diff --git a/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs b/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d6db4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { createServer, request as httpRequest } from "node:http";
+import { request as httpsRequest } from "node:https";
+
+import { decompress } from "fzstd";
+
+const serviceId = "hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge";
+const port = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.PORT, 4000);
+const upstreamBaseUrl = new URL(process.env.HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_UPSTREAM || "http://127.0.0.1:4001");
+const defaultModel = String(process.env.HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_MODEL || process.env.HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_DEEPSEEK_MODEL || "deepseek-chat").trim() || "deepseek-chat";
+const maxBodyBytes = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_MAX_BODY_BYTES, 64 * 1024 * 1024);
+
+const hopByHopHeaders = new Set([
+  "connection",
+  "keep-alive",
+  "proxy-authenticate",
+  "proxy-authorization",
+  "te",
+  "trailer",
+  "transfer-encoding",
+  "upgrade"
+]);
+
+const server = createServer(async (clientReq, clientRes) => {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(clientReq.url || "/", "http://hwlab-deepseek-bridge.local");
+    if (url.pathname === "/health" || url.pathname === "/health/live" || url.pathname === "/health/liveliness") {
+      sendJson(clientRes, 200, healthPayload());
+      return;
+    }
+    if (url.pathname === "/health/readiness") {
+      await sendReadiness(clientRes);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (clientReq.method === "GET" && (url.pathname === "/v1/models" || url.pathname === "/models")) {
+      await sendCodexModels(clientReq, clientRes, url);
+      return;
+    }
+    await proxyRequest(clientReq, clientRes, url);
+  } catch (error) {
+    sendJson(clientRes, 502, {
+      error: {
+        code: "deepseek_bridge_proxy_failed",
+        message: "DeepSeek Responses bridge failed to proxy request",
+        reason: error.message
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(port, "0.0.0.0", () => {
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ serviceId, status: "listening", port, upstream: upstreamBaseUrl.origin }) + "\n");
+});
+
+async function sendReadiness(res) {
+  const upstream = await fetchUpstreamJson("/health/readiness").catch((error) => ({ ok: false, status: 502, payload: { error: error.message } }));
+  sendJson(res, upstream.ok ? 200 : 503, {
+    ...healthPayload(),
+    status: upstream.ok ? "ready" : "degraded",
+    upstream: {
+      ok: upstream.ok,
+      status: upstream.status,
+      payload: upstream.payload
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function sendCodexModels(clientReq, clientRes, url) {
+  const upstream = await fetchUpstreamJson(`${url.pathname}${url.search}`, clientReq.headers).catch((error) => ({ ok: false, status: 502, payload: { error: error.message } }));
+  const models = codexModelsFromUpstream(upstream.payload);
+  sendJson(clientRes, 200, {
+    models: models.length > 0 ? models : [codexModel(defaultModel)],
+    upstream: {
+      ok: upstream.ok,
+      status: upstream.status,
+      source: upstream.ok ? "litellm" : "fallback"
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function proxyRequest(clientReq, clientRes, url) {
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const originalBody = await readRequestBody(clientReq);
+  const { body, headers, decompressed } = decodeRequestBody(originalBody, clientReq.headers);
+  const targetUrl = new URL(`${url.pathname}${url.search}`, upstreamBaseUrl);
+  const requestImpl = targetUrl.protocol === "https:" ? httpsRequest : httpRequest;
+
+  const upstreamReq = requestImpl({
+    protocol: targetUrl.protocol,
+    hostname: targetUrl.hostname,
+    port: targetUrl.port || (targetUrl.protocol === "https:" ? 443 : 80),
+    method: clientReq.method,
+    path: `${targetUrl.pathname}${targetUrl.search}`,
+    headers
+  }, (upstreamRes) => {
+    const responseHeaders = filterResponseHeaders(upstreamRes.headers);
+    clientRes.writeHead(upstreamRes.statusCode || 502, responseHeaders);
+    upstreamRes.pipe(clientRes);
+    upstreamRes.on("end", () => {
+      process.stderr.write(JSON.stringify({
+        serviceId,
+        method: clientReq.method,
+        path: url.pathname,
+        status: upstreamRes.statusCode || null,
+        decompressed,
+        elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt
+      }) + "\n");
+    });
+  });
+
+  upstreamReq.on("error", (error) => {
+    if (!clientRes.headersSent) {
+      sendJson(clientRes, 502, {
+        error: {
+          code: "deepseek_bridge_upstream_error",
+          message: "DeepSeek bridge upstream request failed",
+          reason: error.message
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      clientRes.end();
+    }
+  });
+
+  upstreamReq.end(body);
+}
+
+function decodeRequestBody(body, headers) {
+  const encoding = String(headers["content-encoding"] || "").trim().toLowerCase();
+  const decoded = encoding === "zstd" ? Buffer.from(decompress(new Uint8Array(body))) : body;
+  const forwarded = filterRequestHeaders(headers);
+  if (encoding === "zstd") delete forwarded["content-encoding"];
+  forwarded["content-length"] = String(decoded.length);
+  forwarded.host = upstreamBaseUrl.host;
