diff --git a/docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md b/docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md
index 1f480bc109..63e56d4231 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md
+++ b/docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md
@@ -439,7 +439,10 @@ configuration that names the old id is rewritten at startup.
   with manual protobuf framing in `devin/cloud-direct/wire.ts`; the ordinary `buildRequest` /
   `parseStream` path is disabled.
 - Live model discovery via `GetCascadeModelConfigs`; the static seed is filtered against the
-  account's live roster so models not on the plan drop out instead of failing at request time.
+  account's live roster so models not on the plan drop out instead of failing at request time. Each
+  model's effort control uses the variants exposed by that account; the static fallback ladder is
+  used only before discovery or when discovery fails. An explicit per-model ladder remains an
+  operator override.
 - Tool definitions are encoded in the request and tool-call events are decoded from the response
   stream. Cognition enforces a per-tool-description length limit (6,998 chars) and an exact-phrase
   blocklist; the adapter sanitizes known triggers and truncates over-long descriptions before
diff --git a/src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts b/src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts
index f76e0b98fb..b2dd5e030a 100644
--- a/src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts
+++ b/src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts
@@ -876,6 +876,37 @@ export function applyProviderConfigHints(
   };
 }
 
+/** Build a Devin row without letting its degraded provider fallback replace live account evidence. */
+export function buildDevinLiveCatalogEntry(
+  name: string,
+  prov: OcxProviderConfig,
+  id: string,
+  liveWindow: number | undefined,
+  liveEfforts: string[] | undefined,
+  providerCap?: number,
+  metadataModelIdCaseFold?: boolean,
+  effectiveAlias?: string | null,
+): CatalogModel {
+  const hinted = catalogHintsFromProviderConfig(
+    name,
+    prov,
+    id,
+    providerCap,
+    metadataModelIdCaseFold,
+    effectiveAlias,
+  );
+  const modelEfforts = modelRecordValue(prov.modelReasoningEfforts, id);
+  return {
+    id,
+    provider: name,
+    ...(liveWindow ? { contextWindow: liveWindow } : {}),
+    ...hinted,
+    // A per-model setting is an operator override. The provider-wide value is
+    // only a degraded-mode fallback, so live account evidence supersedes it.
+    ...(liveEfforts?.length && modelEfforts === undefined ? { reasoningEfforts: liveEfforts } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
 export function catalogHintsFromProviderConfig(
   name: string,
   prov: OcxProviderConfig,
@@ -1735,18 +1766,16 @@ async function fetchProviderModelsWithAuth(
       // chose.
       const result = liveResult.models.map((id) => {
         const liveWindow = liveResult.contextWindows[id];
-        return {
+        return buildDevinLiveCatalogEntry(
+          name,
+          prov,
           id,
-          provider: name,
-          ...(liveWindow ? { contextWindow: liveWindow } : {}),
-          // The account catalog names the effort variants each base model has, so
-          // its ladder is measured rather than assumed. Without this the entry
-          // inherits the generic routed ladder and offers rungs the model rounds
-          // away, and every client that keys an effort control off this field —
-          // the Pi-shaped exports — renders no control at all.
-          ...(liveResult.efforts[id]?.length ? { reasoningEfforts: liveResult.efforts[id] } : {}),
-          ...catalogHintsFromProviderConfig(name, prov, id, contextCap, metadataModelIdCaseFold, captured.effectiveAlias),
-        } as CatalogModel;
+          liveWindow,
+          liveResult.efforts[id],
+          contextCap,
+          metadataModelIdCaseFold,
+          captured.effectiveAlias,
+        );
       });
       const forCache = withConfiguredRetention(result, { retainComboTargets: false });
       if (!setCached(name, forCache, Date.now(), cacheGeneration)) {
diff --git a/structure/catalog.md b/structure/catalog.md
index 8cce6268b0..328f0c514b 100644
--- a/structure/catalog.md
+++ b/structure/catalog.md
@@ -336,3 +336,7 @@ Exact [model input declarations](config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-declara
 ## Renamed destination reasoning metadata
 
 `src/providers/derive.ts` fills missing reasoning tables for renamed providers accepted by the existing fixed-key destination matcher. Model entries are cloned and explicit user entries (including empty arrays) win. Provider-wide effort defaults fill only when undefined; Command Code unknown models therefore keep the registry's empty picker policy unless overridden. Identity, transport and other capability axes are unchanged. The gathered row drives client exports; this metadata contract does not prove arbitrary gateway routing.
+
+## Devin live effort authority
+
+`src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts` treats the reasoning ladder measured from an authenticated Devin account catalog as authoritative over the registry's provider-wide degraded-mode fallback. An explicit `modelReasoningEfforts` entry remains authoritative over discovery. Static model-specific and provider-wide ladders continue to supply signed-out and failed-discovery rows only.
diff --git a/structure/codex-home.md b/structure/codex-home.md
index 1f1edfd7da..360cb68526 100644
--- a/structure/codex-home.md
+++ b/structure/codex-home.md
@@ -273,3 +273,5 @@ Pool quota producers and account commands follow the [bounded raw-observation co
 The account history response can include a [low-confidence effective capacity estimate](providers/openai-tiers.md#observed-effective-token-capacity); usage normalization retains local-answer provenance so local responses cannot supply samples.
 
