diff --git a/src/server/management/config-routes.ts b/src/server/management/config-routes.ts
index 1bf09a673d..1aa07a0558 100644
--- a/src/server/management/config-routes.ts
+++ b/src/server/management/config-routes.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ export async function handleConfigRoutes(ctx: ManagementContext): Promise<Respon
     const vision = await sidecarVisionResponseSettings(config);
     return jsonResponse({
       webSearch: {
+        enabled: ws.enabled !== false,
         model: ws.model ?? "gpt-5.6-luna",
         backend: ws.backend,
         streamRoutedModelOutput: ws.streamRoutedModelOutput === true,
@@ -648,6 +649,7 @@ export async function handleConfigRoutes(ctx: ManagementContext): Promise<Respon
     return jsonResponse({
       ok: true,
       webSearch: {
+        enabled: ws.enabled !== false,
         model: ws.model ?? "gpt-5.6-luna",
         backend: ws.backend,
         streamRoutedModelOutput: ws.streamRoutedModelOutput === true,
diff --git a/tests/sidecar-settings-vision-controls.test.ts b/tests/sidecar-settings-vision-controls.test.ts
index 34c2305184..19b1213abb 100644
--- a/tests/sidecar-settings-vision-controls.test.ts
+++ b/tests/sidecar-settings-vision-controls.test.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ describe("sidecar-settings remaining vision controls", () => {
     expect(config.visionSidecar).toEqual({ ...FULL_VISION, enabled: false });
   });
 
+  test("GET and PUT expose the effective web-search enabled state", async () => {
+    const unset = await getSidecarSettings(emptyConfig());
+    expect((await unset.json() as { webSearch: { enabled: boolean } }).webSearch.enabled).toBe(true);
+
+    const config = emptyConfig({ webSearchSidecar: { enabled: false } });
+    const disabled = await getSidecarSettings(config);
+    expect((await disabled.json() as { webSearch: { enabled: boolean } }).webSearch.enabled).toBe(false);
+
+    const response = await putSidecarSettings(config, { webSearch: { streamRoutedModelOutput: true } });
+    expect((await response.json() as { webSearch: { enabled: boolean } }).webSearch.enabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("timeoutMs validation reuses the runtime bounds rather than a second contract", async () => {
     expect(resolveVisionTimeoutMs(undefined)).toBe(DEFAULT_VISION_TIMEOUT_MS);
     expect(resolveVisionTimeoutMs(MIN_VISION_TIMEOUT_MS)).toBe(MIN_VISION_TIMEOUT_MS);