diff --git a/backend/windmill-ai/src/providers/mod.rs b/backend/windmill-ai/src/providers/mod.rs
index 7dcddc93a3..82dceaa02f 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-ai/src/providers/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-ai/src/providers/mod.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub fn effective_reasoning_effort<'a>(model: &str, effort: Option<&'a str>) -> O
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether Chat Completions refuses function tools while this model reasons.
+pub(crate) fn completions_rejects_tools_with_reasoning(model: &str) -> bool {
+    reasoning_rule(model).is_some_and(|rule| rule.completions_tools_need_off)
+}
+
 /// Whether a request with function tools must send the off sentinel on Chat Completions:
 /// the model refuses tools there while it reasons, and does accept being turned off.
 pub(crate) fn completions_tools_need_reasoning_off(model: &str) -> bool {
@@ -208,6 +213,12 @@ pub fn create_query_builder(
         AIProvider::AzureFoundry if AIProvider::is_anthropic_model(model) => Box::new(
             AnthropicQueryBuilder::new(AIProvider::AzureFoundry, AIPlatform::Standard),
         ),
+        // Foundry serves its OpenAI models on `/openai/v1/responses` too. `/chat/completions`
+        // takes function tools from these only with reasoning off, which gpt-6.1-sol and
+        // gpt-6-astra cannot do at all.
+        AIProvider::AzureFoundry if completions_rejects_tools_with_reasoning(model) => {
+            Box::new(OpenAIQueryBuilder::new(AIProvider::AzureFoundry))
+        }
         // Only for forwarding through the API proxy, which is bearer auth on `<base>/<path>` as
         // TypeSafe and Cloudflare expect. Neither serves a chat route for its decision models, and
         // `run_agent` refuses both before a chat request could be built.
@@ -408,6 +419,12 @@ mod parity_tests {
                 "claude-sonnet-5",
                 "v1/messages",
             ),
+            case(
+                AIProvider::AzureFoundry,
+                "https://example.services.ai.azure.com",
+                "gpt-6.1-sol",
+                "responses",
+            ),
             case(
                 AIProvider::AzureOpenAI,
                 "https://example.openai.azure.com/openai",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/AIChatManager.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/AIChatManager.svelte.ts
index 28ba52e261..8bbc45721d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/AIChatManager.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/AIChatManager.svelte.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
 } from './script/core'
 import { prepareNavigatorUserMessage } from './navigator/core'
 import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/toast'
-import { workspaceAIClients, getStreamedCompletionText } from '../lib'
+import { AI_PROVIDERS, workspaceAIClients, getStreamedCompletionText } from '../lib'
 import { logFeatureUsage } from '$lib/utils/featureUsage'
 import { modelSupportsVision } from '../modelConfig'
 import { getEffectiveModelContextWindow } from '../modelConfig'
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ const WEB_SEARCH_ERROR_HINT =
 const REASONING_SUMMARY_WARNED_STORAGE_KEY = 'ai-chat-reasoning-summary-unverified-warned'
 
 function providerDisplayName(provider: string): string {
-	return provider === 'azure_openai' ? 'Azure OpenAI' : 'OpenAI'
+	return AI_PROVIDERS[provider as keyof typeof AI_PROVIDERS]?.label ?? 'OpenAI'
 }
 
 function reasoningSummaryUnavailableMessage(provider: string): string {
 	const verifyHint =
-		provider === 'azure_openai'
+		provider === 'azure_openai' || provider === 'azure_foundry'
 			? 'To display it, verify your organization with your provider, then reload this page.'
 			: 'To display it, verify your organization in the OpenAI platform settings (Settings > General), then reload this page.'
 	return `This model is reasoning, but your ${providerDisplayName(provider)} organization is not verified to generate reasoning summaries, so its thinking stays hidden. ${verifyHint}`
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.test.ts
index 282e7e1aa6..af4b648b61 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ vi.mock('../lib', () => ({
 	providerSupportsWebSearch: mocks.providerSupportsWebSearch
 }))
 
