diff --git a/hermes_cli/models.py b/hermes_cli/models.py
index 54d105b9de..c16ec76f2b 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/models.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/models.py
@@ -1436,7 +1436,9 @@ def _anthropic_catalog(normalized: str, force_refresh: bool) -> list[str]:
     live = _fetch_anthropic_models(base_url=cfg_base_url or None, api_key=cfg_api_key or None)
     curated = list(_PROVIDER_MODELS.get("anthropic", []))
     if not live:
-        return curated
+        # A placeholder for the outage, not this account/proxy's catalog: the disk cache must
+        # never pin it over a same-credentials live row (#107391).
+        return CuratedFallbackModels(curated)
     # The live /v1/models dump lags newly-routed curated aliases (reachable before enumerated):
     # curated first, then live-only extras, so a fresh curated model never disappears.
     return live if cfg_base_url else _merge_unique(curated, live)
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_cache_fallback_rows.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_cache_fallback_rows.py
index a989711fd8..7ad80493ef 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_cache_fallback_rows.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_cache_fallback_rows.py
@@ -123,3 +123,14 @@ def test_codex_cold_fallback_retries_after_short_ttl(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
         assert "gpt-6-astra" in mod.cached_provider_model_ids("openai-codex")
         assert "fallback" not in cache["openai-codex"]
     spawn.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_anthropic_catalog_marks_the_curated_list_as_fallback_on_a_failed_live_fetch():
+    # _anthropic_catalog used to `return curated` (a plain list) on a failed live fetch, so a
+    # transient outage on a proxy base_url cached the generic curated list over the account's/
+    # proxy's real catalog for a full hour (same class of bug as #107391, just missed by 3fb8b3f6).
+    with patch.object(mod, "_get_model_config_dict", return_value={}), \
+         patch.object(mod, "_fetch_anthropic_models", return_value=None):
+        rows = mod.provider_model_ids("anthropic")
+    assert isinstance(rows, mod.CuratedFallbackModels)
+    assert rows == list(mod._PROVIDER_MODELS["anthropic"])