diff --git a/public/js/app.js b/public/js/app.js
index 6c6d6cbb..54647b9d 100644
--- a/public/js/app.js
+++ b/public/js/app.js
@@ -572,7 +572,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
   window._currentProvider = 'openrouter';
   window._defaultModelId = '';
 
-  fetch('/api/models')
+  // Re-read on demand, so a model an administrator adds reaches every per-tab
+  // selector without a page reload. The same call runs at boot and on
+  // models-changed; it is idempotent and rebuilds whatever selectors exist now.
+  function loadModelList() {
+  return fetch('/api/models')
     .then(function(r) { return r.json(); })
     .then(function(data) {
       window._currentModels = data.models || [];
@@ -593,12 +597,22 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
       var defaultModelId = data.defaultModel || (window._currentModels.length > 0 ? window._currentModels[0].id : '');
       window._defaultModelId = defaultModelId;
 
-      // Populate all per-tab model selectors already in DOM
+      // Populate all per-tab model selectors already in DOM. A selector that
+      // already holds a valid choice keeps it: rebuilding must not silently
+      // move someone off the model they picked.
       document.querySelectorAll('.tab-model-select').forEach(function(sel) {
+        var chosen = sel.value;
         window._buildModelOptions(sel);
+        if (chosen && Array.prototype.some.call(sel.options, function(o) { return o.value === chosen; })) {
+          sel.value = chosen;
+        }
       });
     })
     .catch(function(err) { console.warn('Models load failed:', err); });
+  }
+
+  loadModelList();
+  document.addEventListener('models-changed', function() { loadModelList(); });
 
   console.log('✅ App.js DOM ready');
 
diff --git a/public/js/myResources.js b/public/js/myResources.js
index d63d5612..ad725d16 100644
--- a/public/js/myResources.js
+++ b/public/js/myResources.js
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 (function () {
   var inited = false;
 
+  // A model an administrator adds has to show up here too, without a reload.
+  // loadOptions also decides whether the model row is shown at all, so this is
+  // the same call rather than a partial refresh of the select.
+  document.addEventListener('models-changed', function () {
+    if (inited) loadOptions();
+  });
+
   document.addEventListener('tabChanged', function (e) {
     if (!e.detail || e.detail.tab !== 'myresources') return;
     if (!inited) { init(); inited = true; }
@@ -121,6 +128,10 @@
         var modelRow = document.getElementById('mr-model-row');
         var models = data.models || [];
         if (select) {
+          // Rebuilt, but a choice already made is kept: this also runs when an
+          // administrator adds a model, and moving someone off the model they
+          // picked mid-form would be worse than not refreshing at all.
+          var chosen = select.value;
           select.textContent = '';
           models.forEach(function (id) {
             var option = document.createElement('option');
@@ -129,6 +140,7 @@
             if (id === data.defaultModel) option.selected = true;
             select.appendChild(option);
           });
+          if (chosen && models.indexOf(chosen) !== -1) select.value = chosen;
         }
         if (modelRow) modelRow.hidden = models.length < 2;
 
diff --git a/test/models-changed-propagation.test.js b/test/models-changed-propagation.test.js
index dbc95379..d680db96 100644
--- a/test/models-changed-propagation.test.js
+++ b/test/models-changed-propagation.test.js
@@ -45,6 +45,27 @@ test('the pickers listen, and re-run a loader that is otherwise once-per-visit',
   assert.match(images, /if \(loading\) return;/, 'no reload mid-flight');
 });
 
+test('every model picker listens, not only the two in the admin cards', () => {
+  // The point is that a model added in Admin is selectable wherever models are
+  // chosen — the per-tab selectors and My Resources included, not just the
+  // admin's own dropdowns.
+  const app = read('public/js/app.js');
+  assert.match(app, /document\.addEventListener\('models-changed'/);
+  assert.match(app, /function loadModelList\(\)/, 'the boot fetch is reusable, not inline');
+
+  const resources = read('public/js/myResources.js');
+  assert.match(resources, /document\.addEventListener\('models-changed'/);
+  assert.match(resources, /if \(inited\) loadOptions\(\);/, 'nothing to refresh before the tab has initialised');
+});
+
+test('a refresh never moves someone off the model they picked', () => {
+  // These selects are rebuilt while a form may be half filled in.
+  const app = read('public/js/app.js');
+  assert.match(app, /var chosen = sel\.value;[\s\S]{0,260}sel\.value = chosen;/);
+  const resources = read('public/js/myResources.js');
+  assert.match(resources, /var chosen = select\.value;[\s\S]{0,420}select\.value = chosen;/);
+});
+
 test('the toast no longer tells people to go and set a default', () => {
   // It used to say "now select it as default and click Set Default", which was
   // advice for the one dropdown that did refresh.