diff --git a/.changeset/workflow-model-lanes-settings.md b/.changeset/workflow-model-lanes-settings.md
index 9479088e9c..cd8249a5fc 100644
--- a/.changeset/workflow-model-lanes-settings.md
+++ b/.changeset/workflow-model-lanes-settings.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+"@runfusion/fusion": minor
 ---
 
 Expose default-workflow Plan/Triage, Executor, and Reviewer model lanes from Project Models settings while keeping workflow setting values as the source of truth.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/ProjectModelsSection.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/ProjectModelsSection.tsx
index 28edbdd817..7c249099a7 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/ProjectModelsSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/ProjectModelsSection.tsx
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ export function ProjectModelsSection({
     } catch {
       if (reqSeq.current === seq) {
         setWorkflowPayload(null);
+        setWorkflowPending({});
         setWorkflowRejections({});
         setResolvedWorkflowId(defaultWorkflowId);
         addToast(t("settings.models.workflowLanesLoadFailed", "Failed to load workflow model settings"), "error");
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts b/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
index d1a8c35762..d49bde4c15 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   server: {
     proxy: {
-      "^/api(?!/.*\\.ts$)(/|$)": {
+      // Keep Vite source modules under app/api* on the dev server while proxying real API endpoints.
+      "^/api(?!/.*\\.[jt]sx?(?:\\?|$))(/|$)": {
         target: `http://localhost:${process.env.FUSION_API_PORT ?? "4040"}`,
         changeOrigin: true,
         ws: true,