diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/combo-sticky-pin-clear-on-disable.md b/changelog.d/fixes/combo-sticky-pin-clear-on-disable.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17abffb7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/combo-sticky-pin-clear-on-disable.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(combo): evict in-memory session-stickiness bindings when a combo disables stickiness, so stale pins stop overriding the declared priority order until TTL/restart
diff --git a/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json b/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
index 02c518123c..2e7fa58dac 100644
--- a/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
+++ b/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
@@ -455,8 +455,9 @@
     "src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts": 1019,
     "src/shared/middleware/chatBodyAdmission.ts": 1005,
     "_rebaseline_2026_08_20_10668_tabitoken_gateway": "#10668 (yawar-aquil) own catalog growth: src/shared/constants/providers/apikey/gateways.ts 1268->1283 (+15, entirely this PR diff -- one new tabitoken gateway entry, data lines only; base moved from 1255 to 1268 via other merges since the PR forked). Not combination drift: reproducible on the PR branch alone, so the WS5.5 release-captain rule does not apply. Extraction is not available -- the file is pure data (own header: \"Pure data; merged by apikey/index.ts via spread\") and already split into 6 family files under apikey/. Same precedent as _rebaseline_2026_08_14_imagetotext_servicekinds (#10275/#10291, gateways.ts 1250->1255, data lines only) and _rebaseline_2026_08_11_v3850_merge_storm_provider_registry (owner-authorized for this same file).",
-    "open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts": 1023,
-    "_rebaseline_2026_08_21_10859_vision_bridge_catalog": "#10859 own growth (Vision Bridge fixes #10808/#10809): src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts 1006->1016 (+10, cmd/gpt-5.3-codex* text-only capability resolution) and open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts 988->1023 (+35, Command Code wire-model normalization for bare ids + reasoning field fallback for opencode-routed gateways). Cohesive bug fixes at the existing capability-resolution / executor chokepoints; not extractable mid-fix. Covered by tests/unit/model-capabilities-command-code-codex-textonly-10703.test.ts, tests/unit/command-code-vision.test.ts, tests/unit/opencode-mimo-reasoning-details-nonstream.test.ts. Pushed directly to release (own-session miss: the original rebaseline was made in a throwaway validation worktree and never landed on the PR branch or the release before merge)."
+    "open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts": 1038,
+    "_rebaseline_2026_08_21_10859_vision_bridge_catalog": "#10859 own growth (Vision Bridge fixes #10808/#10809): src/lib/modelCapabilities.ts 1006->1016 (+10, cmd/gpt-5.3-codex* text-only capability resolution) and open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts 988->1023 (+35, Command Code wire-model normalization for bare ids + reasoning field fallback for opencode-routed gateways). Cohesive bug fixes at the existing capability-resolution / executor chokepoints; not extractable mid-fix. Covered by tests/unit/model-capabilities-command-code-codex-textonly-10703.test.ts, tests/unit/command-code-vision.test.ts, tests/unit/opencode-mimo-reasoning-details-nonstream.test.ts. Pushed directly to release (own-session miss: the original rebaseline was made in a throwaway validation worktree and never landed on the PR branch or the release before merge).",
+    "_rebaseline_2026_08_21_10907_sticky_pin_clear": "#10907 own growth: open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts 1023->1038 (+15, effort-suffix sanitization threading for the sticky-pin-clear fix). Cohesive change at the existing executor chokepoint. Covered by tests/unit/command-code-executor.test.ts."
   },
   "_rebaseline_base_2026_08_10_proxyfetch": "Base-red fix (green-prs sweep, issue #9985): open-sse/utils/proxyFetch.ts 1207 > cap 1000 — new proxied-TLS fetch helper introduced by the Fal reference-image work. Owner-authorized quick rebaseline to green; structural slim tracked for v3.9.0.",
   "_rebaseline_2026_07_27_v3849_train2": "Merge-train 2 (7 PRs) — owner-approved 2026-07-27. Single entry: chatCore.ts 4955->5006 (#8595, Responses multi-turn image compaction before the context hard-reject). Genuine irreducible growth at the existing compaction chokepoint in handleChatCore — the PR adds a last-resort retry against the concrete budget plus the estimateFinalInputTokens helper, both wired at the pre-existing call site rather than a new branch. Covered by tests/unit/8560-responses-image-compaction.test.ts (4 tests).",
diff --git a/open-sse/executors/base/reasoningEffort.ts b/open-sse/executors/base/reasoningEffort.ts
index 9b8ffb1da0..fa416dbc1a 100644
--- a/open-sse/executors/base/reasoningEffort.ts
+++ b/open-sse/executors/base/reasoningEffort.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,21 @@ export function sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider(
     return stripEffortValue(b, c);
   }
 
