diff --git a/contributors/emails/david@davidtyler.rocks b/contributors/emails/david@davidtyler.rocks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a1e08e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/emails/david@davidtyler.rocks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+curator8888
diff --git a/tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py b/tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py
index b58aaff1af..d67977c835 100644
--- a/tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py
@@ -621,6 +621,43 @@ class TestFollowProfileConfigRuntimeOverrides:
         assert overrides["model_override"]["model"] == "openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro"
         assert overrides["model_override"]["provider"] == "nous"
 
+    def test_legacy_bot_chat_title_backfills_contract(self):
+        """Canonical Bot Chats created BEFORE the marker existed carry no
+        follow_profile_config, but they are still the plugin-owned forever-DM
+        (identified by the exact title "Bot Chat"). They must also rebuild
+        from the profile's CURRENT config — the live-report shape where every
+        pre-existing Bot Chat stayed pinned to a deleted provider."""
+        from tui_gateway.server import _stored_session_runtime_overrides
+
+        for hidden in (0, 1):
+            row = {
+                "title": "Bot Chat",
+                "hidden": hidden,
+                "model": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro",
+                "billing_provider": "nous",
+                "model_config": json.dumps(
+                    {"model": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro", "provider": "nous"}
+                ),
+            }
+            assert _stored_session_runtime_overrides(row) == {}
+
+    def test_bot_chat_prefix_title_is_not_backfilled(self):
+        """Only the EXACT canonical title matches the legacy backfill — a
+        user chat that merely mentions bots keeps its stored runtime."""
+        from tui_gateway.server import _stored_session_runtime_overrides
+
+        row = {
+            "title": "Bot Chat ideas for my app",
+            "hidden": 0,
+            "model": "glm-5.1",
+            "billing_provider": "ollama-cloud",
+            "model_config": json.dumps(
+                {"model": "glm-5.1", "provider": "ollama-cloud"}
+            ),
+        }
+        overrides = _stored_session_runtime_overrides(row)
+        assert overrides["model_override"]["model"] == "glm-5.1"
+
     def test_ensure_db_row_persists_contract_marker(self, monkeypatch):
         """_ensure_session_db_row stamps follow_profile_config into the row's
         model_config when the session carries the contract."""
diff --git a/tui_gateway/server.py b/tui_gateway/server.py
index d957b8866e..413a794799 100644
--- a/tui_gateway/server.py
+++ b/tui_gateway/server.py
@@ -5318,6 +5318,16 @@ def _stored_session_runtime_overrides(row: dict | None) -> dict:
         _follow_marker = None
     if _follow_marker:
         return {}
+    # Legacy backfill: canonical Bot Chats created BEFORE the
+    # follow_profile_config contract existed carry no marker, yet they are
+    # still the plugin-owned forever-DM. The plugin's own identity rule is
+    # "the profile's session titled exactly 'Bot Chat'" (UNIQUE(title) makes
+    # that an exact registry, and pre-policy rows may be visible OR hidden),
+    # so mirror that rule here. Without this, every Bot Chat that already
+    # exists in the field stays pinned to its stale stored provider until
+    # the user deletes it — the exact live-report shape (#89497 / #94818).
+    if _row_title == "Bot Chat":
+        return {}
 
     raw_config = row.get("model_config")
     model_config: dict = {}