diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index 4ca00cdc9..5eedbbfdf 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -620,7 +620,10 @@ export function loadConfig(): GBrainConfig | null {
  * size the schema and must be stable across engine connect.
  */
 export async function loadConfigWithEngine(
-  engine: { getConfig(key: string): Promise<string | null | undefined> },
+  engine: {
+    getConfig(key: string): Promise<string | null | undefined>;
+    listConfigKeys?(prefix: string): Promise<string[]>;
+  },
   base?: GBrainConfig | null,
 ): Promise<GBrainConfig | null> {
   // Codex /ship finding #3: when there's no file config AND no env DB URL,
@@ -669,10 +672,36 @@ export async function loadConfigWithEngine(
   const dbEmbeddingColumns = await dbStr('embedding_columns');
   const dbSearchEmbeddingColumn = await dbStr('search_embedding_column');
 
+  // `gbrain config set provider_base_urls.<id> <url>` writes DB plane (the
+  // prefix is advertised in KNOWN_CONFIG_KEY_PREFIXES) but pre-fix nothing
+  // ever merged it back, so the gateway never saw the configured proxy.
+  const dbProviderBaseUrls: Record<string, string> = {};
+  if (typeof engine.listConfigKeys === 'function') {
+    try {
+      const keys = await engine.listConfigKeys('provider_base_urls.');
+      for (const key of keys) {
+        const provider = key.slice('provider_base_urls.'.length).trim();
+        if (!provider) continue;
+        const value = await dbStr(key);
+        if (value !== undefined && value.trim()) dbProviderBaseUrls[provider] = value.trim();
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Minimal engine shims (tests) may not support prefix listing; keep
+      // file/env behavior.
+    }
+  }
+
   // DB applies only when env did NOT win. Env presence is detected by the
   // sync loadConfig() already setting the field. For each flag, prefer the
   // existing fileConfig value when defined; otherwise fall through to DB.
   const merged: GBrainConfig = { ...fileConfig };
+  if (Object.keys(dbProviderBaseUrls).length > 0) {
+    // File-plane entries win over DB values per the documented precedence.
+    merged.provider_base_urls = {
+      ...dbProviderBaseUrls,
+      ...(merged.provider_base_urls ?? {}),
+    };
+  }
   if (merged.embedding_multimodal === undefined && dbMultimodal !== undefined) {
     merged.embedding_multimodal = dbMultimodal;
   }
diff --git a/src/core/facts/extract.ts b/src/core/facts/extract.ts
index 0ee9930ec..97e02b8a2 100644
--- a/src/core/facts/extract.ts
+++ b/src/core/facts/extract.ts
@@ -173,16 +173,19 @@ export async function extractFactsFromTurn(input: ExtractInput): Promise<Extract
   cleaned = cleaned.trim();
   if (!cleaned) return [];
 
