diff --git a/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/claim.rs b/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/claim.rs
index 8e24c349..f075b5f8 100644
--- a/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/claim.rs
+++ b/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/claim.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ pub fn agent_part(owner: &str) -> String {
     agent_registry::canonicalize(owner.split(':').next().unwrap_or(owner))
 }
 
+/// Strips a `model` key out of an item's `metadata` JSON, returning the
+/// re-serialized object only when a `model` key was actually present (so
+/// callers can skip a pointless update when there's nothing to clear).
+fn without_model_metadata(metadata: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(metadata).ok()?;
+    let removed = value.as_object_mut()?.remove("model").is_some();
+    removed.then(|| value.to_string())
+}
+
 /// Claims an item so other agents don't duplicate the work: on a fresh
 /// acquire, sets the assignee and moves state into the project's "started"
 /// group (which sets `started_at`, via `update_state`). A live claim held by
@@ -294,6 +303,21 @@ pub fn redispatch(
         None => return Ok(RedispatchOutcome::NoAssignee),
     };
 
+    // `metadata.model` (see `item_model_override` in `supervisor.rs`) is
+    // scoped to whichever agent it was set alongside — forwarding it to a
+    // *different* agent's `--model` flag 404s (reproduced live on item
+    // #132: an opencode model string fed to `claude --model`). The previous
+    // assignee is the best proxy we have for "which agent the model was
+    // scoped to" since we don't store that separately, so clear it whenever
+    // redispatch is about to hand the item to someone else.
+    let agent_changed =
+        item.assignee_agent.as_deref().map(agent_part).as_deref() != Some(agent.as_str());
+    let metadata = if agent_changed {
+        without_model_metadata(&item.metadata)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     let backlog_state = crate::state::first_in_group(&tx, &item.project_id, "backlog")?;
     update_state(&tx, item_id, &backlog_state.id)?;
     update(
@@ -301,6 +325,7 @@ pub fn redispatch(
         item_id,
         UpdateItem {
             assignee_agent: Some(agent.clone()),
+            metadata,
             ..Default::default()
         },
     )?;
diff --git a/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/tests.rs b/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/tests.rs
index 86ff4ed9..104bcdd7 100644
--- a/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/agentflare-backend/src/item/tests.rs
@@ -1604,6 +1604,65 @@ fn redispatch_explicit_assignee_overrides_the_items_existing_one() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn redispatch_to_a_different_agent_clears_a_model_scoped_to_the_old_one() {
+    let conn = db::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+    let (pid, sid) = seed_project(&conn, "");
+    let item = make_item(&conn, &pid, &sid);
+    claim(&conn, &item.id, "opencode:1", 1000, TTL).unwrap();
+    update(
+        &conn,
+        &item.id,
+        UpdateItem {
+            metadata: Some(r#"{"model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4-pro","size":"M"}"#.to_string()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let outcome = redispatch(&conn, &item.id, Some("claude-code:override")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        outcome,
+        RedispatchOutcome::Ready {
+            assignee_agent: "claude-code".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+
+    let updated = get(&conn, &item.id).unwrap();
+    let metadata: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&updated.metadata).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        metadata.get("model").is_none(),
+        "model scoped to opencode must not survive a redispatch to claude-code: {metadata:?}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(metadata.get("size").and_then(|v| v.as_str()), Some("M"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn redispatch_to_the_same_agent_keeps_the_model_override() {
+    let conn = db::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+    let (pid, sid) = seed_project(&conn, "");
+    let item = make_item(&conn, &pid, &sid);
+    claim(&conn, &item.id, "claude-code:1", 1000, TTL).unwrap();
+    update(
+        &conn,
+        &item.id,
+        UpdateItem {
+            metadata: Some(r#"{"model":"claude-opus-4"}"#.to_string()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    redispatch(&conn, &item.id, None).unwrap();
+
+    let updated = get(&conn, &item.id).unwrap();
+    let metadata: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&updated.metadata).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        metadata.get("model").and_then(|v| v.as_str()),
+        Some("claude-opus-4")
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn redispatch_with_no_assignee_anywhere_returns_no_assignee_and_makes_no_changes() {
     let conn = db::open_in_memory().unwrap();