diff --git a/internal/gui/assets/app.js b/internal/gui/assets/app.js
index 713e284b..def11815 100644
--- a/internal/gui/assets/app.js
+++ b/internal/gui/assets/app.js
@@ -6680,6 +6680,8 @@ function renderFallback(p) {
       c.onclick = () => add(x.id);
       sugg.append(c);
     }
+    // only the first dozen are drawn: the rest are said to be there
+    if (hits.length > 12) sugg.append(el("span", "hint", t("{n} more — type to narrow", { n: hits.length - 12 })));
     if (!hits.length && f) sugg.append(el("span", "hint", f.includes("/") ? t("Enter adds {id}", { id: q.value.trim() }) : t("No model matches")));
   };
   q.onfocus = () => { open = true; draw(); };
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/fallback-more.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/fallback-more.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d257eb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/fallback-more.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Run with Node's test runner and Playwright on the module path; see README.md.
+// A provider's Fallback picker draws the first dozen models that match; when
+// more match, it says how many more there are and that typing narrows them
+// (01huadalang on Discord: "怎么只有这么几个" — the rest looked missing), and a
+// typed filter finds one past the dozen. In English and Chinese.
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const fs = require("node:fs/promises");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { test } = require("node:test");
+const { chromium, webkit } = require("playwright");
+
+const assets = path.resolve(__dirname, "../assets");
+const base = { chat: "", responses: "", anthropic: "", catalog: "", agents: [], fallback: [], headers: {}, keyList: [], key: { set: true }, ready: true };
+const acme = { ...base, id: "acme", name: "Acme", icon: "generic", models: [{ id: "a1", name: "A1", on: true }] };
+const wb = { ...base, id: "wb", name: "WorkBuddy", icon: "generic", models: Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => ({ id: "m" + (i + 1), name: "WB Model " + (i + 1), on: true })) };
+
+function serve(lang) {
+  const state = { agents: [], profiles: [], settings: { lang, theme: "light" } };
+  return async (route) => {
+    const url = new URL(route.request().url());
+    const json = (data) => route.fulfill({ json: data });
+    if (url.pathname === "/boot.js") return route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/javascript", body: `window.bootPrefs = {lang:"${lang}",theme:"light",web:true};` });
+    if (url.pathname === "/wails/runtime.js") return route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/javascript", body: "export const Window = {};" });
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/state") return json(state);
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/providers") return json({ providers: [acme, wb], presets: [], excluded: [], gateway: { running: true, window: true } });
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/groups") return json({ groups: [] });
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/plugins") return json({ plugins: [] });
+    if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/")) return json({});
+    const file = path.join(assets, url.pathname === "/" ? "index.html" : url.pathname);
+    const contentType = { ".html": "text/html", ".js": "text/javascript", ".css": "text/css", ".svg": "image/svg+xml", ".png": "image/png" }[path.extname(file)];
+    await route.fulfill({ body: await fs.readFile(file), contentType });
+  };
+}
+
+const words = { en: { more: "8 more — type to narrow" }, zh: { more: "还有 8 项 — 输入以筛选" } };
+
+for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium", "webkit"])) {
+  for (const lang of ["en", "zh"]) {
+    test(`${engine} ${lang}: the Fallback picker says how many more models match`, async (t) => {
+      const browser = await (engine === "webkit" ? webkit.launch() : chromium.launch({ channel: "chromium" }));
+      t.after(() => browser.close());
+      const page = await (await browser.newContext({ viewport: { width: 900, height: 760 }, reducedMotion: "reduce" })).newPage();
+      page.setDefaultTimeout(5000);
+      const errors = [];
+      page.on("pageerror", (e) => errors.push(e.message));
+      await page.route("**/*", serve(lang));
+      await page.goto("http://magpie.test/?view=providers");
+      await page.locator(".row.provider", { hasText: "Acme" }).first().click();
+      const box = page.locator(".editor .fallback");
+      await box.locator("input").focus();
+      const chips = box.locator(".mchips .mchip");
+      await assert.doesNotReject(chips.nth(11).waitFor());
+      assert.equal(await chips.count(), 12);
+      assert.equal((await box.locator(".mchips .hint").textContent()).trim(), words[lang].more);
+      await box.locator("input").fill("model 17");
+      assert.equal(await chips.count(), 1);
+      assert.equal(await chips.first().getAttribute("title"), "wb/m17");
+      assert.equal(await box.locator(".mchips .hint").count(), 0);
+      assert.deepEqual(errors, []);
+    });
+  }
+}