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Problem

Pi text generation runs with --no-extensions --no-tools, so a model only a Pi extension or provider package registers fails with Model not found, yet the pickers offer it. If Pi's launch arguments name such a provider, Pi exits at startup and every Pi text generation request fails.

Change

Pi discovery also lists models with text generation's flags (five-second deadline) and marks missing ones supportsTextGeneration: false. If that launch exits or lists nothing, the whole Pi snapshot is marked; a timeout or malformed answer marks nothing. Every text generation picker leaves marked models out; the new thread picker keeps them. Server dispatch skips a marked provider, so a saved selection falls back to a ready one.

Scope

Bug fix (an error): reported in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053 (labeled bug, accepted), whose triage names this route, and #30360; the startup case was asked for when #30426 closed.

Verification

To see it on Linux:

1. Install Pi (npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent) with one models.json model and the extension from [Bug]: Pi text generation fails for models that a Pi extension adds, even though the model picker offers them #19053 in ~/.pi/agent.
2. In Settings → Providers, add Pi.
3. Open Settings → Threads → Text generation model → Pi: main lists the extension's demo model; this branch does not.

The captures in the maintainer sections below come from earlier heads, before this merge and these two fixes. Mine ran on this branch 13069a5406 (7c1915fe5d plus a merge of 1e438c8f80 and two fixes), then main b68aedfdb7 (the newest green main when it ran), on Linux with real Pi 1.5.2. vp run scenarios:prove fails on b68aedfdb7 (demo model listed) and passes here. Startup case: Pi saved for text generation, launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model, Codex CLI 0.167.2 through an API gateway, a first message to the scripted Replay (dev) agent. Main keeps the message as the title and logs pi process exited with code 1; here Codex (gpt-6-luna) writes it.

Web, main b68aedf: Text generation lists Model (demo)

Web, this branch 13069a5: Text generation leaves Model (demo) out

Web, main b68aedf, startup case: the thread keeps its first message as title

Web, this branch 13069a5, startup case: the thread is titled Tour the Sample Notes

Not checked:

• Windows desktop: not run.
• Packaged installers: Linux desktop ran from source, macOS from a local build.
• Mobile: none of these pickers exist there.
• Pi packages in settings.json packages: only a local extension was used.

Transcripts, other pickers, the Linux desktop app and the previous head

get_available_models does not identify model origins, so the fix compares two launches, run in parallel; that costs one extra short-lived Pi process per status check. The --no-extensions launch also skips Pi provider packages. An absent supportsTextGeneration means supported, so other providers and older servers behave as before. A timeout or malformed answer leaves normal discovery's models, commands and authentication unchanged. ServerProviderModel gets the optional supportsTextGeneration, like the existing provider-level field. The text generation pickers (threads, source control writer, review guide, voice cleanup, text generator tasks) exclude marked models after rebuilding custom model entries, and show the resolved fallback (such as Pi default) while a saved selection stays on an excluded model. Such a saved selection on a single excluded model of an otherwise usable Pi is not migrated: it keeps failing with the https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070 message until a new model is picked. A custom display name cannot restore an excluded model, and unknown custom models keep working. The rejection message from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070 still explains a failed request. The maintainers' triage comment keeps --no-extensions for background generation and names this fix (tag models by origin, or a second discovery with --no-extensions); this PR takes the second route. https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053 was closed after https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070, with a note that the picker still offers extension-only models. Of the 580 changed lines, 374 are tests; the production change is 206 lines.

The main desktop captures (Linux and macOS) and the two new thread model captures are identical across the cases or commits they name, so the same image appears twice.

macOS desktop: the built app of each revision on a Mac, started directly with Chromium's mock keychain and driven through its debugging port, with real Pi 1.5.2 and the same fixture.

Method: each revision ran as a dev server in a sandbox named "Test machine" with empty state and an isolated Pi agent directory holding one models.json provider (local, Catalog Model) and the extension from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053 (demo, Demo Model). Clicks went through T3's Browser panel; the Linux desktop app (Electron under Xvfb) was driven through its debugging port. The text generator task picker needed a connected model API, so I connected a local stand-in that only answers the model list; it is not a real service and serves no text. The scenario file (one test) enables Pi, opens the Text generation picker and asserts the demo model is hidden.

