diff --git a/src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts b/src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts
index 0293b4bd04..94241e8a75 100644
--- a/src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts
+++ b/src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,12 @@ export function ensureStrictCatalogFields(
   if (typeof entry.supports_reasoning_summaries !== "boolean") entry.supports_reasoning_summaries = false;
   if (typeof entry.default_reasoning_summary !== "string") entry.default_reasoning_summary = "none";
   if (typeof entry.support_verbosity !== "boolean") entry.support_verbosity = true;
-  if (typeof entry.default_verbosity !== "string") entry.default_verbosity = "low";
+  // A row that has declared it does NOT support verbosity must not also ship a default for the
+  // control it just disowned: Codex seeds its picker from `default_verbosity`, so leaving the
+  // strict-fields fallback in place re-creates the dead toggle the explicit opt-out removed.
+  // Scoped to an explicit `false`, so rows that never declare a capability keep the default.
+  if (entry.support_verbosity === false) delete entry.default_verbosity;
+  else if (typeof entry.default_verbosity !== "string") entry.default_verbosity = "low";
   if (typeof entry.apply_patch_tool_type !== "string") entry.apply_patch_tool_type = "freeform";
   if (!entry.truncation_policy || typeof entry.truncation_policy !== "object" || Array.isArray(entry.truncation_policy)) {
     entry.truncation_policy = { mode: "tokens", limit: 10000 };
diff --git a/src/lib/destination-policy.ts b/src/lib/destination-policy.ts
index 46b2aa91ba..d552b78065 100644
--- a/src/lib/destination-policy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/destination-policy.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,45 @@ function classifyIpv4(hostname: string): DestinationAssessment {
   return { kind: "public", detail: "public IP" };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Expand an IPv6 literal into its eight hextets, or null when it is not one this can parse.
+ * `firstIpv6Hextet` below only needs the leading group; prefix matching needs the whole address,
+ * and `::` compression plus the RFC 4291 trailing dotted-quad form both have to be handled.
+ */
+function ipv6Hextets(hostname: string): number[] | null {
+  let text = hostname;
+  const dotted = text.match(/(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})$/);
+  if (dotted?.index !== undefined) {
+    const octets = dotted[1].split(".").map(Number);
+    if (octets.some(octet => !Number.isInteger(octet) || octet < 0 || octet > 255)) return null;
+    text = text.slice(0, dotted.index)
+      + ((octets[0]! << 8) | octets[1]!).toString(16)
+      + ":"
+      + ((octets[2]! << 8) | octets[3]!).toString(16);
+  }
+  const halves = text.split("::");
+  if (halves.length > 2) return null;
+  const parseGroups = (part: string): number[] | null => {
+    if (!part) return [];
+    const out: number[] = [];
+    for (const piece of part.split(":")) {
+      if (!/^[0-9a-f]{1,4}$/i.test(piece)) return null;
+      out.push(Number.parseInt(piece, 16));
+    }
+    return out;
+  };
+  const head = parseGroups(halves[0] ?? "");
+  const tail = halves.length === 2 ? parseGroups(halves[1] ?? "") : [];
+  if (!head || !tail) return null;
+  if (halves.length === 1) return head.length === 8 ? head : null;
+  const fill = 8 - head.length - tail.length;
+  if (fill < 1) return null;
+  return [...head, ...Array<number>(fill).fill(0), ...tail];
+}
+
+/** RFC 6052 §2.1 well-known NAT64 prefix, 64:ff9b::/96, as its six leading hextets. */
+const NAT64_WELL_KNOWN_PREFIX = [0x64, 0xff9b, 0, 0, 0, 0] as const;
+
 function firstIpv6Hextet(hostname: string): number | null {
   const head = hostname.split(":")[0];
   if (!head) return 0;
@@ -89,6 +128,20 @@ function classifyIpv6(hostname: string): DestinationAssessment {
     const ipv4 = `${(hi >> 8) & 255}.${hi & 255}.${(lo >> 8) & 255}.${lo & 255}`;
     return classifyIpv4(ipv4);
   }
+  // NAT64 (RFC 6052): on an IPv6-only/DNS64 network every IPv4-only peer is synthesized into
+  // 64:ff9b::<ipv4>, whose leading hextet (0x64) is below the 2000::/3 global-unicast window and
+  // so fell through to "non-global address". That rejected ordinary public destinations for any
+  // user behind NAT64 — two tests already worked around it with `allowPrivateNetwork: true`.
