diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/bench-cli.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/bench-cli.ts
index 085271829..fd635e43f 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/bench-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli/bench-cli.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ import { buildServiceTierByFamily, serviceTierForAllFamilies, serviceTierSetting
 import { Settings } from "../config/settings";
 import benchPrompt from "../prompts/bench.md" with { type: "text" };
 import { discoverAuthStorage, loadCliExtensionProviders } from "../sdk";
-import { AUTO_THINKING, resolveThinkingLevelForModel, shouldDisableReasoning, toReasoningEffort } from "../thinking";
+import {
+	concreteThinkingLevel,
+	resolveThinkingLevelForModel,
+	shouldDisableReasoning,
+	toReasoningEffort,
+} from "../thinking";
 
 const DEFAULT_RUNS = 10;
 const DEFAULT_PAR = 4;
@@ -477,10 +482,7 @@ function resolveBenchModels(
 		resolved.push({
 			selector,
 			model,
-			thinking: resolveThinkingLevelForModel(
-				model,
-				result.thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : result.thinkingLevel,
-			),
+			thinking: resolveThinkingLevelForModel(model, concreteThinkingLevel(result.thinkingLevel)),
 		});
 	}
 	if (errors.length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/model-selection.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/model-selection.ts
index d4b499f44..b3f69c2ff 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/model-selection.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/model-selection.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { MODEL_ROLE_IDS } from "../config/model-roles";
 import type { Settings } from "../config/settings";
 import MODEL_PRIO from "../priority.json" with { type: "json" };
-import { AUTO_THINKING, type ConfiguredThinkingLevel } from "../thinking";
+import { concreteThinkingLevel } from "../thinking";
 
 export interface ResolvedCommitModel {
 	model: Model<Api>;
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export interface ResolvedCommitModel {
 	 * central force-refresh + account-rotation policy.
 	 */
 	apiKey: ApiKey;
+	/**
+	 * Commit-time inference is stateless: session-level auto classification
+	 * isn't available, so an explicit `:auto` selector collapses to "no
+	 * override" and the model's own default level fills in.
+	 */
 	thinkingLevel?: ThinkingLevel;
 }
 
@@ -29,13 +34,6 @@ type CommitModelRegistry = ModelLookupRegistry &
 		getApiKey: (model: Model<Api>) => Promise<string | undefined>;
 	};
 
