diff --git a/gateway/slash_commands_session.py b/gateway/slash_commands_session.py
index d87e1c1a38..4e580dc768 100644
--- a/gateway/slash_commands_session.py
+++ b/gateway/slash_commands_session.py
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ class GatewaySessionCommandsMixin:
         # #10702, one-turn restores, model notes, last-resolved cache #58403, /queue overflow) + security
         # state in one funnel call. See _CONVERSATION_SCOPED_STATE in gateway/run.py.
         self._clear_conversation_scope(session_key, reason="resume")
+        # switch_session keeps the route's persisted /model pin (a re-pin is not a boundary,
+        # #119864); /resume IS one, and the funnel above clears only in-memory state — without this
+        # the next turn's _rehydrate_session_model_override resurrects the pin it just cleared.
+        await self.async_session_store.set_model_override(session_key, None)
         # Evict so the next turn rebuilds with the right session_id — the cached AIAgent's memory
         # provider cached _session_id at initialize() and would keep writing to the wrong session.
         self._evict_cached_agent(session_key)
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_switch_session_keeps_model_override.py b/tests/gateway/test_switch_session_keeps_model_override.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..268aad33b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_switch_session_keeps_model_override.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""A /model pin belongs to the chat route (session_key), not to one session_id (#119864).
+
+``SessionStore.switch_session()`` re-points a key at another session id for non-boundary
+reasons too (async-delegation re-pin, compression-tip binding heal, CLI handoff, /branch), so
+the persisted ``model_override`` must ride along. ``reset_session()`` (/new) is a deliberate
+conversation boundary and must keep dropping it — otherwise the next turn's
+``_rehydrate_session_model_override`` resurrects the override the user reset away.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from gateway.config import GatewayConfig, Platform
+from gateway.session import SessionSource, SessionStore
+
+OVERRIDE = {"model": "nous/hermes-4", "provider": "nous"}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def store(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    import hermes_state
+
+    def _raise():
+        raise RuntimeError("SQLite disabled in test")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hermes_state, "SessionDB", _raise)
+    with patch("gateway.session.SessionStore._ensure_loaded"):
+        s = SessionStore(sessions_dir=tmp_path / "sessions", config=GatewayConfig())
+    s._loaded = True
+    return s
+
+
+def _pinned_key(store):
+    source = SessionSource(platform=Platform.TELEGRAM, chat_id="c1", chat_type="dm",
+                           user_id="u1", user_name="tester")
+    key = store.get_or_create_session(source).session_key
+    store.set_model_override(key, OVERRIDE)
+    assert store.get_model_override(key) == OVERRIDE
+    return key
+
+
+def test_switch_session_keeps_model_override_on_the_route(store):
+    key = _pinned_key(store)
+    switched = store.switch_session(key, "other_session_id")
+    assert switched is not None and switched.session_id == "other_session_id"
+    assert switched.model_override == OVERRIDE
+    assert store.get_model_override(key) == OVERRIDE
+
+
+def test_reset_session_still_drops_persisted_model_override(store):
+    """Control: /new is a boundary; a restart or the next turn must not resurrect the pin."""
+    key = _pinned_key(store)
+    fresh = store.reset_session(key)
+    assert fresh is not None and fresh.is_fresh_reset
+    assert fresh.model_override is None
+    assert store.get_model_override(key) is None