diff --git a/src/utils/provider-utils.test.ts b/src/utils/provider-utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9514897f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/provider-utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { isReasoningTagProvider } from "./provider-utils.js";
+
+describe("isReasoningTagProvider", () => {
+  it("returns false for ollama — native reasoning field, no tags needed (#2279)", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("ollama")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("Ollama")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for google-gemini-cli", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("google-gemini-cli")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for google-generative-ai", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("google-generative-ai")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for google-antigravity", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("google-antigravity")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("google-antigravity/gemini-3")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for minimax", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("minimax")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("minimax-cn")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for null/undefined/empty", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider(null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider(undefined)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for standard providers", () => {
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("anthropic")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("openai")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReasoningTagProvider("openrouter")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/provider-utils.ts b/src/utils/provider-utils.ts
index 046a23c78a..7bd3ba49e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/provider-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/provider-utils.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ export function isReasoningTagProvider(provider: string | undefined | null): boo
   }
   const normalized = provider.trim().toLowerCase();
 
-  // Check for exact matches or known prefixes/substrings for reasoning providers
-  if (
-    normalized === "ollama" ||
-    normalized === "google-gemini-cli" ||
-    normalized === "google-generative-ai"
-  ) {
+  // Check for exact matches or known prefixes/substrings for reasoning providers.
+  // Note: Ollama is intentionally excluded — its OpenAI-compatible endpoint
+  // handles reasoning natively via the `reasoning` field in streaming chunks,
+  // so tag-based enforcement is unnecessary and causes all output to be
+  // discarded as "(no output)" (#2279).
+  if (normalized === "google-gemini-cli" || normalized === "google-generative-ai") {
     return true;
   }