feat(claude): Ultracode works with any effort, like Claude Desktop#27034

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Problem

Claude Desktop runs Ultracode at any effort, for example "High · Ultracode". In T3 Code, Ultracode was an effort level that always ran at xhigh. Claude Code 2.1.284+ supports Ultracode at any effort, and a no-prompt probe on CLI 2.1.312 confirmed High and Medium with Ultracode on.

Change

Ultracode is its own On/Off option, on web and mobile. On web it is a button beside Standard and Fast in the model picker footer, and the composer shows a Workflow icon for it, like the Fast bolt.
model-manifest.json keeps the old ultracode effort level, because released servers read it from main. ClaudeModelCatalog turns that level into the toggle, for built-in and custom models. Main already recommends Claude Code 2.1.301, which is newer than 2.1.284, the first release that runs Ultracode at any effort, so the manifest is unchanged.
Old effort: "ultracode" selections and delegate_task requests read as Extra High with Ultracode on. Turning Ultracode off sends ultracode: false, so a --settings launch argument cannot keep it on.
Workflow hover cards show each agent's model and effort. The workflow itself shows the model it runs on instead of "Not reported".

Web model picker, Ultracode off and on:

Off	On
web off	web on

iOS thread settings, Ultracode on with High effort:

iOS

The old "Ultracode" effort level is gone from the Reasoning list on both:

Before	After (iOS)
before	iOS effort

Workflow hover, before and after on iOS, and after on web:

iOS before	iOS after
iOS before	iOS after

web workflow

Verification

Tests that fail on the old code: claudeModelOptions.test.ts, model.test.ts, OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts (old effort level), ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts (custom models), subagentRuntime.test.ts (workflow model fallback).
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip and typecheck pass. CI passes.
Screenshots come from the real web app and an iOS simulator with a dev client built from this branch, against a seeded dev database. No paid turn ran.
Visual evidence from the takeover pass is in the full index. It is incomplete: 16 of 28 rows were captured.

Risks

Claude Code 2.1.280 to 2.1.283 stays supported and gets no update prompt, but may still run Ultracode at xhigh. Users below 2.1.280 are now told to use 2.1.284 or newer. This matches how Codex recommends 0.159 while 0.156 stays supported.
#26807 changes the same Ultracode code. The PR that merges second needs a small rebase.

A maintainer took this over and cut the tests to one per behaviour.

Created with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code). Probing, screenshots and review used GPT-6.1 Sol.

Takeover

Taken over from @Bil0000 (land round). Main is merged in, and three small server fixes are added on top of the author's commits. Custom Claude models now get the Ultracode toggle in provider discovery and in main-turn execution, not only for subagents. A custom model that defaulted to Ultracode, or offered it without a separate Extra High, keeps Extra High with Ultracode on. Mobile subagent rows keep the reported effort for raw API model ids such as claude-opus-5[1m]. The evidence below replaces the earlier partial index linked above.

Evidence

Before 3d369d5596 (merge-base), after 193ad89c72. The head 56c2192249 differs from 193ad89c72 only in server catalog code for custom models; no client render path changed. Each side is the real app from its own checkout on a fresh database (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0) with synthetic data. Thread controls were set through the app, legacy selections and subagent/workflow rows were written by a seed script, and no provider turn ran. Full index · matrix · seed.py · web-driver.mjs · native-capture.py · reproduce.md

Environment: web is Chromium 156 on Linux, DPR 2, no emulation, at 1440×900 dark or 390×700 light. iOS is an iPhone 17 Pro simulator on iOS 27.2 (402×874 pt), dark, Large text. Android is a Pixel 9 emulator on Android 16 (1080×2424 px), dark, Large text. Client clock frozen at 2026-11-03 18:00 UTC.

R1 recording, the same scripted steps on each side. Before: R1-before.mp4. 0.7 s open the picker at Low; 2.5 s pick the Ultracode effort, which replaces Low; 4.3 s pick High, which replaces Ultracode; 7.3 s close; 8.6 s reopen. After: R1-after.mp4. 0.8 s open at Low; 2.7 s turn Ultracode on, Low stays; 4.5 s pick High, Ultracode stays; 6.1 s turn Ultracode off; 7.7 s close; 9.0 s reopen.

