diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.test.ts b/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.test.ts
index 3b0b452e146..a5a66717729 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.test.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ vi.mock("../agents/model-catalog.js", () => ({
   loadModelCatalog: vi.fn(),
 }));
 vi.mock("../agents/model-selection.js", async (importOriginal) => {
-  const actual = (await importOriginal()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
   return { ...actual, buildAllowedModelSet: vi.fn() };
 });
 vi.mock("../terminal/note.js", () => ({ note: vi.fn() }));
 
-import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadModelCatalog } from "../agents/model-catalog.js";
 import { buildAllowedModelSet } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { note } from "../terminal/note.js";
 import { noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps } from "./doctor-synthetic-allowlist.js";
 
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ describe("noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps", () => {
 
   it("skips when allowlist is empty", async () => {
     await noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps(makeCfg({}));
+    expect(mockLoadModelCatalog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockNote).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("skips when allowAny is true", async () => {
+    const catalog = [{ id: "gpt-5.4", name: "gpt-5.4", provider: "openai" }];
+    mockLoadModelCatalog.mockResolvedValue(catalog);
+    mockBuildAllowedModelSet.mockReturnValue({
+      allowAny: true,
+      allowedCatalog: catalog,
+      allowedKeys: new Set(["openai/gpt-5.4"]),
+    });
+
+    await noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps(makeCfg({ "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6": {} }));
     expect(mockNote).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
@@ -69,7 +83,7 @@ describe("noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps", () => {
     mockLoadModelCatalog.mockResolvedValue(catalog);
     mockBuildAllowedModelSet.mockReturnValue({
       allowAny: false,
-      allowedCatalog: [catalog[0]!, catalog[3]!],
+      allowedCatalog: [catalog[0], catalog[3]],
       allowedKeys: new Set(["openai-codex/gpt-5.4", "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6"]),
     });
 
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ describe("noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps", () => {
     );
 
     expect(mockNote).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const noteText = mockNote.mock.calls[0]![0] as string;
+    const noteText = mockNote.mock.calls[0][0];
     expect(noteText).toContain("2 synthetic model");
     expect(noteText).toContain("openai/gpt-5.4");
     expect(noteText).toContain("openai/gpt-5.4-pro");
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ describe("noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps", () => {
     mockLoadModelCatalog.mockResolvedValue(catalog);
     mockBuildAllowedModelSet.mockReturnValue({
       allowAny: false,
-      allowedCatalog: [catalog[1]!],
+      allowedCatalog: [catalog[1]],
       allowedKeys: new Set(["anthropic/claude-opus-4-6"]),
     });
 
@@ -110,7 +124,7 @@ describe("noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps", () => {
     });
 
     await noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps(makeCfg({ "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6": {} }));
-    const noteText = mockNote.mock.calls[0]![0] as string;
+    const noteText = mockNote.mock.calls[0][0];
     expect(noteText).toContain("1 synthetic model available");
     expect(noteText).not.toContain("models available");
   });
diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.ts b/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.ts
index df472bb77fd..f41eb6f17db 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-synthetic-allowlist.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { note } from "../terminal/note.js";
 
 /**
- * Known providers whose models may appear in the runtime catalog via
- * `applySyntheticCatalogFallbacks()`. Only these are checked to avoid
- * false positives from Pi SDK registry models.
+ * The exact provider/id pairs created by `applySyntheticCatalogFallbacks()`.
+ * Only these are checked to avoid false positives from real catalog models
+ * that happen to share the same provider.
  */
-const SYNTHETIC_FALLBACK_PROVIDERS = new Set(["openai", "openai-codex"]);
+const SYNTHETIC_FALLBACK_KEYS = new Set([
+  "openai/gpt-5.4",
+  "openai/gpt-5.4-pro",
+  "openai-codex/gpt-5.4",
+  "openai-codex/gpt-5.3-codex-spark",
+]);
 
 /**
  * Warn when synthetic catalog fallback models are present in the runtime
@@ -28,19 +33,22 @@ export async function noteSyntheticAllowlistGaps(cfg: OpenClawConfig): Promise<v
   }
 
   const catalog = await loadModelCatalog({ config: cfg });
-  const { allowedKeys } = buildAllowedModelSet({
+  const { allowAny, allowedKeys } = buildAllowedModelSet({
     cfg,
     catalog,
     defaultProvider: DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
     defaultModel: DEFAULT_MODEL,
   });
+  if (allowAny) {
+    return; // all models are allowed; nothing to warn about
+  }
 
   const gaps: Array<{ provider: string; id: string }> = [];
   for (const entry of catalog) {
-    if (!SYNTHETIC_FALLBACK_PROVIDERS.has(entry.provider.toLowerCase())) {
+    const key = modelKey(entry.provider, entry.id);
+    if (!SYNTHETIC_FALLBACK_KEYS.has(key)) {
       continue;
     }
-    const key = modelKey(entry.provider, entry.id);
     if (!allowedKeys.has(key)) {
       gaps.push(entry);
     }