diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index e4bef9046..9a455a77b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed the shrinkwrap shipping vulnerable `brace-expansion` 5.0.9 by pinning `brace-expansion` 5.0.12 as a direct dependency (GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr, GHSA-qhr7-859c-m2p7, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p) ([#10288](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10288))
+- Fixed a trailing comma in `--models` adding an extra model to the model cycle ([#10334](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/10334))
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-10-01
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/args.ts
index e29524302..9461c3e21 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ export function parseArgs(args: string[]): Args {
 		} else if (arg === "--session-dir" && i + 1 < args.length) {
 			result.sessionDir = args[++i];
 		} else if (arg === "--models" && i + 1 < args.length) {
-			result.models = args[++i].split(",").map((s) => s.trim());
+			result.models = args[++i]
+				.split(",")
+				.map((s) => s.trim())
+				.filter((pattern) => pattern.length > 0);
 		} else if (arg === "--no-tools" || arg === "-nt") {
 			result.noTools = true;
 		} else if (arg === "--no-builtin-tools" || arg === "-nbt") {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/args.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/args.test.ts
index 37e6407d5..a6af05c49 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/args.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/args.test.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ describe("parseArgs", () => {
 			const result = parseArgs(["--models", "gpt-4o,claude-sonnet,gemini-pro"]);
 			expect(result.models).toEqual(["gpt-4o", "claude-sonnet", "gemini-pro"]);
 		});
+
+		// Issue #10334
+		test("ignores empty entries in --models", () => {
+			const result = parseArgs(["--models", "gpt-4o, ,claude-sonnet,"]);
+			expect(result.models).toEqual(["gpt-4o", "claude-sonnet"]);
+		});
 	});
 
 	// Issue #9045