-// Commit-time inference is stateless: session-level auto classification isn't
-// available, so an explicit `:auto` selector collapses to "no override" and
-// the model's own default level fills in.
-function coerceCommitThinkingLevel(level: ConfiguredThinkingLevel | undefined): ThinkingLevel | undefined {
-	return level === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : level;
-}
-
 export async function resolvePrimaryModel(
 	override: string | undefined,
 	settings: Settings,
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ export async function resolvePrimaryModel(
 	return {
 		model,
 		apiKey: modelRegistry.resolver(model),
-		thinkingLevel: coerceCommitThinkingLevel(resolved?.thinkingLevel),
+		thinkingLevel: concreteThinkingLevel(resolved?.thinkingLevel),
 	};
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ export async function resolveSmolModel(
 			return {
 				model: resolvedSmol.model,
 				apiKey: modelRegistry.resolver(resolvedSmol.model),
-				thinkingLevel: coerceCommitThinkingLevel(resolvedSmol.thinkingLevel),
+				thinkingLevel: concreteThinkingLevel(resolvedSmol.thinkingLevel),
 			};
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
index d2930bc80..3daf4fa56 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import MODEL_PRIO from "../priority.json" with { type: "json" };
 import {
 	AUTO_THINKING,
 	type ConfiguredThinkingLevel,
+	concreteThinkingLevel,
 	parseThinkingLevel,
 	resolveThinkingLevelForModel,
 } from "../thinking";
@@ -136,12 +137,9 @@ function resolveGlobScopePattern(
 	// Coerce the `auto` sentinel to a concrete-only view so scope callers stay
 	// typed on `ThinkingLevel` and `enabledModels: [\"openai/*:auto\"]` doesn't
 	// pin a stray per-model level.
-	const concrete = (level: ConfiguredThinkingLevel | undefined): ThinkingLevel | undefined =>
-		level === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : level;
-
 	const strictSuffix = splitThinkingSuffix(pattern);
 	if (strictSuffix.level !== undefined) {
-		const thinkingLevel = concrete(strictSuffix.level);
+		const thinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(strictSuffix.level);
 		return {
 			models: matchingGlobModels(strictSuffix.base, availableModels),
 			thinkingLevel,
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ function resolveGlobScopePattern(
 		if (literalMatches.length > 0) {
 			return { models: literalMatches, thinkingLevel: undefined, explicitThinkingLevel: false };
 		}
-		const thinkingLevel = concrete(maxSuffix.level);
+		const thinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(maxSuffix.level);
 		return {
 			models: matchingGlobModels(maxSuffix.base, availableModels),
 			thinkingLevel,
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensibility/legacy-pi-coding-agent-shim.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensibility/legacy-pi-coding-agent-shim.ts
index a25dcee2b..4fbe42c17 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensibility/legacy-pi-coding-agent-shim.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensibility/legacy-pi-coding-agent-shim.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { AgentToolResult, AgentToolUpdateCallback } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-agen
 import type { TSchema } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
 import { Text } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
 import { parseFrontmatter as parseOmpFrontmatter } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
-import { Settings } from "../config/settings";
+import { type SettingPath, Settings } from "../config/settings";
 import { EditTool } from "../edit";
 import {
 	DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES,
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type LegacyCodingToolName = (typeof LEGACY_CODING_TOOL_NAMES)[number];
 type LegacyRegistryToolName = LegacyCodingToolName | "grep" | "glob";
 type LegacyBuiltinToolDefinition = ToolDefinition & { [LEGACY_BUILTIN_TOOL_MARKER]: true };
 
+type LegacySettingOverrides = Partial<Record<SettingPath, unknown>>;
+
 interface LegacyThemeLike {
 	fg(color: string, text: string): string;
 	bold(text: string): string;
@@ -79,10 +81,18 @@ export interface BashToolOptions {
 }
 
 export interface ReadToolOptions {
+	/** Auto-resize large images; maps onto the `images.autoResize` setting. Default: true. */
 	autoResizeImages?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface GrepToolOptions {
+	/**
+	 * Unsupported. The historical grep operations seam (isDirectory/readFile for
+	 * context lines) never delegated the search itself — ripgrep always ran
+	 * locally — and the built-in native grep tool exposes no filesystem seam at
+	 * all. Supplying operations throws at tool creation instead of silently
+	 * searching the local filesystem.
+	 */
 	operations?: unknown;
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +133,6 @@ const legacyGrepSchema = Type.Object({
 	ignoreCase: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({ description: "Case-insensitive search" })),
 	literal: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({ description: "Treat pattern as a literal string" })),
 	context: Type.Optional(Type.Number({ description: "Context lines" })),
-	limit: Type.Optional(Type.Number({ description: "Maximum matches" })),
 });
 
 const legacyFindSchema = Type.Object({
@@ -149,18 +158,22 @@ function markToolDefinition<TParams extends TSchema, TDetails>(
 	return tool;
 }
 
-function legacyToolSession(cwd: string): ToolSession {
+function legacyToolSession(cwd: string, settingOverrides?: LegacySettingOverrides): ToolSession {
 	return {
 		cwd,
 		hasUI: false,
 		getSessionFile: () => null,
 		getSessionSpawns: () => null,
-		settings: Settings.isolated(),
+		settings: Settings.isolated(settingOverrides),
 	};
 }
 
