diff --git a/canvas/e2e/staging-setup.ts b/canvas/e2e/staging-setup.ts
index 88b007fd7..bcb997ce9 100644
--- a/canvas/e2e/staging-setup.ts
+++ b/canvas/e2e/staging-setup.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup(_config: FullConfig): Promise<void> {
       name: "E2E Canvas Test",
       runtime: "hermes",
       tier: 2,
-      model: "gpt-4o",
+      model: "moonshot/kimi-k2.6",
     }),
   });
   if (ws.status >= 400 || !ws.body?.id) {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup(_config: FullConfig): Promise<void> {
   // CP proxy env absent) made a platform_managed workspace ABORT AT BOOT
   // with MISSING_PLATFORM_PROXY when MOLECULE_LLM_BASE_URL /
   // MOLECULE_LLM_USAGE_TOKEN are not present in the tenant's env. The
-  // canvas E2E creates a bare hermes/gpt-4o workspace, which defaults
+  // canvas E2E creates a bare hermes/moonshot/kimi-k2.6 workspace, which defaults
   // closed to platform_managed (workspace_provision.go:~1009), and the
   // staging tenant does not carry the CP proxy env — so the agent never
   // starts. Pre-#2162 this same workspace booted credential-less (the bug