+  return { body: decoded, headers: forwarded, decompressed: encoding === "zstd" };
+}
+
+async function readRequestBody(req) {
+  const chunks = [];
+  let size = 0;
+  for await (const chunk of req) {
+    size += chunk.length;
+    if (size > maxBodyBytes) throw new Error(`request body exceeds ${maxBodyBytes} bytes`);
+    chunks.push(chunk);
+  }
+  return Buffer.concat(chunks);
+}
+
+async function fetchUpstreamJson(pathAndSearch, headers = {}) {
+  const targetUrl = new URL(pathAndSearch, upstreamBaseUrl);
+  const response = await fetch(targetUrl, {
+    headers: {
+      accept: "application/json",
+      ...filterRequestHeaders(headers, { keepContentHeaders: false }),
+      host: upstreamBaseUrl.host
+    }
+  });
+  const text = await response.text();
+  let payload = null;
+  try {
+    payload = text ? JSON.parse(text) : null;
+  } catch {
+    payload = { text };
+  }
+  return { ok: response.ok, status: response.status, payload };
+}
+
+function codexModelsFromUpstream(payload) {
+  if (payload && typeof payload === "object" && Array.isArray(payload.models)) {
+    return payload.models.map(normalizeCodexModel).filter(Boolean);
+  }
+  if (payload && typeof payload === "object" && Array.isArray(payload.data)) {
+    return payload.data
+      .map((item) => String(item?.id || item?.model_name || "").trim())
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map(codexModel);
+  }
+  return [];
+}
+
+function normalizeCodexModel(model) {
+  const slug = String(model?.slug || model?.id || "").trim();
+  return slug ? { ...codexModel(slug), ...model, slug } : null;
+}
+
+function codexModel(slug) {
+  return {
+    slug,
+    display_name: slug,
+    description: `${slug} via HWLAB DeepSeek bridge`,
+    default_reasoning_level: null,
+    supported_reasoning_levels: [],
+    shell_type: "shell_command",
+    visibility: "list",
+    supported_in_api: true,
+    priority: 0
+  };
+}
+
+function filterRequestHeaders(headers, options = {}) {
+  const keepContentHeaders = options.keepContentHeaders !== false;
+  const result = {};
+  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+    const lower = name.toLowerCase();
+    if (hopByHopHeaders.has(lower)) continue;
+    if (lower === "host") continue;
+    if (!keepContentHeaders && (lower === "content-length" || lower === "content-type" || lower === "content-encoding")) continue;
+    result[lower] = value;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function filterResponseHeaders(headers) {
+  const result = {};
+  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+    if (!hopByHopHeaders.has(name.toLowerCase())) result[name] = value;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function healthPayload() {
+  return {
+    serviceId,
+    status: "ok",
+    upstream: upstreamBaseUrl.origin,
+    model: defaultModel,
+    zstdRequestBody: "decode"
+  };
+}
+
+function sendJson(res, statusCode, payload) {
+  const body = JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2);
+  res.writeHead(statusCode, {
+    "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+    "content-length": Buffer.byteLength(body)
+  });
+  res.end(body);
+}
+
+function parsePositiveInteger(value, fallback) {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? Math.floor(parsed) : fallback;
+}
diff --git a/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.test.mjs b/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..230af67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+const zstdPayload = Buffer.from([
+  0x28, 0xb5, 0x2f, 0xfd, 0x04, 0x58, 0x49, 0x01, 0x00, 0x7b, 0x22, 0x6d,
+  0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x22, 0x3a, 0x22, 0x64, 0x65, 0x65, 0x70, 0x73,
+  0x65, 0x65, 0x6b, 0x2d, 0x63, 0x68, 0x61, 0x74, 0x22, 0x2c, 0x22, 0x69,
+  0x6e, 0x70, 0x75, 0x74, 0x22, 0x3a, 0x22, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f,
+  0x22, 0x7d, 0xc0, 0x09, 0xab, 0xba
+]);
+const decodedPayload = JSON.stringify({ model: "deepseek-chat", input: "hello" });
+
+test("DeepSeek Responses bridge decompresses Codex zstd body and maps models catalog", async () => {
+  const upstream = await startUpstream();
+  const bridge = await startBridge(upstream.port);
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${bridge.port}/v1/responses`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "content-type": "application/json",
+        "content-encoding": "zstd"
+      },
+      body: zstdPayload
+    });
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+    assert.equal(upstream.captured.encoding, null);
+    assert.equal(upstream.captured.body, decodedPayload);
+
+    const modelsResponse = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${bridge.port}/v1/models?client_version=test`);
+    assert.equal(modelsResponse.status, 200);
+    const models = await modelsResponse.json();
+    assert.equal(Array.isArray(models.models), true);
+    assert.equal(models.models[0].slug, "deepseek-chat");
+  } finally {
+    await bridge.stop();
+    await upstream.stop();
+  }
+});
+
+async function startUpstream() {
+  let captured = null;
+  const server = createServer(async (request, response) => {
+    if ((request.url || "").startsWith("/v1/models")) {
+      response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      response.end(JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: "deepseek-chat" }] }));
+      return;
+    }
+    const chunks = [];
