diff --git a/DIVERGENCES.md b/DIVERGENCES.md
index 7a123876ff..4058d0a70f 100644
--- a/DIVERGENCES.md
+++ b/DIVERGENCES.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ upstream maintainers — see README → Syncing with upstream for why and how.
 | `packages/opencode/src/installation/index.ts` | Updater detects/queries/installs `codev-code` (npm-family); GitHub fallback → quickbeard/codev-code | `codev-code upgrade` and the update notification target OUR npm package, never stock opencode. brew/choco/scoop probes never match (no such packages). | Keep our package names. |
 | `packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts` | `share` defaults to `"disabled"` when unset | Sharing publishes sessions to upstream's share service; internal users must opt in via config. | Keep our default block. |
 | `packages/tui/src/component/dialog-provider.tsx`, `packages/tui/src/component/dialog-model.tsx`, `packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/providers.ts` | Filter `opencode`/`opencode-go` out of provider pickers and the `/model` dialog (model list + Favorites/Recent; the model dialog's opencode-first sort became a plain name sort) | Upstream's hosted offerings (Zen/Go) are detours for gateway users. | Keep our filters. |
-| `packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx` | Added an `isHostedZenModel` memo (current `providerID` is `opencode`/`opencode-go`) and gated the prompt footer's model/provider indicator on `!isHostedZenModel()` | Don't advertise the hosted Zen default (e.g. "Big Pickle · OpenCode Zen") in the prompt footer — same rationale as the provider/model filters. A configured gateway/real provider still shows its model. | Keep the memo + the extra `Show` condition; take upstream's surrounding changes. |
+| `packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx` | Gated the prompt footer's model/provider indicator on `useConnected()` (the shared "a real provider is configured" predicate) | Don't advertise the free hosted Zen default (e.g. "Big Pickle · OpenCode Zen") in the footer while nothing is configured — same rationale and predicate as `app.tsx`'s startup gate and the provider/model filters. A configured gateway/real provider, or a deliberately-authenticated opencode/opencode-go, still shows its model. | Keep the extra `Show` condition; take upstream's surrounding changes. |
 | `packages/app/index.html` | `<title>` → "CoDev Code" | Web UI tab title. | Keep our title. |
 | `packages/app/src/desktop-menu.ts`, `packages/app/src/components/windows-app-menu.tsx` | App-menu label "OpenCode" → "CoDev Code" | Visible menu branding. | Keep our labels. |
 | `packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts`, `packages/desktop/src/main/windows.ts` | APP_NAMES + window title → "CoDev Code" (Dev/Beta variants too) | Desktop app display name. | Keep our names. |
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
index b153cddd1f..f9635e24b9 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { formatDuration } from "../../util/format"
 import { createColors, createFrames } from "../../ui/spinner"
 import { useDialog } from "../../ui/dialog"
 import { DialogProvider as DialogProviderConnect } from "../dialog-provider"
+import { useConnected } from "../use-connected"
 import { DialogAlert } from "../../ui/dialog-alert"
 import { useToast } from "../../ui/toast"
 import { useKV } from "../../context/kv"
@@ -209,14 +210,13 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   const move = usePromptMove({ projectID: project.project, sessionID: () => props.sessionID })
   const [cursorVersion, setCursorVersion] = createSignal(0)
   const currentProviderLabel = createMemo(() => local.model.parsed().provider)
-  // Fork: hide the model/provider footer indicator for upstream's hosted Zen
-  // offerings (the `opencode`/`opencode-go` providers) — they're detours for
-  // gateway users, and the same ids are filtered from the provider/model
-  // pickers. A configured gateway/real provider still shows its model.
-  const isHostedZenModel = createMemo(() => {
-    const id = local.model.current()?.providerID
-    return id === "opencode" || id === "opencode-go"
-  })
+  // Fork: only advertise a model/provider in the footer once the user has
+  // configured a real provider. `connected()` is false in the unconfigured
+  // default state — where the sole provider is upstream's free hosted Zen
+  // (`opencode`) — so we suppress the "Big Pickle · OpenCode Zen" prose there.
+  // A configured gateway/real provider, or a deliberately-authenticated
+  // opencode/opencode-go, is `connected()` and still shows its model.
+  const connected = useConnected()
   const hasRightContent = createMemo(() => Boolean(props.right))
 
   function promptModelWarning() {
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
                       <Show when={store.mode === "normal" && local.permission.mode === "auto"}>
                         <text fg={fadeColor(theme.textMuted, agentMetaAlpha())}>auto</text>
                       </Show>
-                      <Show when={store.mode === "normal" && !isHostedZenModel()}>
+                      <Show when={store.mode === "normal" && connected()}>
                         <box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
                           <text fg={fadeColor(theme.textMuted, modelMetaAlpha())}>·</text>
                           <text