+  // Classify the EMBEDDED IPv4 instead, exactly as the ::ffff: forms above do, so a wrapped
+  // 127.0.0.1 or 10/8 stays blocked rather than becoming an SSRF bypass. Only the well-known
+  // prefix is decoded; RFC 8215's 64:ff9b:1::/48 is reserved for local-use translation and keeps
+  // its non-global treatment.
+  const hextets = ipv6Hextets(hostname);
+  if (hextets && NAT64_WELL_KNOWN_PREFIX.every((group, index) => hextets[index] === group)) {
+    const hi = hextets[6]!;
+    const lo = hextets[7]!;
+    return classifyIpv4(`${(hi >> 8) & 255}.${hi & 255}.${(lo >> 8) & 255}.${lo & 255}`);
+  }
   if (hostname === "::1") return { kind: "loopback", detail: "loopback address" };
   if (hostname === "::") return { kind: "unspecified", detail: "unspecified address" };
   const hextet = firstIpv6Hextet(hostname);
diff --git a/tests/catalog-verbosity-default.test.ts b/tests/catalog-verbosity-default.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75a07cca66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/catalog-verbosity-default.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { buildCatalogEntries, gatherRoutedModels as gatherRoutedModelsDirect, upstreamNativeEntry } from "../src/codex/catalog";
+import { withStubbedProviderFetch } from "./helpers/catalog-provider-fetch";
+import { resetCatalogRuntimeStateForTests, resetOpenAiApiCatalogWarningStateForTests } from "../src/codex/catalog";
+import { clearModelCache } from "../src/codex/model-cache";
+
+const gatherRoutedModels: typeof gatherRoutedModelsDirect = (config, options) =>
+  gatherRoutedModelsDirect(withStubbedProviderFetch(config), options);
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  clearModelCache();
+  resetOpenAiApiCatalogWarningStateForTests();
+  resetCatalogRuntimeStateForTests();
+});
+
+const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+
+/**
+ * A serialized row that declares `support_verbosity: false` must not also carry a
+ * `default_verbosity`. Codex seeds its picker from `default_verbosity`, so leaving the
+ * strict-fields fallback in place re-creates the dead toggle that the explicit opt-out
+ * (#2578 architecture) removed. All field names here are the SERIALIZED Codex spellings —
+ * `supports_verbosity` does not exist in this format, which is exactly how an earlier
+ * assertion passed while every routed row advertised the control.