+    for await (const chunk of request) chunks.push(chunk);
+    captured = {
+      url: request.url,
+      method: request.method,
+      encoding: request.headers["content-encoding"] || null,
+      length: request.headers["content-length"] || null,
+      body: Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8")
+    };
+    response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+    response.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+  return {
+    port: server.address().port,
+    get captured() {
+      return captured;
+    },
+    stop: () => new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve))
+  };
+}
+
+async function startBridge(upstreamPort) {
+  const port = await freePort();
+  const child = spawn(process.execPath, ["cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs"], {
+    cwd: process.cwd(),
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      PORT: String(port),
+      HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_UPSTREAM: `http://127.0.0.1:${upstreamPort}`,
+      HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_MODEL: "deepseek-chat"
+    },
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"]
+  });
+  let stderr = "";
+  child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
+    stderr += chunk;
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`bridge did not start: ${stderr}`)), 5000);
+    child.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
+      if (chunk.toString().includes("listening")) {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        resolve();
+      }
+    });
+    child.on("exit", (code) => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      reject(new Error(`bridge exited early code=${code}: ${stderr}`));
+    });
+  });
+  return {
+    port,
+    stop: async () => {
+      child.kill("SIGTERM");
+      await new Promise((resolve) => child.once("exit", resolve));
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+async function freePort() {
+  const server = createServer();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve));
+  return port;
+}
diff --git a/docs/reference/code-agent-chat-readiness.md b/docs/reference/code-agent-chat-readiness.md
index d930cdd7..85e32e7d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/code-agent-chat-readiness.md
+++ b/docs/reference/code-agent-chat-readiness.md
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ stdio session supervisor，并证明 `/workspace/hwlab` 可读写、`CODEX_HOME=
 可创建和复用同一个 Codex thread/session。
 
 Codex token boundary 仍由授权路径把 `OPENAI_API_KEY` 注入到 DEV runtime。DEV Pod
-必须使用 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_OPENAI_BASE_URL` 指向受控 DEV egress/proxy 路径
-`http://172.26.26.227:17680/v1/responses`，不能直接指向 public `api.openai.com`。
+必须使用 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_OPENAI_BASE_URL` 指向受控 DEV egress/proxy 路径，不能
+直接指向 public `api.openai.com`。G14 默认 `deepseek` profile 指向
+`http://hwlab-deepseek-proxy.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local:4000/v1/responses`；该
+Service 必须先进入 `hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge`，由 bridge 解压 Codex
+Responses 的 zstd request body、规范化 `/v1/models` 返回，再转发到同 Pod 内
+LiteLLM 4001。`codex-api` profile 仍可指向
+`http://172.26.26.227:17680/v1/responses` 作为旧 Responses 通道。
 
 Runner 不得尝试修补、读取、回显或替换该 Secret。若 DEV runtime 缺少该授权凭证注入，
 `provider_unavailable` 且 `error.missingEnv` 包含 `OPENAI_API_KEY` 必须判为
diff --git a/docs/reference/g14-gitops-cicd.md b/docs/reference/g14-gitops-cicd.md
index b9face03..ad33b08e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/g14-gitops-cicd.md
+++ b/docs/reference/g14-gitops-cicd.md
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ G14 Code Agent 通过同一个 repo-owned Codex app-server stdio runner 承载
 
 | Profile | 默认 | Model | Base URL | 说明 |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `deepseek` | 是 | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_DEEPSEEK_MODEL`，默认 `deepseek-chat` | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL`，默认 `http://hwlab-deepseek-proxy.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local:4000/v1/responses` | G14 集群内 LiteLLM DeepSeek bridge。 |
+| `deepseek` | 是 | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_DEEPSEEK_MODEL`，默认 `deepseek-chat` | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL`，默认 `http://hwlab-deepseek-proxy.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local:4000/v1/responses` | G14 集群内 DeepSeek Responses bridge；Service 4000 先进入 `hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge`，再转发到同 Pod 内 LiteLLM 4001。 |
 | `codex-api` | 否 | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_CODEX_API_MODEL`，默认 `gpt-5.5` | `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_CODEX_API_BASE_URL`，默认 `http://172.26.26.227:17680/v1/responses` | 保留旧 Codex/OpenAI-compatible Responses API 通道。 |
 
-`hwlab-cloud-api` 仍以 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_PROVIDER=codex-stdio` 运行。`HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_MODEL` 与 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_OPENAI_BASE_URL` 可作为 runtime-default 兜底，但前端默认 profile 是 `deepseek`，用户可以切到 `codex-api`。Codex app-server 启动参数必须同时设置 provider base URL、`model` 和 `review_model`，否则 LiteLLM `/v1/responses` 会收到 `model=None`。旧 `codex-api` profile 指向 `172.26.26.227`，cloud-api 的 `NO_PROXY/no_proxy` 必须包含该 host 或私网段，避免旧通道被 G14 外网代理误拦截。