-function createRegistryTool(cwd: string, name: LegacyRegistryToolName): Tool {
-	const session = legacyToolSession(cwd);
+function createRegistryTool(
+	cwd: string,
+	name: LegacyRegistryToolName,
+	settingOverrides?: LegacySettingOverrides,
+): Tool {
+	const session = legacyToolSession(cwd, settingOverrides);
 	switch (name) {
 		case "bash":
 			return new BashTool(session);
@@ -337,10 +350,6 @@ async function executeLegacyBashOperations(
 	}
 }
 
-function createLegacyTool(_cwd: string, definition: ToolDefinition): ToolDefinition {
-	return definition;
-}
-
 /** Parse frontmatter using the historical Pi package-root helper. */
 export interface ParsedFrontmatter<T extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unknown>> {
 	frontmatter: T;
@@ -368,8 +377,12 @@ export function defineTool<TParams extends TSchema = TSchema, TDetails = unknown
 }
 
 /** Create the legacy read tool definition. */
-export function createReadToolDefinition(cwd: string, _options?: ReadToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	const tool = createRegistryTool(cwd, "read");
+export function createReadToolDefinition(cwd: string, options?: ReadToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
+	const tool = createRegistryTool(
+		cwd,
+		"read",
+		options?.autoResizeImages === undefined ? undefined : { "images.autoResize": options.autoResizeImages },
+	);
 	return markToolDefinition({
 		name: "read",
 		label: "Read",
@@ -392,7 +405,7 @@ export function createReadToolDefinition(cwd: string, _options?: ReadToolOptions
 
 /** Create the legacy read tool. */
 export function createReadTool(cwd: string, options?: ReadToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	return createLegacyTool(cwd, createReadToolDefinition(cwd, options));
+	return createReadToolDefinition(cwd, options);
 }
 
 /** Create the legacy bash tool definition. */
@@ -441,11 +454,19 @@ export function createBashToolDefinition(cwd: string, options?: BashToolOptions)
 
 /** Create the legacy bash tool. */
 export function createBashTool(cwd: string, options?: BashToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	return createLegacyTool(cwd, createBashToolDefinition(cwd, options));
+	return createBashToolDefinition(cwd, options);
 }
 
 /** Create the legacy grep tool definition. */
-export function createGrepToolDefinition(cwd: string, _options?: GrepToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
+export function createGrepToolDefinition(cwd: string, options?: GrepToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
+	if (options?.operations) {
+		throw new Error(
+			"Legacy GrepToolOptions.operations is not supported: the built-in grep tool searches the local " +
+				"filesystem natively and exposes no pluggable filesystem seam (the historical seam only customized " +
+				"context-line reads; the search itself always ran locally). Register a custom grep tool via " +
+				"defineTool() instead of passing operations to createGrepTool()/createGrepToolDefinition().",
+		);
+	}
 	const tool = createRegistryTool(cwd, "grep");
 	return markToolDefinition({
 		name: "grep",
@@ -465,7 +486,17 @@ export function createGrepToolDefinition(cwd: string, _options?: GrepToolOptions
 			const pattern = booleanField(params, "literal") ? escapeRegexLiteral(rawPattern) : rawPattern;
 			const searchPath = stringField(params, "path") ?? ".";
 			const glob = stringField(params, "glob");
-			return tool.execute(
+			const context = numberField(params, "context");
+			// The new grep reads context from settings fixed at construction; build a
+			// per-call tool when the model passes an explicit legacy `context`.
+			const grepTool =
+				context === undefined
+					? tool
+					: createRegistryTool(cwd, "grep", {
+							"grep.contextBefore": Math.max(0, Math.floor(context)),
+							"grep.contextAfter": Math.max(0, Math.floor(context)),
+						});
+			return grepTool.execute(
 				toolCallId,
 				{
 					pattern,
@@ -481,7 +512,7 @@ export function createGrepToolDefinition(cwd: string, _options?: GrepToolOptions
 
