diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/chat-routes.ts b/apps/daemon/src/chat-routes.ts
index 9889faa472..c11cde5e33 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/chat-routes.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/chat-routes.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   agentIdToTracking,
   projectKindToTracking,
 } from '@open-design/contracts/analytics';
+import { validateBaseUrlResolved } from './connectionTest.js';
 
 export interface RegisterChatRoutesDeps extends RouteDeps<'db' | 'design' | 'http' | 'chat' | 'agents' | 'critique' | 'validation' | 'lifecycle'> {}
 
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
     critiqueResponseCapBytes,
     critiqueRunRegistry,
   } = ctx.critique;
-  const { validateBaseUrl } = ctx.validation;
   const isDaemonShuttingDown = ctx.lifecycle?.isDaemonShuttingDown ?? (() => false);
   const rejectProxyPluginContext = (body: Record<string, unknown>, res: any) => {
     if (
@@ -507,8 +507,13 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
   const redactAuthTokens = (text: string) =>
     text.replace(/Bearer [A-Za-z0-9_\-.+/=]+/g, 'Bearer [REDACTED]');
 
+  // DNS-aware wrapper. The sync `validateBaseUrl` only inspects the literal
+  // hostname string, so a public DNS name pointing at an internal address
+  // (`internal.example.com → 10.0.0.5`) still passes. We delegate to
+  // `validateBaseUrlResolved` here so every proxy/stream handler runs the
+  // same resolved-IP check before issuing the upstream request.
   const validateExternalApiBaseUrl = (baseUrl: string) => {
-    return validateBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+    return validateBaseUrlResolved(baseUrl);
   };
 
   const proxyErrorCode = (status: number) => {
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
       );
     }
 
-    const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+    const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
     if (validated.error) {
       return sendApiError(
         res,
@@ -714,7 +719,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
 
     const url = appendVersionedApiPath(baseUrl, '/messages');
     console.log(
-      `[proxy:anthropic] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed.hostname} model=${model}`,
+      `[proxy:anthropic] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed!.hostname} model=${model}`,
     );
 
     const payload: any = {
@@ -798,7 +803,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
       );
     }
 
-    const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+    const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
     if (validated.error) {
       return sendApiError(
         res,
@@ -810,7 +815,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
 
     const url = appendVersionedApiPath(baseUrl, '/chat/completions');
     console.log(
-      `[proxy:openai] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed.hostname} model=${model}`,
+      `[proxy:openai] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed!.hostname} model=${model}`,
     );
 
     const payloadMessages = Array.isArray(messages) ? [...messages] : [];
@@ -894,7 +899,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
       );
     }
 
-    const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+    const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
     if (validated.error) {
       return sendApiError(
         res,
@@ -923,7 +928,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
       url.searchParams.set('api-version', version);
     }
     console.log(
-      `[proxy:azure] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed.hostname} deployment=${model} api-version=${version || 'omitted'}`,
+      `[proxy:azure] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed!.hostname} deployment=${model} api-version=${version || 'omitted'}`,
     );
 
     const payloadMessages = Array.isArray(messages) ? [...messages] : [];
@@ -1007,7 +1012,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
     }
 
     const effectiveBaseUrl = baseUrl || 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com';
-    const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(effectiveBaseUrl);
+    const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(effectiveBaseUrl);
     if (validated.error) {
       return sendApiError(
         res,
@@ -1020,7 +1025,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
     const clean = effectiveBaseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '');
     const url = `${clean}/v1beta/models/${encodeURIComponent(model)}:streamGenerateContent?alt=sse`;
     console.log(
-      `[proxy:google] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed.hostname} model=${model}`,
+      `[proxy:google] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed!.hostname} model=${model}`,
     );
 
     const contents = (Array.isArray(messages) ? messages : []).map((message) => ({
@@ -1101,7 +1106,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
     }
 
     const effectiveBaseUrl = baseUrl || 'https://ollama.com';
-    const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(effectiveBaseUrl);
+    const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(effectiveBaseUrl);
     if (validated.error) {
       return sendApiError(
         res,
@@ -1113,7 +1118,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
 
     const clean = effectiveBaseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '').replace(/\/api\/?$/, '');
     const url = `${clean}/api/chat`;
-    console.log(`[proxy:ollama] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed.hostname} model=${model}`);
+    console.log(`[proxy:ollama] ${req.method} ${validated.parsed!.hostname} model=${model}`);
 
     const payloadMessages = Array.isArray(messages) ? [...messages] : [];
     if (typeof systemPrompt === 'string' && systemPrompt) {
@@ -1132,6 +1137,7 @@ export function registerChatRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterChatRoutesDeps) {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` },
         body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+        redirect: 'error',
       });
 
       if (!response.ok) {
diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/connectionTest.ts b/apps/daemon/src/connectionTest.ts
index e406e59a13..f344f98e40 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/connectionTest.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/connectionTest.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 // contracts so Settings and daemon-side checks reject the same hosts.
 