 Codex pool settings and their consumers follow the [reset-first ordering contract](providers/openai-tiers.md#reset-first-account-ordering), including independent-quota fallback and preserved affinity.
+
+Materialized Devin rows preserve the [live account effort ladder](catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority) rather than replacing it with degraded-mode catalog defaults.
diff --git a/structure/config.md b/structure/config.md
index f799ebd2c5..b407b3bb9c 100644
--- a/structure/config.md
+++ b/structure/config.md
@@ -297,3 +297,5 @@ Display-name validation retains prototype-shaped model IDs as data; reviewer-tar
 `modelCapabilities` on `src/types/provider.ts` stores exact model-ID entries with optional inputModalities, contextTier and video.processing axes. `src/config/provider-validation.ts` strictly validates writes and merges PATCH axes without sharing live objects; null map/model/axis/processing tombstones delete, while empty PATCH objects do nothing. Complete POST/PUT replacements reject tombstones. File reads retain valid axes; malformed explicit modalities restrict to text with a diagnostic. The two catalog writers receive explicit config and gather fingerprints include the map. This storage contract alone does not activate a context tier, advertise a larger window or enable video processing.
 
 The text-only consumer reads exact inputModalities declarations before legacy hints. CLI add/edit `--text-only` targets one model and preserves sibling declarations; `src/vision/eligibility.ts` routes declared text-only models into existing image-description or explicit-omission handling. Positive routed image declarations override stale candidate metadata, while native catalog authority retains its existing legacy policy.
+
+For Devin, explicit per-model effort configuration retains precedence while provider-wide defaults yield to [live account evidence](catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority).
diff --git a/structure/gui-and-management-api.md b/structure/gui-and-management-api.md
index c445858e6b..61c8fb015f 100644
--- a/structure/gui-and-management-api.md
+++ b/structure/gui-and-management-api.md
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ Live sideband admission and its bounded upstream handshake follow the [runtime c
 Dashboard overview polling observes authorization failures independently of stalled or rejected peer requests, cancels remaining child requests after a decisive result, and exposes resource-level deadline failures without rewriting them as authentication failures.
 
 The [explicit model-capability contract](config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-declarations) preserves operator declarations through provider storage and catalog capture; it does not infer upstream capability or change this surface's routing behavior.
-
 Exact [model input declarations](config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-declarations) now feed text-only eligibility and catalog hints; existing image-description/omission handling consumes them before the main upstream send.
 
 The raw provider editor round-trips `autoReviewModel` and `autoReviewModelOverrides` through editor-owned DTO fields. POST/PATCH/PUT share validation; PUT copies schema-normalized values into the persisted and live candidate before adoption. Canonical `openai` rejects these fields, including clear forms. Field-masked writes (PATCH, editor PUT, reload) pin every registry-seed key and ignore operator overlays the seed never defines, most commonly `selectedModels`; POST keeps the exact-key comparison. Canonical `openai` still rejects `allowPrivateNetwork`, which must not short-circuit destination DNS checks on the ChatGPT forward row. Existing authentication, origin checks and stale-baseline protection still govern the writes. See [reviewer projection](catalog.md#provider-scoped-approval-reviewer).
+Management and exported client model rows display Devin's [live account effort ladder](catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority) when discovery succeeds.
diff --git a/structure/ops/docs-and-release.md b/structure/ops/docs-and-release.md
index 17e54e3664..9aaffe68e1 100644
--- a/structure/ops/docs-and-release.md
+++ b/structure/ops/docs-and-release.md
@@ -375,3 +375,5 @@ Exact [model input declarations](../config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-decl
 Provider-scoped approval reviewer settings are projected by the [catalog owner](../catalog.md#provider-scoped-approval-reviewer); this surface retains its existing routing, transport and account-selection behavior.
 
