- Restricted `setModel` to persist settings only when `persist: true` is passed; all runtime switches (Ctrl+P, `--model`, `/model`, model picker temp selections) no longer overwrite `modelRoles.default`.
- Changed `cycleRoleModels` to accept a direction ("forward"/"backward") instead of a `temporary` flag; both directions now use `applyRoleModel` without persisting.
- Added `persist: true` exclusively to the model picker's "Set as default" action in `SelectorController`.
- Added test suite covering persistence behavior for `setModel`, `cycleRoleModels`, and `cycleModel`.
- Auto classification now writes the concrete effort to the session log after the first real user turn.
- Resumed sessions restore the last resolved effort instead of reverting to pending auto.
- Added `dedupeReply` opt-out flag for ephemeral turn reply deduplication.
- Added AUTO_THINKING as a configured thinking level in settings, schema, SDK, and session plumbing.
- Implemented per-turn auto reasoning classification with online/local prompts, effort clamping, and skip guards.
- Updated model selectors, ACP options, footer/status UI, and events to render auto and auto->resolved states.
- Added AUTO_THINKING parse/clamp tests and fixed local-module cycle and hashline preview regressions.
- Converted systemPrompt APIs and state types to ordered `string[]` across agent, AI, and coding-agent surfaces.
- Added `normalizeSystemPrompts` and applied it to context normalization before building provider request payloads.
- Updated AI providers to emit separate normalized prompt blocks/messages instead of a single merged system prompt.
- Removed dedicated `projectPrompt` state and remapped that context into system-context buckets in session, dump, and token accounting.
- Aligned tests and changelogs to pass and assert `systemPrompt` as arrays with ordered prompt semantics.
- Added `close()` method to SessionManager and AuthStorage for proper resource cleanup and finalization of prepared statements.
- Added `initiatorOverride` option support in OpenAI and Anthropic providers for message attribution control.
- Fixed resource leaks in RpcClient timeout handling by centralizing timeout creation with unref() and adding explicit clearTimeout() calls.
- Fixed AgentSession disposal to call SessionManager's `close()` method for guaranteed resource cleanup instead of fallback flush.
- Updated all test suites to properly dispose AuthStorage instances in cleanup hooks to prevent resource leaks between tests.
- Introduced Effort enum and ThinkingConfig metadata for per-model reasoning capabilities with min/max effort levels.
- Migrated thinking level API from string-based ThinkingLevel to structured Effort enum across agent and AI packages.
- Added model-thinking module with effort mapping, policy application, and semantic versioning utilities for provider-specific thinking modes.
- Removed supportsXhigh() function and replaced effort clamping with model-aware validation using ThinkingConfig metadata.
- Expanded models.json with thinking configuration objects for 50+ models including Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI variants.
- Added Python analysis scripts for edit tool usage patterns and tool invocation stream processing.
- Updated option interfaces, param builders, and stream functions to use unified `reasoning` field.
- Added `resolveOpenAiReasoningEffort()` to centralize xhigh clamping logic.
- Replaced type casts with `castApi()` helper and fixed test option names.
- Updated coding-agent and benchmark references for consistency.
- Added formatRoleThinkingModeLabel helper to display 'inherit' for default thinking mode, preventing badge ambiguity when multiple roles share the same model. Enhanced role menu labels to include role tags for clarity. Fixed model resolver to avoid substring matching that could incorrectly resolve exact model IDs to similar variants.
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