diff --git a/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts b/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
index 37133d6d8..6fc9c19f7 100644
--- a/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
+++ b/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ const IMAGE_TOOL_OPERATION_BY_MODEL_ID: Record<string, string> = {
 // available to backend routing but remain hidden until their 2026+ release is verified.
 const VERIFIED_2026_IMAGE_MODEL_PATTERNS = [
   /^nano-banana-2(?:$|[-/])/,
+  /^nano-banana-fast$/,
   /^nano-banana-pro$/,
   /^gpt-image-2(?:$|[-/])/,
   /^alibaba\/wan-2\.(?:6|7)(?:$|[-/])/,
@@ -425,8 +426,14 @@ export function isVip98kCatalogModelAvailable(model: Vip98kCatalogModel) {
 export function isVip98kCatalogModelEligible(model: Vip98kCatalogModel) {
   if (!getModelId(model) || !isVip98kCatalogModelAvailable(model)) return false;
   const type = resolvePresetType(model);
-  if (type !== "image" && type !== "video") return true;
-  return hasMediaReferenceInput(model, type);
+  if (type === "image") {
+    return (
+      hasMediaReferenceInput(model, type) ||
+      isVip98kTextToImageCatalogModel(model)
+    );
+  }
+  if (type === "video") return hasMediaReferenceInput(model, type);
+  return true;
 }
 
 export function filterVip98kCatalogModels(models: Vip98kCatalogModel[]) {
@@ -652,7 +659,7 @@ function createImagePreset(
     type: "image",
     supportsVision: supportsReferenceImages,
     supportsImageGen: true,
-    isHidden: !isVip98kImageModelVisible(model) || !supportsReferenceImages,
+    isHidden: !isVip98kImageModelVisible(model),
     capabilities: {
       provider: "vip98k",
       kind: "image",
diff --git a/scripts/configure-image-provider-allowlist.ts b/scripts/configure-image-provider-allowlist.ts
index e98b5a691..9b0bfb550 100644
--- a/scripts/configure-image-provider-allowlist.ts
+++ b/scripts/configure-image-provider-allowlist.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ function toJsonValue(value: unknown): postgres.JSONValue {
 }
 
 function isQualifiedVip98kImagePreset(preset: Vip98kModelPreset) {
-  const capabilities = preset.capabilities as Record<string, unknown>;
-  return (
-    preset.supportsImageGen &&
-    !preset.isHidden &&
-    capabilities.supportsMultiImageReference === true
-  );
+  return preset.supportsImageGen && !preset.isHidden;
 }
 
 async function main() {
@@ -40,7 +35,7 @@ async function main() {
   });
   const qualifiedVip98kPresets = presets.filter(isQualifiedVip98kImagePreset);
   if (qualifiedVip98kPresets.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error("VIP98K catalog contains no qualified multi-image model");
+    throw new Error("VIP98K catalog contains no qualified image model");
   }
 
   const sql = postgres(databaseUrl, { prepare: false, max: 1 });
@@ -64,23 +59,15 @@ async function main() {
       Array<{
         id: string;
         modelId: string;
-        healthStatus: string | null;
       }>
     >`
-      select id, "modelId", "healthStatus"
+      select id, "modelId"
       from "AiModel"
       where "providerId" = ${vip98kProvider.id}::uuid
     `;
     const existingVip98kByModelId = new Map(
       existingVip98kModels.map((model) => [model.modelId, model]),
     );
-    const autoDisabledQualifiedModelIds = qualifiedVip98kPresets
-      .filter(
-        (preset) =>
-          existingVip98kByModelId.get(preset.modelId)?.healthStatus ===
-          "auto_disabled",
-      )
-      .map((preset) => preset.modelId);
 
     const disallowedImageModels = await sql<
       Array<{ id: string; providerType: string; modelId: string }>
@@ -123,7 +110,9 @@ async function main() {
           mode: apply ? "apply" : "dry-run",
           allowedImageProviderTypes: ALLOWED_IMAGE_PROVIDER_TYPES,
           qualifiedVip98kModels: qualifiedVip98kPresets.map((preset) => preset.modelId),
-          autoDisabledVip98kModelsPreserved: autoDisabledQualifiedModelIds,
+          protectedVip98kModels: qualifiedVip98kPresets.map(
+            (preset) => preset.modelId,
+          ),
           disallowedImageModelsToDisable: disallowedImageModels.length,
           staleVip98kImageModelsToDisable: staleVip98kImageModels.length,
           imageOnlyProvidersToDisable: imageOnlyProviders.map((provider) => ({
@@ -148,11 +137,21 @@ async function main() {
         update "AiProvider" set "isEnabled" = true, "updatedAt" = now()
         where type = 'alibaba-image'
       `;
+      await tx`
+        update "AiModel" m set
+          "isEnabled" = true, "excludeFromHealthBan" = true,
+          "healthStatus" = 'healthy', "healthConsecutiveFailures" = 0,
+          "healthLastEventType" = null, "healthLastError" = null,
+          "healthAutoDisabledAt" = null, "healthAutoDisabledReason" = null,
+          "healthRecoverySuccessStreak" = 0,
+          "healthObservationStartedAt" = null,
+          "healthUpdatedAt" = now(), "updatedAt" = now()
+        from "AiProvider" p
+        where p.id = m."providerId" and p.type = 'alibaba-image'
+          and m."supportsImageGen" and not m."isHidden"
+      `;
 