+`hwlab-cloud-api` 仍以 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_PROVIDER=codex-stdio` 运行。`HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_MODEL` 与 `HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_OPENAI_BASE_URL` 可作为 runtime-default 兜底，但前端默认 profile 是 `deepseek`，用户可以切到 `codex-api`。Codex app-server 启动参数必须同时设置 provider base URL、provider `name`、`model` 和 `review_model`，否则 Codex/LiteLLM 链路可能在模型目录或 `/v1/responses` 阶段退化成 `model=None`。旧 `codex-api` profile 指向 `172.26.26.227`，cloud-api 的 `NO_PROXY/no_proxy` 必须包含该 host 或私网段，避免旧通道被 G14 外网代理误拦截。
+
+Codex app-server 当前要求 provider `wire_api="responses"`，不得把 DeepSeek profile 切到旧 `chat` wire API。Codex 发往 `/v1/responses` 的请求体可能带 `Content-Encoding: zstd`，而 LiteLLM DeepSeek bridge 默认不能按 Codex 期望解压该请求体，也不能直接返回 Codex 期望的 `models` 目录格式。因此 GitOps 中的 `hwlab-deepseek-proxy` Pod 必须包含 repo-owned `hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge` sidecar：Service 端口 4000 指向 bridge，bridge 对 zstd request body 解压、删除 `Content-Encoding`/重写 `Content-Length` 后转发给 4001 的 LiteLLM，并把 `GET /v1/models` 转成 Codex-style `{ "models": [...] }` 目录。模型、密钥和真实推理仍由 LiteLLM 管理；bridge 不新增业务 gate，也不得把兼容失败伪装成 SOURCE/legacy blocker。
 
 DeepSeek proxy manifest 是 GitOps desired state 的一部分，DEV/PROD 分别生成在 `runtime-dev/deepseek-proxy.yaml` 和 `runtime-prod/deepseek-proxy.yaml`。DeepSeek key 仍通过 `hwlab-code-agent-provider/openai-api-key` Secret 注入到 proxy 容器；文档、trace、health、issue 和日志不得打印 Secret 值。
 
diff --git a/internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs b/internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs
index 7682b01c..bc07d00f 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs
+++ b/internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ test("Codex app-server args pin repo-owned DEV responses egress without leaking
   assert.deepEqual(args.slice(-2), ["--listen", "stdio://"]);
   assert.ok(args.includes("model_provider=\"OpenAI\""));
   assert.ok(args.includes("model_providers.OpenAI.base_url=\"http://172.26.26.227:17680/v1\""));
+  assert.ok(args.includes("model_providers.OpenAI.name=\"OpenAI\""));
   assert.ok(args.includes("model_providers.OpenAI.wire_api=\"responses\""));
   assert.ok(args.includes("model=\"deepseek-chat\""));
   assert.ok(args.includes("review_model=\"deepseek-chat\""));
diff --git a/internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs b/internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs
index b2002938..404d5016 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs
+++ b/internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs
@@ -1210,6 +1210,8 @@ function codexAppServerProviderConfigArgs(env = process.env) {
     "-c",
     `model_providers.OpenAI.base_url=${tomlString(baseUrl)}`,
     "-c",
+    "model_providers.OpenAI.name=\"OpenAI\"",
+    "-c",
     "model_providers.OpenAI.wire_api=\"responses\"",
     "-c",
     "model_providers.OpenAI.requires_openai_auth=true"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1f2ee411..52dc1e4b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.0-l0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@openai/codex": "^0.128.0",
+        "fzstd": "0.1.1",
         "pg": "^8.21.0",
         "playwright": "1.59.1"
       }
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@
         "node": "^8.16.0 || ^10.6.0 || >=11.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fzstd": {
+      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fzstd/-/fzstd-0.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dkuVSOKKwh3eas5VkJy1AW1vFpet8TA/fGmVA5krThl8YcOVE/8ZIoEA1+U1vEn5ckxxhLirSdY837azmbaNHA=="
+    },
     "node_modules/pg": {
       "version": "8.21.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg/-/pg-8.21.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09517938..bd8a05c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "validate": "node scripts/repo-reports-guard.mjs && node scripts/validate-contract.mjs && node scripts/deploy-contract-plan.mjs --check && node scripts/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-migration.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node scripts/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs --check --no-write && node --check scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/src/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --test scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.test.mjs scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.test.mjs",
-    "check": "node scripts/repo-reports-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/repo-reports-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/src/report-paths.mjs && node --check internal/protocol/index.mjs && node --check internal/build-metadata.mjs && node --check internal/agent/index.mjs && node --check internal/agent/runtime.mjs && node --check internal/audit/index.mjs && node --check internal/db/runtime-store.mjs && node --check internal/db/runtime-store.test.mjs && node --check internal/mvp-gate/summary.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/db-contract.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-routes.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-proxy.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-proxy.test.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/http.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/http.test.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-contract.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-trace-store.