-vi.mock('../reasoningRegistry', () => ({
+vi.mock('../reasoningRegistry', async (importOriginal) => ({
+	usesOpenAIResponsesApi: (await importOriginal<typeof import('../reasoningRegistry')>())
+		.usesOpenAIResponsesApi,
 	resolveRequestReasoning: mocks.resolveRequestReasoning,
 	resolveEffectiveReasoning: mocks.resolveEffectiveReasoning
 }))
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.ts
index 1e27becba0..343dd268e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/chatLoop.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getCompletion, parseOpenAICompletion, providerSupportsWebSearch } from
 import {
 	resolveEffectiveReasoning,
 	resolveRequestReasoning,
+	usesOpenAIResponsesApi,
 	type ReasoningProviderModel
 } from '../reasoningRegistry'
 import { getAnthropicCompletion, parseAnthropicCompletion } from './anthropic'
@@ -427,8 +428,7 @@ export async function runChatLoop(config: ChatLoopConfig): Promise<ChatLoopResul
 
 		const pendingUserMessage = getPendingUserMessage?.()
 
-		const isOpenAI =
-			modelProvider.provider === 'openai' || modelProvider.provider === 'azure_openai'
+		const isOpenAI = usesOpenAIResponsesApi(modelProvider.provider, modelProvider.model)
 		const isAnthropic = usesAnthropicMessagesApi(modelProvider.provider, modelProvider.model)
 		// Resolve effort once in chat context (applies the default-on level for
 		// capable models, and the provider-native disable token for an explicit
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/lib.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/lib.ts
index a9a33e9deb..299765605e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/lib.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/lib.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 	explicitOffToken,
 	requestsReasoning,
 	stripLegacyThinkingSuffix,
+	usesOpenAIResponsesApi,
 	type ReasoningEffort
 } from './reasoningRegistry'
 import { formatResourceTypes } from './utils'
@@ -1242,8 +1243,7 @@ export async function getCompletion(
 		reasoningEffort: options?.reasoningEffort
 	})
 
-	// Use Responses API for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI
-	if ((provider === 'openai' || provider === 'azure_openai') && !options?.forceCompletions) {
+	if (usesOpenAIResponsesApi(provider, modelProvider.model) && !options?.forceCompletions) {
 		try {
 			const stream = getOpenAIResponsesCompletionStream(messages, abortController, tools, {
 				forceModelProvider: options?.forceModelProvider,
@@ -1327,8 +1327,8 @@ export async function getStreamedCompletionText(
 	} catch (error) {
 		// The Responses API stream only fails once iterated, so the fallback to
 		// chat completions for a deployment that doesn't serve it lives here.
-		const { provider } = getCurrentModel()
-		if (abortController.signal.aborted || (provider !== 'openai' && provider !== 'azure_openai')) {
+		const { provider, model } = getCurrentModel()
+		if (abortController.signal.aborted || !usesOpenAIResponsesApi(provider, model)) {
 			throw error
 		}
 		console.error('Error using Responses API:', error)
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.test.ts
index 30543e6c2f..176ab424d1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
 	applyReasoningToConfig,
 	completionsRejectsToolsWithReasoning,
+	usesOpenAIResponsesApi,
 	explicitOffToken,
 	getReasoningCapability,
 	REASONING_OFF,
@@ -301,6 +302,12 @@ describe('supportsReasoning (static registry)', () => {
 			expect(completionsRejectsToolsWithReasoning('azure_openai', model), model).toBe(false)
 		}
 	})
+	it('sends Foundry gpt models that refuse tools on Chat Completions to the Responses API', () => {
+		expect(usesOpenAIResponsesApi('azure_foundry', 'gpt-6.1-sol')).toBe(true)
+		for (const model of ['gpt-4o', 'DeepSeek-V4-Pro', 'claude-sonnet-5']) {
+			expect(usesOpenAIResponsesApi('azure_foundry', model), model).toBe(false)
+		}
+	})
 	it('forwards an explicit off as effort none through OpenRouter', () => {
 		expect(
 			resolveRequestReasoning({
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.ts
index 0cbf935832..1cce6e3b0d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/reasoningRegistry.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ export function completionsRejectsToolsWithReasoning(provider: AIProvider, model
 	return findReasoningRule(provider, model).rule?.completionsToolsNeedOff ?? false
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether the chat sends this model to the Responses API, falling back to Chat Completions
+ * where a deployment does not serve it. On Foundry, only the models Chat Completions refuses
+ * function tools from while they reason: gpt-6.1-sol and gpt-6-astra cannot turn it off.
+ */
+export function usesOpenAIResponsesApi(provider: AIProvider, model: string): boolean {
+	return (
+		provider === 'openai' ||
+		provider === 'azure_openai' ||
+		(provider === 'azure_foundry' && completionsRejectsToolsWithReasoning(provider, model))
+	)
+}
+
 export type ReasoningCapability = {
 	supported: boolean
 	/** Suggested levels for the UI control. Empty when unsupported. */