Fix per-thread reasoning effort being overwritten by global default

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Opening a thread with saved Medium reasoning effort currently replaces it with the global Low default, and the next message sends Low. Preserve reasoning effort from resume, start, and fork responses and restore it per thread, using the global value only as a fallback.

Manual choices remain isolated across thread switches, metadata refreshes, fallback retries, asynchronous resume/creation, and temporary workspace filtering or incomplete pagination. For new threads, an explicit composer choice (including Automatic) takes priority; otherwise the normalized thread/start response takes priority over the captured global fallback. Automatic mode remains automatic instead of becoming explicit Medium. Pending Thinking details are refreshed after resume so the displayed effort matches the value sent to turn/start. Forks snapshot the source effort before their async request so later source edits cannot change inheritance. Early sends and forks wait for the shared initial configuration read, preventing a temporary Automatic fallback before an explicit global effort is known. A sidebar fork of an unopened source distinguishes an unknown source effort from the global fallback, so an omitted fork effort is recovered by resuming the fork instead of storing the global value. A failed first attempt is recorded as complete so later sends fall back without repeated blocking; explicit preference refreshes can still retry.

Closes #224.

Validation:

• pnpm run test:unit: 185 tests passed across 15 files. Regression coverage includes Automatic mode, normal and unsupported-model fallback creation, server-vs-composer precedence, temporary workspace filtering, archive cleanup, both fork paths (including inherited Automatic when the fork response omits effort), fallback retry, navigation races, new-thread creation, and pending-status synchronization after delayed resume, incomplete-pagination retention, fork-request snapshot races, early sends and forks during delayed global configuration, an unopened sidebar fork with omitted source/fork effort, and a failed initial configuration through new-thread creation and its first turn.
• Focused per-thread suite: 29 tests passed.
• pnpm run build: frontend typecheck/build and CLI build passed.
• node dist-cli/index.js --help: passed (the package exposes an ESM CLI).
• Playwright with intercepted app-server responses: 375x812 and 768x1024, light/dark. With global Low and a High thread/start response, each new thread displayed High and sent turn/start.params.effort === "high". Separate edge checks verify a High fork, omitted effort for Automatic, inherited Automatic when a fork response omits effort, delayed fork inheritance after the source changes from Medium to Extra high, an early new-thread send, an early fork that waits for delayed global High configuration, and an unopened sidebar fork that restores server High instead of borrowing global Low. No real model requests were made.
• Updated manual checks in tests/providers-models/per-thread-model-selection.md.
• pnpm pack --pack-destination /tmp: passed after the latest commit.
• Packaged Docker provider/auth matrix was not completed: sudo -n timeout --kill-after=5s 120s docker build --network=host -t codexapp-reasoning-review-fixes:local . reached its limit during npm install -g /tmp/codexapp.tgz @openai/codex (exit 124). No image or matrix containers were created, so invalid-auth persistence and duplicate live overlays are not claimed as verified.

Performance:

• No new endpoint or steady-state request; effort comes from existing config/resume/start/fork responses, and early sends share the in-flight initial config read.
• Workspace filtering and pagination build one retained-ID set from already loaded/local threads during list refresh. Work is synchronous O(n), bounded by loaded threads, and does not invalidate Vue rendering. Bulk effort pruning waits for complete pagination; confirmed archives delete their entry immediately.
• In 30 settled-page focus cycles, the updated worktree measured 16.65 ms median / 17.34 ms P95 / 18.39 ms max with 0 long tasks and 25 API requests. The final deployed 0.1.90-local.12 build measured 16.59 ms median / 17.01 ms P95 / 17.07 ms max with 0 long tasks and 24 observed API requests on the settled repeat. The first run had one unrelated 51 ms long task while focus timings remained 16.57 ms median / 16.89 ms P95 / 17.28 ms max. Textarea focus does not access the changed lookup.

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Walkthrough

The PR normalizes reasoning effort from thread responses and preserves it per thread. Desktop state restores thread-specific values, updates pending activity, applies fallbacks, and uses the restored value for subsequent turns.