Scenario proof (jq -r of the verdict and each side's last step in proof.json):

Proven: the scenario fails on base `b68aedfdb7` and passes on head `13069a5406`.
base: expect.toBeHidden getByText("demo") failed
head: expect.toBeHidden getByText("demo") passed

Startup case, main b68aedfdb7: the server log lines selected by grep -E 'Thread title generation|\[cause\]: PiRpcError|title generat':

[09:50:10.620] WARN (#3708): Thread title generation failed
'  [cause]: PiRpcError: Pi RPC read failed: pi process exited with code 1.\n' +

Text generation spans in each server's trace, main first:

== main b68aedfdb7
{"name":"PiTextGeneration.generateThreadTitle","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Failure\",\"cause\":\"TextGenerationError: Text generation failed in generateThreadTitle: Pi text generation failed"}
{"name":"TextGeneration.generate","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Failure\",\"cause\":\"TextGenerationError: Text generation failed in generateThreadTitle: Pi text generation failed"}
{"name":"TextGeneration.generateThreadTitle","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Failure\",\"cause\":\"TextGenerationError: Text generation failed in generateThreadTitle: Pi text generation failed"}
== this branch 13069a5406
{"name":"CodexTextGeneration.generateThreadTitle","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Success\"}","attrs":{}}
{"name":"TextGeneration.generate","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Success\"}","attrs":{}}
{"name":"TextGeneration.generateThreadTitle","exit":"{\"_tag\":\"Success\"}","attrs":{}}

Real Pi 1.5.2 outside T3 (pi-repro.sh prints each launch it runs):

$ pi --version
1.5.2

$ pi --mode rpc --no-session   <<< get_available_models
models: local/catalog-model, demo/demo-model
exit code: 0

$ pi --mode rpc --no-session --no-extensions --no-tools  <<< get_available_models
models: local/catalog-model
exit code: 0

$ pi --mode rpc --no-session --provider demo --model demo-model  <<< get_available_models
models: local/catalog-model, demo/demo-model
exit code: 0

$ pi --mode rpc --no-session --provider demo --model demo-model --no-extensions --no-tools  <<< get_available_models
stderr: Error: Unknown provider "demo". Use --list-models to see available providers/models.
exit code: 1

The PR's tests with main's production status.ts, modelSelection.ts and TextGeneration.ts (lines selected by grep -E '^ FAIL |^ Tests '):

 FAIL   @t3tools/web (unit)  src/modelSelection.test.ts > instance-scoped model selection > does not select a model that the provider cannot use for text generation
 FAIL   @t3tools/web (unit)  src/modelSelection.test.ts > instance-scoped model selection > excludes customized extension models while preserving unknown custom and thread models
 FAIL   t3  src/textGeneration/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts > text generation preflight: cannot generate text
 FAIL   root  packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts > PiProvider > marks models that only load with Pi extensions as unusable for text generation
 FAIL   root  packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts > PiProvider > makes Pi unusable for text generation when Pi without extensions exits before answering
 FAIL   root  packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts > PiProvider > makes Pi unusable for text generation when Pi without extensions lists no models
 FAIL   root  packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts > PiProvider > preserves normal discovery when the extension-free model listing times out
      Tests  7 failed | 86 passed (93)

The same tests on this branch (lines selected by grep -E '^ (✓|FAIL) |^ Tests '):

 ✓  root  packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts (20 tests) 50ms
 ✓  @t3tools/web (unit)  src/modelSelection.test.ts (46 tests) 15ms
 ✓  t3  src/textGeneration/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts (27 tests) 3185ms
      Tests  93 passed (93)

vp run check:changed 1e438c8f80 passes on this branch: format, lint, knip, 37 package typechecks, 123 tests in 8 files and the React compiler check.

This commit's own main is 1e438c8f80; it merges cleanly with b68aedfdb7 (git merge-tree), whose 28 newer commits change no file of this PR. A first round of before runs on 1e438c8f80 (the other pickers, the Linux desktop app, a first scenario proof and a first startup run) showed the same before state; the captures below name the commit they ran on. Codex's version comes from Settings → Providers during the runs; gpt-6-luna is T3's Codex text generation default, which the fallback uses.