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/json-rpc.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-chat.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/m3-io-control.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/server.mjs && node --check internal/sim/model.mjs && node --check internal/sim/model.test.mjs && node --check internal/sim/http.mjs && node --check internal/sim/l2-runtime.mjs && node --check internal/patchpanel/model.mjs && node --check internal/patchpanel/runtime.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/provision.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/migrate.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-edge-proxy/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-agent-mgr/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-agent-worker/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-box-simu/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-gateway/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-gateway-simu/main.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-gateway-shell.mjs && node --check scripts/cloud-api-runtime-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-edge-health-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-edge-health-smoke-lib.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-contract.mjs && node --check scripts/deploy-contract-plan.test.mjs && node --check scripts/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs && node --check scripts/src/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/src/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.test.mjs && node --check scripts/report-lifecycle.mjs && node --check scripts/report-lifecycle.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-gate-report.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-m3-hardware-loop-smoke.test.mjs && node --check scripts/m3-io-control-e2e.mjs && node --check scripts/src/m3-io-control-e2e.mjs && node --check scripts/m3-io-control-e2e.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-cloud-workbench-smoke.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-cloud-workbench-layout-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs && node --check scripts/src/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs && node --check scripts/src/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-artifact-catalog.mjs && node --check scripts/refresh-artifact-catalog.mjs && node --check scripts/refresh-artifact-catalog.test.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-publish.mjs && node --check scripts/g14-artifact-publish.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-base-image.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-artifact-services.mjs && node --check scripts/src/registry-capabilities.mjs && node --check scripts/preflight-dev-base-image.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-base-image-preflight.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.test.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-m4-agent-loop-smoke-lib.test.mjs && node --check scripts/d601-k3s-readonly-observability.mjs && node --check scripts/src/d601-k3s-readonly-observability.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-provisioning.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-migration.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-migration.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-migration.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-postflight.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.test.mjs && node --test scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.test.mjs && node --check scripts/l2-runtime-contract-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/patch-panel-runtime-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/export-web-gate-summary.mjs && node --check scripts/l6-cli-web-smoke.mjs && node --check skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/scripts/hwlab-agent-runtime-cli.mjs && node --check skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/scripts/src/m3-io-skill-client.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/bin/hwlab-cli.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/lib/cli.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/lib/cli.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/app.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-facts.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-facts.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-status.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-m3-evidence.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/live-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/wiring-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/gate-summary.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/check.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/live-status-contract.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/build.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/dist-contract.mjs && node scripts/validate-contract.mjs && node scripts/validate-dev-gate-report.mjs && node scripts/report-lifecycle.test.mjs && node scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.mjs && node scripts/validate-artifact-catalog.mjs && node scripts/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-migration.mjs --check && node cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/provision.mjs --check && node cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/migrate.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs --check && node scripts/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs --check --no-write && node scripts/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs --check && node scripts/l2-runtime-contract-smoke.mjs && node scripts/l6-cli-web-smoke.mjs && node web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/check.mjs && node scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs && node scripts/cloud-api-runtime-smoke.mjs && sh -n scripts/bootstrap-skills.sh scripts/worker-entrypoint.sh",
