fix(pi): stop offering extension-only models for text generation#24110

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Problem

Pi text generation runs with --no-extensions --no-tools, which also skips provider packages. Discovery loads extensions, so background generation pickers offer extension models that fail at set_model with Model not found. https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053 has the repro and cause.

Change

  • Pi discovery also lists models with the launch flags text generation uses (--no-extensions --no-tools), in parallel with the normal discovery. Models missing from that list get supportsTextGeneration: false.
  • ServerProviderModel gets an optional supportsTextGeneration, like the existing provider-level field. Absent means supported, so other providers and older servers behave as before.
  • The text generation, source control writer and review guide pickers exclude models marked false after rebuilding custom model entries. A custom display name cannot restore an excluded model. Unknown custom models and the new thread model picker keep working as before.
  • The extension-free listing has a five-second deadline. If it fails or times out, normal discovery retains its models, commands and authentication, and no model is marked. The rejection message from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070 still explains a failed request.

get_available_models does not identify model origins. Comparing the two launches costs one extra short-lived Pi process per status check. Of the 312 changed lines, 180 are tests; the production change is 132 lines.

Scope and approval

Fixes the remaining picker failure from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053 (labeled bug, accepted). In the triage comment, the maintainers keep --no-extensions for background generation and name this fix: don't offer extension-registered models for Pi text generation, either by tagging models by origin or by a second discovery with --no-extensions. This PR takes the second route and does not enable extensions. 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.

Verification

Automated checks and UI screenshots on Linux:

  • cd packages/provider-pi && vp test run src/server/status.test.ts: with main's production code, both new tests fail: demo/demo-model comes back undefined instead of false, and the timeout test hits vitest's 5 s limit because main never starts the extension-free listing. All 8 pass on this branch.
  • packages/provider-pi suite 126/126 and apps/web modelSelection.test.ts 29/29 pass. The latter cover exclusion, custom display names, unknown custom models and thread options.
  • vp fmt --check and vp lint on the changed files pass. tsc --noEmit passes in packages/contracts, packages/provider-pi, apps/web and apps/server.
  • Real app on Linux: production builds of main and of this branch, run as the web app in Chromium and as the desktop app (Electron with its bundled server). Each run has its own state directory, Pi 1.4.0 on PATH and an isolated Pi config with one models.json provider (local) and one extension provider (demo, the extension from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19053). Settings rename the extension model to Renamed Extension Model. On main, the text generation, source control writer and review guide pickers all list it, on web and on desktop. On this branch all three leave it out on both, and the new thread model picker still lists it.

With main's production code, both new status tests fail:

Test failing on main

On this branch, all 8 status tests pass:

Test passing on this branch

Real Pi 1.4.0, showing the two launches see different models (JSON-RPC responses, summarized):

Pi catalog with and without extensions

Web, main: the text generation picker offers the renamed extension model.

Before: web text generation picker on main

Web, this branch: left out, despite the custom display name.

After: web text generation picker on this branch

Web, this branch: the new thread model picker still offers it.

After: web new thread model picker on this branch

Desktop, main: the text generation picker offers it.

Before: desktop text generation picker on main

Desktop, this branch: left out.

After: desktop text generation picker on this branch

Desktop, main: the source control writer picker offers it.

Before: desktop source control writer picker on main

Desktop, this branch: left out.

After: desktop source control writer picker on this branch

Desktop, main: the review guide model picker offers it.

Before: desktop review guide picker on main

Desktop, this branch: left out.

After: desktop review guide picker on this branch

Not checked:

  • A full text generation request in the app. The failing set_model step is shown with real Pi above.
  • A saved text generation, source-control writer or review-guide selection that already points at an extension model. Those pickers now show the resolved fallback model (for example Pi default) while the saved selection stays on the extension model, so those requests keep failing with the https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/19070 message until a new model is picked.
  • Pi packages listed in settings.json packages (only a local extension file was used), the app on macOS or Windows, packaged desktop installers (the desktop app ran from its production bundle) and mobile. Mobile has none of these pickers.

