diff --git a/src/lib/validation.test.ts b/src/lib/validation.test.ts
index 0006aa60a08..d9b766b7692 100644
--- a/src/lib/validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validation.test.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ describe("shouldSkipResponsesProbe", () => {
     expect(shouldSkipResponsesProbe("nvidia-prod")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("skips the Responses probe for nvidia-nim (same endpoint as nvidia-prod, no /v1/responses)", () => {
+    expect(shouldSkipResponsesProbe("nvidia-nim")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("skips the Responses probe for gemini-api (Gemini does not support /v1/responses)", () => {
     expect(shouldSkipResponsesProbe("gemini-api")).toBe(true);
   });
diff --git a/src/lib/validation.ts b/src/lib/validation.ts
index 9b142c9ea66..7125abc77cf 100644
--- a/src/lib/validation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validation.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export function nvcfFunctionNotFoundMessage(model: string): string {
  * See issue #1601 (Bug 1) and issue #1960.
  */
 export function shouldSkipResponsesProbe(provider: string): boolean {
-  return provider === "nvidia-prod" || provider === "gemini-api";
+  return provider === "nvidia-prod" || provider === "nvidia-nim" || provider === "gemini-api";
 }
 
 /**