+    "check": "node scripts/repo-reports-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/repo-reports-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/src/report-paths.mjs && node --check internal/protocol/index.mjs && node --check internal/build-metadata.mjs && node --check internal/agent/index.mjs && node --check internal/agent/runtime.mjs && node --check internal/audit/index.mjs && node --check internal/db/runtime-store.mjs && node --check internal/db/runtime-store.test.mjs && node --check internal/mvp-gate/summary.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/db-contract.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-routes.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-proxy.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/cloud-web-proxy.test.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/http.mjs && node --check internal/dev-entrypoint/http.test.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-contract.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-session-registry.test.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-trace-store.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/codex-stdio-session.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/json-rpc.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/code-agent-chat.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/m3-io-control.mjs && node --check internal/cloud/server.mjs && node --check internal/sim/model.mjs && node --check internal/sim/model.test.mjs && node --check internal/sim/http.mjs && node --check internal/sim/l2-runtime.mjs && node --check internal/patchpanel/model.mjs && node --check internal/patchpanel/runtime.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/provision.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/migrate.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.test.mjs && node --test cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.test.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-edge-proxy/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-agent-mgr/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-agent-worker/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-box-simu/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-gateway/main.mjs && node --check cmd/hwlab-gateway-simu/main.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-gateway-shell.mjs && node --check scripts/cloud-api-runtime-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-edge-health-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-edge-health-smoke-lib.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-contract.mjs && node --check scripts/deploy-contract-plan.test.mjs && node --check scripts/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs && node --check scripts/src/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/src/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-runtime-readiness-guard.test.mjs && node --check scripts/report-lifecycle.mjs && node --check scripts/report-lifecycle.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-gate-report.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-m3-hardware-loop-smoke.test.mjs && node --check scripts/m3-io-control-e2e.mjs && node --check scripts/src/m3-io-control-e2e.mjs && node --check scripts/m3-io-control-e2e.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-cloud-workbench-smoke.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-cloud-workbench-layout-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs && node --check scripts/src/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs && node --check scripts/src/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.test.mjs && node --check scripts/validate-artifact-catalog.mjs && node --check scripts/refresh-artifact-catalog.mjs && node --check scripts/refresh-artifact-catalog.test.mjs && node --check scripts/artifact-publish.mjs && node --check scripts/g14-artifact-publish.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-base-image.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-artifact-services.mjs && node --check scripts/src/registry-capabilities.mjs && node --check scripts/preflight-dev-base-image.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-base-image-preflight.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.test.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-m4-agent-loop-smoke-lib.test.mjs && node --check scripts/d601-k3s-readonly-observability.mjs && node --check scripts/src/d601-k3s-readonly-observability.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-provisioning.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-migration.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-migration.