diff --git a/packages/core/src/models-dev.ts b/packages/core/src/models-dev.ts
index 964e4b1ac7..3a17468a19 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/models-dev.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/models-dev.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const Cost = Schema.Struct({
 
 const ReasoningEffortValue = Schema.Union([Schema.Null, Schema.String])
 
-export const ReasoningOption = Schema.Union([
+export const KnownReasoningOption = Schema.Union([
   Schema.Struct({
     type: Schema.Literal("effort"),
     values: Schema.Array(ReasoningEffortValue),
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ export const ReasoningOption = Schema.Union([
     max: Schema.optional(Schema.Finite),
   }),
 ])
+export type KnownReasoningOption = typeof KnownReasoningOption.Type
+
+export const ReasoningOption = Schema.Union([
+  KnownReasoningOption,
+  Schema.Struct({
+    type: Schema.String,
+  }),
+])
 export type ReasoningOption = typeof ReasoningOption.Type
 
 export const Model = Schema.Struct({
@@ -69,9 +77,7 @@ export const Model = Schema.Struct({
   release_date: Schema.String,
   attachment: Schema.Boolean,
   reasoning: Schema.Boolean,
-  // models.dev is external metadata and reasoning controls are expected to evolve.
-  // Keep the fetched value opaque here; provider normalization extracts the known subset.
-  reasoning_options: Schema.optional(Schema.Unknown),
+  reasoning_options: Schema.optional(Schema.Array(ReasoningOption)),
   temperature: Schema.Boolean,
   tool_call: Schema.Boolean,
   interleaved: Schema.optional(
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts b/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
index b76ea6f9c7..220b0144e1 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ export const Model = Schema.Struct({
   name: Schema.String,
   family: optional(Schema.String),
   capabilities: ProviderCapabilities,
-  reasoning_options: optional(Schema.Array(ModelsDev.ReasoningOption)),
+  reasoning_options: optional(Schema.Array(ModelsDev.KnownReasoningOption)),
   cost: ProviderCost,
   limit: ProviderLimit,
   status: ModelStatus,
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/provider/model-status.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/provider/model-status.test.ts
index ba6f360b15..56bfd8693d 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/provider/model-status.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/provider/model-status.test.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe("provider model status schemas", () => {
     ).toBe("active")
   })
 
-  test("keeps models.dev reasoning options opaque for forward compatibility", () => {
+  test("accepts future models.dev reasoning options without rejecting known structure", () => {
     expect(() =>
       Schema.decodeUnknownSync(ModelsDev.Model)({
         id: "test-model",
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ describe("provider model status schemas", () => {
         release_date: "2026-01-01",
         attachment: false,
         reasoning: true,
-        reasoning_options: {
-          future: "shape",
-          values: [{ type: "new_control", values: ["turbo"] }],
-        },
+        reasoning_options: [
+          { type: "effort", values: ["turbo"] },
+          { type: "toggle", modes: ["auto", "off"] },
+          { type: "new_control", values: ["turbo"] },
+        ],
         temperature: true,
         tool_call: true,
         limit: { context: 128000, output: 8192 },
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/provider/provider.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/provider/provider.test.ts
index f56f1c96f3..5c8414b1ab 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/provider/provider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/provider/provider.test.ts
@@ -1463,21 +1463,12 @@ test("models.dev normalization ignores unknown reasoning options and passes new
         reasoning: true,
         reasoning_options: [
           { type: "future_control", values: ["turbo"] },
-          { type: "effort", values: ["turbo", 123, null] },
-          { type: "budget_tokens", min: "1024", max: 16_000 },
-          "invalid",
+          { type: "effort", values: ["turbo", null] },
+          { type: "budget_tokens", max: 16_000 },
         ],
         cost: { input: 1, output: 2 },
         limit: { context: 128_000, output: 32_000 },
       },
-      changed: {
-        id: "changed",
-        name: "Changed",
-        reasoning: true,
-        reasoning_options: { type: "effort", values: ["turbo"] },
-        cost: { input: 1, output: 2 },
-        limit: { context: 128_000, output: 32_000 },
-      },
       future: {
         id: "future",
         name: "Future",
@@ -1495,7 +1486,6 @@ test("models.dev normalization ignores unknown reasoning options and passes new
     { type: "budget_tokens", max: 16_000 },
   ])
   expect(models.reasoner.variants).toEqual({ turbo: { reasoningEffort: "turbo" } })
-  expect(models.changed.reasoning_options).toBeUndefined()
   expect(models.future.reasoning_options).toBeUndefined()
 })