diff --git a/packages/catalog/scripts/generate-models.ts b/packages/catalog/scripts/generate-models.ts
index 209d0a115..d91174f34 100644
--- a/packages/catalog/scripts/generate-models.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog/scripts/generate-models.ts
@@ -492,9 +492,20 @@ async function generateModels() {
 			...(await fetchProviderModelsFromCatalog(descriptor)),
 		})),
 	);
+	// A provider is authoritative once its endpoint snapshot can replace the
+	// models.dev / previous-snapshot rows. Requiring fetched models keeps a
+	// flaky empty-but-200 discovery from silently wiping another provider's
+	// bundled catalog; only alibaba-token-plan treats an empty success as
+	// authoritative, because its `/models` allowlist reflects the subscribed
+	// edition and must not be widened by the curated seed below.
 	const authoritativeCatalogProviders = new Set(
 		catalogProviderModelBatches
-			.filter(batch => batch.descriptor.dynamicModelsAuthoritative === true && batch.succeeded)
+			.filter(
+				batch =>
+					batch.descriptor.dynamicModelsAuthoritative === true &&
+					(batch.models.length > 0 ||
+						(batch.succeeded && batch.descriptor.providerId === "alibaba-token-plan")),
+			)
 			.map(batch => batch.descriptor.providerId),
 	);
 	const catalogProviderModels = catalogProviderModelBatches.flatMap(batch => batch.models);
diff --git a/packages/catalog/src/models.json b/packages/catalog/src/models.json
index e8570aa15..00f76c7da 100644
--- a/packages/catalog/src/models.json
+++ b/packages/catalog/src/models.json
@@ -94800,4 +94800,4 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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