-  if (!isAvailable('chat')) {
-    // No chat gateway → no extraction. Caller still inserts facts via direct
-    // `gbrain take add` paths.
-    return [];
-  }
-
   const cap = Math.max(1, Math.min(input.maxFactsPerTurn ?? 10, 25));
   const defaultModel = await getFactsExtractionModel(input.engine);
   const maxTokens = await getFactsExtractionMaxTokens(input.engine);
   const model = input.model ?? defaultModel;
+
+  if (!isAvailable('chat', model)) {
+    // No chat gateway for the EFFECTIVE facts-extraction model → no
+    // extraction. Probing the global chat model here silently no-ops
+    // extraction whenever facts route through a different provider than
+    // chat (e.g. chat on Anthropic, facts on a private openai-compatible
+    // endpoint). Caller still inserts facts via direct `gbrain take add`.
+    return [];
+  }
   const userContent = `<turn>\n${cleaned}\n</turn>\n\nExtract up to ${cap} facts.${
     input.entityHints && input.entityHints.length
       ? ` Known entity slugs the user already mentioned: ${input.entityHints.slice(0, 5).join(', ')}.`
diff --git a/test/facts-extract-silent-no-op.test.ts b/test/facts-extract-silent-no-op.test.ts
index 4272bb5d6..8b1e68a3c 100644
--- a/test/facts-extract-silent-no-op.test.ts
+++ b/test/facts-extract-silent-no-op.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   isAvailable,
   resetGateway,
   __setChatTransportForTests,
+  __setGenerateTextTransportForTests,
   getChatModel,
 } from '../src/core/ai/gateway.ts';
 import { extractFactsFromTurn } from '../src/core/facts/extract.ts';
@@ -116,6 +117,48 @@ describe('facts extract — silent-no-op regression (v0.31.6 bug class)', () =>
     expect(facts).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test('facts model override availability is independent of the global chat model', () => {
+    // A brain can leave the global chat model on Anthropic while routing only
+    // facts extraction through an OpenAI-compatible/private endpoint. The
+    // extractor must probe the EFFECTIVE facts model, not the global chat model.
+    configureGateway({
+      chat_model: 'anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6',
+      base_urls: { openrouter: 'http://127.0.0.1:8806/v1' },
+      env: { OPENROUTER_API_KEY: 'unused' },
+    });
+    expect(isAvailable('chat')).toBe(false); // no ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+    expect(isAvailable('chat', 'openrouter:private/gemma4-31b')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('extractFactsFromTurn extracts via the per-call facts model even when the global chat model is unavailable', async () => {
+    // Pre-fix, extract probed isAvailable('chat') with NO model — so a brain
+    // whose facts model differed from the (unavailable) global chat model
+    // silently extracted zero facts (takeover of #2233).
+    configureGateway({
+      chat_model: 'anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6',
+      base_urls: { openrouter: 'http://127.0.0.1:8806/v1' },
+      env: { OPENROUTER_API_KEY: 'unused' },
+    });
+    expect(isAvailable('chat')).toBe(false);
+    __setGenerateTextTransportForTests(async () => ({
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify({ facts: [
+        { fact: 'The user prefers short answers', kind: 'preference', confidence: 0.9, notability: 'medium' },
+      ] }) }],
+      finishReason: 'stop',
+      usage: { inputTokens: 1, outputTokens: 1 },
+    }) as any);
+    try {
+      const facts = await extractFactsFromTurn({
+        turnText: 'I prefer short answers, always.',
+        source: 'test:facts-model-override',
+        model: 'openrouter:private/gemma4-31b',
+      });
+      expect(facts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    } finally {
+      __setGenerateTextTransportForTests(null);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('extractFactsFromTurn USES the chat transport when available — does NOT silently return []', async () => {
     // The smoking-gun test: when chat IS available, extract MUST actually call
     // the chat transport. If it silently returns [] without calling chat, the
diff --git a/test/loadConfig-merge.test.ts b/test/loadConfig-merge.test.ts
index 7a8ab08af..a2b4ea804 100644
--- a/test/loadConfig-merge.test.ts
+++ b/test/loadConfig-merge.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { loadConfigWithEngine, type GBrainConfig } from '../src/core/config.ts';
 
 interface FakeEngine {
   getConfig(key: string): Promise<string | null | undefined>;
+  listConfigKeys?(prefix: string): Promise<string[]>;
 }
 
 function makeEngine(map: Record<string, string | null | undefined>): FakeEngine {
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ function makeEngine(map: Record<string, string | null | undefined>): FakeEngine
     async getConfig(key: string) {
       return map[key];
     },
+    async listConfigKeys(prefix: string) {
+      return Object.keys(map).filter(k => k.startsWith(prefix));
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +51,40 @@ describe('loadConfigWithEngine (Phase 4 / F3)', () => {
     expect(merged?.embedding_columns?.embedding_voyage?.dimensions).toBe(1024);
   });
 
+  test('DB-plane provider_base_urls.<provider> merge reaches runtime config', async () => {
+    // `gbrain config set provider_base_urls.openrouter <url>` writes DB plane
+    // (KNOWN_CONFIG_KEY_PREFIXES advertises it) — pre-fix nothing merged it
+    // back, so the gateway never saw the configured proxy.
+    const base: GBrainConfig = { engine: 'pglite' };
+    const engine = makeEngine({
+      'provider_base_urls.openrouter': 'http://127.0.0.1:8806/v1',
+      'provider_base_urls.llama-server': 'http://127.0.0.1:8081/v1',
+    });
+    const merged = await loadConfigWithEngine(engine, base);
+    expect(merged?.provider_base_urls?.openrouter).toBe('http://127.0.0.1:8806/v1');
+    expect(merged?.provider_base_urls?.['llama-server']).toBe('http://127.0.0.1:8081/v1');
+  });
+
+  test('file-plane provider_base_urls win over DB-plane provider overrides', async () => {
+    const base: GBrainConfig = {
+      engine: 'pglite',
+      provider_base_urls: { openrouter: 'http://file-plane/v1' },
+    };
+    const engine = makeEngine({
+      'provider_base_urls.openrouter': 'http://db-plane/v1',
+    });
+    const merged = await loadConfigWithEngine(engine, base);
+    expect(merged?.provider_base_urls?.openrouter).toBe('http://file-plane/v1');
+  });
+
+  test('engine without listConfigKeys keeps working (older shims)', async () => {
+    const base: GBrainConfig = { engine: 'pglite' };
+    const engine = { async getConfig() { return undefined; } };
+    const merged = await loadConfigWithEngine(engine, base);
+    expect(merged?.engine).toBe('pglite');
+    expect(merged?.provider_base_urls).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   test('DB flag fills in when file/env did not set it', async () => {
     const base: GBrainConfig = { engine: 'pglite' };
     const engine = makeEngine({