diff --git a/hermes_cli/models.py b/hermes_cli/models.py
index eeeeebb181..20f388319e 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/models.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/models.py
@@ -1605,8 +1605,8 @@ def _chat_catalog_rows(models):
 def _configured_relay_base_url(provider: str) -> str:
     """``model.base_url`` when it points the *configured* provider at a relay/proxy, else "".
 
-    Discovery must probe the same endpoint inference uses (#121387): with ``model.base_url``
-    set for the configured provider, the vendor's canonical host is NOT the catalog to list.
+    Discovery must probe the same endpoint inference uses (#121387): when ``model.base_url``
+    differs from the registered endpoint, the vendor's canonical host is NOT the catalog to list.
     Mirrors the ``$OPENAI_BASE_URL`` -> ``model.base_url`` -> canonical precedence of
     ``_openai_discovery_base_url`` for every built-in provider, not just OpenAI.
     """
@@ -1622,7 +1622,15 @@ def _configured_relay_base_url(provider: str) -> str:
             return ""
     except Exception:
         return ""
-    return str(model_cfg.get("base_url") or "").strip().rstrip("/")
+    base_url = str(model_cfg.get("base_url") or "").strip().rstrip("/")
+    from hermes_cli.auth import PROVIDER_REGISTRY
+
+    registered = PROVIDER_REGISTRY.get(normalize_provider(provider))
+    # Setup persists canonical URLs too. They still need the provider's native discovery
+    # (notably Codex OAuth); the generic relay probe only supports API-key providers.
+    if registered and base_url == registered.inference_base_url.rstrip("/"):
+        return ""
+    return base_url
 
 
 def _relay_model_catalog(normalized: str, relay: str) -> Optional[list[str]]:
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_codex_credential_host_binding.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_codex_credential_host_binding.py
index 0d5fbf2cad..09ad041751 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_codex_credential_host_binding.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_codex_credential_host_binding.py
@@ -203,6 +203,44 @@ def test_picker_direct_chatgpt_positive_control(monkeypatch, picker_http):
     assert _authorized_hosts(picker_http) == {"chatgpt.com"}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("suffix", ["", "/"])
+def test_full_picker_discovers_codex_models_with_pinned_canonical_url(monkeypatch, suffix):
+    """A saved canonical URL must not bypass account discovery via the relay-only API-key path."""
+    import httpx
+
+    from hermes_cli.inventory import build_model_options_payload, load_picker_context
+
+    home = _home(monkeypatch)
+    _write_config(home, base_url=CHATGPT + suffix)
+    _write_singleton(home, JWT)
+    tokens_before = json.loads((home / "auth.json").read_bytes())["providers"]["openai-codex"]["tokens"]
+    config_before = (home / "config.yaml").read_bytes()
+    discovered = "gpt-6-astra"
+    seen = []
+
+    def catalog_get(url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        seen.append((url, headers))
+        return SimpleNamespace(status_code=200, json=lambda: {
+            "models": [{"slug": discovered, "visibility": "list", "priority": 0}],
+        })
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", catalog_get)
+    # Unrelated metadata sources stay offline; config, auth, discovery, cache and picker are real.
+    monkeypatch.setattr("agent.models_dev.fetch_models_dev", lambda: {})
+    monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.models.get_curated_nous_model_ids", lambda: [])
+    monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.models.fetch_ollama_cloud_models", lambda **kw: [])
+    monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.models_pricing.get_pricing_for_provider", lambda *a, **kw: {})
+
+    payload = build_model_options_payload(load_picker_context(), refresh=True)
+    row = next(p for p in payload["providers"] if p["slug"] == "openai-codex")
+    assert discovered in row["models"]
+    assert seen
+    assert all(urlparse(url).hostname == "chatgpt.com" for url, _ in seen)
+    assert all(headers["Authorization"] == f"Bearer {JWT}" for _, headers in seen)
+    assert json.loads((home / "auth.json").read_bytes())["providers"]["openai-codex"]["tokens"] == tokens_before
+    assert (home / "config.yaml").read_bytes() == config_before
+
+
 def test_picker_refuses_opaque_key_aimed_at_chatgpt(picker_http):
     """Defense in depth: a non-JWT key composed with chatgpt.com is never sent there."""
     from hermes_cli.codex_models import get_codex_model_ids
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_models_relay_base_url.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_models_relay_base_url.py
index 8c14b35c9a..a78aece829 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_models_relay_base_url.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_models_relay_base_url.py
@@ -19,6 +19,30 @@ class _RecordingProfile:
         return ["relay-only-model"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["openai-codex", "copilot", "nous", "opencode-zen"])
+def test_canonical_url_preserves_native_catalog_but_other_paths_stay_relays(monkeypatch, provider):
+    from hermes_cli.auth import PROVIDER_REGISTRY
+    from hermes_cli.config import atomic_config_write
+    from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
+
+    canonical = PROVIDER_REGISTRY[provider].inference_base_url
+    config_path = get_hermes_home() / "config.yaml"
+    calls = []
+
+    def native_catalog(slug, force_refresh):
+        calls.append(slug)
+        return ["native-catalog-model"]
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(models._PROVIDER_CATALOG_FETCHERS, provider, native_catalog)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(models, "_relay_model_catalog", lambda *args: None)
+    for base_url, expected in [(canonical, [provider]), (canonical + "/relay", [])]:
+        calls.clear()
+        atomic_config_write(config_path, {"model": {"provider": provider, "base_url": base_url}})
+        catalog = models.provider_model_ids(provider, force_refresh=True)
+        assert calls == expected
+        assert ("native-catalog-model" in catalog) == bool(expected)
+
+
 def test_relay_base_url_is_probed_for_configured_provider(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         models,