diff --git a/.github/tauri-cef-expected-sha b/.github/tauri-cef-expected-sha
index 1b3addaee1..cab89c30c7 100644
--- a/.github/tauri-cef-expected-sha
+++ b/.github/tauri-cef-expected-sha
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e22ec719034fdac3994c42a3c040fafa10672219
+c90c8a330056286e7c0d05439ae3d4527fa4fafe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/vendor/tauri-cef b/app/src-tauri/vendor/tauri-cef
index 4cabccfa82..c90c8a3300 160000
--- a/app/src-tauri/vendor/tauri-cef
+++ b/app/src-tauri/vendor/tauri-cef
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4cabccfa82c53e5f9d8409894cc47a648057c90e
+Subproject commit c90c8a330056286e7c0d05439ae3d4527fa4fafe
diff --git a/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory.rs b/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory.rs
index ca8d6d6e76..421ae61650 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ pub const PROVIDER_OPENHUMAN: &str = "openhuman";
 /// Prefix for Ollama-local providers: `"ollama:<model>"`.
 pub const OLLAMA_PROVIDER_PREFIX: &str = "ollama:";
 
+fn is_abstract_tier_model(model: &str) -> bool {
+    use crate::openhuman::config::{
+        MODEL_AGENTIC_V1, MODEL_CODING_V1, MODEL_REASONING_QUICK_V1, MODEL_REASONING_V1,
+    };
+    // No dedicated constant for the summarization tier yet; keep the literal
+    // in sync with the tier name used by the summarizer sub-agent.
+    const MODEL_SUMMARIZATION_V1: &str = "summarization-v1";
+    let trimmed = model.trim();
+    trimmed == MODEL_REASONING_V1
+        || trimmed == MODEL_REASONING_QUICK_V1
+        || trimmed == MODEL_AGENTIC_V1
+        || trimmed == MODEL_CODING_V1
+        || trimmed == MODEL_SUMMARIZATION_V1
+}
+
 /// Auth-profile storage key for a slug-keyed provider.
 ///
 /// New writes use `"provider:<slug>"`. Lookups also try the bare `<slug>`
@@ -426,12 +441,39 @@ fn make_cloud_provider_by_slug(
 
     // Resolve effective model: use provided model if non-empty, else fall back
     // to the entry's legacy default_model (if any), else empty → error.
-    let effective_model = if model.trim().is_empty() {
+    let mut effective_model = if model.trim().is_empty() {
         entry.default_model.clone().unwrap_or_default()
     } else {
         model.to_string()
     };
 
+    if entry.auth_style != AuthStyle::OpenhumanJwt && is_abstract_tier_model(&effective_model) {
+        if let Some(default_model) = entry
+            .default_model
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|m| !m.is_empty() && !is_abstract_tier_model(m))
+        {
+            log::info!(
+                "[providers][chat-factory] role={} slug={} remapping abstract model {} -> {}",
+                role,
+                slug,
+                effective_model,
+                default_model
+            );
+            effective_model = default_model.to_string();
+        } else {
+            anyhow::bail!(
+                "[chat-factory] model '{}' is an abstract tier for role '{}', \
+                 but cloud provider slug '{}' has no concrete default_model configured. \
+                 Set cloud_providers[].default_model to a provider-native model id (e.g. deepseek-v4-pro).",
+                effective_model,
+                role,
+                slug
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     log::info!(
         "[providers][chat-factory] role={} slug={} model={} endpoint_host={}",
         role,
diff --git a/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory_test.rs b/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory_test.rs
index b82c47741c..7db20e557a 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory_test.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/inference/provider/factory_test.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,48 @@ fn openrouter_slug_model() {
     assert_eq!(model, "meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn custom_provider_remaps_abstract_tier_to_concrete_default_model() {
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    config.cloud_providers.push(CloudProviderCreds {
+        id: "p_ds".to_string(),
+        slug: "deepseek".to_string(),
+        label: "DeepSeek".to_string(),
+        endpoint: "https://api.deepseek.com/v1".to_string(),
+        auth_style: AuthStyle::Bearer,
+        default_model: Some("deepseek-v4-pro".to_string()),
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+
+    let (_, model) =
+        create_chat_provider_from_string("reasoning", "deepseek:reasoning-v1", &config)
+            .expect("abstract tier should remap to concrete default model");
+    assert_eq!(model, "deepseek-v4-pro");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn custom_provider_rejects_abstract_tier_without_concrete_default_model() {
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    config.cloud_providers.push(CloudProviderCreds {
+        id: "p_ds".to_string(),
+        slug: "deepseek".to_string(),
+        label: "DeepSeek".to_string(),
+        endpoint: "https://api.deepseek.com/v1".to_string(),
+        auth_style: AuthStyle::Bearer,
+        default_model: None,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+
+    // Can't use `.expect_err(..)` here because `Box<dyn Provider>` doesn't
+    // implement `Debug`, so the success arm has no Debug to print.
+    let err = match create_chat_provider_from_string("reasoning", "deepseek:reasoning-v1", &config)
+    {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("abstract tier without concrete provider default should fail"),
+        Err(e) => e,
+    };
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("abstract tier"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn orcarouter_slug_model() {
     let mut config = Config::default();