diff --git a/plugins/codex/scripts/codex-companion.mjs b/plugins/codex/scripts/codex-companion.mjs
index 83df468ad..d2c6fb86e 100644
--- a/plugins/codex/scripts/codex-companion.mjs
+++ b/plugins/codex/scripts/codex-companion.mjs
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ async function handleReviewCommand(argv, config) {
 
   const cwd = resolveCommandCwd(options);
   const workspaceRoot = resolveCommandWorkspace(options);
+  const model = normalizeRequestedModel(options.model);
   const focusText = positionals.join(" ").trim();
   const target = resolveReviewTarget(cwd, {
     base: options.base,
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ async function handleReviewCommand(argv, config) {
         cwd,
         base: options.base,
         scope: options.scope,
-        model: options.model,
+        model,
         focusText,
         reviewName: config.reviewName,
         onProgress: progress
diff --git a/tests/fake-codex-fixture.mjs b/tests/fake-codex-fixture.mjs
index f83c96a0d..e770b6f87 100644
--- a/tests/fake-codex-fixture.mjs
+++ b/tests/fake-codex-fixture.mjs
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ rl.on("line", (line) => {
           throw new Error("thread/start.persistFullHistory requires experimentalApi capability");
         }
         const thread = nextThread(state, message.params.cwd, message.params.ephemeral);
+        state.lastThreadStart = { threadId: thread.id, model: message.params.model ?? null };
+        saveState(state);
         send({ id: message.id, result: { thread: buildThread(thread), model: message.params.model || "gpt-5.4", modelProvider: "openai", serviceTier: null, cwd: thread.cwd, approvalPolicy: "never", sandbox: { type: "readOnly", access: { type: "fullAccess" }, networkAccess: false }, reasoningEffort: null } });
         send({ method: "thread/started", params: { thread: { id: thread.id } } });
         break;
diff --git a/tests/runtime.test.mjs b/tests/runtime.test.mjs
index 8f276835b..5b5068ea9 100644
--- a/tests/runtime.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/runtime.test.mjs
@@ -784,6 +784,50 @@ test("task forwards model selection and reasoning effort to app-server turn/star
   assert.equal(fakeState.lastTurnStart.effort, "low");
 });
 
+test("review resolves model aliases the same way task does", () => {
+  const repo = makeTempDir();
+  const binDir = makeTempDir();
+  const statePath = path.join(binDir, "fake-codex-state.json");
+  installFakeCodex(binDir);
+  initGitRepo(repo);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(repo, "src"));
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, "src", "app.js"), "export const value = 1;\n");
+  run("git", ["add", "src/app.js"], { cwd: repo });
+  run("git", ["commit", "-m", "init"], { cwd: repo });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, "src", "app.js"), "export const value = 2;\n");
+
+  const result = run("node", [SCRIPT, "review", "--model", "spark"], {
+    cwd: repo,
+    env: buildEnv(binDir)
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+  const fakeState = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(statePath, "utf8"));
+  assert.equal(fakeState.lastThreadStart.model, "gpt-5.3-codex-spark");
+});
+
+test("adversarial review resolves model aliases the same way task does", () => {
+  const repo = makeTempDir();
+  const binDir = makeTempDir();
+  const statePath = path.join(binDir, "fake-codex-state.json");
+  installFakeCodex(binDir);
+  initGitRepo(repo);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(repo, "src"));
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, "src", "app.js"), "export const value = 1;\n");
+  run("git", ["add", "src/app.js"], { cwd: repo });
+  run("git", ["commit", "-m", "init"], { cwd: repo });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, "src", "app.js"), "export const value = 2;\n");
+
+  const result = run("node", [SCRIPT, "adversarial-review", "--model", "spark"], {
+    cwd: repo,
+    env: buildEnv(binDir)
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+  const fakeState = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(statePath, "utf8"));
+  assert.equal(fakeState.lastThreadStart.model, "gpt-5.3-codex-spark");
+});
+
 test("task logs reasoning summaries and assistant messages to the job log", () => {
   const repo = makeTempDir();
   const binDir = makeTempDir();