diff --git a/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/components/workflow/workflow-visualizer-simple.tsx b/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/components/workflow/workflow-visualizer-simple.tsx
index f3ee55700e..773ecd5f9a 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/components/workflow/workflow-visualizer-simple.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/components/workflow/workflow-visualizer-simple.tsx
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Please fix the automation script to resolve this error.`;
       { text: errorMessage },
       {
         body: {
-          modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview',
+          modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
           reasoningEffort: 'high',
           orgId,
           taskId,
diff --git a/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/hooks/use-chat-handlers.ts b/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/hooks/use-chat-handlers.ts
index 8b71aeda6b..f4e282864a 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/hooks/use-chat-handlers.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/app/(app)/[orgId]/tasks/[taskId]/automation/[automationId]/hooks/use-chat-handlers.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function useChatHandlers({
         { text },
         {
           body: {
-            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview',
+            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
             reasoningEffort: 'high',
             orgId,
             taskId,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function useChatHandlers({
         },
         {
           body: {
-            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview',
+            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
             reasoningEffort: 'high',
             orgId,
             taskId,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function useChatHandlers({
         },
         {
           body: {
-            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview',
+            modelId: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
             reasoningEffort: 'high',
             orgId,
             taskId,
diff --git a/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.spec.ts b/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.spec.ts
index 0bf69a5256..ac111c3a0a 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.spec.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ describe('rerankSuggestions', () => {
     expect(byId.tsk_c).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  // Regression: the reranker was pinned to `google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview`. The
+  // gateway retires `-preview` aliases on GA, so every call 404'd — and because both
+  // callers in run-linkage.ts catch and fall back to cosine, nothing surfaced the failure.
+  it('requests a GA model slug, never a -preview alias', async () => {
+    generateObjectMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ object: { scores: [] } });
+
+    await rerankSuggestions({
+      source: { kind: 'risk', title: 't', description: 'd' },
+      candidates: [{ id: 'tsk_a', title: 'A', description: 'a', cosineScore: 0.5 }],
+    });
+
+    const { model } = generateObjectMock.mock.calls[0][0];
+    expect(model.modelId).toBe('google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite');
+    expect(model.modelId).not.toMatch(/-preview$/);
+  });
+
   it('assigns 0 to candidates the LLM omits', async () => {
     generateObjectMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       object: { scores: [{ id: 'tsk_a', score: 8 }] },
diff --git a/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.ts b/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.ts
index f9cd37692c..98542fd2fa 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/lib/rerank-suggestions.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ const gateway = createGatewayProvider({
   baseURL: process.env.AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL,
 });
 
-const RERANK_MODEL = 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview' as const;
+/**
+ * GA slug. Never pin a `-preview` alias here: the gateway retires it once the model
+ * goes GA, and every rerank call then 404s. Both callers in `run-linkage.ts` swallow that
+ * into a cosine-only fallback, so the failure is silent — suggestion quality just degrades.
+ */
+const RERANK_MODEL = 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite' as const;
 
 const SYSTEM_PROMPT = `You are a GRC analyst evaluating which compliance tasks would meaningfully reduce a specific risk or vendor exposure.