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-migration.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-postflight.test.mjs && node --check scripts/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.mjs && node --check scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.test.mjs && node --test scripts/src/dev-runtime-hotfix-audit.test.mjs && node --check scripts/l2-runtime-contract-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/patch-panel-runtime-smoke.mjs && node --check scripts/export-web-gate-summary.mjs && node --check scripts/l6-cli-web-smoke.mjs && node --check skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/scripts/hwlab-agent-runtime-cli.mjs && node --check skills/hwlab-agent-runtime/scripts/src/m3-io-skill-client.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/bin/hwlab-cli.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/lib/cli.mjs && node --check tools/hwlab-cli/lib/cli.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/app.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-facts.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-facts.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-status.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/code-agent-m3-evidence.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/live-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/wiring-status.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/gate-summary.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/check.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/live-status-contract.test.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/build.mjs && node --check web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/dist-contract.mjs && node scripts/validate-contract.mjs && node scripts/validate-dev-gate-report.mjs && node scripts/report-lifecycle.test.mjs && node scripts/validate-dev-m3-cardinality.mjs && node scripts/validate-artifact-catalog.mjs && node scripts/deploy-desired-state-plan.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-provisioning.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-migration.mjs --check && node cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/provision.mjs --check && node cmd/hwlab-cloud-api/migrate.mjs --check && node scripts/dev-runtime-postflight.mjs --check && node scripts/rpt004-mvp-e2e-harness.mjs --check --no-write && node scripts/dev-evidence-blocker-aggregator.mjs --check && node scripts/l2-runtime-contract-smoke.mjs && node scripts/l6-cli-web-smoke.mjs && node web/hwlab-cloud-web/scripts/check.mjs && node scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs && node scripts/cloud-api-runtime-smoke.mjs && sh -n scripts/bootstrap-skills.sh scripts/worker-entrypoint.sh",
     "dev-base-image:preflight": "node scripts/preflight-dev-base-image.mjs",
     "dev-runtime-base:build": "node scripts/dev-runtime-base-image.mjs",
     "cloud-api:smoke": "node scripts/cloud-api-runtime-smoke.mjs",
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@openai/codex": "^0.128.0",
+    "fzstd": "0.1.1",
     "pg": "^8.21.0",
     "playwright": "1.59.1"
   }
diff --git a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
index 1a724fdd..04b72411 100644
--- a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
+++ b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ function dockerfile(baseImage, port) {
     "ENV HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_SKILLS_DIRS=/app/skills:/root/.agents/skills:/home/ubuntu/.agents/skills",
     "COPY package.json ./package.json",
     "COPY package-lock.json* ./",
-    "RUN if [ -d /opt/hwlab-node-runtime-base/node_modules ]; then cp -a /opt/hwlab-node-runtime-base/node_modules ./node_modules; elif [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm ci --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts; else npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts; fi && codex_version=\"$(node -p \"require('./node_modules/@openai/codex/package.json').version\")\" && case \"$(uname -m)\" in x86_64|amd64) test -e node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64 || npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts \"@openai/codex-linux-x64@npm:@openai/codex@${codex_version}-linux-x64\" ;; aarch64|arm64) test -e node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-arm64 || npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts \"@openai/codex-linux-arm64@npm:@openai/codex@${codex_version}-linux-arm64\" ;; esac",
+    "RUN if [ -d /opt/hwlab-node-runtime-base/node_modules ]; then cp -a /opt/hwlab-node-runtime-base/node_modules ./node_modules; fi && if [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts; else npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts; fi && codex_version=\"$(node -p \"require('./node_modules/@openai/codex/package.json').version\")\" && case \"$(uname -m)\" in x86_64|amd64) test -e node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-x64 || npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts \"@openai/codex-linux-x64@npm:@openai/codex@${codex_version}-linux-x64\" ;; aarch64|arm64) test -e node_modules/@openai/codex-linux-arm64 || npm install --omit=dev --include=optional --ignore-scripts \"@openai/codex-linux-arm64@npm:@openai/codex@${codex_version}-linux-arm64\" ;; esac",
     "COPY internal ./internal",
     "COPY cmd ./cmd",
     "COPY scripts ./scripts",