Changes

Per-thread reasoning effort

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize thread reasoning effort src/api/codexGateway.ts, src/api/codexGateway.test.ts	Resume, start, and fork responses now include normalized reasoningEffort. Tests cover supported, unsupported, and absent values.
Synchronize thread effort in desktop state src/composables/useDesktopState.ts, src/composables/useDesktopState.test.ts	Pending activity uses the selected thread's reasoning effort. The pending details can replace stale details. Tests cover restoration, isolation, fallbacks, filtering, and cleanup.
Apply effort across creation, forks, and retries src/composables/useDesktopState.test.ts, tests/providers-models/per-thread-model-selection.md	New-thread creation, resumed turns, forks, retries, and immediate sends use the relevant thread effort. Tests cover server-provided and automatic values.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DesktopState
  participant CodexGateway
  participant ThreadServer
  DesktopState->>CodexGateway: resumeThread, startThread, or forkThread
  CodexGateway->>ThreadServer: request thread data
  ThreadServer-->>CodexGateway: reasoningEffort
  CodexGateway-->>DesktopState: normalized reasoningEffort
  DesktopState->>DesktopState: restore thread effort and update Thinking details
  DesktopState->>ThreadServer: start turn with thread effort

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Thread-specific reasoning effort is restored before fallback retries, so no concrete merge-blocking behavior remains.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request satisfies issue #224. codexGateway preserves normalized reasoningEffort in resume, start, and fork responses. useDesktopState stores and reads effort per thread, restores a know…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within issue #224. Gateway changes expose the thread effort required for restoration. State changes implement per-thread isolation, fallback, and pending activity synchronization. T…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing per-thread reasoning effort from being replaced by the global default.

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PR Summary by Qodo

Preserve per-thread reasoning effort across resume and navigation

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

AI Description

• Restore each resumed thread's saved reasoning effort instead of applying the global default.
• Preserve page-scoped manual choices across thread switches, refreshes, and overlapping
 asynchronous operations.
• Send each target thread's captured effort and add automated and manual regression coverage.

Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant State as Desktop State
  participant Efforts as Effort Context
  participant Gateway as Codex Gateway
  participant Server as App Server
  User->>State: Select thread
  State->>Gateway: Resume target
  Gateway->>Server: thread/resume
  Server-->>Gateway: Saved effort
  Gateway-->>State: Normalized effort
  State->>Efforts: Restore if unedited
  User->>State: Choose effort
  State->>Efforts: Save by thread
  User->>State: Send message
  State->>Efforts: Read target effort
  State->>Gateway: Start turn with effort
  Gateway->>Server: turn/start

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High-Level Assessment

The current approach is preferred because it reuses reasoning effort already returned by thread/resume, adds no API requests, and isolates unsaved choices within the page lifecycle. Persisting client-side overrides or fetching effort separately would risk stale state or unnecessary network traffic, while a single global selection cannot safely support concurrent thread operations.

Files changed (5) +172 / -12

Bug fix (2) +39 / -12

codexGateway.tsExpose reasoning effort from thread resume responses +2/-0

Expose reasoning effort from thread resume responses

• Extends ResumedThread with an optional reasoning effort and normalizes the value returned by thread/resume. Invalid or absent values remain undefined for caller-side fallback handling.

src/api/codexGateway.ts

useDesktopState.tsTrack and send reasoning effort by thread context +37/-12

Track and send reasoning effort by thread context

• Introduces page-scoped reasoning-effort storage keyed by thread context, with the global configuration used only as a fallback. Resume restoration respects manual edits and current navigation, while send and creation flows capture the target thread's effort before asynchronous state can change.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts

Tests (2) +105 / -0

codexGateway.test.tsValidate resumed reasoning-effort normalization +9/-0

Validate resumed reasoning-effort normalization

• Adds parameterized coverage confirming that recognized resume efforts are preserved while null, missing, and unsupported values normalize to undefined.

src/api/codexGateway.test.ts

useDesktopState.test.tsCover per-thread effort restoration and asynchronous races +96/-0

Cover per-thread effort restoration and asynchronous races

• Adds regression tests for global fallback, thread isolation, manual overrides, metadata refresh, reload restoration, late resume responses, and overlapping thread creation. It also verifies that turn requests use the intended target thread's effort.

src/composables/useDesktopState.test.ts

Documentation (1) +28 / -0

per-thread-model-selection.mdDocument per-thread reasoning-effort validation +28/-0

Document per-thread reasoning-effort validation

• Adds manual test prerequisites, race scenarios, expected request payloads, responsive theme coverage, performance expectations, and cleanup guidance for per-thread effort behavior.

tests/providers-models/per-thread-model-selection.md

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🐞 Bugs (0) 📘 Rule violations (0) 📎 Requirement gaps (0) 📜 Skill insights (0)