 /** Create the legacy grep tool. */
 export function createGrepTool(cwd: string, options?: GrepToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	return createLegacyTool(cwd, createGrepToolDefinition(cwd, options));
+	return createGrepToolDefinition(cwd, options);
 }
 
 /** Create the legacy find tool definition. */
@@ -537,7 +568,7 @@ export function createFindToolDefinition(cwd: string, options?: FindToolOptions)
 
 /** Create the legacy find tool. */
 export function createFindTool(cwd: string, options?: FindToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	return createLegacyTool(cwd, createFindToolDefinition(cwd, options));
+	return createFindToolDefinition(cwd, options);
 }
 
 /** Create the legacy ls tool definition. */
@@ -582,7 +613,7 @@ export function createLsToolDefinition(cwd: string, options?: LsToolOptions): To
 
 /** Create the legacy ls tool. */
 export function createLsTool(cwd: string, options?: LsToolOptions): ToolDefinition {
-	return createLegacyTool(cwd, createLsToolDefinition(cwd, options));
+	return createLsToolDefinition(cwd, options);
 }
 
 /** Create legacy read, bash, edit, and write tools. */
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/goals/guided-setup.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/goals/guided-setup.ts
index 8220cfaee..b4358c197 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/goals/guided-setup.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/goals/guided-setup.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { extractTextContent, extractToolCall, parseJsonPayload } from "../commit
 import guidedGoalInterviewPrompt from "../prompts/goals/guided-goal-interview.md" with { type: "text" };
 import guidedGoalSystemPrompt from "../prompts/goals/guided-goal-system.md" with { type: "text" };
 import type { AgentSession } from "../session/agent-session";
-import { AUTO_THINKING, shouldDisableReasoning, toReasoningEffort } from "../thinking";
+import { concreteThinkingLevel, shouldDisableReasoning, toReasoningEffort } from "../thinking";
 
 const RESPOND_TOOL_NAME = "respond";
 