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { promises as dnsPromises } from 'node:dns';
 import { promises as fsp } from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ import {
 } from './runtimes/auth.js';
 import type { AgentCliEnvPrefs } from './app-config.js';
 import {
+  isBlockedExternalApiHostname,
   isLoopbackApiHost,
   validateBaseUrl,
   type AgentTestRequest,
+  type BaseUrlValidationResult,
   type ConnectionTestKind,
   type ConnectionTestProtocol,
   type ConnectionTestResponse,
@@ -53,6 +56,68 @@ import {
 
 export { validateBaseUrl } from '@open-design/contracts/api/connectionTest';
 
+// DNS-aware companion to `validateBaseUrl`. The contracts-side check only
+// inspects the literal hostname string, so a public DNS name pointing at
+// internal infrastructure (`internal.example.com → 10.0.0.5`) slips through
+// and the daemon ends up issuing a request to a private address on behalf of
+// whichever caller supplied the base URL. Resolve the hostname and re-run
+// the block-list against every address the system would actually connect to.
+//
+// Loopback is intentionally allowed for local LLM providers like Ollama; any
+// hostname that resolves to a loopback address (including `*.localhost` per
+// RFC 6761 and IPv4-mapped IPv6 loopback) follows that same carve-out.
+//
+// DNS lookup failures are *not* treated as a security signal — the caller is
+// going to surface a connection error from `fetch` anyway, and turning a
+// transient resolver hiccup into a 403 would just confuse users. The sync
+// hostname check still rejected the obvious literal-IP cases before we ever
+// got here.
+
+export type DnsLookupAddress = { address: string; family: number };
+export type DnsLookupFn = (hostname: string) => Promise<DnsLookupAddress[]>;
+
+const defaultDnsLookup: DnsLookupFn = async (hostname) => {
+  const result = await dnsPromises.lookup(hostname, { all: true, family: 0 });
+  return result.map(({ address, family }) => ({ address, family }));
+};
+
+function looksLikeIpLiteral(hostname: string): boolean {
+  const host = hostname.startsWith('[') && hostname.endsWith(']')
+    ? hostname.slice(1, -1)
+    : hostname;
+  if (/^\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3}$/.test(host)) return true;
+  return host.includes(':');
+}
+
+export async function validateBaseUrlResolved(
+  baseUrl: string,
+  lookup: DnsLookupFn = defaultDnsLookup,
+): Promise<BaseUrlValidationResult> {
+  const sync = validateBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+  if (sync.error || !sync.parsed) return sync;
+
+  const hostname = sync.parsed.hostname.toLowerCase();
+  if (isLoopbackApiHost(hostname)) return sync;
+  if (looksLikeIpLiteral(hostname)) return sync;
+
+  let addresses: DnsLookupAddress[];
+  try {
+    addresses = await lookup(hostname);
+  } catch {
+    return sync;
+  }
+
+  for (const addr of addresses) {
+    const ip = String(addr.address).toLowerCase();
+    if (isLoopbackApiHost(ip)) continue;
+    if (isBlockedExternalApiHostname(ip)) {
+      return { error: 'Internal IPs blocked', forbidden: true };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return sync;
+}
+
 // Aggressive but not punitive — happy paths usually return in under 2 s.
 // Override with OD_CONNECTION_TEST_PROVIDER_TIMEOUT_MS for slow networks
 // or distant providers; invalid values fall back to the default.
@@ -557,7 +622,7 @@ export async function testProviderConnection(
 ): Promise<ConnectionTestResponse> {
   const start = Date.now();
   const model = String(input.model ?? '');
-  const validated = validateBaseUrl(input.baseUrl);
+  const validated = await validateBaseUrlResolved(input.baseUrl);
   if (validated.error || !validated.parsed) {
     const kind: ConnectionTestKind = validated.forbidden ? 'forbidden' : 'invalid_base_url';
     return {
diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/import-export-routes.ts b/apps/daemon/src/import-export-routes.ts
index b75bcc1f9f..04f0cfb410 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/import-export-routes.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/import-export-routes.ts
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ export function registerFinalizeRoutes(app: Express, ctx: RegisterFinalizeRoutes
         if (typeof baseUrl !== 'string' || !baseUrl.trim()) {
           return sendApiError(res, 400, 'BAD_REQUEST', 'baseUrl must be a non-empty string when provided');
         }
-        const validated = validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+        const validated = await validateExternalApiBaseUrl(baseUrl);
         if (validated.error) {
           return sendApiError(
             res,
diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/providerModels.ts b/apps/daemon/src/providerModels.ts
index fa79395ba7..3194640056 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/providerModels.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/providerModels.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import type {
   ProviderModelsRequest,
   ProviderModelsResponse,
 } from '@open-design/contracts/api/providerModels';
-import { isLoopbackApiHost, validateBaseUrl } from '@open-design/contracts/api/connectionTest';
-import { redactSecrets } from './connectionTest.js';
+import { isLoopbackApiHost } from '@open-design/contracts/api/connectionTest';
+import { redactSecrets, validateBaseUrlResolved } from './connectionTest.js';
 
