diff --git a/extensions/zai/index.test.ts b/extensions/zai/index.test.ts
index 8862a5e529ec..aa8e1031c33c 100644
--- a/extensions/zai/index.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/zai/index.test.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,28 @@ describe("zai provider plugin", () => {
     ).toEqual(registered);
   });
 
+  // FIX #94269: synthesized model must include baseUrl even when the template model
+  // is not in the registry and no provider config is set.
+  it("falls back to manifest baseUrl when both providerConfig and template model are unavailable", async () => {
+    const provider = await registerSingleProviderPlugin(plugin);
+
+    const resolved = provider.resolveDynamicModel?.({
+      provider: "zai",
+      modelId: "glm-5-turbo",
+      modelRegistry: {
+        find: () => null,
+      },
+    } as never) as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    expectModelFields(resolved, {
+      id: "glm-5-turbo",
+      provider: "zai",
+      api: "openai-completions",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4",
+      reasoning: true,
+      input: ["text"],
+    });
+  });
+
   it("still synthesizes unknown GLM-5 variants from the GLM-4.7 template", async () => {
     const provider = await registerSingleProviderPlugin(plugin);
     const template = createGlm47Template();
diff --git a/extensions/zai/index.ts b/extensions/zai/index.ts
index f14c474cdf6b..a0915a2b933c 100644
--- a/extensions/zai/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/zai/index.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { fetchZaiUsage } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-usage";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-coerce-runtime";
 import { detectZaiEndpoint, type ZaiEndpointId } from "./detect.js";
 import { zaiMediaUnderstandingProvider } from "./media-understanding-provider.js";
-import { buildZaiModelDefinition } from "./model-definitions.js";
+import { buildZaiModelDefinition, ZAI_MANIFEST_BASE_URL } from "./model-definitions.js";
 import { applyZaiConfig, applyZaiProviderConfig, resolveZaiModelId } from "./onboard.js";
 
 const PROVIDER_ID = "zai";
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ function resolveGlm5ForwardCompatModel(
     ...template,
     id: def.id,
     name: def.name,
-    baseUrl: ctx.providerConfig?.baseUrl ?? template?.baseUrl,
+    // FIX #94269: fall back to manifest provider-level baseUrl when neither
+    // provider config nor template model in registry has one.
+    baseUrl: ctx.providerConfig?.baseUrl ?? template?.baseUrl ?? ZAI_MANIFEST_BASE_URL,
     api: "openai-completions",
     provider: PROVIDER_ID,
     reasoning: def.reasoning,
diff --git a/extensions/zai/model-definitions.ts b/extensions/zai/model-definitions.ts
index e2b6b45af414..88295086b506 100644
--- a/extensions/zai/model-definitions.ts
+++ b/extensions/zai/model-definitions.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export const ZAI_DEFAULT_MODEL_ID = "glm-5.1";
 export const ZAI_CODING_DEFAULT_MODEL_ID = "glm-5.2";
 
 const ZAI_MANIFEST_CATALOG = manifest.modelCatalog.providers.zai;
+/** Provider-level default baseUrl from the bundled manifest. Used as runtime fallback. */
+export const ZAI_MANIFEST_BASE_URL = ZAI_MANIFEST_CATALOG.baseUrl;
 const ZAI_MANIFEST_PROVIDER = buildManifestModelProviderConfig({
   providerId: "zai",
   catalog: ZAI_MANIFEST_CATALOG,