appServer = createFakeCodexAppServer({
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.ts
index 16ae88914c..5085be66de 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.ts
@@ -4665,6 +4665,26 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     this.config.model = modelId ?? undefined;
     this.refreshResolvedCollaborationMode();
     this.cachedRuntimeInfo = null;
+    this.dropUnavailableServiceTier();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A speed the new model does not offer turns into Normal and is reported, so choosing a model
+   * that does offer it again does not bring the paid tier back. It is reported as Normal rather
+   * than removed so a configured default cannot fill the old speed back in.
+   */
+  private dropUnavailableServiceTier(): void {
+    const requested = this.requestedServiceTier;
+    if (requested === null || this.speedModels.length === 0) return;
+    if (this.isServiceTierAvailable(requested)) return;
+    this.requestedServiceTier = "default";
+    const { fast_mode: legacyFast, ...running } = this.providerOptions;
+    this.providerOptions = { ...running, service_tier: "default" };
+    this.emitEvent({
+      type: "options_changed",
+      provider: CODEX_PROVIDER,
+      patch: { service_tier: "default", ...(legacyFast === undefined ? {} : { fast_mode: null }) },
+    });
   }
 
   async setThinkingOption(thinkingOptionId: string | null): Promise<void | AgentProviderNotice> {
@@ -4707,6 +4727,15 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     if ("fast_mode" in options && !("service_tier" in options) && options.fast_mode !== null) {
       return tier === null ? {} : { service_tier: tier, fast_mode: null };
     }
+    // The catalog may name the tier differently from the request (`fast` is the Fast tier's id).
+    if (
+      "service_tier" in options &&
+      tier !== null &&
+      requestedTier !== null &&
+      tier !== requestedTier
+    ) {
+      return { service_tier: tier };
+    }
     return {};
   }