 type ProviderModelsInput = ProviderModelsRequest & { signal?: AbortSignal };
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export async function listProviderModels(
     };
   }
 
-  const validated = validateBaseUrl(input.baseUrl);
+  const validated = await validateBaseUrlResolved(input.baseUrl);
   if (validated.error || !validated.parsed) {
     return {
       ok: false,
diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/server.ts b/apps/daemon/src/server.ts
index 2df6b59f35..381e68bfbb 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/server.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/server.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ import {
   testAgentConnection,
   testProviderConnection,
   validateBaseUrl,
+  validateBaseUrlResolved,
 } from './connectionTest.js';
 import { listProviderModels } from './providerModels.js';
 import { importClaudeDesignZip } from './claude-design-import.js';
@@ -3487,7 +3488,12 @@ export async function startServer({
     getAppVersion: () => cachedAppVersion,
   });
 
-  const validateExternalApiBaseUrl = (baseUrl) => validateBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+  // DNS-aware wrapper. The sync `validateBaseUrl` only inspects the literal
+  // hostname string, so a public DNS name pointing at an internal address
+  // (`internal.example.com → 10.0.0.5`) still passes. We delegate to
+  // `validateBaseUrlResolved` here so every proxy and finalize handler runs
+  // the same resolved-IP check before issuing the upstream request.
+  const validateExternalApiBaseUrl = (baseUrl) => validateBaseUrlResolved(baseUrl);
 
   const resolvedPortRef = {
     get current() {
diff --git a/apps/daemon/tests/connection-test.test.ts b/apps/daemon/tests/connection-test.test.ts
index 1e5210ceae..d02379347d 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/tests/connection-test.test.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/tests/connection-test.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // provider protocol and uses fake CLI bins for deterministic agent outcomes.
 
 import type http from 'node:http';
+import { promises as dnsPromises } from 'node:dns';
 import { promises as fsp } from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   resolveConnectionTestTimeoutMs,
   testAgentConnection,
   testProviderConnection,
+  validateBaseUrlResolved,
+  type DnsLookupAddress,
 } from '../src/connectionTest.js';
 import { listProviderModels } from '../src/providerModels.js';
 import { startServer } from '../src/server.js';
@@ -358,7 +361,53 @@ describe('POST /api/provider/models', () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // Regression for the DNS-bypass SSRF gap flagged on PR #1176: the route
+  // must resolve the hostname and reject when *any* resolved address is in
+  // a blocked range, not just when the literal hostname is a private IP.
+  it('rejects hostnames that resolve to a private IP without calling upstream fetch', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = passThroughOrUpstream(() => jsonResponse({}));
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+    const dnsSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(dnsPromises, 'lookup')
+      .mockImplementation((async (hostname: string) => {
+        if (hostname === 'rebind.example.test') {
+          return [{ address: '10.0.0.5', family: 4 }];
+        }
+        const err: NodeJS.ErrnoException = new Error('ENOTFOUND');
+        err.code = 'ENOTFOUND';
+        throw err;
+      }) as unknown as typeof dnsPromises.lookup);
+    try {
+      const res = await realFetch(`${baseUrl}/api/provider/models`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          protocol: 'openai',
+          baseUrl: 'https://rebind.example.test/v1',
+          apiKey: 'sk-good',
+        }),
+      });
+      const body = (await res.json()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+      expect(body).toMatchObject({ ok: false, kind: 'forbidden' });
+      expect(
+        fetchMock.mock.calls.some(
+          ([input]) => !String(input).startsWith(baseUrl),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      dnsSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('reports timeout when model listing is aborted by the probe timer', async () => {
+    // The DNS-aware validator runs before the probe timer is installed; stub
+    // the resolver so the test doesn't race against real DNS while fake
+    // timers are active.
+    const dnsSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(dnsPromises, 'lookup')
+      .mockImplementation((async () => [
+        { address: '203.0.113.10', family: 4 },
+      ]) as unknown as typeof dnsPromises.lookup);
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     vi.stubGlobal(
       'fetch',
@@ -371,17 +420,21 @@ describe('POST /api/provider/models', () => {
       ),
     );
 
