diff --git a/scripts/ci/noema_review_gate.py b/scripts/ci/noema_review_gate.py
index af52927948..643a57c5c5 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/noema_review_gate.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/noema_review_gate.py
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ def _bounded_allowed_locations_json(allowed_locations: Sequence[dict[str, Any]])
     total_count = len(allowed_locations)
 
     def render(count: int) -> str:
+        """Serialize the first `count` locations, flagged as truncated if fewer than all."""
         return json.dumps(
             {
                 "total_count": total_count,
diff --git a/tests/test_noema_model_output_edge_coverage.py b/tests/test_noema_model_output_edge_coverage.py
index 1965e6723b..4ccc4a37d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_noema_model_output_edge_coverage.py
+++ b/tests/test_noema_model_output_edge_coverage.py
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import io
+import json
+
 from scripts.ci.noema_review_gate import (
+    MAX_HTTP_ERROR_BODY_BYTES,
+    _extract_http_error_served_model,
     _extract_served_model,
     _strip_trailing_commas_outside_strings,
     extract_json_object,
 )
 
 
+class _UnreadableBody:
+    """A response body whose read() fails, like a closed or drained socket."""
+
+    def read(self, _size: int) -> bytes:
+        raise OSError("body already consumed")
+
+
 def test_trailing_comma_stripper_preserves_escaped_string_content() -> None:
     """Quote/escape state must preserve backslashes and commas inside strings."""
     source = '{"value":"x\\\\y,",}'
@@ -29,3 +41,35 @@ def test_extract_json_object_recovers_only_lossless_trailing_comma() -> None:
 def test_extract_served_model_rejects_malformed_json() -> None:
     """Malformed response metadata must never fabricate a serving-model identity."""
     assert _extract_served_model("not-json") is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_reads_the_canonical_field() -> None:
+    body = json.dumps({"error": {"detail": {"model": "github_models/deepseek-v3"}}}).encode()
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(body)) == "github_models/deepseek-v3"
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_unreadable_body() -> None:
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(_UnreadableBody()) is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_oversized_body() -> None:
+    oversized = json.dumps({"pad": "x" * MAX_HTTP_ERROR_BODY_BYTES}).encode()
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(oversized)) is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_invalid_json() -> None:
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(b"not-json")) is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_non_dict_payload() -> None:
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(b"[]")) is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_missing_error_object() -> None:
+    body = json.dumps({"error": "boom"}).encode()
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(body)) is None
+
+
+def test_extract_http_error_served_model_fails_closed_on_missing_detail_object() -> None:
+    body = json.dumps({"error": {"detail": "boom"}}).encode()
+    assert _extract_http_error_served_model(io.BytesIO(body)) is None
diff --git a/tests/test_noema_repair_attempt_telemetry.py b/tests/test_noema_repair_attempt_telemetry.py
index 8485305698..d90084a0a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_noema_repair_attempt_telemetry.py
+++ b/tests/test_noema_repair_attempt_telemetry.py
@@ -79,12 +79,17 @@ def test_malformed_output_fails_closed_without_caller_retry(monkeypatch, capsys)
 
 
 def test_served_model_is_annotation_safe() -> None:
+    """A model id carrying CRLF/GHA-annotation/control characters is rejected
+    outright, not sanitized and kept -- it prints as ``served_model=unknown``
+    in the ``::warning::``/``::notice::`` lines, so nothing it contains can
+    ever reach GitHub Actions' workflow-command parser."""
     raw = json.dumps({"model": "bad\r\n::error::boom\u0000\ud800"})
-    value = gate._extract_served_model(raw)
-    assert value is not None
-    assert "\r" not in value and "\n" not in value and "\x00" not in value
-    assert "\\ud800" in value
-    assert len(value) <= 200
+    assert gate._extract_served_model(raw) is None
+
+
+def test_served_model_accepts_a_real_provider_id() -> None:
+    raw = json.dumps({"model": "deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813"})
+    assert gate._extract_served_model(raw) == "deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("text", ["[,]", "{,}", "[1,,]", '{"a":,}'])