+  // `minimal` is a sub-`low` reasoning tier some catalogs advertise (e.g.
+  // Muse Spark via models.dev) and the Codex provider accepts natively — but
+  // Command Code rejects it outright:
+  //   Validation error: Invalid option: expected one of
+  //   "low"|"medium"|"high"|"xhigh"|"max" at "params.reasoning_effort"
+  // Map it to the closest supported value (`low`) for command-code only;
+  // other providers (codex etc.) keep their native `minimal` handling.
+  if (provider === "command-code" && effortStr === "minimal") {
+    log?.info?.(
+      "REASONING_SANITIZE",
+      `${provider}/${modelStr}: mapped reasoning_effort minimal → low`
+    );
+    return writeEffortValue(b, "low", c);
+  }
+
   // Command Code accepts the literal top-tier value `max`, while the shared
   // standardization stage may have already represented the client's `max` as
   // OmniRoute's internal `xhigh`. Convert it back before the upstream request.
diff --git a/open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts b/open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts
index 77779bb1f7..b736e6cdf1 100644
--- a/open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts
+++ b/open-sse/executors/commandCode.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 
 import { isVisionModelId } from "@/shared/constants/visionModels";
 import { REGISTRY } from "../config/providerRegistry.ts";
-import { BaseExecutor, mergeUpstreamExtraHeaders, type ExecuteInput } from "./base.ts";
+import {
+  BaseExecutor,
+  mergeUpstreamExtraHeaders,
+  sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider,
+  type ExecuteInput,
+} from "./base.ts";
 
 type JsonRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -987,7 +992,17 @@ export class CommandCodeExecutor extends BaseExecutor {
     };
     mergeUpstreamExtraHeaders(headers, upstreamExtraHeaders);
 
-    const { body: transformedBody, toolNameMap } = buildCommandCodeBody(model, body, stream);
+    // The combo/single-model dispatch boundary does not always run
+    // sanitizeRequestForResolvedTarget before reaching this executor (combo
+    // path), and Command Code rejects unsupported reasoning_effort values
+    // outright (e.g. "minimal" → 400 "expected one of low|medium|high|xhigh|max").
+    // Sanitize here — the executor is the last line of defense for the wire body.
+    const sanitizedBody = sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider(body, this.provider, model);
+    const { body: transformedBody, toolNameMap } = buildCommandCodeBody(
+      model,
+      sanitizedBody,
+      stream
+    );
     const url = this.buildUrl();
     const upstream = await fetch(url, {
       method: "POST",
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo.ts b/open-sse/services/combo.ts
index 2690cdddb1..f01d206eca 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import {
   normalizeStickinessMessages,
   recordStickyBinding,
   clearStickyBinding,
+  clearStickyBindingsForCombo,
   peekStickyConnectionId,
   resolveDisableSessionStickiness,
 } from "./combo/sessionStickiness.ts";
@@ -3013,6 +3014,9 @@ async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
     filteredTargets = await expandPromptCacheAffinityTargets(filteredTargets);
     modelCount = filteredTargets.length;
   }
+  if (disableSessionStickiness) {
+    clearStickyBindingsForCombo(combo.name);
+  }
   const _rrSessionSticky = disableSessionStickiness
     ? ({ targets: filteredTargets, messageHash: null, stuck: false } as const)
     : await applySessionStickiness(
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo/sessionStickiness.ts b/open-sse/services/combo/sessionStickiness.ts
index 6f51f69df0..7347730a60 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo/sessionStickiness.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo/sessionStickiness.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ interface StickyEntry {
   connectionId: string;
   createdAt: number;
   lastUsedAt: number;
+  /** Combo identity that owns this binding (matches `scopeMessageHash` namespace). */
+  namespace?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -357,17 +359,23 @@ function evict(): void {
 }
 
