diff --git a/src/cli/nodes-cli/register.status.ts b/src/cli/nodes-cli/register.status.ts
index 03e00cbbec4..666102f5ddb 100644
--- a/src/cli/nodes-cli/register.status.ts
+++ b/src/cli/nodes-cli/register.status.ts
@@ -304,30 +304,28 @@ export function registerNodesStatusCommands(nodes: Command) {
         await runNodesCommand("list", async () => {
           const connectedOnly = Boolean(opts.connected);
           const sinceMs = parseSinceMs(opts.lastConnected, "Invalid --last-connected");
-          const result = await callGatewayCli("node.pair.list", opts, {});
-          const { pending, paired } = parsePairingList(result);
+          const nodeListResult = await callGatewayCli("node.list", opts, {});
+          const pairingListResult = await callGatewayCli("node.pair.list", opts, {});
+          const { pending, paired } = parsePairingList(pairingListResult);
           const { heading, muted, warn } = getNodesTheme();
           const tableWidth = getTerminalTableWidth();
           const now = Date.now();
-          const hasFilters = connectedOnly || sinceMs !== undefined;
-          const pendingRows = hasFilters ? [] : pending;
-          const connectedById = hasFilters
-            ? new Map(
-                parseNodeList(await callGatewayCli("node.list", opts, {})).map((node) => [
-                  node.nodeId,
-                  node,
-                ]),
-              )
-            : null;
+
+          const liveNodesById = new Map(
+            parseNodeList(nodeListResult).map((node) => [node.nodeId, node]),
+          );
+
+          const pendingRows = connectedOnly || sinceMs !== undefined ? [] : pending;
+
           const filteredPaired = paired.filter((node) => {
             if (connectedOnly) {
-              const live = connectedById?.get(node.nodeId);
+              const live = liveNodesById.get(node.nodeId);
               if (!live?.connected) {
                 return false;
               }
             }
             if (sinceMs !== undefined) {
-              const live = connectedById?.get(node.nodeId);
+              const live = liveNodesById.get(node.nodeId);
               const lastConnectedAtMs =
                 typeof node.lastConnectedAtMs === "number"
                   ? node.lastConnectedAtMs
@@ -343,8 +341,14 @@ export function registerNodesStatusCommands(nodes: Command) {
             }
             return true;
           });
+
+          const hasFilters = connectedOnly || sinceMs !== undefined;
+          const livePairedNodes = Array.from(liveNodesById.values()).filter((n) => n.paired);
+          const totalPairedCount = paired.length > 0 ? paired.length : livePairedNodes.length;
           const filteredLabel =
-            hasFilters && filteredPaired.length !== paired.length ? ` (of ${paired.length})` : "";
+            hasFilters && filteredPaired.length !== totalPairedCount
+              ? ` (of ${totalPairedCount})`
+              : "";
           defaultRuntime.log(
             `Pending: ${pendingRows.length} · Paired: ${filteredPaired.length}${filteredLabel}`,
           );
@@ -370,7 +374,7 @@ export function registerNodesStatusCommands(nodes: Command) {
 
           if (filteredPaired.length > 0) {
             const pairedRows = filteredPaired.map((n) => {
-              const live = connectedById?.get(n.nodeId);
+              const live = liveNodesById.get(n.nodeId);
               const lastConnectedAtMs =
                 typeof n.lastConnectedAtMs === "number"
                   ? n.lastConnectedAtMs
diff --git a/src/gateway/sessions-patch.test.ts b/src/gateway/sessions-patch.test.ts
index 478e360ecaf..67057d1fcc2 100644
--- a/src/gateway/sessions-patch.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/sessions-patch.test.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,21 @@ describe("gateway sessions patch", () => {
     expect(entry.modelOverride).toBe("claude-sonnet-4-6");
   });
 
+  test.each([
+    { name: "list", model: "list" },
+    { name: "LIST (uppercase)", model: "LIST" },
+    { name: "List (mixed case)", model: "List" },
+    { name: "status", model: "status" },
+    { name: "STATUS (uppercase)", model: "STATUS" },
+    { name: "Status (mixed case)", model: "Status" },
+  ])("rejects model command alias '$name' as invalid model", async ({ model }) => {
+    const result = await runPatch({
+      patch: { key: MAIN_SESSION_KEY, model },
+    });
+    expectPatchError(result, `invalid model`);
+    expectPatchError(result, `command alias`);
+  });
+
   test("sets spawnDepth for subagent sessions", async () => {
     const entry = expectPatchOk(
       await runPatch({
diff --git a/src/gateway/sessions-patch.ts b/src/gateway/sessions-patch.ts
index 18b542302f6..e07977253fb 100644
--- a/src/gateway/sessions-patch.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/sessions-patch.ts
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ export async function applySessionsPatchToStore(params: {
       if (!trimmed) {
         return invalid("invalid model: empty");
       }
+      if (trimmed.toLowerCase() === "list" || trimmed.toLowerCase() === "status") {
+        return invalid(
+          `invalid model: "${trimmed}" is a command alias, not a model. Use /models list or /model status in chat instead.`,
+        );
+      }
       if (!params.loadGatewayModelCatalog) {
         return {
           ok: false,