diff --git a/src/shared/connected-providers-cache.ts b/src/shared/connected-providers-cache.ts
index ae6e3e4334..9c1ff5e18f 100644
--- a/src/shared/connected-providers-cache.ts
+++ b/src/shared/connected-providers-cache.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@ interface ConnectedProvidersCache {
 	updatedAt: string
 }
 
+interface ModelMetadata {
+	id: string
+	provider?: string
+	context?: number
+	output?: number
+	name?: string
+}
+
 interface ProviderModelsCache {
-	models: Record<string, string[]>
+	models: Record<string, string[] | ModelMetadata[]>
 	connected: string[]
 	updatedAt: string
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/model-availability.test.ts b/src/shared/model-availability.test.ts
index 61dcd8863a..d831ac279a 100644
--- a/src/shared/model-availability.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/model-availability.test.ts
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ describe("fetchAvailableModels with provider-models cache (whitelist-filtered)",
 		rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 	})
 
-	function writeProviderModelsCache(data: { models: Record<string, string[]>; connected: string[] }) {
+	function writeProviderModelsCache(data: { models: Record<string, string[] | any[]>; connected: string[] }) {
 		const cacheDir = join(tempDir, "oh-my-opencode")
 		require("fs").mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true })
 		writeFileSync(join(cacheDir, "provider-models.json"), JSON.stringify({
@@ -723,6 +723,72 @@ describe("fetchAvailableModels with provider-models cache (whitelist-filtered)",
 		expect(result.has("anthropic/claude-opus-4-5")).toBe(false)
 		expect(result.has("google/gemini-3-pro")).toBe(false)
 	})
+
+	it("should handle object[] format with metadata (Ollama-style)", async () => {
+		writeProviderModelsCache({
+			models: {
+				ollama: [
+					{ id: "ministral-3:14b-32k-agent", provider: "ollama", context: 32768, output: 8192 },
+					{ id: "qwen3-coder:32k-agent", provider: "ollama", context: 32768, output: 8192 }
+				]
+			},
+			connected: ["ollama"]
+		})
+
+		const result = await fetchAvailableModels(undefined, {
+			connectedProviders: ["ollama"]
+		})
+
+		expect(result.size).toBe(2)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/ministral-3:14b-32k-agent")).toBe(true)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/qwen3-coder:32k-agent")).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it("should handle mixed string[] and object[] formats across providers", async () => {
+		writeProviderModelsCache({
+			models: {
+				anthropic: ["claude-opus-4-5", "claude-sonnet-4-5"],
+				ollama: [
+					{ id: "ministral-3:14b-32k-agent", provider: "ollama" },
+					{ id: "qwen3-coder:32k-agent", provider: "ollama" }
+				]
+			},
+			connected: ["anthropic", "ollama"]
+		})
+
+		const result = await fetchAvailableModels(undefined, {
+			connectedProviders: ["anthropic", "ollama"]
+		})
+
+		expect(result.size).toBe(4)
+		expect(result.has("anthropic/claude-opus-4-5")).toBe(true)
+		expect(result.has("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5")).toBe(true)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/ministral-3:14b-32k-agent")).toBe(true)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/qwen3-coder:32k-agent")).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it("should skip invalid entries in object[] format", async () => {
+		writeProviderModelsCache({
+			models: {
+				ollama: [
+					{ id: "valid-model", provider: "ollama" },
+					{ provider: "ollama" },
+					{ id: "", provider: "ollama" },
+					null,
+					"string-model"
+				]
+			},
+			connected: ["ollama"]
+		})
+
+		const result = await fetchAvailableModels(undefined, {
+			connectedProviders: ["ollama"]
+		})
+
+		expect(result.size).toBe(2)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/valid-model")).toBe(true)
+		expect(result.has("ollama/string-model")).toBe(true)
+	})
 })
 
 describe("isModelAvailable", () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/model-availability.ts b/src/shared/model-availability.ts
index 483c2a56b9..5465d9ff13 100644
--- a/src/shared/model-availability.ts
+++ b/src/shared/model-availability.ts
@@ -187,16 +187,23 @@ export async function fetchAvailableModels(
 		if (providerCount === 0) {
 			log("[fetchAvailableModels] provider-models cache empty, falling back to models.json")
 		} else {
-			log("[fetchAvailableModels] using provider-models cache (whitelist-filtered)")
-			
-			for (const [providerId, modelIds] of Object.entries(providerModelsCache.models)) {
-				if (!connectedSet.has(providerId)) {
-					continue
-				}
-				for (const modelId of modelIds) {
+		log("[fetchAvailableModels] using provider-models cache (whitelist-filtered)")
+		
+		for (const [providerId, modelIds] of Object.entries(providerModelsCache.models)) {
+			if (!connectedSet.has(providerId)) {
+				continue
+			}
+			for (const modelItem of modelIds) {
+				// Handle both string[] (legacy) and object[] (with metadata) formats
+				const modelId = typeof modelItem === 'string' 
+					? modelItem 
+					: (modelItem as any)?.id
+				
+				if (modelId) {
 					modelSet.add(`${providerId}/${modelId}`)
 				}
 			}
+		}
 
 			log("[fetchAvailableModels] parsed from provider-models cache", {
 				count: modelSet.size,