 /** Record (or refresh) a sticky binding after a successful request. */
-export function recordStickyBinding(messageHash: string, connectionId: string): void {
+export function recordStickyBinding(
+  messageHash: string,
+  connectionId: string,
+  namespace?: string
+): void {
   const existing = stickyMap.get(messageHash);
   if (existing) {
     existing.connectionId = connectionId;
     existing.lastUsedAt = Date.now();
+    if (namespace) existing.namespace = namespace;
   } else {
     evict();
     stickyMap.set(messageHash, {
       connectionId,
       createdAt: Date.now(),
       lastUsedAt: Date.now(),
+      ...(namespace ? { namespace } : {}),
     });
   }
 }
@@ -377,6 +385,24 @@ export function clearStickyBinding(messageHash: string): void {
   stickyMap.delete(messageHash);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Evict every in-memory sticky binding owned by a combo.
+ *
+ * Stale pins survive combo edits: `updateCombo` clears the persisted
+ * `session_model_history` rows, but the process-global sticky map is only
+ * bounded by TTL (15 min) — a binding recorded before the operator disabled
+ * stickiness or reordered models keeps promoting the old connection to
+ * position 0 for the remainder of the TTL window, silently defeating the
+ * combo's declared priority order (#XXXX). Combo writes call this so a
+ * config/model change takes effect immediately instead of after TTL expiry.
+ */
+export function clearStickyBindingsForCombo(namespace: string): void {
+  if (!namespace) return;
+  for (const [key, entry] of stickyMap) {
+    if (entry.namespace === namespace) stickyMap.delete(key);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Read-only peek at the connectionId currently bound to `messageHash`, without
  * mutating the store or checking TTL/health. Lets combo.ts's failure paths
@@ -462,6 +488,10 @@ export async function applySessionStickiness(
     const existing = stickyMap.get(messageHash);
     if (!existing) return { targets: orderedTargets, messageHash, stuck: false };
 
+    // Backfill the owning namespace so combo-scoped eviction (combo edit /
+    // stickiness disable) can find bindings recorded before this field existed.
+    if (namespace && existing.namespace !== namespace) existing.namespace = namespace;
+
     // Check TTL
     if (Date.now() - existing.lastUsedAt > TTL_MS) {
       stickyMap.delete(messageHash);
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo/targetResolution.ts b/open-sse/services/combo/targetResolution.ts
index ff3b0362f7..eeec177c86 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo/targetResolution.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo/targetResolution.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import {
 } from "./rrState.ts";
 import {
   applySessionStickiness,
+  clearStickyBindingsForCombo,
   normalizeStickinessMessages,
   resolveDisableSessionStickiness,
   type ApplyStickinessResult,
@@ -458,6 +459,15 @@ async function applyContinuityFilters(
       config as Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined,
       settings as Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined
     );
+  // Evict any in-memory sticky bindings this combo still owns when stickiness is
+  // disabled. Disabling stops NEW bindings, but a binding recorded while it was
+  // enabled would otherwise keep re-promoting the old connection for the rest of
+  // the 15-minute TTL — silently defeating the combo's priority order until the
+  // binding ages out or the process restarts (user report: disabling stickiness
+  // on orchestrator still pinned opencode-go/mimo-v2.5-max first).
+  if (disableSessionStickiness) {
+    clearStickyBindingsForCombo(combo.name);
+  }
   const sticky: ApplyStickinessResult = disableSessionStickiness
     ? { targets: initialOrderedTargets, messageHash: null, stuck: false }
     : await applySessionStickiness(
diff --git a/tests/unit/base-executor-sanitize-effort.test.ts b/tests/unit/base-executor-sanitize-effort.test.ts
index 282b908246..107c521fa7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/base-executor-sanitize-effort.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/base-executor-sanitize-effort.test.ts
@@ -868,6 +868,23 @@ test("sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider: command-code maps normalized xhigh bac
   assert.equal(result.reasoning?.effort, "max");
 });
 