Upstream scenario tool's own run, main b68aedf: Text generation lists Model (demo)

Upstream scenario tool's own run, this branch 13069a5: Text generation leaves Model (demo) out

Web, main b68aedf, saved Catalog Model and launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: the Text generation picker still lists all three Pi models

Web, main 1e438c8, startup case: the thread keeps its first message as title

Web, main 1e438c8: the Text generation picker lists Pi default, Catalog Model and the extension's Model (demo)

Web, main 1e438c8: the source control writer picker lists the extension's Model (demo)

Web, this branch 13069a5: the source control writer picker lists Pi default and Catalog Model only

Web, main 1e438c8: the review guide model picker lists the extension's Model (demo)

Web, this branch 13069a5: the review guide model picker lists Pi default and Catalog Model only

Web, main 1e438c8: the voice Cleanup model picker lists the extension's Model (demo)

Web, this branch 13069a5: the voice Cleanup model picker lists Pi default and Catalog Model only

Web, main 1e438c8: after connecting a model API, the text generator task picker lists the extension's Model (demo)

Web, this branch 13069a5: the text generator task picker lists Pi default and Catalog Model only

Web, main 1e438c8: the new thread Model picker lists all three Pi models

Web, this branch 13069a5: the new thread Model picker still lists all three Pi models

Web, main 1e438c8, Pi launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: the Text generation picker still lists all three Pi models

Web, this branch 13069a5, same launch arguments: Pi is gone from the Text generation picker and the button shows gpt-6-luna

Web, this branch 13069a5, launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: the new thread Model picker still lists all three Pi models

Linux desktop, main 1e438c8: the Text generation picker lists the extension's Model (demo)

Linux desktop, this branch 13069a5: the Text generation picker lists Pi default and Catalog Model only

Linux desktop, main 1e438c8, launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: the Text generation picker lists all three Pi models

Linux desktop, this branch 13069a5, same launch arguments: Pi is gone from the Text generation picker

macOS desktop, main b68aedf: Text generation lists Model (demo)

macOS desktop, this branch 13069a5: Text generation leaves Model (demo) out

macOS desktop, main b68aedf, launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: Text generation still lists all three Pi models

macOS desktop, this branch 13069a5, same launch arguments: no Pi entry in Text generation

Web, the PR's previous head 7c1915f: the Text generation picker already leaves out the extension's model

Web, the PR's previous head 7c1915f, launch arguments --provider demo --model demo-model: the Text generation picker still lists all three Pi models

On the PR's previous head 7c1915fe5d the extension's model is already left out, but with those launch arguments the picker still offers all three Pi models, although Pi without extensions exits at startup with those arguments (transcript above). The two commits on top close that.

A full text generation request through Pi itself was not run; the startup case above shows the request falling back to Codex.

Prior PRs

• https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070 by ScottN-PV, taken over and merged by juliusmarminge: the rejected set_model error names the model and explains --no-extensions; it stays as the fallback.
• SpyrosPsarras reported it with the pi --mode rpc repro in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053, reused above.

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verification update at 1888526b98de3d2fd48daa3f4f08c85fada92347:

• merged github/main (becf853defb6) without rebasing. preserved main's move of text generation settings into threads settings and applied filtering there. the net diff remains nine files, 339 insertions and 33 deletions.
• blacksmith vp run check:changed passed format, lint, both knip checks, all 31 affected package typechecks, and 50 tests across five files.
• real pi 1.4.0 discovery distinguishes a models.json catalog model from an extension model. system chrome verified the moved text generation picker omits the renamed extension model and retains the catalog and unknown custom models. selecting the catalog model persists through the server and a page reload. the ordinary new-thread model picker still offers the extension model.
• two independent read-only gpt-6.1-sol reviews approved this exact head with no blocker or should-fix findings. no new code changes beyond the merge resolution were needed.

before, main's picker implementation with the same discovered catalog:

after, merged head:

limits remain as documented above: no full generated response, packaged desktop, mobile, macos or windows verification this pass. saved extension-only model selections are not migrated. this pass changes no labels and does not merge the pr.

takeover verification, 2026-10-30

Merged github/main with a merge commit and preserved both Pi background discovery and main's active-model credential diagnostics. Fixed one review finding: the shared availability guard now opts into background filtering only for text-generation callers, preserving ordinary thread default and fallback choices. No new test files.

Verified at 0bab335b4f8cbe103dfa2e22786adc6df843a82b:

• Blacksmith vp run check:changed passes formatting, lint, knip, all 35 affected package typechecks, six test files (including browser coverage), and React compiler checks.
• Two independent gpt-6.1-sol reviewers approve this head.
• Real Pi 1.4.0 discovery and Chrome web client: the extension model is selectable and saves as both thread default and fallback. The default survives reload. The text-generation picker excludes it and retains the catalog model.
• Evidence uses the same isolated Pi configuration and actual proxy model in both captures. The before capture restores the old guard behavior temporarily; source was restored before verification finished.