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export async function runGuidedGoalTurn(
 	// never sent verbatim to the plan/slow provider. Deobfuscated again below before display/use.
 	const obfuscator = session.obfuscator;
 	const promptText = obfuscator?.hasSecrets() ? obfuscator.obfuscate(userPrompt) : userPrompt;
+	const thinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(resolved.thinkingLevel);
 	const response = await instrumentedCompleteSimple(
 		resolved.model,
 		{
@@ -102,10 +103,8 @@ export async function runGuidedGoalTurn(
 		{
 			apiKey: session.modelRegistry.resolver(resolved.model, session.sessionId),
 			signal: options.signal,
-			reasoning: toReasoningEffort(resolved.thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : resolved.thinkingLevel),
-			disableReasoning: shouldDisableReasoning(
-				resolved.thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : resolved.thinkingLevel,
-			),
+			reasoning: toReasoningEffort(thinkingLevel),
+			disableReasoning: shouldDisableReasoning(thinkingLevel),
 			toolChoice: { type: "tool", name: RESPOND_TOOL_NAME },
 		},
 		{ telemetry: resolveTelemetry(session.agent.telemetry, session.sessionId), oneshotKind: "guided_goal_setup" },
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
index 67a13a3d7..a863e9366 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import { shouldShowStartupSplash } from "./startup-splash";
 import { discoverTitleSystemPromptFile, resolvePromptInput } from "./system-prompt";
 import { createPersistedSubagentReviverFactory } from "./task/persisted-revive";
 import { initTelemetryExport, isTelemetryExportEnabled } from "./telemetry-export";
-import { AUTO_THINKING, parseConfiguredThinkingLevel } from "./thinking";
+import { concreteThinkingLevel, parseConfiguredThinkingLevel } from "./thinking";
 import type { LspStartupServerInfo } from "./tools";
 import {
 	getChangelogPath,
@@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ async function buildSessionOptions(
 	if (scopedModels.length > 0) {
 		// `auto` is a session-level concept only; per-scoped-model (Ctrl+P) thinking
 		// overrides stay concrete, so coerce the auto default to "unset" here.
-		const defaultThinkingLevelSetting = parseConfiguredThinkingLevel(activeSettings.get("defaultThinkingLevel"));
-		const defaultThinkingLevel =
-			defaultThinkingLevelSetting === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : defaultThinkingLevelSetting;
+		const defaultThinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(
+			parseConfiguredThinkingLevel(activeSettings.get("defaultThinkingLevel")),
+		);
 		options.scopedModels = scopedModels.map(scopedModel => ({
 			model: scopedModel.model,
 			thinkingLevel: scopedModel.explicitThinkingLevel
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
index a09d8a1c6..ec061edae 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ export class SelectorController {
 						const result = await previewTheme(themeName);
 						if (result.success) {
 							this.ctx.statusLine.invalidate();
-							this.ctx.ui.requestRender();
 							this.ctx.ui.invalidate();
 							this.ctx.ui.requestRender();
 						}
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
index 9a9021eb2..5384bf7d5 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
@@ -2664,7 +2664,6 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 		// plan-approved prompt is the source of the reference injection.
 		this.session.markPlanReferenceSent();
 		const planModePrompt = prompt.render(planModeApprovedPrompt, {
-			planContent,
 			planFilePath: options.planFilePath,
 			contextPreserved: options.preserveContext === true,
 		});
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
index 063cb9357..002c95a8b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ import { wrapStreamFnWithProviderConcurrency } from "./task/provider-concurrency
 import {
 	AUTO_THINKING,
 	type ConfiguredThinkingLevel,
+	concreteThinkingLevel,
 	parseConfiguredThinkingLevel,
 	parseThinkingLevel,
 	resolveProvisionalAutoLevel,
@@ -1343,7 +1344,7 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 	// Concrete level the agent/session start with. With `auto` this is the
 	// provisional level shown until the first per-turn classification resolves;
 	// `auto` itself stays a session-only concept handled by AgentSession.
-	let effectiveThinkingLevel: ThinkingLevel | undefined = thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : thinkingLevel;
+	let effectiveThinkingLevel: ThinkingLevel | undefined = concreteThinkingLevel(thinkingLevel);
 	if (model) {
 		const resolvedModel = model;
 		effectiveThinkingLevel = logger.time("resolveThinkingLevelForModel", () =>
@@ -1941,7 +1942,7 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 					// `thinking.defaultLevel` must not become sticky.
 					thinkingLevel = pickInitialThinkingLevel(restoredModel);
 					autoThinking = thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING;
-					effectiveThinkingLevel = thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : thinkingLevel;
+					effectiveThinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(thinkingLevel);
 					effectiveThinkingLevel = logger.time("resolveThinkingLevelForModel", () =>
 						autoThinking
 							? resolveProvisionalAutoLevel(restoredModel)
@@ -1997,7 +1998,7 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 					// so the role's explicit selector (e.g. `:max`) now applies.
 					thinkingLevel = pickInitialThinkingLevel(resolvedDefaultModel);
 					autoThinking = thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING;
-					effectiveThinkingLevel = thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : thinkingLevel;
+					effectiveThinkingLevel = concreteThinkingLevel(thinkingLevel);
 					effectiveThinkingLevel = logger.time("resolveThinkingLevelForModel", () =>
 						autoThinking
 							? resolveProvisionalAutoLevel(resolvedDefaultModel)
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/slash-commands/builtin-registry.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/slash-commands/builtin-registry.ts
index 34b5eaaf9..7b4cb5d92 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/slash-commands/builtin-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/slash-commands/builtin-registry.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export interface TuiBuiltinSlashCommand extends BuiltinSlashCommand {
 function refreshStatusLine(ctx: InteractiveModeContext): void {
 	ctx.statusLine.invalidate();
 	ctx.ui.requestRender();
-	ctx.ui.requestRender();
 }
 
