diff --git a/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py b/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
index 1b737644ac..01584c7802 100644
--- a/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py
@@ -66,8 +66,19 @@ class CommandCodeAnthropicProfile(CommandCodeProfile):
         m = (model or "").strip()
         if not m.lower().startswith("deepseek/") or len(m) <= len("deepseek/"):
             return {}, {}
-        from plugins.model_providers.deepseek import deepseek as _deepseek_profile
-
+        try:
+            from plugins.model_providers.deepseek import deepseek as _deepseek_profile
+        except ImportError:
+            # The bundled-plugin loader tolerates a plugin failing to load
+            # (it pops the half-registered module and continues), so the
+            # shim may be absent. Degrade to the pre-fix no-op instead of
+            # crashing every DeepSeek-routed CommandCode turn.
+            logger.warning(
+                "DeepSeek provider plugin unavailable; CommandCode cannot "
+                "forward reasoning controls (#95232)",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            return {}, {}
         return _deepseek_profile.build_api_kwargs_extras(
             reasoning_config=reasoning_config,
             model=m.split("/", 1)[1],
diff --git a/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py b/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
index 36d3efb625..5edfa5e7e0 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ class TestCommandCodeProfileNoThinkingInterference:
         assert extra_body == {}
         assert top_level == {}
 
+    def test_missing_deepseek_plugin_degrades_to_noop(
+        self, commandcode_profile, monkeypatch, caplog
+    ):
+        # The bundled-plugin loader pops half-registered modules when a
+        # plugin fails to load, so the deepseek shim can be absent at
+        # runtime; the delegation must degrade to the pre-fix no-op
+        # instead of crashing every DeepSeek-routed CommandCode turn.
+        import sys
+
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "plugins.model_providers.deepseek", None)
+        extra_body, top_level = commandcode_profile.build_api_kwargs_extras(
+            reasoning_config={"enabled": False},
+            model="deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",
+        )
+        assert extra_body == {}
+        assert top_level == {}
+
 
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