diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
index 39f3fa315bd..13ac829e17b 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
@@ -4215,7 +4215,7 @@
       "chat-rendered-links.ts",
       "chat-scenarios/questions-and-approvals.yaml"
     ],
-    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.hire-revision.native1017.v5",
+    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.hire-revision.native1017.v6",
     "expectedRunCount": 1,
     "turnTimeoutMs": 120000,
     "attemptTimeoutMs": 300000,
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.test.ts
index 53c225e1023..1119d51f6df 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.test.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ describe("formal hire remains a proposal after cost revision", () => {
     o.comments[0]!.body = body;
     (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = body;
     expect(gradeHireRevision(o).passed).toBe(true);
-    for (const wrong of ["deepseek-v4.1-flash", "deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017:batch", "other/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017"]) {
+    for (const wrong of ["openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017:batch", "other/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017"]) {
+      // A reply that names another catalog model as the revision states a wrong fact.
       const invalid = structuredClone(o), changed = body.replace(model, wrong);
+      (invalid.state.eligibleModels as string[]).push(wrong);
       invalid.reply = changed;
       invalid.comments[0]!.body = changed;
       (invalid.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = changed;
@@ -51,25 +53,27 @@ describe("formal hire remains a proposal after cost revision", () => {
     const wrongProposal = structuredClone(o);
     (wrongProposal.state.currentApproval as { payload: { adapterConfig: { model: string } } }).payload.adapterConfig.model = "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash";
     expect(gradeHireRevision(wrongProposal).passed).toBe(false);
-    if (!model.includes("/")) {
-      const ambiguous = structuredClone(o);
-      (ambiguous.state.eligibleModels as string[]).push("other/deepseek/" + model);
-      expect(gradeHireRevision(ambiguous).passed).toBe(false);
-    }
   });
-  it("accepts a generic linked chat message only when the owned approval note supplies model-specific history", () => {
-    const o = validChatRevision(), body = "Revised and resubmitted for approval. [Pending proposal](/approvals/approval).";
-    o.state.approvalComments = valid().state.approvalComments;
-    o.reply = body;
-    o.comments[0]!.body = body;
-    (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = body;
-    expect(gradeHireRevision(o).passed).toBe(true);
-    const missing = structuredClone(o);
-    missing.state.approvalComments = (missing.state.approvalComments as unknown[]).slice(0, 1);
-    expect(gradeHireRevision(missing).passed).toBe(false);
-    const foreign = structuredClone(o);
-    (foreign.state.approvalComments as Array<{ authorAgentId?: string }>)[1]!.authorAgentId = "other";
-    expect(gradeHireRevision(foreign).passed).toBe(false);
+  it.each([
+    "The revised hire is pending your approval. Review [the pending approval](/ACORN/approvals/approval) — it must be approved before the hire can proceed.",
+    "Done. [Open it](/approvals/approval).",
+  ])("accepts a linked reply that does not repeat the model, with or without an approval note: %s", body => {
+    // The saved proposal and the request behind the reply's link carry the revised model; wording is not graded.
+    for (const withNote of [false, true]) {
+      const o = validChatRevision();
+      if (withNote) o.state.approvalComments = valid().state.approvalComments;
+      o.reply = body;
+      o.comments[0]!.body = body;
+      (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = body;
+      expect(gradeHireRevision(o).passed).toBe(true);
+      const expensive = structuredClone(o);
+      (expensive.state.currentApproval as { payload: { adapterConfig: { model: string } } }).payload.adapterConfig.model = "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro";
+      expect(gradeHireRevision(expensive).passed).toBe(false);
+      const unseen = structuredClone(o); unseen.state.revisedModelVisible = false;
+      expect(gradeHireRevision(unseen).passed).toBe(false);
+      const unlinked = structuredClone(o); unlinked.renderedLinkEvidence = [];
+      expect(gradeHireRevision(unlinked).passed).toBe(withNote);
+    }
   });
   it("accepts a bound revision reply alongside progress from the same run", () => {
     const o = validChatRevision();
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ describe("formal hire remains a proposal after cost revision", () => {
     ["wrong comment source", (o: IdentityObservation) => { (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { issueId: string }).issueId = "other"; }],
     ["wrong comment actor", (o: IdentityObservation) => { (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { authorAgentId: string }).authorAgentId = "other"; }],
     ["wrong originating run", (o: IdentityObservation) => { (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { createdByRunId: string }).createdByRunId = "other"; }],
-    ["wrong model in reply", (o: IdentityObservation) => { o.reply = o.reply.replace(String(o.state.cheaperModel), "other-model"); (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = o.reply; }],