Row (viewport, theme)	Before 3d369d5596	After 193ad89c72	Diff0 (×16, no threshold)	DiffT (>12/255)
R1 Composer picker and independent toggle web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R1-before.png	R1-after.png	R1-diff0.png	R1-diffT.png
R2 High + Fast + Ultracode trigger web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R2-before.png	R2-after.png	R2-diff0.png	R2-diffT.png
R3 Narrow picker and footer web 390×700 CSS, light	R3-before.png	R3-after.png	R3-diff0.png	R3-diffT.png
R4 Raw legacy Ultracode selection web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R4-before.png	R4-after.png	R4-diff0.png	R4-diffT.png
R5 Settings → Threads → Default model TraitsPicker web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R5-before.png	R5-after.png	R5-diff0.png	R5-diffT.png
R6 Coordinator timeline hover card web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R6-before.png	R6-after.png	R6-diff0.png	R6-diffT.png
R7 Relationships workflow member hover card web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R7-before.png	R7-after.png	R7-diff0.png	R7-diffT.png
R8 Workflow opening hover cards web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R8-before.png	R8-after.png	R8-diff0.png	R8-diffT.png
R8-no-effort Workflow opening hover cards web 1440×900 CSS, dark	R8-no-effort-before.png	R8-no-effort-after.png	R8-no-effort-diff0.png	R8-no-effort-diffT.png
R9-sheet New-task settings, reasoning and composer iOS 402×874 points, dark	R9-sheet-before.png	R9-sheet-after.png	R9-sheet-diff0.png	R9-sheet-diffT.png
R9-reasoning New-task settings, reasoning and composer iOS 402×874 points, dark	R9-reasoning-before.png	R9-reasoning-after.png	R9-reasoning-diff0.png	R9-reasoning-diffT.png
R9-summary New-task settings, reasoning and composer iOS 402×874 points, dark	R9-summary-before.png	R9-summary-after.png	R9-summary-diff0.png	R9-summary-diffT.png
R9-summary-expanded Composer label with the editor expanded iOS 402×874 points, dark	R9-summary-expanded-before.png	R9-summary-expanded-after.png	R9-summary-expanded-diff0.png	R9-summary-expanded-diffT.png
R10-sheet Existing-thread settings and reasoning Android 1080×2424 pixels, dark	R10-sheet-before.png	R10-sheet-after.png	R10-sheet-diff0.png	R10-sheet-diffT.png
R10-reasoning Existing-thread settings and reasoning Android 1080×2424 pixels, dark	R10-reasoning-before.png	R10-reasoning-after.png	R10-reasoning-diff0.png	R10-reasoning-diffT.png
R11 Workflow opening member metadata iOS 402×874 points, dark	R11-before.png	R11-after.png	R11-diff0.png	R11-diffT.png
R12 Ordinary Agents sheet fallback iOS 402×874 points, dark	R12-before.png	R12-after.png	R12-diff0.png	R12-diffT.png

R9-summary-expanded visible text: before Opus 5.5 Ultracode (the old effort level), after Opus 5.5 Low · Ultracode.

What else changed:

R3/R5: the new footer button and the On/Off group change the popup and menu size and anchoring.
R9/R10: the new switch shifts the options below it, and the Reasoning list loses its Ultracode row.
R7/R8: the base already showed the model; the change adds effort and Fast.
R11 keeps the raw Claude Opus 5[1m] spelling, and its effort shows as the raw low.
R8 member without effort: identical at zero threshold.
Small iOS status-bar anti-aliasing residue appears in the zero-threshold diffs.

