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Copilot selects wrong reasoning effort when changing from a different model #3053

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Describe the bug

Copilot selects wrong reasoning effort when changing from a different model, the behaviour was identified multiple times and should be investigated

Affected version

1.0.39.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. On a new session with model X, change to Opus 4.6 HIGH
  2. View message from system saying the model was changed to Opus 4.6 LOW:

● Model changed from claude-sonnet-4.6 (high) to claude-opus-4.6 (low)

  1. Change reasoning again
  2. Reasoning effort is changed correctly

● Reasoning effort changed for claude-opus-4.6 from low to high

Expected behavior

  1. On a new session with model X, change to Opus 4.6 HIGH
  2. View message from system saying the model was changed to Opus 4.6 HIGH:

● Model changed from claude-sonnet-4.6 (high) to claude-opus-4.6 (high)

  1. No need to change reasoning again

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macOS
macbook with an M2 pro

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