 /** `/fast status` label for the active model: "on" when its family is priority, else "off". */
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/thinking.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/thinking.ts
index 4853e49a1..7a6e83a8b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/thinking.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/thinking.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ export const AUTO_THINKING = "auto" as const;
 /** A thinking selector as configured by the user — a concrete level or `auto`. */
 export type ConfiguredThinkingLevel = ThinkingLevel | typeof AUTO_THINKING;
 
+/** Maps the session-level `auto` sentinel to `undefined`; concrete levels pass through. */
+export function concreteThinkingLevel(level: ConfiguredThinkingLevel | undefined): ThinkingLevel | undefined {
+	return level === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : level;
+}
+
 /** Metadata used to render the `auto` selector value alongside concrete levels. */
 export interface ConfiguredThinkingLevelMetadata {
 	value: ConfiguredThinkingLevel;
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/commit-message-generator.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/commit-message-generator.ts
index f78a26b63..8800e499e 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/commit-message-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/commit-message-generator.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { getModelMatchPreferences, resolveModelRoleValue } from "../config/model
 import type { Settings } from "../config/settings";
 import MODEL_PRIO from "../priority.json" with { type: "json" };
 import commitSystemPrompt from "../prompts/system/commit-message-system.md" with { type: "text" };
-import { AUTO_THINKING, toReasoningEffort } from "../thinking";
+import { concreteThinkingLevel, toReasoningEffort } from "../thinking";
 
 const COMMIT_SYSTEM_PROMPT = prompt.render(commitSystemPrompt);
 const MAX_DIFF_CHARS = 4000;
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ function getSmolModelCandidates(
 		settings,
 		matchPreferences,
 	});
-	addCandidate(
-		configuredSmol.model,
-		configuredSmol.thinkingLevel === AUTO_THINKING ? undefined : configuredSmol.thinkingLevel,
-	);
+	addCandidate(configuredSmol.model, concreteThinkingLevel(configuredSmol.thinkingLevel));
 
 	for (const pattern of MODEL_PRIO.smol) {
 		const needle = pattern.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/gh.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/gh.test.ts
index 4fc28ac12..ddb885130 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/gh.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/gh.test.ts
@@ -855,6 +855,8 @@ describe("github tool", () => {
 			expect(runGit(remoteFixture.repoRoot, ["remote", "get-url", "forksrc"])).toBe(remoteFixture.forkBare);
 		});
 		it("does not depend on localized git remote-add stderr for existing remotes", async () => {
+			// The shim is a bash script resolved via `which`; neither exists on Windows.
+			if (process.platform === "win32") return;
 			const originalPath = process.env.PATH;
 			const fakeBin = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "omp-fake-git-"));
 			const realGitResult = Bun.spawnSync(["which", "git"], { stdout: "pipe", stderr: "pipe" });
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/web-search-duckduckgo.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/web-search-duckduckgo.test.ts
index 6fe92eadd..0c513a884 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/web-search-duckduckgo.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/web-search-duckduckgo.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import type { AuthStorage, FetchImpl } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
 import { searchDuckDuckGo } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/web/search/providers/duckduckgo";
-import { SEARCH_PROVIDER_OPTIONS, SearchProviderError } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/web/search/types";
+import { SearchProviderError } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/web/search/types";
 import { formatSearchProviderFailures } from "../../src/web/search/provider";
 
 const fakeAuthStorage = {
@@ -265,11 +265,4 @@ describe("DuckDuckGo web search provider", () => {
 		expect(message).toContain("configure a credentialed provider");
 		expect(message).not.toContain("codex: 401 unauthorized");
 	});
-
-	it("documents DuckDuckGo as a best-effort datacenter-sensitive fallback", () => {
-		const option = SEARCH_PROVIDER_OPTIONS.find(item => item.value === "duckduckgo");
-
-		expect(option?.description).toContain("Credential-free best-effort fallback");
-		expect(option?.description).toContain("datacenter/shared-egress IPs");
-	});
 });