Verification log

Review: three rounds, two independent reviewers per round (Codex GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5), mode land.
- Round 1: custom models missed the toggle in discovery and main turns; mobile rows dropped the effort for raw API model ids. Both fixed in 193ad89c72.
- Round 2: a custom model that defaulted to Ultracode sent the retired effort. Fixed in 383166aba5.
- Round 3: a custom model without a separate Extra High lost xhigh. Fixed in 56c2192249.
- Final verdicts: B MERGE; A's last finding is the one fixed in 56c2192249.
Tests: 8 focused files, 463 tests pass. Each new regression test fails with its fix reverted. vp run check:changed passes.
Proof audit: pass 1 derived the matrix. Pass 2 rebuilt R2 from the uploaded scripts with zero pixel delta. It flagged R3's wording, which is now corrected (the footer fits on one line at 390 px), and R9's composer label, which is now captured with the editor expanded.
CI: green on 56c2192249. An earlier MessagesTimeline browser-test failure on 383166aba5 was a flake; that file is untouched here and the test passed locally and on the next run.
Unverified: native frames were matched 1.8–29.5 s apart rather than 500 ms. No real Claude turn ran on the VM.
Takeover by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code), with step agents on Codex GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Added 2 commits12d ago

feat(claude): Ultracode is a toggle that works with any effort0f18204
fix(mcp): old Ultracode effort requests and explicit off still work9bbf5c7

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apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.tsline 1362Outdated · 9bbf5c7Open thread

…	…	@@ -1354,10 +1354,13 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
	1359	+	const requestedOptions =
	1360	+	input.target?.options === undefined
	1361	+	? undefined
	1362	+	: (withLegacyUltracodeEffort(descriptors ?? [], input.target.options) ?? []);

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🟠 High mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts:1362

A request with effort: "ultracode" and ultracode: "false" is accepted and runs with Ultracode enabled, instead of rejecting the malformed toggle. withLegacyUltracodeEffort normalizes the explicit non-boolean value to true before invalidOptionSelections checks it; validate the explicitly supplied toggle before applying this legacy migration.

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3	A request with `effort: "ultracode"` and `ultracode: "false"` is accepted and runs with Ultracode enabled, instead of rejecting the malformed toggle. `withLegacyUltracodeEffort` normalizes the explicit non-boolean value to `true` before `invalidOptionSelections` checks it; validate the explicitly supplied toggle before applying this legacy migration.

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Valid. Fixed in 7ac00b9369: the legacy migration now keeps an explicit ultracode value as given, so "false" reaches invalidOptionSelections and is rejected. Regression assertion in packages/shared/src/model.test.ts.

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Walkthrough

The change represents Ultracode as a boolean model option, normalizes legacy ultracode effort selections to xhigh with Ultracode enabled, and updates server and client consumers to use the option descriptor.

Changes: Ultracode option handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Expose Ultracode as a boolean option `apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts`	Catalog capabilities replace the `ultracode` choice in an effort descriptor with a boolean `ultracode` descriptor.
Normalize legacy effort selections `packages/shared/src/model.ts`, `packages/shared/src/model.test.ts`	Shared model helpers convert legacy `effort: "ultracode"` selections to `effort: "xhigh"` and `ultracode: true` when the boolean option is available. Normalized selections also populate descriptor values and explicit option IDs.
Apply normalized options in server flows `apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts`, `apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/claudeModelOptions.ts`, `apps/server/src/claudeModelOptions.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/textGeneration/ClaudeTextGeneration.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts`	MCP target resolution normalizes requested and inherited options. Claude compilation and text generation determine Ultracode from the boolean descriptor’s current value. Tests cover legacy selections and explicit effort settings.
Display normalized options in the client `packages/client-runtime/src/modelTraits.ts`, `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts`, `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/chat/TraitsPicker.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.tsx`	The client formats legacy Ultracode effort as “Extra High.” The traits display includes the enabled Ultracode label and workflow icon.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Low · up to 286fc

Affected custom Claude configurations may silently omit the Ultracode workflow; the fix is localized but should be applied before merge.

