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fix(cli): report model capabilities the way the runtime resolves them - #2086

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Summary

ocx models builds each row with bare lookups:

const noVision = prov.noVisionModels?.includes(model);
const modalities = inputModalities[model] ?? (noVision ? ["text"] : null);
const efforts = reasoningEfforts[model] ?? prov.reasoningEfforts ?? null;
...
contextWindow: contextWindows[model] ?? globalContext,

The proxy resolves those same four fields through modelInList / modelRecordValue, both of which accept a family entry for a tagged id — src/vision/index.ts:33-34 (isModelTextOnly), src/reasoning-effort.ts:108, src/server/effort-policy.ts:122, src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts:612.

Why it bites

{
  "models": ["gpt-oss:120b"],
  "modelContextWindows": { "gpt-oss": 131072 },
  "noVisionModels": ["gpt-oss"],
  "modelReasoningEfforts": { "gpt-oss": ["low", "high"] }
}

Measured on this branch's parent:

RUNTIME  isModelTextOnly = true
RUNTIME  context window  = 131072
RUNTIME  efforts         = ["low","high"]

ocx models --json
  {"model":"gpt-oss:120b","contextWindow":null,
   "inputModalities":null,"reasoningEfforts":null}

Every field comes back unclassified. A model the proxy will treat as text-only is listed with no modality restriction, so it reads as image-capable; a window the proxy honours reads as unset. This is the command operators use to check what a config actually did, and it disagreed with the proxy on a config the proxy honours in full.

After the change the row is {"contextWindow":131072,"inputModalities":["text"],"reasoningEfforts":["low","high"]} — identical to the runtime on all three.

Verification

Two tests in tests/cli-models.test.ts, and I want to be precise about what each one is worth:

  • "a family entry classifies its tagged siblings, as the runtime does" — the bug proof. It calls isModelTextOnly and asserts that first, so the command is pinned to the runtime's answer rather than to a second copy of the rule. Red without the src change (16 pass, 1 fail).
  • "an exact entry still wins over the family entry" — passes on the old code too. It is a guard against the fix over-reaching, not evidence of the defect. Including it as proof would be overstating it.

Blast radius, run locally:

tests/cli-models.test.ts tests/vision-eligibility.test.ts
tests/codex-catalog.test.ts tests/input-admission.test.ts
-> 237 pass, 0 fail

npx tsc --noEmit — no errors.

Related: this is the same divergence class as #2042 and #2059, on the CLI surface.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved model capability detection for routed and variant model names.
    • Ensured modality, reasoning effort, and context-window settings resolve correctly.
    • Exact model metadata now takes precedence over family-level defaults.
    • Family-level capabilities are correctly applied to tagged sibling models.
    • Improved no-vision classification when explicit modality settings are configured.
    • Updated capability resolution for model variants to provide more consistent CLI behavior.

`ocx models` classified each row with bare lookups while the proxy
resolves the same four fields through modelInList / modelRecordValue,
which accept a family entry for a tagged id.

With models ["gpt-oss:120b"], noVisionModels ["gpt-oss"],
modelContextWindows {"gpt-oss": 131072} and
modelReasoningEfforts {"gpt-oss": ["low","high"]}:

  runtime   isModelTextOnly = true, window 131072, efforts [low, high]
  ocx models  {"contextWindow":null,"inputModalities":null,
               "reasoningEfforts":null}

Every field came back unclassified, so a text-only model reads as
image-capable and a configured window reads as unset -- for a config the
proxy honours in full.

Two tests. The first asserts isModelTextOnly first, so the command is
pinned to the runtime's answer rather than to a copy of it; it is red
without the src change. The second pins exact-over-family precedence and
passes either way -- it guards the fix from over-reaching, it is not
evidence of the bug.

237 tests green across cli-models, vision-eligibility, codex-catalog and
input-admission. tsc --noEmit clean.
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collectModels now resolves capabilities for routed and tagged model variants through runtime-compatible matching. Tests verify family metadata inheritance, noVisionModels precedence, and exact-model context-window overrides.

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Model Capability Resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime-compatible capability lookup
src/cli/models.ts
collectModels uses modelInList and modelRecordValue to resolve vision, input modalities, reasoning efforts, and context windows for model variants.
Capability inheritance and precedence tests
tests/cli-models.test.ts
Tests verify family metadata inheritance, noVisionModels precedence over exact modality metadata, and exact model context-window precedence.

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In `@src/cli/models.ts`:
- Around line 105-106: Update the modality resolution near modelInList and
modelRecordValue so a matching noVisionModels entry always produces text-only
modalities before consulting inputModalities. Preserve exact
modelInputModalities lookup for models not covered by noVisionModels, and add a
regression case covering a family noVisionModels match conflicting with an exact
image-capable modelInputModalities entry.
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Comment thread src/cli/models.ts Outdated
isModelTextOnly returns true on the noVisionModels match before it ever
reads modelInputModalities, so a `gpt-oss` noVision entry beats an exact
`gpt-oss:120b` entry that lists "image". Resolving the exact entry first
made `ocx models` advertise image support the proxy then rejects — the
same class of drift this PR set out to remove.

Add the conflicting-config regression case, which asserts the runtime's
answer via isModelTextOnly before comparing the CLI's.

Thanks @coderabbitai for catching it.
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Reviewed as part of a four-PR batch (#2077, #2085, #2086, #2100) applying the same modelRecordValue migration at four call sites. Content looks good to merge — it is still marked draft.

The ordering claim checks out against src/vision/index.ts:29: isModelTextOnly returns true on the noVisionModels match before it reads modelInputModalities, and this PR mirrors that order. Getting it backwards would make ocx models advertise image support the proxy then rejects — so the precedence is the substantive part of this change, not just the lookup swap. Upgrading .includes(model) to modelInList is the right companion.

Both new CLI tests are real oracles: they fail against the unfixed code on modality, context window, and effort output, and the no-vision-versus-exact-image case is a meaningful precedence test.

Worth noting for the sibling PR: #2100 applies the same migration to routing capability evidence without this no-vision precedence, so the two surfaces would disagree. That is flagged over there.

Minor: the description says two tests; the diff adds three.

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Reviewed as part of a four-PR batch with #2077, #2085, and #2100.

Verdict: merge (still draft — flip it when you are ready).

The ordering call is the valuable part of this PR and it is correct: noVisionModels is evaluated before modelInputModalities, which matches isModelTextOnly in src/vision/index.ts:29 — it returns true on the no-vision match before it ever reads the modality map. Reversing that would make the CLI advertise image support the proxy then rejects, which is a worse failure than the one being fixed. Upgrading .includes(model) to modelInList is right for the same reason.

The family-classification test is a real oracle: it fails against the old code on modality, context window, and effort output together.

Minor: the description says two tests, the diff adds three.

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lidge-jun marked this pull request as ready for review August 19, 2026 11:35
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