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Auto mode sometimes picks impossible model #4445

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Describe the bug

I have now twice lost significant work when the auto mode chooses an model with a reasoning level which is not available. In my case, it has attempted to choose Claude Sonnet 4.5 - medium which, according to the /model model chooser, is not available. The CLI then crashes the current session and I can't find a way to restore it.

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GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.79

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Not predictably reproducible because I don't know how auto mode selects the models, but clearly it should not specify a reasoning model which is not available. I can't pick the model manually.

Expected behavior

I don't expect it to crash, obviously, but I expect auto mode to select only valid models. Also, maybe the session should be saved before auto mode changes models as a guard against crashes and invalid model selection.

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    area:modelsModel selection, availability, switching, rate limits, and model-specific behavior

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