Before: the thread default incorrectly disables the extension model.

After: the thread default permits it.

Real selection and persisted setting:

Packaged desktop, native mobile, remote/relay connections, and a new model-generated response were not exercised in this pass. The existing provider/client generation evidence above remains from the prior takeover. No merge performed.

Model: gpt-6.1-sol. Harness: Codex.

final scoped review fix

At 12a5a9e250acafe86118208927aca1c21d31a777, the dedicated writer-model switch also checks scoped availability before saving its initial model. Disabling remains available. The expanded existing browser case fails against the prior handler because it writes an unavailable model, and passes with the guard. It also checks valid enablement.

Blacksmith vp run check:changed passes formatting, lint, knip, 35 affected package typechecks, 57 tests in six files, and compiler checks. Both independent reviewers approve this final head. The real client still enables and disables a supported writer model; the recording above includes that interaction. Actual multi-environment runtime interaction remains unverified, with the rejected path covered by the existing browser test.

Fixes #30360

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Walkthrough

The change adds text-generation support metadata to provider models. Pi discovery checks model availability without extensions or tools. Model selection and settings filter out models explicitly marked as unsupported. Enabling a separate source-control writer model also checks its availability before saving the setting.

Changes: Text-generation model availability

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Discover Pi text-generation models packages/contracts/src/server.ts, packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.ts, packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts	ServerProviderModel gains optional supportsTextGeneration. Pi discovery probes the model inventory without extensions or tools, then marks models absent from that inventory as unsupported. A failed or timed-out probe leaves normal discovery results unchanged.
Filter and resolve model selections apps/web/src/modelSelection.ts, apps/web/src/modelSelection.test.ts	Text-generation options exclude providers and models explicitly marked unsupported. Selection falls back to an available default or model when the selected model is unsupported. Tests cover customized and unknown custom models.
Use filtered options in settings apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/useScopedModelAvailability.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx	Text-generation settings, source-control writing, and review-guide pickers use filtered model options. Enabling a separate writer model checks its default selection and does not update settings when that model is unavailable. A browser test checks availability in another environment.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Discovery as discoverPiViaRpc
  participant Launch as makePiDiscoveryConnection
  participant RPC as Pi RPC process
  Discovery->>Launch: Start optional probe without extensions or tools
  Launch->>RPC: Request available models
  RPC-->>Discovery: Return model inventory or no response
  Discovery->>Discovery: Mark absent models unsupported

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Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26164: Both changes filter model candidates based on text-generation capability.
• pingdotgg/t3code#23946: This change supplies capability filtering for models used in text generation and source-control writing.
• pingdotgg/t3code#28844: Both changes use provider text-generation capability to filter models for generated text.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 7c191

Enabling a writer model is blocked when it is unavailable in a selected environment. The previously identified test-isolation concern is also addressed, leaving no actionable merge-blocking risk.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(pi): stop offering extension-only models for text generation" matches the main change. The diff filters Pi extension-only models out of text-generation, source-control writer, and revie…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The title "fix(pi): stop offering extension-only models for text generation" matches the main change. The diff filters Pi extension-only models out of text-generation, source-control writer, and review-guide pickers, using a second discovery with the background launch flags. The title is short, specific, and follows the conventional commit format. It does not cover the status probe or the timeout handling, which is expected for a title.

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Explanation

The description follows the repository template closely. It covers the Problem (Pi text generation runs with --no-extensions --no-tools, so extension-only models fail with "Model not found" yet appear in pickers), the Change (a second bounded discovery marks models missing from the background launch as supportsTextGeneration false, and text-generation pickers exclude them), Scope (a bug fix linked to issues 19053 and 30360), and Verification (step-by-step Linux reproduction, scenario proof, startup-case traces, real Pi 1.5.2 outputs, the check:changed run, and before/after captures, with a Not checked list). The Verification section is detailed and states what was not tested. The description is long and contains a lot of history and takeover notes from earlier revisions, including a stale 'verification update' and 'takeover verification' sections that reference older commits and a different Pi version (1.4.0). That makes it harder to follow which evidence applies to the final head. The Scope section links to the issue and says why it needs no separate issue. The Change section does not explicitly name the final head, which is referenced only in the verification text. The template's optional model/harness line is present at the bottom ('Generated with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol'), though it does not clearly name the model and harness as the template asks.