+    ["wrong model in reply", (o: IdentityObservation) => { (o.state.eligibleModels as string[]).push("openrouter/other/other-model"); o.reply = o.reply.replace(String(o.state.cheaperModel), "openrouter/other/other-model"); o.comments[0]!.body = o.reply; (o.state.revisionHistoryComment as { body: string }).body = o.reply; }],
     ["uncommitted run", (o: IdentityObservation) => { o.runs[0]!.resultJson = { finalizationPhase: "pending" }; }],
     ["foreign run company", (o: IdentityObservation) => { o.runs[0]!.companyId = "other"; }],
     ["foreign run actor", (o: IdentityObservation) => { o.runs[0]!.agentId = "other"; }],
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts
index 0aac8a36afa..eaa7cc55e1e 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ function namesSelectedModel(body: string, model: string, catalog: unknown): bool
     return id === model || uniqueShortId && id === shortId;
   });
 }
+/** Catalog models the text names, by exact id or by a short id unique in the catalog. Wording is never graded. */
+function namedCatalogModels(body: string, catalog: unknown): string[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(catalog)) return [];
+  const ids = catalog.filter((id): id is string => typeof id === "string");
+  const identifiers = (body.match(/[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_./:@~-]*/g) ?? []).map(value => value.replace(/[.:]+$/, ""));
+  return ids.filter(model => {
+    const shortId = model.split("/").at(-1)!;
+    const uniqueShortId = ids.filter(id => id.split("/").at(-1) === shortId).length === 1;
+    return identifiers.some(id => id === model || uniqueShortId && id === shortId);
+  });
+}
 function hasBoundRevisionHistory(o: IdentityObservation, approval: Approval | undefined): boolean {
   const comment = o.state.revisionHistoryComment as Entity | undefined;
   const link = o.state.revisionHistoryLink as RenderedConversationLink | undefined;
@@ -25,7 +36,10 @@ function hasBoundRevisionHistory(o: IdentityObservation, approval: Approval | un
   if (!approval || !comment || !link || typeof sourceId !== "string" || o.runs.length !== 1 || o.humanQueries.length !== 1
     || comment.companyId !== o.companyId || comment.issueId !== sourceId || comment.authorAgentId !== o.leadId || comment.authorUserId
     || typeof comment.body !== "string" || typeof o.state.cheaperModel !== "string"
-    || !namesSelectedModel(comment.body, o.state.cheaperModel, o.state.eligibleModels)) return false;
+    // The saved proposal and the request the reply links to carry the revised
+    // model. The reply need not repeat it, but it must not name another
+    // catalog model than the original or the selected one.
+    || namedCatalogModels(comment.body, o.state.eligibleModels).some(model => model !== o.state.cheaperModel && model !== o.state.originalModel)) return false;
   const run = o.runs[0]!;
   if (run.id !== comment.createdByRunId || run.companyId !== o.companyId || run.agentId !== o.leadId || run.runtimeMode !== "native"
     || run.status !== "succeeded" || run.resultJson?.finalizationPhase !== "committed" || run.nativeIssueId !== sourceId
@@ -68,7 +82,7 @@ export function gradeHireRevision(value: unknown) {
     && o.activity.filter(row => row.action === "approval.resubmitted" && row.entityId === approval?.id && row.actorType === "agent" && row.agentId === o.leadId).length === 1,
     "The retained public original/board-choice comment, agent approval note or bound native revision reply, and actual revision/resubmission audit form inspectable history.");
   c.add("no-hire-or-approval-side-effect", o.agents.length === o.state.beforeAgentCount && !o.activity.some(row => row.action === "approval.approved" && row.entityId === approval?.id)
-    && o.state.pendingProposalVisible === true && o.state.revisedModelVisible === true && /approval|review|pending|board/i.test(o.reply),
+    && o.state.pendingProposalVisible === true && o.state.revisedModelVisible === true,
     "The actual proposal remains visibly pending with the revised model and no employee is instantiated or activated under the revision request.");
   return c.result();
 }
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ export const hireRevisionIdentityCases: readonly ChatCatalogCase[] = [identityDe
   return { sourceIssueId: source.id, originalApproval, originalHistoryCommentId: history.id, originalModel, cheaperModel, humanId: session.user.id,
     eligibleModels: models.map(row => row.id), modelChoice, beforeAgentCount: (await ctx.input.api.get<unknown[]>(`/api/companies/${fixtures.company.id}/agents`)).length };
 }, gradeHireRevision, {
-  authentication: "human-session", oracleVersion: "paperclip.chat-catalog.hire-revision.native1017.v5", sourceFiles: ["chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-model-choice.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts", "chat-rendered-links.ts", "chat-scenarios/questions-and-approvals.yaml"],
+  authentication: "human-session", oracleVersion: "paperclip.chat-catalog.hire-revision.native1017.v6", sourceFiles: ["chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-revision.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-hire-model-choice.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts", "chat-rendered-links.ts", "chat-scenarios/questions-and-approvals.yaml"],
   async act(ctx, state) {
     const remaining = () => remainingIdentityObservationBudget(ctx);
     remaining(); await waitForReply(ctx, ctx.observationDeadlineAt); remaining();