-    const pending = listProviderModels({
-      protocol: 'openai',
-      baseUrl: 'https://api.openai.com/v1',
-      apiKey: 'sk-timeout',
-    });
+    try {
+      const pending = listProviderModels({
+        protocol: 'openai',
+        baseUrl: 'https://api.openai.com/v1',
+        apiKey: 'sk-timeout',
+      });
 
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(12_000);
-    await expect(pending).resolves.toMatchObject({
-      ok: false,
-      kind: 'timeout',
-    });
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(12_000);
+      await expect(pending).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        ok: false,
+        kind: 'timeout',
+      });
+    } finally {
+      dnsSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
   });
 });
 
@@ -771,6 +824,47 @@ describe('POST /api/test/connection provider mode', () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // Regression for the DNS-bypass SSRF gap flagged on PR #1176: provider
+  // mode must run the same resolved-IP check as the proxy/finalize paths
+  // so a public hostname pointing at a private address can't be fetched.
+  it('reports forbidden for hostnames that resolve to a private IP without calling fetch', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = passThroughOrUpstream(() => jsonResponse({}));
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+    const dnsSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(dnsPromises, 'lookup')
+      .mockImplementation((async (hostname: string) => {
+        if (hostname === 'rebind.example.test') {
+          return [{ address: '10.0.0.5', family: 4 }];
+        }
+        const err: NodeJS.ErrnoException = new Error('ENOTFOUND');
+        err.code = 'ENOTFOUND';
+        throw err;
+      }) as unknown as typeof dnsPromises.lookup);
+    try {
+      const res = await realFetch(`${baseUrl}/api/test/connection`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          mode: 'provider',
+          protocol: 'openai',
+          baseUrl: 'https://rebind.example.test/v1',
+          apiKey: 'sk-good',
+          model: 'gpt-4o',
+        }),
+      });
+      const body = (await res.json()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+      expect(body.ok).toBe(false);
+      expect(body.kind).toBe('forbidden');
+      expect(
+        fetchMock.mock.calls.some(
+          ([input]) => !String(input).startsWith(baseUrl),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      dnsSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('allows IPv6 loopback base URLs for local OpenAI-compatible providers', async () => {
     for (const loopbackBaseUrl of [
       'http://[::1]:1234/v1',
@@ -1945,3 +2039,127 @@ describe('connection test timeout overrides', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('validateBaseUrlResolved (DNS-aware base URL validation)', () => {
+  function lookupReturning(addresses: DnsLookupAddress[]) {
+    return vi.fn(async () => addresses);
+  }
+
+  it('passes through the contracts-level error for invalid input', async () => {
+    expect(await validateBaseUrlResolved('not-a-url', lookupReturning([]))).toMatchObject({
+      error: 'Invalid baseUrl',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects the literal-IP cases the sync check already catches', async () => {
+    for (const baseUrl of [
+      'http://10.0.0.5:11434/v1',
+      'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data',
+      'http://[fd00::1]:11434/v1',
+      'http://[fe80::1]:11434/v1',
+    ]) {
+      expect(await validateBaseUrlResolved(baseUrl, lookupReturning([]))).toMatchObject({
+        error: 'Internal IPs blocked',
+        forbidden: true,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('skips DNS for loopback hostnames so local LLMs (Ollama, *.localhost) still work', async () => {
+    const lookup = lookupReturning([{ address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 }]);
+    for (const baseUrl of [
+      'http://localhost:11434/v1',
+      'http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1',
+      'http://[::1]:11434/v1',
+    ]) {
+      const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(baseUrl, lookup);
+      expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+    expect(lookup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('skips DNS for IP-literal hostnames the sync check already vetted', async () => {
+    const lookup = lookupReturning([]);
+    expect((await validateBaseUrlResolved('https://1.2.3.4/v1', lookup)).error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect((await validateBaseUrlResolved('https://[2606:4700::]/v1', lookup)).error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(lookup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects public hostnames that resolve to private IPv4 ranges', async () => {
+    const cases: Array<{ resolved: string; family: number }> = [