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The title "feat(claude): Ultracode works with any effort, like Claude Desktop" matches the main change. The PR makes Ultracode a separate on/off option that works with any effort level (High, Medium, etc.) instead of an effort level that always runs at xhigh. The title is a conventional commit with a plain-language summary and does not list files.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has a Problem section that explains the Ultracode behavior change, a Change section that lists the web, mobile, catalog, and legacy-selection updates, and a Verification section with focused test files, a vp run check:changed result, and before/after evidence tables. The Scope and approval section is missing. The template asks for a linked triaged issue or maintainer-approved discussion, or an explanation of why the fix qualifies without one. The PR objectives show that the maintainer took over the PR, but the description does not link an approval comment or explain the scope basis. The description also reports one reviewer note on Claude Code versions below 2.1.284 and an overlap with another PR, which is useful context.

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8	- Line 1362: Normalize inherited options with withLegacyUltracodeEffort before
9	merging input.target.options, so an inherited effort of ultracode becomes a
10	preserved ultracode selection when the request overrides only effort. Keep
11	requested values overriding inherited values.
12	- Line 1362: Validate the caller-supplied options in the MCP options flow before
13	passing them to withLegacyUltracodeEffort, so normalization cannot hide invalid
14	value types or duplicate IDs in either supported input form. Then validate the
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apps/server/src/claudeModelOptions.test.ts
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apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.tsline 1362Outdated · 9bbf5c7Open thread

…	…	@@ -1354,10 +1354,13 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
	1359	+	const requestedOptions =
	1360	+	input.target?.options === undefined
	1361	+	? undefined
	1362	+	: (withLegacyUltracodeEffort(descriptors ?? [], input.target.options) ?? []);

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Normalize inherited legacy options before merging an effort override.

If a parent has saved effort: "ultracode" and an agent requests only effort: "high", this code normalizes the request but leaves the inherited selection unchanged. The merge replaces the legacy effort and retains no ultracode: true selection. The child therefore loses Ultracode even though the request changed only effort. Normalize inherited options before merging requested options. The MCP option contract says that given values override inherited values. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts at line 1362:
7	Normalize inherited options with withLegacyUltracodeEffort before merging
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Validate supplied options before normalization removes invalid values.

If an MCP caller supplies { effort: "ultracode", ultracode: "false" }, withLegacyUltracodeEffort replaces the string with true. The later validator accepts the result, so the child starts with Ultracode enabled instead of rejecting the invalid boolean. The same filtering removes duplicate IDs from array-form input. Check supplied types and duplicate IDs before converting the legacy effort, then validate the converted effort against the selected model. The MCP contract permits both input forms and string option values. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts at line 1362:
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Valid. Fixed in 7ac00b9369: inherited parent options go through withLegacyUltracodeEffort before the merge, so an effort-only override keeps Ultracode on. New row "effort override on an old Ultracode parent" fails on the old code. The second point (validate before normalizing) is also covered: the migration no longer drops or rewrites explicit ultracode values or duplicate effort entries, so validation sees them.

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withLegacyUltracodeEffort preserves explicit ultracode values and duplicate entries. The validator can therefore reject invalid boolean values and duplicate IDs after normalization.

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Added 2 commits12d ago

fix(mcp): reject bad Ultracode values and keep it on old parents7ac00b9
feat(web): show a Workflow icon for Ultracode in the composer9a82e08

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External image Minor · Apply withUltracodeToggle to custom Claude entries. · ClaudeModelCatalog.ts:123-129

apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts:123-129 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Apply withUltracodeToggle to custom Claude entries.
Custom entries skip the Ultracode toggle transform. A saved custom model that keeps effort: "ultracode" in its effort select, without a boolean ultracode descriptor, reaches text generation unchanged. In that case ClaudeTextGeneration keeps the raw ultracode effort and omits the Ultracode setting. The legacy selection should map to xhigh with Ultracode on.
Wrap the custom capabilities at insertion:

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1 customCatalogModels.push({
2 model: {
3 slug: entry.slug,
4 name: entry.name,
5 isCustom: true,
6 - capabilities: entry.capabilities,
7 + capabilities: withUltracodeToggle(entry.capabilities),

With this change, the boolean ultracode descriptor follows the effort select. getProviderOptionDescriptors then maps the legacy ultracode effort to xhigh with ultracode: true. Explicit ultracode selections are kept. Custom entries without an effort ultracode option are returned unchanged. This change does not address subagent selection.