 Renamed fixed-key providers receive [missing reasoning metadata](../catalog.md#renamed-destination-reasoning-metadata) during derivation; explicit per-model entries and provider defaults retain precedence.
+
+Catalog publication carries Devin's [live account effort ladder](../catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority) through generated client artifacts.
diff --git a/structure/providers/openai-tiers.md b/structure/providers/openai-tiers.md
index 527aacba6b..2902c865ce 100644
--- a/structure/providers/openai-tiers.md
+++ b/structure/providers/openai-tiers.md
@@ -518,3 +518,5 @@ The history read API reports a median effective token estimate and interval samp
 Live bindings obey the existing cache-affinity release policy: with `pool.cacheAffinity`, threshold crossing alone retains a healthy account. Manual preference, scoped health and shared-cursor guards remain authoritative. Independent `spark`/`reserve` quota scopes resolve reset-first to existing quota selection because shared reset timestamps do not describe those windows. The configured value stays unchanged.
 
 The Codex parser in `src/oauth/pool-kernel.ts` is reexported by the compatibility facade and used by both `/api/pool/settings` and the legacy Codex settings route. Generic and Anthropic parsers reject reset-first. The dashboard offers it only for Codex; API, CLI and translated guides preserve the same contract.
+
+Non-OpenAI Devin catalog rows use the shared [live effort authority](../catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority); this does not change OpenAI tier or pool selection.
diff --git a/structure/runtime.md b/structure/runtime.md
index a09d007d7b..d09fddf610 100644
--- a/structure/runtime.md
+++ b/structure/runtime.md
@@ -350,3 +350,5 @@ Exact [model input declarations](config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-declara
 Provider-scoped approval reviewer settings are projected by the [catalog owner](catalog.md#provider-scoped-approval-reviewer); this surface retains its existing routing, transport and account-selection behavior.
 
 Renamed fixed-key providers receive [missing reasoning metadata](catalog.md#renamed-destination-reasoning-metadata) during derivation; explicit per-model entries and provider defaults retain precedence.
+
+Devin catalog routing follows the [live effort authority](catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority); request transport behavior is unchanged.
diff --git a/structure/subagents.md b/structure/subagents.md
index 69047b076b..aa3af9f741 100644
--- a/structure/subagents.md
+++ b/structure/subagents.md
@@ -371,3 +371,5 @@ Exact [model input declarations](config.md#explicit-per-model-capability-declara
 Provider-scoped approval reviewer settings are projected by the [catalog owner](catalog.md#provider-scoped-approval-reviewer); this surface retains its existing routing, transport and account-selection behavior.
 
 Renamed fixed-key providers receive [missing reasoning metadata](catalog.md#renamed-destination-reasoning-metadata) during derivation; explicit per-model entries and provider defaults retain precedence.
+
+Devin subagent choices consume the final [live account effort ladder](catalog.md#devin-live-effort-authority), subject to explicit per-model configuration.
diff --git a/tests/providers/devin-effort-ladder.test.ts b/tests/providers/devin-effort-ladder.test.ts
index 0b800c11a8..2099412e39 100644
--- a/tests/providers/devin-effort-ladder.test.ts
+++ b/tests/providers/devin-effort-ladder.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   sortDevinRungs,
 } from "../../src/adapters/devin/live-models";
 import { PROVIDER_REGISTRY } from "../../src/providers/registry";
+import { providerConfigSeed } from "../../src/providers/derive";
+import { buildDevinLiveCatalogEntry } from "../../src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch";
 
 const devinRow = () => PROVIDER_REGISTRY.find(row => row.id === "devin")!;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,35 @@ describe("devin reasoning rungs come from the catalog suffixes", () => {
 });
 
 describe("devin advertises a ladder instead of inheriting the generic one", () => {
+  test("live account rungs supersede the degraded provider fallback", () => {
+    const provider = providerConfigSeed(devinRow());
+    const model = buildDevinLiveCatalogEntry(
+      "devin",
+      provider,
+      "account-model",
+      200_000,
+      ["low", "high"],
+    );
+
+    expect(model.reasoningEfforts).toEqual(["low", "high"]);
+  });
+
+  test("an explicit per-model ladder still overrides live account rungs", () => {
+    const provider = {
+      ...providerConfigSeed(devinRow()),
+      modelReasoningEfforts: { "account-model": ["medium", "max"] },
+    };
+    const model = buildDevinLiveCatalogEntry(
+      "devin",
+      provider,
+      "account-model",
+      undefined,
+      ["low", "high"],
+    );
+
+    expect(model.reasoningEfforts).toEqual(["medium", "max"]);
+  });
+
   test("the provider row carries both fields", () => {
     // modelReasoningEfforts drives the Codex picker; reasoningEfforts is what the
     // Pi-shaped client exports read. Without them the row inherited the routed