diff --git a/tests/strategy_switch_worker_validation.mjs b/tests/strategy_switch_worker_validation.mjs
index 5e12236..39bda39 100644
--- a/tests/strategy_switch_worker_validation.mjs
+++ b/tests/strategy_switch_worker_validation.mjs
@@ -752,6 +752,14 @@ const normalizedLegacyAutoPluginInputs = __test.normalizeSwitchInputs({
   plugin_mode: "auto",
 });
 assert.equal(normalizedLegacyAutoPluginInputs.plugin_mode, "none");
+const normalizedCurrentPluginInputs = __test.normalizeSwitchInputs({
+  platform: "ibkr",
+  target_name: "ibkr-primary",
+  strategy_profile: "tqqq_growth_income",
+  execution_mode: "live",
+  plugin_mode: "current",
+});
+assert.equal(normalizedCurrentPluginInputs.plugin_mode, "current");
 assert.throws(
   () => __test.normalizeSwitchInputs({
     platform: "ibkr",
diff --git a/web/strategy-switch-console/worker.js b/web/strategy-switch-console/worker.js
index 9150b11..911b960 100644
--- a/web/strategy-switch-console/worker.js
+++ b/web/strategy-switch-console/worker.js
@@ -4447,7 +4447,10 @@ function normalizeSwitchInputs(raw) {
   if (!supportedExecutionModesForPlatform(platform).includes(executionMode)) {
     throw new Error(`${platform} does not support ${executionMode} control execution`);
   }
-  const requestedPluginMode = cleanChoice(raw.plugin_mode || "none", ["auto", "none"], "plugin_mode");
+  // "current" is used only by internal deployment reconciliation to retain
+  // a service's existing plugin mount.  It is deliberately not exposed as a
+  // console editing mode, where operators can still select only "none".
+  const requestedPluginMode = cleanChoice(raw.plugin_mode || "none", ["auto", "none", "current"], "plugin_mode");
   const pluginMode = requestedPluginMode === "auto" ? "none" : requestedPluginMode;
   if (String(raw.custom_plugin_mounts_json || "").trim()) {
     throw new Error("legacy custom plugin mounts are retired pending a P1/P2/P3-bound signal.v2 adapter");