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6 Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts around lines
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8 Apply withUltracodeToggle to entry.capabilities when building
9 customCatalogModels so custom Claude entries receive the Ultracode toggle
10 transformation while entries without the legacy effort option remain unchanged.

External image Minor · Handle legacy Ultracode in claudeSubagentModelSelection. · ClaudeModelCatalog.ts:63-82

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Handle legacy Ultracode in claudeSubagentModelSelection.
When effort is "ultracode", the transformed built-in catalog no longer offers that value in the effort descriptor. The selector therefore returns no options. The shared migration does not run on this path, so the subagent loses Ultracode.
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1 + const capabilities = getClaudeCatalogModelCapabilities(catalog, model);
2 + const descriptors = capabilities.optionDescriptors ?? [];
3 - const descriptor = getClaudeCatalogModelCapabilities(catalog, model).optionDescriptors?.find(
4 + const descriptor = descriptors.find(
5 (candidate) => candidate.id === "effort",
6 );
7 + const hasUltracodeToggle = descriptors.some(
8 + (candidate) => candidate.id === "ultracode" && candidate.type === "boolean",
9 + );
10 + const legacyUltracode = effort === "ultracode" && hasUltracodeToggle;
11 const offered =
12 effort !== undefined &&
13 descriptor?.type === "select" &&
14 descriptor.options.some((option) => option.id === effort);
15 - return { instanceId, model, ...(offered ? { options: [{ id: "effort", value: effort }] } : {}) };
16 + return {
17 + instanceId,
18 + model,
19 + ...(legacyUltracode
20 + ? { options: [{ id: "effort", value: "xhigh" }, { id: "ultracode", value: true }] }
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22 + ? { options: [{ id: "effort", value: effort }] }
23 + : {}),
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fix(claude): custom models with an Ultracode effort get the toggle tooe8bb4eb

BBil000012d ago

Thanks. On the two outside-diff items:

Custom entries skip withUltracodeToggle: valid. Fixed in e8bb4eb199. Custom capabilities now go through withUltracodeToggle. The "appends custom models" test in ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts now asserts that a custom effort with ultracode becomes effort + boolean ultracode. That assertion fails on the old code.
Legacy Ultracode in claudeSubagentModelSelection: not changed, because this path never gets the value "ultracode". effort comes from the Agent tool input, the owner's effort, or compileClaudeModelSelection(...).effort. The compiled effort has already been through the manifest effortMap (ultracode -> xhigh), and Claude Code's Agent tool only sends real effort levels. This matches main, where a subagent also gets xhigh and no Ultracode option.

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Assert that ultracode is removed from the effort options.
This assertion checks only descriptor IDs and types. It still passes if the effort descriptor retains ultracode, so it does not verify the main transformation contract. Assert that the effort option IDs are ["gentle", "brutal"] in this existing test. As per path instructions, extend the existing case instead of adding a duplicate test.

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apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.tsline 129Outdated · e8bb4ebOpen thread

…	…	@@ -104,7 +126,7 @@ export function scopeClaudeModelCatalog(
105	127		name: entry.name,
106	128		isCustom: true,
107		-	capabilities: entry.capabilities,
	129	+	capabilities: withUltracodeToggle(entry.capabilities),

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Preserve xhigh for legacy custom Ultracode selections.

withUltracodeToggle removes ultracode from the custom model's effort options. When a legacy effort: "ultracode" selection is read, withLegacyUltracodeEffort changes it to xhigh and enables the ultracode toggle. Because the custom descriptor does not contain xhigh, descriptor resolution falls back to its default effort, such as gentle.