Prior PRs

Production fix, tests, PR description and images by Claude Opus 5.5. Custom model filtering, timeout handling and regression tests by GPT-6.1 Sol. Written in T3 Code Nightly.

🤖 Generated with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol in T3 Code Nightly

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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:

before: threads text generation picker lists the renamed extension model

after, merged head:

after: threads text generation picker omits the extension model and retains catalog and custom models

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.

before: extension model disabled for ordinary thread defaults

After: the thread default permits it.

after: extension model available for ordinary thread defaults

Real selection and persisted setting:

selecting and saving the extension model as a thread default

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 pingdotgg/t3code#30360

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  • fix(pi): fall back to a usable catalog model when all options are hidden09631f3
  • fix(pi): preserve discovery and exclude customized extension models1174f26
  • test(pi): advance optional and normal discovery deadlines separately6c9d66f
  • Merge upstream main into r13/b124-stop-offering-extension-only-models-for-81be30b
  • fix(pi): stop offering extension-only models for text generationb8d7636
  • test(pi): synchronize discovery timeout with the pending requesteda6e35
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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)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant Discovery as discoverPiViaRpc
3 participant Launch as makePiDiscoveryConnection
4 participant RPC as Pi RPC process
5 Discovery->>Launch: Start optional probe without extensions or tools
6 Launch->>RPC: Request available models
7 RPC-->>Discovery: Return model inventory or no response
8 Discovery->>Discovery: Mark absent models unsupported

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: External image Minimal · up to 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.

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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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Verdict: Approved at 09631f3

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a bounded Pi bug fix that identifies extension-only models during discovery and removes them from text-generation pickers without changing thread-model behavior. The optional probe is time-limited and preserves the existing catalog on failure, with targeted regression coverage.

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  • merge: bring main into pi model filtering6962144
  • refactor(pi): keep model filtering scoped and tighten timeout coverage9c79d17
  • fix(web): validate text models across selected environments356cd0b

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

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:

before: text generation offers the renamed extension model

after, this branch:

after: text generation omits the extension model and retains the unknown custom model

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  • merge: bring main into pi text model filtering1888526
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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.

As per path instructions: "Shared mock state that vi.mock factories read is reset by a setup() call at the top of the test."

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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:

text
1main web/server: 8693 / 16733
2main picker: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog; Codex Proxy Extension
3main generateThreadTitle: Pi rejected model 'codex-proxy-extension/gpt-6.1-sol': Model not found
4pr web/server: 5733 / 13773
5pr background pickers: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog
6pr ordinary thread picker: Pi default; Codex Proxy Catalog; Codex Proxy Extension
7pr Codex assistant: codex provider path verified.
8pr Pi title: Pi Extension Model Title Limitations
9blacksmith: 2 test files passed; 37 tests passed

before, main:

main offers the extension-only model for background text generation

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

pr excludes the extension model and retains the catalog model

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

real pi title regeneration through the web client

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.

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  • merge: bring main into pi text model filteringe292e3f
  • fix(web): preserve extension models for thread defaults0bab335
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Outside diff Check scoped availability before enabling the writer model.

580-587: External image 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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9Update the switch’s `onCheckedChange` handler to check
10`writerModelDisabledReason` before enabling the writer model, and avoid saving
11the model when that reason indicates it is unavailable in a selected
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  • fix(web): guard scoped writer model enablement12a5a9e

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addressed the writer-switch bypass in 12a5a9e250. 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.

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🤖 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
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1git 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:

Before: voice cleanup model picker on main lists Extension Model

Voice cleanup model, merge:

After: voice cleanup model picker on the merge leaves Extension Model out

Text generator task picker, main:

Before: text generator task picker on main lists Extension Model

Text generator task picker, merge:

After: text generator task picker on the merge leaves Extension Model out

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.

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🤖 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.
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1git 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:

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.