diff --git a/src/openhuman/inference/ops.rs b/src/openhuman/inference/ops.rs
index 5f6387252..6c7ab7205 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/inference/ops.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/inference/ops.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,26 @@ use crate::openhuman::inference::{device, presets, sentiment, SentimentResult};
 use crate::openhuman::inference::{LocalAiEmbeddingResult, LocalAiStatus};
 use crate::rpc::RpcOutcome;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use tracing::{debug, error};
+use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
 
 const LOG_PREFIX: &str = "[inference::ops]";
 
+/// User picked a provider id (slug) that isn't registered in the cloud
+/// provider list — e.g. selecting `"ollama"` as a cloud provider when it's
+/// actually a local runtime. Matches the literal phrase emitted at
+/// `src/openhuman/inference/provider/ops.rs:54`
+/// (`"no cloud provider with id or slug '{}' found"`).
+///
+/// Used by [`inference_list_models`] to demote this user-config case to
+/// `warn!` so it stops escalating to Sentry (TAURI-RUST-X, ~5740 events).
+/// The matcher is anchored on the exact phrase so unrelated sibling
+/// failures (TAURI-RUST-12 JSON parse, TAURI-RUST-2W reqwest builder,
+/// TAURI-RUST-JP local ollama_admin transport) still surface as real
+/// errors.
+fn is_unknown_provider_user_config(err: &str) -> bool {
+    err.contains("no cloud provider with id or slug")
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct InferenceTestProviderModelResult {
     pub reply: String,
@@ -245,7 +261,29 @@ pub async fn inference_list_models(provider_id: &str) -> Result<RpcOutcome<Value
     let result = providers::ops::list_configured_models(provider_id).await;
     match &result {
         Ok(_) => debug!("{LOG_PREFIX} list_models:ok"),
-        Err(err) => error!(error = %err, "{LOG_PREFIX} list_models:error"),
+        Err(err) => {
+            if is_unknown_provider_user_config(err) {
+                // User selected a provider id that isn't a registered
+                // cloud provider (e.g. picking "ollama", a local runtime).
+                // Demote to `warn!` so it stays in local logs but doesn't
+                // escalate to Sentry. Targets TAURI-RUST-X (~5740 events).
+                warn!(
+                    provider_id,
+                    error = %err,
+                    "{LOG_PREFIX} list_models:unknown-provider (user-config)"
+                );
+            } else {
+                // Real error — embed `{err}` in the format string so
+                // Sentry's event title carries the actionable cause
+                // instead of the opaque `list_models:error` shape that
+                // made TAURI-RUST-X untriageable.
+                error!(
+                    provider_id,
+                    error = %err,
+                    "{LOG_PREFIX} list_models:error: {err}"
+                );
+            }
+        }
     }
     result
 }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/inference/ops_tests.rs b/src/openhuman/inference/ops_tests.rs
index 7a8cb7187..f3b4235b8 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/inference/ops_tests.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/inference/ops_tests.rs
@@ -258,3 +258,61 @@ async fn inference_openai_oauth_disconnect_returns_removed_flag() {
     assert_eq!(outcome.value["disconnected"], true);
     assert_eq!(outcome.logs, vec!["openai oauth disconnected"]);
 }
+
+// ── is_unknown_provider_user_config (TAURI-RUST-X) ───────────────────────
+//
+// `inference_list_models` calls `providers::ops::list_configured_models`,
+// which surfaces a `String` error when the user-selected provider id isn't
+// registered in the cloud-provider list (e.g. picking "ollama" — a local
+// runtime — as a cloud provider). The error string is emitted at
+// `src/openhuman/inference/provider/ops.rs:54`. Before this fix the emit
+// site at `inference/ops.rs:248` escalated every such error to `error!`,
+// which sentry-tracing ships to Sentry as `"[inference::ops]
+// list_models:error"` — 5740+ events with the underlying error hidden in
+// a tracing field where no Sentry classifier can reach it. The helper
+// gate keeps the demote anchored so unrelated failures (HTTP / JSON / IO)
+// still escalate.
+
+#[test]
+fn is_unknown_provider_user_config_matches_canonical_emit_site_string() {
+    // Verbatim shape from `provider/ops.rs:54`:
+    //   format!("no cloud provider with id or slug '{}' found", provider_id)
+    // Latest TAURI-RUST-X event (Sentry id 95) carried provider_id="ollama";
+    // every well-formed provider id slug must trigger the demote.
+    assert!(is_unknown_provider_user_config(
+        "no cloud provider with id or slug 'ollama' found"
+    ));
+    assert!(is_unknown_provider_user_config(
+        "no cloud provider with id or slug 'made-up-custom-id' found"
+    ));
+    assert!(is_unknown_provider_user_config(
+        "no cloud provider with id or slug '' found"
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn is_unknown_provider_user_config_rejects_other_list_models_failures() {
+    // Defense in depth: the sibling list_models Sentry issues
+    // (TAURI-RUST-12 JSON parse, TAURI-RUST-2W HTTP builder, etc.) are
+    // real bugs that MUST still escalate to Sentry. The matcher must stay
+    // strictly anchored on the "no cloud provider with id or slug" phrase
+    // so it can't accidentally silence them.
+    for raw in [
+        // TAURI-RUST-12 (362 events) — provider/ops.rs JSON decode failure
+        "[providers][list_models] failed to parse JSON: error decoding response",
+        // TAURI-RUST-2W (100 events) — provider/ops.rs reqwest builder failure
+        "[providers][list_models] HTTP request failed: builder error",
+        // TAURI-RUST-JP (8 events) — local_ai ollama_admin transport failure
+        "[local_ai:ollama_admin] list_models: request send failed",
+        // Generic shapes from elsewhere in the call chain
+        "request timed out after 30s",
+        "permission denied accessing config",
+        "no cloud provider configured for slug 'openai' (role 'chat')",
+        "",
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            !is_unknown_provider_user_config(raw),
+            "must NOT demote real error: {raw:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}