diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
index be36e8db9..ca80d113c 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export const TaskTool = Tool.define(
         Effect.orDie,
       )
       if (msg.info.role !== "assistant") return yield* Effect.fail(new Error("Not an assistant message"))
+      const variant = msg.info.variant
 
       const model = next.model ?? {
         modelID: msg.info.modelID,
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export const TaskTool = Tool.define(
             modelID: model.modelID,
             providerID: model.providerID,
           },
+          variant: next.model ? undefined : variant,
           agent: next.name,
           tools: {
             ...(next.permission.some((rule) => rule.permission === "todowrite") ? {} : { todowrite: false }),
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ export const TaskTool = Tool.define(
           .prompt({
             sessionID: ctx.sessionID,
             agent: currentParent.agent ?? ctx.agent,
+            variant,
             parts: [
               {
                 type: "text",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/tool/task.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/tool/task.test.ts
index b8d2accf9..653bec4db 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/tool/task.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/tool/task.test.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const seed = Effect.fn("TaskToolTest.seed")(function* (title = "Pinned") {
     tokens: { input: 0, output: 0, reasoning: 0, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 } },
     modelID: ref.modelID,
     providerID: ref.providerID,
+    variant: "xhigh",
     time: { created: Date.now() },
   }
   yield* session.updateMessage(assistant)
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ describe("tool.task", () => {
       expect(result.metadata.sessionId).toBe(child.id)
       expect(result.output).toContain(`<task id="${child.id}" state="completed">`)
       expect(seen?.sessionID).toBe(child.id)
+      expect(seen?.variant).toBe("xhigh")
     }),
   )
 
@@ -586,6 +588,7 @@ describe("tool.task", () => {
       expect(waited.info?.status).toBe("completed")
       expect(waited.info?.output).toBe("second done")
       const notification = yield* Effect.promise(() => injected.promise)
+      expect(notification.variant).toBe("xhigh")
       expect(notification.parts[0]?.type).toBe("text")
       if (notification.parts[0]?.type === "text") expect(notification.parts[0].text).toContain("second done")
     }),