+      { resolved: '10.0.0.5', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '172.16.0.5', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '192.168.1.5', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '100.64.0.1', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '169.254.169.254', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '0.0.0.0', family: 4 },
+      { resolved: '224.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+    ];
+    for (const { resolved, family } of cases) {
+      const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(
+        'https://internal.example.com/v1',
+        lookupReturning([{ address: resolved, family }]),
+      );
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        error: 'Internal IPs blocked',
+        forbidden: true,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects public hostnames that resolve to private IPv6 ranges', async () => {
+    for (const resolved of ['fd00::1', 'fe80::1', '::']) {
+      const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(
+        'https://internal.example.com/v1',
+        lookupReturning([{ address: resolved, family: 6 }]),
+      );
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        error: 'Internal IPs blocked',
+        forbidden: true,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects when ANY resolved record (round-robin / dual-stack) is internal', async () => {
+    const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(
+      'https://mixed.example.com/v1',
+      lookupReturning([
+        { address: '52.84.10.1', family: 4 },
+        { address: '10.0.0.5', family: 4 },
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      error: 'Internal IPs blocked',
+      forbidden: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('allows public hostnames that resolve to public addresses (the api.openai.com case)', async () => {
+    const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(
+      'https://api.openai.com/v1',
+      lookupReturning([
+        { address: '104.18.7.192', family: 4 },
+        { address: '2606:4700::6812:7c0', family: 6 },
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.parsed?.hostname).toBe('api.openai.com');
+  });
+
+  it('allows hostnames that resolve to loopback (e.g. *.localhost / lvh.me)', async () => {
+    const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved(
+      'http://app.localhost:11434/v1',
+      lookupReturning([{ address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 }]),
+    );
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to allow-through on DNS resolver errors so transient failures are not 403s', async () => {
+    const failingLookup = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error('ENOTFOUND');
+    });
+    const result = await validateBaseUrlResolved('https://offline.example.com/v1', failingLookup);
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(failingLookup).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/daemon/tests/proxy-routes.test.ts b/apps/daemon/tests/proxy-routes.test.ts
index 6d9a4aad83..7bccb5556e 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/tests/proxy-routes.test.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/tests/proxy-routes.test.ts
@@ -488,6 +488,41 @@ describe('API proxy routes', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // Regression for PR #1176: the Ollama proxy fetch must also set
+  // `redirect: 'error'`. Without it, a validated public host could
+  // 3xx the daemon to a private/internal URL and slip past the
+  // resolved-IP SSRF check that runs *before* the fetch.
+  it('forwards redirect:error on the Ollama proxy upstream fetch', async () => {
+    const ndjsonResponse = new Response(
+      new TextEncoder().encode('{"done":true}\n'),
+      {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/x-ndjson' },
+      },
+    );
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn((input: FetchInput, init?: FetchInit) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      if (url.startsWith(baseUrl)) return realFetch(input, init);
+      return Promise.resolve(ndjsonResponse);
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+
+    await realFetch(`${baseUrl}/api/proxy/ollama/stream`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        baseUrl: 'https://ollama.example.com',
+        apiKey: 'ollama-key',
+        model: 'llama3',
+        messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    const [upstreamUrl, upstreamInit] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]!;
+    expect(String(upstreamUrl)).toBe('https://ollama.example.com/api/chat');
+    expect(upstreamInit?.redirect).toBe('error');
+  });
+
   // Plan §3.A4 / spec §11.8 (e2e-7): the API-fallback proxy paths must
   // never carry plugin context. The web sidecar's fallback mode bypasses
   // the daemon snapshot bus, so any pluginId / appliedPluginSnapshotId in