1. Unopened forks use the global effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

forkThreadById snapshots readReasoningEffortForThread(sourceThreadId) without first establishing
whether the source thread has a restored per-thread value, so an unknown source resolves to the
global fallback. When a user forks a non-selected sidebar thread and the fork response omits effort,
that fallback is stored on the fork and the fork is marked resumed, preventing the subsequent
message load from recovering its server effort.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R4790-4791]

+    const selectedModel = readModelIdForThread(sourceThreadId)
+    const sourceReasoningEffort = readReasoningEffortForThread(sourceThreadId)

Evidence

The sidebar exposes the fork action for any menu thread, unlike the adjacent copy action which
requires selection (src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadTree.vue:627-637). An unvisited thread has
no map entry, so readReasoningEffortForThread returns defaultReasoningEffort
(src/composables/useDesktopState.ts:1936-1937); the fork then uses that value whenever its
optional response effort is absent and immediately marks the new thread resumed
(src/composables/useDesktopState.ts:4790-4807). loadMessages only calls resumeThread when the
resumed flag is not set, so the following load cannot correct the stored fallback
(src/composables/useDesktopState.ts:4480-4495).

src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadTree.vue[627-637]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1936-1946]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4790-4810]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4480-4495]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Whole-thread forks initiated from an unopened sidebar thread can inherit the global reasoning effort when the fork response omits effort, because the source thread has not been resumed and therefore has no per-thread effort entry.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4779-4810]
## Recommended Fix
Distinguish a known source-thread effort from the global fallback before issuing the fork. If neither the source map nor the fork response supplies an effort, leave the fork effort unresolved and allow its subsequent message load to resume the fork and restore the server value instead of storing the global fallback and marking it resumed.

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2. Early forks lose the global effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

forkThreadById and forkThreadFromTurn snapshot readReasoningEffortForThread() without waiting
for the shared initial configuration read, and restoreThreadReasoningEffort() stores that fallback
even when it is the temporary empty value. If a fork starts before configuration resolves and both
the source and fork response omit effort, the fork remains Automatic and later turns omit the
configured explicit global effort.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4787]

+    const sourceReasoningEffort = readReasoningEffortForThread(sourceThreadId)

Evidence

The global fallback begins empty, and reads use it whenever the source has no per-thread entry; the
asynchronous configuration loader installs the explicit global effort only later. Both fork paths
snapshot the source value before their RPC and store that snapshot when the response omits effort,
while stored empty values take precedence over future default updates and are converted to
undefined for turn/start; initialization schedules model preferences asynchronously, so the fork
UI can be used before configuration completes.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1438-1442]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1936-1946]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2002-2013]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4651-4708]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4783-4800]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4843-4859]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5211-5217]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Fork creation can snapshot the initial empty reasoning-effort fallback before the global model configuration finishes loading. When the fork response also omits effort, that empty value becomes a permanent per-thread entry and later turns omit the configured global effort.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4779-4800]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4815-4859]
## Recommended Fix
Before snapshotting the source reasoning effort in both fork paths, await `ensureInitialModelConfigLoaded()` when the initial attempt has not completed. Capture the source effort only after that wait and immediately before starting the fork request, preserving the existing request-time snapshot behavior.

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3. Failed config stalls every message ✓ Resolved 📘 Rule violation ➹ Performance

Description

ensureInitialModelConfigLoaded leaves hasLoadedInitialModelConfig false when
loadCurrentModelConfig() rejects, so every later startTurnForThread retries and awaits the
configuration endpoint. A new-thread send also checks once before creation and again before its
first turn, producing two sequential failed requests and delaying each message whenever
configuration remains unavailable.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R2026-2029]

+      await loadCurrentModelConfig()
+    } catch {
+      // Keep sending available when global model configuration cannot be loaded.
+    }

Evidence

Compliance rule 6 prohibits duplicate requests and unnecessary blocking work on API paths. The
failure handler suppresses the error without marking the initial attempt complete, while both
new-thread submission and turn startup independently invoke the guard, causing repeated blocking
requests after configuration failures.

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src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2023-2029]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5048-5053]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5151-5154]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
A failed initial model-configuration read is not recorded as a completed attempt, so every subsequent message waits for another request. New-thread submission can retry the same failed request twice before sending its first turn.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2023-2029]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5048-5053]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5151-5154]
## Recommended Fix
Track completion of the initial configuration attempt separately from successful loading. After the shared initial attempt settles, allow sends to use the existing fallback without retrying on every turn, while leaving explicit preference refreshes able to retry later.