+ */
+describe("catalog — default_verbosity is dropped when verbosity is unsupported", () => {
+  test("GREEN: an opted-out routed row carries no verbosity default", async () => {
+    const models = await gatherRoutedModels({
+      providers: {
+        xai: {
+          adapter: "openai-chat",
+          baseUrl: "https://api.x.ai/v1",
+          authMode: "oauth",
+          liveModels: false,
+          models: ["grok-4.6"],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const entries = buildCatalogEntries(null, [], models);
+    const xai = entries.find(e => e.slug === "xai/grok-4.6");
+    expect(xai?.support_verbosity).toBe(false);
+    expect(xai?.default_verbosity).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("GREEN: a Kiro opted-out row carries no verbosity default either", async () => {
+    const models = await gatherRoutedModels({
+      providers: {
+        kiro: {
+          adapter: "kiro",
+          baseUrl: "https://runtime.us-east-1.kiro.dev",
+          authMode: "oauth",
+          liveModels: false,
+          models: ["gpt-5.6-sol"],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const entries = buildCatalogEntries(null, [], models);
+    const kiro = entries.find(e => e.slug === "kiro/gpt-5.6-sol");
+    expect(kiro?.support_verbosity).toBe(false);
+    expect(kiro?.default_verbosity).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("CONTROL: rows that never declare a capability keep the permissive default", async () => {
+    const models = await gatherRoutedModels({
+      providers: {
+        plain: {
+          adapter: "openai-responses",
+          baseUrl: "https://plain.example.test/v1",
+          authMode: "key",
+          liveModels: false,
+          models: ["plain-model"],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const entries = buildCatalogEntries(null, [], models);
+    const plain = entries.find(e => e.slug === "plain/plain-model");
+    expect(plain?.support_verbosity).toBe(true);
+    expect(plain?.default_verbosity).toBe("low");
+  });
+
+  test("CONTROL: a native OpenAI row keeps verbosity and its default", () => {
+    const template = upstreamNativeEntry("gpt-5.6-sol");
+    expect(template).not.toBeNull();
+    const entries = buildCatalogEntries(template, ["gpt-5.6-sol"], []);
+    const native = entries.find(e => e.slug === "gpt-5.6-sol");
+    expect(native?.support_verbosity).toBe(true);
+    expect(native?.default_verbosity).toBe("low");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/destination-policy-resolved.test.ts b/tests/destination-policy-resolved.test.ts
index 98a4db6827..207f73ec8c 100644
--- a/tests/destination-policy-resolved.test.ts
+++ b/tests/destination-policy-resolved.test.ts
@@ -253,3 +253,46 @@ describe("resolvePublicAddresses — caller-specific diagnostics", () => {
     )).rejects.toThrow("benchmark address (198.19.7.9)");
   });
 });
+
+describe("providerDestinationConfigError — NAT64 well-known prefix (RFC 6052)", () => {
+  // On an IPv6-only/DNS64 network every IPv4-only peer is synthesized into 64:ff9b::<ipv4>.
+  // 0x64 sits below the 2000::/3 global-unicast window, so the wrapper alone read as
+  // "non-global address" and rejected ordinary public destinations for anyone behind NAT64.
+  test("a wrapped public IPv4 is accepted", () => {
+    for (const host of ["64:ff9b::d25:c62c", "64:ff9b::0fe0:7748", "64:ff9b::13.37.198.44"]) {
+      expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider(`https://[${host}]/v1`))).toBeNull();
+    }
+  });
+
+  // The embedded address is what gets classified, so the decode cannot become an SSRF bypass.
+  test("a wrapped private, loopback, or link-local IPv4 stays blocked", () => {
+    const cases: [string, string][] = [
+      ["64:ff9b::7f00:1", "loopback"],
+      ["64:ff9b::a00:1", "private-network"],
+      ["64:ff9b::c0a8:1", "private-network"],
+      ["64:ff9b::ac10:1", "private-network"],
+      // 169.254.169.254 is the cloud metadata IP, so the wrapped form lands on the stronger
+      // metadata blocklist rather than the generic link-local rule.
+      ["64:ff9b::a9fe:a9fe", "blocked metadata endpoint"],
+      ["64:ff9b::127.0.0.1", "loopback"],
+    ];
+    for (const [host, detail] of cases) {
+      expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider(`https://[${host}]/v1`))).toContain(detail);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // RFC 8215 reserves 64:ff9b:1::/48 for local-use translation, which is not the well-known
+  // prefix and keeps its non-global treatment.
+  test("the RFC 8215 local-use prefix is not decoded", () => {
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[64:ff9b:1::d25:c62c]/v1")))
+      .toContain("non-global");
+  });
+
+  test("unrelated IPv6 classification is unchanged", () => {
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[2606:4700::6812:1250]/v1"))).toBeNull();
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[::1]/v1"))).toContain("loopback");
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[fd00::1]/v1"))).toContain("private-network");
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[fe80::1]/v1"))).toContain("link-local");
+    expect(providerDestinationConfigError("p", provider("https://[2001:db8::1]/v1"))).toContain("documentation");
+  });
+});