       for (const preset of qualifiedVip98kPresets) {
-        const preserveAutoDisabled = autoDisabledQualifiedModelIds.includes(
-          preset.modelId,
-        );
         const capabilities = tx.json(toJsonValue(preset.capabilities));
         const defaultParams = tx.json(toJsonValue(preset.defaultParams));
         const imageGenConfig = preset.imageGenConfig
@@ -164,7 +163,12 @@ async function main() {
             update "AiModel" set
               "displayName" = ${preset.displayName}, description = ${preset.description},
               "supportsVision" = ${preset.supportsVision}, "supportsImageGen" = true,
-              "isEnabled" = ${!preserveAutoDisabled}, "isHidden" = false,
+              "isEnabled" = true, "isHidden" = false,
+              "excludeFromHealthBan" = true, "healthStatus" = 'healthy',
+              "healthConsecutiveFailures" = 0, "healthLastEventType" = null,
+              "healthLastError" = null, "healthAutoDisabledAt" = null,
+              "healthAutoDisabledReason" = null, "healthRecoverySuccessStreak" = 0,
+              "healthObservationStartedAt" = null, "healthUpdatedAt" = now(),
               "sortOrder" = ${preset.sortOrder},
               capabilities = ${capabilities}, "defaultParams" = ${defaultParams},
               "imageGenConfig" = ${imageGenConfig}, "fallbackModelId1" = null,
@@ -176,11 +180,13 @@ async function main() {
             insert into "AiModel" (
               "providerId", "modelId", "displayName", description, "supportsVision",
               "supportsImageGen", "isEnabled", "isHidden", "sortOrder", capabilities,
-              "defaultParams", "imageGenConfig", "isDefault", "isDefaultTextEditModel"
+              "defaultParams", "imageGenConfig", "isDefault", "isDefaultTextEditModel",
+              "excludeFromHealthBan", "healthStatus"
             ) values (
               ${vip98kProvider.id}::uuid, ${preset.modelId}, ${preset.displayName},
               ${preset.description}, ${preset.supportsVision}, true, true, false,
-              ${preset.sortOrder}, ${capabilities}, ${defaultParams}, ${imageGenConfig}, false, false
+              ${preset.sortOrder}, ${capabilities}, ${defaultParams}, ${imageGenConfig},
+              false, false, true, 'healthy'
             )
           `;
         }
@@ -227,9 +233,7 @@ async function main() {
     if (invalidModels.length > 0) {
       throw new Error("Disallowed image models remain enabled after apply");
     }
-    const expectedActiveVip98kCount =
-      qualifiedVip98kPresets.length - autoDisabledQualifiedModelIds.length;
-    if (activeVip98kModels.length !== expectedActiveVip98kCount) {
+    if (activeVip98kModels.length !== qualifiedVip98kPresets.length) {
       throw new Error("VIP98K active image model count does not match qualified catalog");
     }
     console.log(
diff --git a/tests/routes/vip98k-reference-routing.test.ts b/tests/routes/vip98k-reference-routing.test.ts
index 79ebf59e6..de58a98b6 100644
--- a/tests/routes/vip98k-reference-routing.test.ts
+++ b/tests/routes/vip98k-reference-routing.test.ts
@@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ test.describe("VIP98K reference-image routing", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  test("excludes text-only VIP98K image models from editing workflows", () => {
+  test("publishes text-only VIP98K models without reference-image support", () => {
     const [preset] = buildVip98kModelPresets([
       {
-        id: "nano-banana-pro",
+        id: "gpt-image-2-vip",
         type: "image",
         capabilities: ["openai.images.generations", "text_to_image"],
         invocation: {
@@ -366,12 +366,22 @@ test.describe("VIP98K reference-image routing", () => {
           method: "POST",
           path: "/v1/images/generations",
           content_type: "application/json",
-          request_example: { model: "nano-banana-pro", n: 1, prompt: "Generate" },
+          request_example: { model: "gpt-image-2-vip", n: 1, prompt: "Generate" },
         },
       },
     ]);
 
-    expect(preset).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(preset).toMatchObject({
+      modelId: "gpt-image-2-vip",
+      supportsVision: false,
+      supportsImageGen: true,
+      isHidden: false,
+      capabilities: {
+        supportedModes: ["text-to-image"],
+        supportsMultiImageReference: false,
+        maxReferenceImages: 0,
+      },
+    });
   });
 
   test("does not inherit multi-image support from broad authorized metadata", () => {
@@ -395,6 +405,15 @@ test.describe("VIP98K reference-image routing", () => {
       },
     ]);
 
-    expect(presets).toEqual([]);
+    expect(presets).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(presets[0]).toMatchObject({
+      modelId: "nano-banana-2-lite",
+      supportsVision: false,
+      capabilities: {
+        supportedModes: ["text-to-image"],
+        supportsMultiImageReference: false,
+        maxReferenceImages: 0,
+      },
+    });
   });
 });