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4. New threads lose effort after refresh ✓ Resolved 📎 Requirement gap ≡ Correctness

Description

pruneThreadScopedState derives retained reasoning-effort IDs from the currently server-loaded,
potentially partial thread list and deletes non-selected entries even when their optimistic or older
threads still exist locally or have not arrived in pagination. Switching away from a newly created
thread before server synchronization, or from an older thread while background pages are loading,
lets metadata refresh remove its manual choice, so reopening it falls back to the server or global
value and the next turn/start receives that value.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R2270-2271]

+      if (contextId !== NEW_THREAD_COLLABORATION_MODE_CONTEXT && !reasoningEffortThreadIds.has(contextId)) {
+        reasoningEffortByContext.delete(contextId)

Evidence

The initial thread-list request is page-limited and later pages load asynchronously, while newly
created threads can remain optimistic before appearing in any server-loaded group. Although the
new-thread path stores an effort before inserting the optimistic thread, pruning uses the currently
loaded groups and deletes every non-selected effort entry absent from them; later-page merging does
not restore that manual entry, contrary to the requirement that page-scoped choices survive
refreshes, remain isolated, and be sent with their thread.

Preserve Manual Reasoning-Effort Selection
Send the Thread-Specific Effort in turn/start
Isolate Reasoning Effort Between Threads
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2240-2272]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5036-5047]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4199-4205]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[715-715]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[828-831]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4315-4325]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4361-4380]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2244-2250]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2269-2272]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Reasoning-effort pruning runs against a partial server-loaded thread list, allowing entries for optimistic threads and older threads awaiting later pagination pages to be deleted during refresh. Preserve these thread-specific choices until the complete known-thread set is available while retaining immediate cleanup for archived threads.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2240-2272]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4380-4380]
## Recommended Fix
Do not prune `reasoningEffortByContext` solely against a partial `loadedThreadListGroups` result. Build the retained ID set from both `reasoningEffortThreads` and `flatThreads`, and either defer pagination-based pruning until all pages have loaded or maintain a known-thread ID set across pagination; continue deleting an archived thread’s entry immediately in `removeThreadFromLocalState`.

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5. Forks lose an Automatic choice ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

Both fork paths use || undefined to convert the source thread’s explicit empty-string Automatic
effort into absence before calling restoreThreadReasoningEffort, whose falsy-value check then
prevents storing it. When thread/fork omits or returns null for reasoning effort and the source
thread is manually set to Automatic, the fork gets no per-thread entry and its next turn resolves to
an explicit global effort instead.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R4750-4753]

+      restoreThreadReasoningEffort(
+        nextThreadId,
+        (forkedThread.reasoningEffort ?? readReasoningEffortForThread(sourceThreadId)) || undefined,
+      )

Evidence

The state setter stores an empty string as an explicit per-thread Automatic selection, and the
reader preserves that entry rather than applying the global default. In both fork paths, the
gateway-normalized missing or null response effort becomes undefined, causing the new fallback to
select the source thread’s empty string, but the final || undefined immediately discards it;
restoreThreadReasoningEffort then rejects the falsy value, leaving no Map entry so
readReasoningEffortForThread returns the global default.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1934-1944]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1947-1952]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4808-4811]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1718-1722]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1934-1952]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4747-4754]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4805-4812]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1667-1672]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Both fork paths treat the empty-string Automatic effort inherited from a source thread as absent. When the server response provides no recognized effort, the fork therefore falls back to the global setting instead of retaining the source thread’s explicit Automatic selection.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1938-1944]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4750-4753]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4808-4811]
## Recommended Fix
Update `restoreThreadReasoningEffort` to distinguish the valid empty-string Automatic value from `undefined`, and remove the `|| undefined` coercion from both whole-thread and from-turn fork paths. Store the fork’s effective effort directly, including `''`, when the response does not provide a recognized value, while continuing to ignore an actually absent value when no source-thread fallback exists.

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6. New threads can send fallback effort ✓ Resolved 📎 Requirement gap ≡ Correctness

Description

sendMessageToNewThread discards the valid StartedThread.reasoningEffort returned by both normal
and fallback creation paths and initializes the new thread with the locally captured
selectedEffort instead. When the composer has no explicit per-context override and thread/start
returns a saved or normalized thread-specific effort, startTurnForThread reads the stored global
fallback for the first turn/start request and subsequent page-local turns.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5019]

+      reasoningEffortByContext.set(toThreadContextId(threadId), selectedEffort)

Evidence

The gateway explicitly normalizes and returns the top-level start-response effort, but both
new-thread creation branches consume the returned model and provider fields without consuming that
effort and initialize state with selectedEffort; the subsequent turn path then reads this map
entry. This conflicts with the required precedence of a known thread-specific effort over the global
fallback and differs from the fork paths, which prefer the effort returned by their responses.