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thanks @only21mil. i kept your commits and the bounded second discovery with matching background launch flags. i merged current main without rebasing, resolved the model-selection conflict, removed the provider-filter wrapper, and tightened the timeout test to establish completion at five seconds.

one review fix: the multi-environment settings guard now checks the same filtered model options as all three background pickers. an existing browser test reproduces the guard accepting an extension-only model before the fix and rejecting it afterward. no new test files.

verification at 356cd0b93e2a3278fb6833aa46b030967e1a84fd:

• the original discovery regression fails against main; the fixed branch passes.
• blacksmith vp run check:changed passes formatting, lint, knip, all 30 affected package typechecks, and 50 tests in five files.
• real pi 1.4.0 lists a models.json model and an extension model in normal discovery, and only the models.json model with --no-extensions --no-tools. extension-only authentication also returns a successful empty background catalog.
• real web client with system chrome: general text generation, source control writer, and review guide pickers omit the renamed extension model while retaining an unknown custom model. main offers the extension model with the same isolated pi configuration. the new-thread default picker still offers it on this branch.

known limits: @only21mil, saved extension-model selections are still not migrated on the server; users must choose a supported model to replace an old selection. probe errors retain the catalog as your original intended. a full model-generated response, packaged desktop, mobile, macos, and windows remain unverified. mobile has none of these pickers; desktop shares the web components.

before, current main:

after, this branch:

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apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx: 1

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Reset the shared mock state at the start of the new test.

The new test writes state.styles, state.providerInstances, and state.providers directly. It does not call a reset first. These values stay in the hoisted state after the test ends. A later test that does not call setup() would read this provider data. This can cause order-dependent failures if test order changes.

Extract the reset lines from setup() into a helper that does not render. Call that helper at the top of this test. Then setup() and this test share one reset path.

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reviewed the shared-mock reset nit. the availability test initializes all three state fields it reads: styles, providerInstances, and providers. it never reads or calls updateSettings. the other test calls setup(), which resets those fields and the updateSettings mock. both existing test orders therefore initialize their own inputs. a hypothetical future test omitting setup is outside this fix; leaving this non-blocking refactor out to keep the change scoped.

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Verified in a real dev environment

verified as-is at 1888526b98de3d2fd48daa3f4f08c85fada92347 on this linux boat vm. no source changes or pushes were needed.

• reproduced on github/main (2a738273e74e2bc4637bb0977fa7818970760621) in /home/user/main, after vp i. ran the exact pr head after a separate vp i. only one dev server ran at a time, each with isolated state.
• drove the actual web app with the repo's playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome. added /home/user/t3code as a project through the app, created threads, and completed real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns on main and the pr head.
• configured real pi 1.4.0 connections to the available codex proxy: the same actual gpt-6.1-sol model registered through an extension and through models.json. no mocked responses, fixtures, replay provider, or demo models.
• main offered the extension model in the text-generation picker. selecting it caused actual automatic title generation to fail with Model not found and the existing --no-extensions explanation.
• the pr excludes it from text generation, source control writer, and review guide pickers. the ordinary thread-model picker still offers it. the catalog model stays available, and its selection persists across page reload and server restart.
• selected the catalog model and used Regenerate title. real pi background generation returned Why Pi Models Cannot Generate Titles. a second recorded regeneration changed the manual title to Pi Extension Model Title Limitations.
• blacksmith ran vp i and vp test run packages/provider-pi/src/server/status.test.ts apps/web/src/modelSelection.test.ts: 37/37 passed. the unchanged head also has 27/27 successful hosted checks.

short runtime transcript:

main web/server: 8693 / 16733
main picker: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog; Codex Proxy Extension
main generateThreadTitle: Pi rejected model 'codex-proxy-extension/gpt-6.1-sol': Model not found
pr web/server: 5733 / 13773
pr background pickers: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog
pr ordinary thread picker: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog; Codex Proxy Extension
pr Codex assistant: codex provider path verified.
pr Pi title: Pi Extension Model Title Limitations
blacksmith: 2 test files passed; 37 tests passed

before, main:

after, exact pr head with the same pi configuration and app-created data:

real title regeneration, including the menu action and resulting title. inspected the recording and verified uploaded playback and seeking in t3's player:

Not verified

• successful pi extension-backed chat execution: an additional real turn failed with stream error: upstream terminated with incomplete empty response (0 tokens). i reproduced the same error through the web client on main, so this is not introduced by this pr. ordinary thread selection is verified; successful extension chat is not.
• packaged desktop, native ios/android, macos/windows, remote/relay connections, installed npm provider packages, and a live multi-environment settings interaction were not exercised here. the scoped availability behavior has existing automated coverage, but that browser test was not rerun in this pass.
• existing saved extension-only selections are not migrated, as already documented in this pr. this pass explicitly replaced the old selection with the supported catalog model before verifying generation.
• full source-control writing and review-guide generation were not run; their changed pickers were exercised. no performance claim is made.

[coderabbitai]

Follow-up Comments

Check scoped availability before enabling the writer model.

580-587: Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Check scoped availability before enabling the writer model.

If the representative environment supports its default model but another selected environment requires extensions for it, this switch saves that model to both environments. The picker guard is bypassed, and source-control generation can fail in the other environment. Check writerModelDisabledReason before saving, as the review-guide switch does.

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Review comment at
@apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx around lines
580 - 587:
Update the switch’s `onCheckedChange` handler to check
`writerModelDisabledReason` before enabling the writer model, and avoid saving
the model when that reason indicates it is unavailable in a selected
environment. Preserve the existing disable and valid-enable behavior.

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• apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/settings/useScopedModelAvailability.ts

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[maria-rcks]

Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

addressed the writer-switch bypass in 12a5a9e. enabling now checks the same scoped availability guard as the picker. disabling is unchanged.

the expanded existing browser case reproduces the rejected-target write against the prior handler and passes with the guard. blacksmith check:changed passes all 57 tests, 35 package typechecks, lint, format, knip, and compiler checks. both independent reviewers approve the final head. real-client thread default/fallback persistence, background filtering, and writer enable/disable are verified in the updated body and recording.

verification update at 7c1915fe5daf616adb30a209fd30d7d87b9d22a0:

• merged current main without rebasing. the discovery launch retains main's short-lived/offline mode and the pr's extension/tool flags. removed duplicate imports from the automatic merge. no feature expansion.
• blacksmith vp run check:changed 3d369d55968b09861bf61ba8ebb2eeb6f02973ba passes format, lint, knip, 36 package typechecks, 73 tests in six files, and four compiler checks.
• two independent read-only reviewers approve this head. no new actionable bot findings. all 28 hosted checks pass, and both hosts report no conflicts.
• real pi 1.5.0 through checkPiProviderStatus returns the catalog model and marks only the extension model supportsTextGeneration: false. the real web text-generation picker was exercised with that configuration; the supported catalog selection persisted.
• this pass changes only the merge resolution. existing before/after and interaction evidence remains in the pr body. full generated responses, packaged desktop, native mobile, remote/relay, macos/windows, and a live multi-environment interaction were not rerun in this pass.

ready for maria's review. no merge performed.

[only21mil]

Note

🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

@maria-rcks, this branch conflicts with main again, after #33147 (text generators) and #33177 (Pi service tiers). There's a merge of current main ready on our fork. It fast-forwards your head 7c1915fe5d:

• Commit: 549b5e0324ffec7c5b65ee1a1218e63e434153e7, one merge commit with main 0a9abddaee, no rebase
• Branch: only21mil/t3code r13/b124-stop-offering-extension-only-models-for--offer

git fetch https://github.com/only21mil/t3code r13/b124-stop-offering-extension-only-models-for--offer && git merge --ff-only FETCH_HEAD

What it changes:

• status.test.ts: keeps this PR's two discovery tests and main's new service tier test.
• SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx: keeps main's writer targets (writerEntries from useTextGenerationTargets) and this PR's text generation guard: useScopedModelDisabledReason(settings, writerEntries, true).
• Main added two more pickers that run through Pi text generation, which launches Pi with --no-extensions: the voice transcript cleanup model and the task pickers in the text generator dialog. Both now use getTextGenerationModelOptionsByInstance, and the cleanup model's guard passes true, so they leave out the same models as the other three pickers. Chat and project default pickers are unchanged.
• Main's API text generators are unaffected. Their models carry no supportsTextGeneration, and the scoped guard handles them before the per-model check.