+test("sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider: command-code maps unsupported minimal to low", () => {
+  const log = makeLog();
+  const body = { reasoning_effort: "minimal", messages: [] };
+  const result = sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider(
+    body,
+    "command-code",
+    "poolside/laguna-s-2.1-free",
+    log
+  ) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  // Upstream rejects minimal (400 "expected one of low|medium|high|xhigh|max").
+  assert.equal(result.reasoning_effort, "low");
+  assert.ok(
+    log.messages.some(([, msg]) => msg.includes("minimal → low")),
+    "sanitizer logs the downgrade"
+  );
+});
+
 test("sanitizeReasoningEffortForProvider: opencode-go with non-DeepSeek model passes max through (new default)", () => {
   // opencode-go non-DeepSeek models are not explicitly flagged as rejecting max,
   // so max passes through unchanged under the new default.
diff --git a/tests/unit/combo-disable-session-stickiness.test.ts b/tests/unit/combo-disable-session-stickiness.test.ts
index 88bfca2d4b..28a9e70ea7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/combo-disable-session-stickiness.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/combo-disable-session-stickiness.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const {
   applySessionStickiness,
   recordStickyBinding,
   clearAllStickyBindings,
+  clearStickyBindingsForCombo,
   deriveMessageHash,
   resolveDisableSessionStickiness,
   __setStickinessHeadroomFetcherForTests,
@@ -231,3 +232,57 @@ test("flag explicit false (per-combo) also preserves stickiness", async () => {
   assert.ok(result.stuck);
   assert.equal(result.targets[0].connectionId, "conn-B");
 });
+
+// ─── clearStickyBindingsForCombo (stale-pin eviction on stickiness disable) ──
+
+test("clearStickyBindingsForCombo evicts only the named combo's bindings", async () => {
+  const targets = [makeTarget("conn-A"), makeTarget("conn-B")];
+  const msgA = [{ role: "user", content: "conversation for combo A" }];
+  const msgB = [{ role: "user", content: "conversation for combo B" }];
+
+  injectSat({ util5h: 0.1, util7d: 0.1 });
+  // Production flow: applySessionStickiness derives the combo-scoped key and
+  // combo.ts records the binding with that SCOPED messageHash on success.
+  const probeA = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgA, "combo-a");
+  const probeB = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgB, "combo-b");
+  assert.ok(probeA.messageHash, "combo-a scoped key derived");
+  assert.ok(probeB.messageHash, "combo-b scoped key derived");
+  recordStickyBinding(probeA.messageHash!, "conn-B");
+  recordStickyBinding(probeB.messageHash!, "conn-A");
+
+  // Both bindings promote before the eviction.
+  const beforeA = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgA, "combo-a");
+  const beforeB = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgB, "combo-b");
+  assert.ok(beforeA.stuck, "combo-a binding promotes before eviction");
+  assert.ok(beforeB.stuck, "combo-b binding promotes before eviction");
+
+  clearStickyBindingsForCombo("combo-a");
+
+  const rA = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgA, "combo-a");
+  const rB = await applySessionStickiness(targets, msgB, "combo-b");
+  assert.equal(rA.stuck, false, "combo-a binding evicted → no promotion");
+  assert.equal(rA.targets[0].connectionId, "conn-A", "combo-a keeps strategy order");
+  assert.ok(rB.stuck, "combo-b binding survives → still promoted");
+  assert.equal(rB.targets[0].connectionId, "conn-A");
+});
+
+test("clearStickyBindingsForCombo: a binding recorded before the namespace field existed is still evictable after one read", async () => {
+  const targets = [makeTarget("conn-A"), makeTarget("conn-B")];
+  const messages = [{ role: "user", content: "pre-namespace conversation" }];
+
+  injectSat({ util5h: 0.1, util7d: 0.1 });
+  // Production flow derives the scoped key; record the binding WITHOUT the
+  // namespace field being populated (older code path).
+  const probe = await applySessionStickiness(targets, messages, "combo-legacy");
+  recordStickyBinding(probe.messageHash!, "conn-B");
+  // The entry lacks namespace — the next namespaced read backfills the owner.
+  assert.equal(probe.stuck, false, "no binding yet at probe time");
+
+  const read = await applySessionStickiness(targets, messages, "combo-legacy");
+  assert.ok(read.stuck, "binding found on first namespaced read");
+  clearStickyBindingsForCombo("combo-legacy");
+
+  const after = await applySessionStickiness(targets, messages, "combo-legacy");
+  assert.equal(after.stuck, false, "legacy binding evicted after backfill");
+  assert.equal(after.targets[0].connectionId, "conn-A");
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/command-code-executor.test.ts b/tests/unit/command-code-executor.test.ts
index 1dcef8e77b..af1d317f5a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command-code-executor.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/command-code-executor.test.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,32 @@ test("Command Code executor honors body.model rewrite from payload rules", async
   assert.equal(posted.params.reasoning_effort, "max");
 });
 
+test("Command Code executor maps unsupported minimal reasoning_effort to low (upstream 400 regression)", async () => {
+  const calls: FetchCall[] = [];
+  globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {
+    calls.push({ url: String(url), init });
+    return commandCodeStream([{ type: "text-delta", text: "ok" }, { type: "finish" }]);
+  };
+
+  // Live upstream rejection: "Validation error: Invalid option: expected one of
+  // \"low\"|\"medium\"|\"high\"|\"xhigh\"|\"max\" at \"params.reasoning_effort\"" —
+  // `minimal` (a Muse Spark catalog tier) must be downgraded to `low` before
+  // the wire body is built, on BOTH the combo and single-model paths.
+  await getExecutor("command-code").execute({
+    model: "poolside/laguna-s-2.1-free",
+    stream: false,
+    credentials: { apiKey: "cc_test_key" },
+    body: {
+      stream: false,
+      messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hi" }],
+      reasoning_effort: "minimal",
+    },
+  });
+
+  const posted = JSON.parse(String(calls[0].init.body));
+  assert.equal(posted.params.reasoning_effort, "low", "minimal must map to low");
+});
+
 test("Command Code raw NDJSON stream becomes OpenAI chat SSE chunks", async () => {
   const calls: FetchCall[] = [];
   globalThis.fetch = async (url, init = {}) => {