Use Global Default Only When Thread Setting Is Unknown
Send the Correct Per-Thread Effort in turn/start
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1689-1694]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4989-5019]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5084-5084]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1661-1665]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1684-1693]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4998-5019]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4744-4747]

Agent prompt

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## Issue description
New-thread creation propagates `reasoningEffort` through both normal and fallback `startThread` responses, but `sendMessageToNewThread` ignores it and unconditionally stores the captured composer fallback. As a result, a newly created thread without an explicit composer override can use the global effort for its first and subsequent page-local turns despite already having a known server-returned effort.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4989-5019]
- src/api/codexGateway.ts[1684-1693]
## Recommended Fix
Retain the successful normal or fallback `startThread` result and initialize the new thread context from its valid `reasoningEffort` when the new-thread composer has no explicit map entry. Preserve any explicit manual composer selection as the higher-priority override, including the empty Automatic choice, and use the captured global value only when neither a manual override nor a valid start-response effort exists.

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7. Automatic mode sends Medium instead ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

defaultReasoningEffort starts as medium, and refreshModelPreferences only replaces it when
currentConfig.reasoningEffort is truthy even though an empty string represents the automatic
setting. When the global configuration omits model_reasoning_effort, new threads and resumed
threads without a recognized effort resolve through this fallback and startTurnForThread
explicitly sends medium.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1439]

+  const defaultReasoningEffort = ref<ReasoningEffort | ''>('medium')

Evidence

The gateway deliberately types the global value as ReasoningEffort | '' and normalizes an absent
configuration field to ''. The new fallback is initialized to Medium, is only updated inside a
truthiness condition, and is then used whenever the per-thread map has no entry.

src/api/codexGateway.ts[61-66]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[2065-2071]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1437-1440]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1931-1933]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2066-2072]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5121-5127]

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## Issue description
The per-thread fallback initializes to `medium` and never accepts the normalized empty global reasoning effort, so automatic global configuration becomes an explicit Medium turn setting.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1438-1440]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2066-2072]
- src/api/codexGateway.ts[2065-2071]
## Recommended Fix
Assign `defaultReasoningEffort` from every normalized `currentConfig.reasoningEffort` value, including `''`, while retaining validation for non-empty values. Add a regression test where the global configuration returns `reasoningEffort: ''` and verify an unknown or new thread sends no explicit effort.

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8. Forked threads send global effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

setSelectedThreadId now resets the selector through the per-thread effort map, but both fork flows
mark their new thread IDs as resumed without initializing an effort entry. Because forkThread
drops the top-level reasoningEffort returned by the server, selecting either fork bypasses any
later resume and its next turn uses the global fallback instead of the fork's inherited setting.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1686]

+    selectedReasoningEffort.value = readReasoningEffortForThread(nextThreadId)

Evidence

The server schema exposes reasoningEffort on ThreadForkResponse, while both gateway fork
branches omit it from their returned objects. The composable marks each forked ID as resumed, so
loadMessages will use thread detail rather than the only response carrying the effort, and the
newly added selection reset consequently reads the global fallback.

documentation/app-server-schemas/typescript/v2/ThreadForkResponse.ts[4-9]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1666-1671]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1704-1719]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1739-1748]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1683-1689]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4740-4748]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4792-4804]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4426-4438]

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## Issue description
Fork responses include a reasoning effort, but the gateway discards it and the fork flows mark the new thread as already resumed, leaving the new per-thread effort map empty and causing the global fallback to be sent.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/api/codexGateway.ts[1666-1671]
- src/api/codexGateway.ts[1697-1748]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4740-4748]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4792-4804]
## Recommended Fix
Expose normalized `reasoningEffort` on both fork result variants and initialize the forked thread's effort context before selecting or marking it resumed. Add tests for whole-thread and turn-based forks where the source/server effort differs from the global default, then verify the next turn uses the fork response effort.