The compiled selection can therefore enable Ultracode while using the custom model's default effort instead of xhigh. Preserve xhigh for this legacy case, or resolve the legacy value before validating it against the transformed descriptor. Add a regression test for a custom descriptor without xhigh.

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6	Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts at line 129:
7	Update the custom model capability transformation using withUltracodeToggle so a
8	legacy effort of ultracode can resolve to xhigh even when the custom descriptor
9	omits xhigh, rather than falling back to its default effort. Alternatively,
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BBil000012d ago

Not changing this. A custom descriptor without xhigh means that model does not offer xhigh, and T3 never sends an effort a descriptor does not list. Any unlisted effort value falls back to the descriptor default; this is the same rule. Ultracode itself stays on, which is the part the old selection asked for. Custom models also have no effortMap, so on main they never ran the legacy level as xhigh either. Custom models that list xhigh get xhigh.

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@Bil0000 You’re right. My suggestion would bypass the custom model’s declared effort options.

When xhigh is absent, falling back to the descriptor default is correct. Ultracode remains enabled. When xhigh is listed, the legacy selection resolves to xhigh. The supplied code also confirms that custom models use runtime: {}, with no effortMap.

I withdraw this finding. No change is needed for this case.

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3	File: apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:4258-4264
4	Timestamp: 2026-10-09T14:08:51.341Z
5	Learning: In apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, Claude subagent modelSelection includes effort only when the resolved model's catalog descriptor offers that level. Keep the inherited effort in ActiveClaudeSubagent.effort for nested subagents, even when the current model, such as claude-haiku-4-5, has no effort descriptor.

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test: cut takeover tests for #27034 to the Ultracode toggle behaviourd242369
refactor: tighten the legacy Ultracode effort helperebaa59f
test(shared): old Ultracode effort dispatches as xhigh with the toggledb134ef
fix(client-runtime): old Ultracode threads keep their effort labele8931da
fix(claude): keep the Ultracode toggle to the bundled catalog8100802

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apps/server/src/claudeModelOptions.tslines 49–51Outdated · 8100802Open thread

…	…	@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ export function compileClaudeModelSelection(
47		-	...(isClaudeCatalogUltracodeEffort(resolvedEffort) ? { ultracode: true } : {}),
	49	+	...(descriptors.find((descriptor) => descriptor.id === "ultracode")?.currentValue === true
	50	+	? { ultracode: true }
	51	+	: {}),

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Selecting ultracode Off leaves it enabled in the outgoing SDK settings when launch args set ultracode: true. This block omits the key for false, so makeClaudeQueryOptions's merge preserves the launch-arg value; emit explicit false while keeping an absent selection omitted.

No longer relevant as of 10640b1f55d1dcb30cb11d44d57a00542c69e558

BBil000011d ago

Valid. Fixed in 10640b1f55: when the toggle is off, compileClaudeModelSelection sends ultracode: false, so a launch-arg --settings with ultracode: true no longer wins the merge. An unset toggle still sends nothing. Text generation does the same. The test in claudeModelOptions.test.ts fails on the old code (expected undefined to be false).

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External image Minor · Normalize custom capabilities with withUltracodeToggle. · ClaudeModelCatalog.ts:100-137

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Normalize custom capabilities with withUltracodeToggle.
A configured custom model can provide ultracode as an effort option without a boolean descriptor. The custom catalog path preserves that shape. Both selection and text-generation consumers emit ultracode: true only from the boolean descriptor, so the custom model omits the toggle.
Apply the same normalization at the custom-model boundary:

Suggested fix

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1 - capabilities: entry.capabilities,
2 + capabilities: withUltracodeToggle(entry.capabilities),

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Revert "fix(claude): keep the Ultracode toggle to the bundled catalog"fb66fca
fix(claude): Ultracode off overrides an Ultracode launch setting10640b1

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feat(web,mobile): workflow hover cards show the model and effortca16eda
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feat(web): Ultracode sits beside Standard and Fast in the model picker87131ce
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fix(claude): custom models keep Extra High when Ultracode becomes a toggle56c2192
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