diff --git a/scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs b/scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs
index 28483d11..ecfde998 100644
--- a/scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs
+++ b/scripts/code-agent-chat-smoke.mjs
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ async function runLocalContractSmoke() {
   assert.equal(codexAppServerProviderBaseUrl(providerEnv), "http://172.26.26.227:17680/v1");
   const providerArgs = codexAppServerArgs(providerEnv).join(" ");
   assert.match(providerArgs, /model_providers\.OpenAI\.base_url="http:\/\/172\.26\.26\.227:17680\/v1"/u);
+  assert.match(providerArgs, /model_providers\.OpenAI\.name="OpenAI"/u);
   assert.match(providerArgs, /model_providers\.OpenAI\.wire_api="responses"/u);
   assert.match(providerArgs, /model_providers\.OpenAI\.requires_openai_auth=true/u);
   assert.equal(providerArgs.includes("test-openai-key-material"), false);
diff --git a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
index 065f1599..9ad8561b 100644
--- a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
+++ b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
@@ -1362,8 +1362,9 @@ remotePort = ${edgeRemotePort}
   };
 }
 
-function deepSeekProxyManifest({ profile = "dev" } = {}) {
+function deepSeekProxyManifest({ profile = "dev", source, registryPrefix = defaultRegistryPrefix } = {}) {
   const namespace = namespaceNameForProfile(profile);
+  const bridgeImage = imageFor(registryPrefix, "hwlab-cloud-api", source.short);
   const labels = {
     "app.kubernetes.io/name": "hwlab-deepseek-proxy",
     "app.kubernetes.io/part-of": "hwlab",
@@ -1394,14 +1395,27 @@ function deepSeekProxyManifest({ profile = "dev" } = {}) {
             metadata: { labels },
             spec: {
               containers: [{
+                name: "responses-bridge",
+                image: bridgeImage,
+                imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
+                command: ["node", "/app/cmd/hwlab-deepseek-responses-bridge/main.mjs"],
+                env: [
+                  { name: "PORT", value: "4000" },
+                  { name: "HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_UPSTREAM", value: "http://127.0.0.1:4001" },
+                  { name: "HWLAB_DEEPSEEK_BRIDGE_MODEL", value: deepSeekProfileModel }
+                ],
+                ports: [{ name: "http", containerPort: 4000 }],
+                readinessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/readiness", port: "http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 10, periodSeconds: 10 },
+                livenessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/liveliness", port: "http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 20, periodSeconds: 20 }
+              }, {
                 name: "litellm",
                 image: deepSeekProxyImage,
                 imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
-                args: ["--config", "/etc/litellm/config.yaml", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "4000"],
+                args: ["--config", "/etc/litellm/config.yaml", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "4001"],
                 env: [{ name: "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: "hwlab-code-agent-provider", key: "openai-api-key", optional: true } } }],
-                ports: [{ name: "http", containerPort: 4000 }],
-                readinessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/readiness", port: "http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 10, periodSeconds: 10 },
-                livenessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/liveliness", port: "http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 20, periodSeconds: 20 },
+                ports: [{ name: "litellm-http", containerPort: 4001 }],
+                readinessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/readiness", port: "litellm-http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 10, periodSeconds: 10 },
+                livenessProbe: { httpGet: { path: "/health/liveliness", port: "litellm-http" }, initialDelaySeconds: 20, periodSeconds: 20 },
                 volumeMounts: [{ name: "config", mountPath: "/etc/litellm", readOnly: true }]
               }],
               volumes: [{ name: "config", configMap: { name: "hwlab-deepseek-proxy-config" } }]
@@ -1698,7 +1712,7 @@ async function plannedFiles(args) {
     putJson(`${runtimePath}/services.yaml`, transformListNamespace(services, namespace, profileLabels, annotations));
     putJson(`${runtimePath}/health-contract.yaml`, transformHealthContract(health, namespace, profileLabels, annotations, endpoints.runtimeEndpoint, endpoints.webEndpoint, profile));
     putJson(`${runtimePath}/workloads.yaml`, transformWorkloads({ workloads, deploy, source, registryPrefix: args.registryPrefix, runtimeEndpoint: endpoints.runtimeEndpoint, webEndpoint: endpoints.webEndpoint, profile }));
-    putJson(`${runtimePath}/deepseek-proxy.yaml`, deepSeekProxyManifest({ profile }));
+    putJson(`${runtimePath}/deepseek-proxy.yaml`, deepSeekProxyManifest({ profile, source, registryPrefix: args.registryPrefix }));
     if (includeDeviceAgent) putJson(`${runtimePath}/device-agent-71-freq.yaml`, deviceAgent71FreqManifest({ profile, source, registryPrefix: args.registryPrefix }));
     putJson(`${runtimePath}/g14-frpc.yaml`, g14FrpcManifest({ profile }));
   }