diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/sync-providers.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/sync-providers.ts
index f05f3bcddf..8a060b7faa 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/sync-providers.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/sync-providers.ts
@@ -98,8 +98,17 @@ async function fetchGatewayModels(gateway: Provider) {
           );
         }
         const endpoints = EndpointsSchema.parse(await endpointsResponse.json());
+        const { reasoning, ...modelMetadata } = model;
         result[model.id] = {
-          ...model,
+          ...modelMetadata,
+          ...(reasoning && {
+            reasoning: {
+              mandatory: reasoning.mandatory,
+              ...(reasoning.supported_efforts && {
+                supported_efforts: reasoning.supported_efforts,
+              }),
+            },
+          }),
           endpoints: endpoints.data.endpoints,
         };
       })
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema-types.test.ts b/packages/db/src/schema-types.test.ts
index 6ed85c58b0..ab4dc4b010 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema-types.test.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema-types.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals';
-import { CodeReviewCouncilConfigSchema, OrganizationSettingsSchema } from './schema-types';
+import {
+  CodeReviewCouncilConfigSchema,
+  ModelsSchema,
+  OrganizationSettingsSchema,
+  StoredModelSchema,
+} from './schema-types';
+import type { StoredModel } from './schema-types';
 
 describe('CodeReviewCouncilConfigSchema', () => {
   const specialist = (id: string) => ({
@@ -66,3 +72,74 @@ describe('OrganizationSettingsSchema org_auto_model', () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('ModelsSchema', () => {
+  it('preserves only supported reasoning metadata', () => {
+    const result = ModelsSchema.parse({
+      data: [
+        {
+          id: 'openai/gpt-5.2',
+          name: 'OpenAI: GPT-5.2',
+          reasoning: {
+            mandatory: false,
+            supported_efforts: ['high', 'medium', 'low', 'none'],
+            default_enabled: true,
+            default_effort: 'medium',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(result.data[0].reasoning).toEqual({
+      mandatory: false,
+      supported_efforts: ['high', 'medium', 'low', 'none'],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('allows reasoning metadata without supported efforts', () => {
+    const result = ModelsSchema.parse({
+      data: [
+        {
+          id: 'google/gemini-2.5-pro',
+          name: 'Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro',
+          reasoning: { mandatory: true },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(result.data[0].reasoning).toEqual({ mandatory: true });
+  });
+
+  it('drops invalid reasoning metadata', () => {
+    const result = ModelsSchema.parse({
+      data: [
+        {
+          id: 'example/future-effort',
+          name: 'Future Effort',
+          reasoning: {
+            mandatory: false,
+            supported_efforts: ['future'],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(result.data[0].reasoning).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('StoredModelSchema', () => {
+  it('includes model reasoning metadata', () => {
+    const storedModel: StoredModel = {
+      id: 'openai/gpt-5.2',
+      name: 'OpenAI: GPT-5.2',
+      reasoning: {
+        mandatory: false,
+        supported_efforts: ['high', 'medium', 'low', 'none'],
+      },
+      endpoints: [],
+    };
+
+    expect(StoredModelSchema.parse(storedModel).reasoning).toEqual(storedModel.reasoning);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts b/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
index 3de62fd723..af7ebfdc82 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema-types.ts
@@ -2025,6 +2025,13 @@ export const ModelSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string(),
   name: z.string(),
   type: z.enum(['language', 'embedding', 'image']).optional().catch(undefined),
+  reasoning: z
+    .object({
+      mandatory: z.boolean(),
+      supported_efforts: z.array(ReasoningEffortSchema).optional(),
+    })
+    .optional()
+    .catch(undefined),
 });
 
 export const ModelsSchema = z.object({ data: z.array(ModelSchema) });