@@ -309,12 +309,8 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
               return HttpClientResponse.fromWeb(sent, after.response)
             }).pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => (cause instanceof Error ? cause : new Error(String(cause)))))
         : undefined
-      // HTTP hooks must observe every request, so they keep the provider on HTTP.
       const webSocket =
-        input.webSocket === "session" &&
-        !hasHttpHooks &&
-        model.capabilities.responsesWebsockets === true &&
-        model.websocket
+        input.webSocket === "session" && model.capabilities.responsesWebsockets === true && model.websocket
 
       return {
         event: shaped,
 
@@ -273,6 +273,13 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       expect(prepared.options.webSocket).toBe(executor)
       expect(prepared.options.http).toBeUndefined()
       expect(disabled.options.webSocket).toBeUndefined()
+
+      // HTTP hooks ride along for the HTTP fallback; they do not force the request onto HTTP.
+      const hooks = yield* PluginHooks.Service
+      yield* hooks.register("session", "http.request", () => Effect.void)
+      const hooked = yield* prepare()
+      expect(hooked.options.webSocket).toBe(executor)
+      expect(hooked.options.http).toBeDefined()
     }),
   )
 })