diff --git a/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts b/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
index 40b44a78857..c7ec61e0a65 100644
--- a/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ function isProviderUnavailableErrorMessage(raw: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+function isOllamaUnavailableErrorMessage(raw: string): boolean {
+  const msg = raw.toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    msg.includes("ollama could not be reached") ||
+    (msg.includes("127.0.0.1:11434") && msg.includes("econnrefused")) ||
+    (msg.includes("localhost:11434") && msg.includes("econnrefused"))
+  );
+}
+
 function toInt(value: string | undefined, fallback: number): number {
   const trimmed = value?.trim();
   if (!trimmed) {
@@ -766,6 +775,15 @@ describeLive("live models (profile keys)", () => {
               logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (provider unavailable)`);
               break;
             }
+            if (
+              allowNotFoundSkip &&
+              model.provider === "ollama" &&
+              isOllamaUnavailableErrorMessage(message)
+            ) {
+              skipped.push({ model: id, reason: message });
+              logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (ollama unavailable)`);
+              break;
+            }
             logProgress(`${progressLabel}: failed`);
             failures.push({ model: id, error: message });
             break;
diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts
index 3b636d5a3b7..c1bde246dc4 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts
@@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ function isProviderUnavailableErrorMessage(raw: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+function isOllamaUnavailableErrorMessage(raw: string): boolean {
+  const msg = raw.toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    msg.includes("ollama could not be reached") ||
+    (msg.includes("127.0.0.1:11434") && msg.includes("econnrefused")) ||
+    (msg.includes("localhost:11434") && msg.includes("econnrefused"))
+  );
+}
+
 function isInstructionsRequiredError(error: string): boolean {
   return /instructions are required/i.test(error);
 }
@@ -1584,10 +1593,12 @@ async function runGatewayModelSuite(params: GatewayModelSuiteParams) {
           }
           // OpenAI Codex refresh tokens can become single-use; skip instead of failing all live tests.
           if (model.provider === "openai-codex" && isRefreshTokenReused(message)) {
+            skippedCount += 1;
             logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (codex refresh token reused)`);
             break;
           }
           if (model.provider === "openai-codex" && isChatGPTUsageLimitErrorMessage(message)) {
+            skippedCount += 1;
             logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (chatgpt usage limit)`);
             break;
           }
@@ -1630,6 +1641,11 @@ async function runGatewayModelSuite(params: GatewayModelSuiteParams) {
             logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (missing auth profile)`);
             break;
           }
+          if (model.provider === "ollama" && isOllamaUnavailableErrorMessage(message)) {
+            skippedCount += 1;
+            logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (ollama unavailable)`);
+            break;
+          }
           if (params.label.startsWith("minimax-")) {
             skippedCount += 1;
             logProgress(`${progressLabel}: skip (minimax endpoint error)`);