Verification at 549b5e0324:

• vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, 37 package typechecks, 89 tests in 7 files, React compiler.
• status.test.ts 17/17, modelSelection.test.ts 43/43, and the source control writing and voice settings browser tests 16/16.
• With main's status.ts and modelSelection.ts, the two discovery tests and the two model selection tests from this PR fail. They pass on the merge.
• Web, run on one isolated dev server against a scripted Pi with one models.json model and one model that only loads with extensions. The before images use main's production files on the same server. Before, all four checked pickers (Threads text generation, source control writer, voice cleanup, text generator tasks) list the extension model. After, they leave it out and keep the catalog model.

Voice cleanup model, main:

Voice cleanup model, merge:

Text generator task picker, main:

Text generator task picker, merge:

Not covered: the limits already in the description still apply. Saved selections that point at an extension model are not migrated, and a failed or timed-out extension-free listing marks no model. Desktop, mobile and a real Pi install were not rerun. The description's Change section lists three pickers; with this merge, the voice cleanup model and text generator task pickers filter too.

Happy to push this to your branch on request.

[only21mil]

Note

🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

The extension-free startup failure case from #30426, which @juliusmarminge asked to see here:

Text generation starts Pi with the configured launch arguments plus --no-extensions. When those arguments name a provider that only an extension registers (say --provider demo --model extension-model), Pi exits at startup before it lists any model. Every text generation request then fails, for Pi default and custom models too.

• Main: the text generation pickers (Threads, source control writer and review guide, voice cleanup, text generator tasks) offer every Pi model: Pi default, catalog models, the extension model and custom models.
• This PR as it stands (and the earlier offer 549b5e0324): the same. A startup exit counted like a timeout, so no model was marked.
• Offer branch, now at 2e01905b50: that exit, or an extension-free listing with no models, sets the Pi snapshot's existing supportsTextGeneration: false. Pi drops out of the text generation pickers, a saved Pi selection falls back to another ready provider (the dispatch check now skips a provider with that flag), and chat still lists every Pi model. A timeout or malformed answer still marks nothing.

git fetch https://github.com/only21mil/t3code r13/b124-stop-offering-extension-only-models-for--offer && git merge --ff-only FETCH_HEAD

It fast-forwards 549b5e0324 with two commits, b41f6524ff (Pi status) and 2e01905b50 (dispatch). New tests in status.test.ts and the text generation preflight table fail before and pass after. vp run check:changed and the affected suites pass. Web, scripted Pi with those launch arguments, Threads text generation model:

549b5e0324	2e01905b50

The source control writer picker changes the same way. The chat composer still lists all four Pi entries. Not covered: a real Pi install, desktop, and a full generated response. The description's line "If it fails or times out … no model is marked" now holds only for a timeout or a malformed answer.

[github-actions]

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[only21mil]

Note

🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

I merged main into 7c1915f to clear the conflict, so the head is now 13069a5.
The two conflicts keep both sides: SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx uses main's writer targets with this PR's text generation check, and status.test.ts keeps this PR's two tests and main's service tier test.
Two fixes follow the merge: Pi leaves the text generation pickers when it cannot start without extensions, and a saved text generation model on a provider that cannot generate text now falls back to another provider.

[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

Real Linux web app on both commits, Pi 1.5.2, identical synthetic Pi fixture, fresh databases, Chromium 1280×800, light theme. Settings images exclude surrounding app chrome; ordinary picker images exclude private environment details.

Steps: enable Pi; inspect its text-generation catalog; confirm the ordinary thread picker retains the demo extension model. Then save Pi default for text generation, set launch arguments to --provider demo --model demo-model, refresh status, and send the same Sample Notes message through Replay with another ready provider available.

Before	After
5f4368165b	fab45e124c
Text generation offers the demo entry.	Demo entry excluded; Catalog Model retained.
Startup fails and the first-message title remains.	Fallback generates Sample Notes Project Overview.
Before recording	After recording

Pi fixture script · Browser steps · Sanitized runtime transcript

The base also reproduced the direct extension-only selection failure: Model not found: demo/demo-model. For the paired startup case, base reported pi process exited with code 1; head recorded successful Codex background title generation.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• Other background picker contexts—source-control writer, review guide, voice cleanup, and text-generator tasks—were not exercised; captures cover web thread settings and the ordinary thread picker.
• A previously saved extension-only model on an otherwise compatible Pi instance was not replayed on head; the saved-selection runtime comparison used an entirely incompatible Pi startup configuration.
• Desktop and mobile clients, provider packages, malformed discovery responses, and discovery timeouts were not exercised.