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9. Early messages ignore the global effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

defaultReasoningEffort now starts as an empty value, so readReasoningEffortForThread() resolves
an unrecognized thread to Automatic until model preferences finish loading. During initialization
refreshAll() schedules ancillary refreshes without awaiting them, allowing a user to submit before
getCurrentModelConfig() installs an explicit global setting; startThreadTurn() then receives
undefined instead of the configured effort.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R1438-1439]

+  const selectedReasoningEffort = ref<ReasoningEffort | ''>('')
+  const defaultReasoningEffort = ref<ReasoningEffort | ''>('')

Evidence

The changed initialization leaves both the displayed and fallback effort empty. Startup calls
refreshAll() without ancillary waiting, and that method defers the model-preference request with
setTimeout; only that request assigns defaultReasoningEffort, while turn creation converts an
empty effort to undefined.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1438-1442]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2066-2069]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4639-4651]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5175-5185]
src/App.vue[4628-4644]

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Issue description
`defaultReasoningEffort` is initially empty while the configured global fallback is fetched asynchronously. A send that occurs before that fetch completes omits the configured effort.
Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1438-1439]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4639-4651]
Recommended Fix
Ensure an explicit global reasoning-effort fallback is available before the composer can submit, such as awaiting model-preference initialization during startup or gating sends until that initialization completes. Preserve the empty value only when the loaded configuration explicitly represents Automatic.

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10. Forks can inherit a later choice ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

Both fork methods evaluate readReasoningEffortForThread only after awaiting the fork request
instead of snapshotting the source effort before it. When the response omits effort and the user
changes the source selection while that request is pending, the fork sends the later choice rather
than the effort effective when it was created.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R4756-4758]

+      restoreThreadReasoningEffort(
+        nextThreadId,
+        forkedThread.reasoningEffort ?? readReasoningEffortForThread(sourceThreadId),

Evidence

The whole-thread flow awaits forkThread before reading the source effort, and the from-turn flow
repeats the same ordering. setSelectedReasoningEffort mutates the map read by these fallback
expressions, while ForkedThread.reasoningEffort is optional and the added tests explicitly
exercise omitted fork effort, making this race reachable.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4743-4759]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4802-4817]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1947-1952]
src/api/codexGateway.ts[1667-1673]
src/composables/useDesktopState.test.ts[1425-1447]

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## Issue description
Both fork flows read the mutable source-thread reasoning effort after awaiting `forkThread`. If the response omits effort, a selection changed while the request is pending is incorrectly inherited by the resulting fork.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4743-4758]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4802-4816]
## Recommended Fix
Capture the source thread's effective reasoning effort immediately before each `forkThread` request. When the response omits effort, initialize the fork from that captured value while continuing to give an explicit server response precedence.

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11. Thinking status shows the wrong effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

startTurnForThread now restores and rereads the thread effort after the optimistic activity was
already built from selectedReasoningEffort. When a user submits while an unresumed thread is still
loading and its saved effort differs from the fallback, the activity displays the fallback while
turn/start sends the restored value.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R5118-5119]

+        restoreThreadReasoningEffort(threadId, resumedThread.reasoningEffort)
+        reasoningEffort = readReasoningEffortForThread(threadId)

Evidence

The composer remains available while messages are loading, and sendMessageToSelectedThread creates
its Thinking details from the mutable selected scalar before invoking startTurnForThread. The
changed start path can then restore a different effort from resumeThread, reread it by target
thread ID, and send that restored value, proving the displayed and transmitted efforts can diverge.

src/App.vue[981-1048]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4943-4972]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5115-5119]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5140-5153]

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## Issue description
The optimistic Thinking activity is created from the selected scalar before `startTurnForThread` resumes the target thread and restores its saved reasoning effort. A submission made during initial loading can therefore display a different effort from the one sent to the server.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4943-4958]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[5115-5119]
## Recommended Fix
Resolve the target thread's effective reasoning effort before constructing or updating the optimistic activity, and use the same thread-scoped value for both `buildPendingTurnDetails` and `startThreadTurn`. If resume changes the effective effort after activity creation, refresh that thread's activity details before sending.

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12. Hidden threads lose manual effort ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

pruneThreadScopedState deletes reasoning-effort entries against projectGroups, which contains
only threads visible under the current workspace-root filter. After a manually configured thread is
hidden by that filter and the list refreshes, returning to it during the same page session restores
the server value or global default rather than the unsent manual choice.

Code

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[R2264-2266]

+    for (const contextId of reasoningEffortByContext.keys()) {
+      if (contextId !== NEW_THREAD_COLLABORATION_MODE_CONTEXT && !activeThreadIds.has(contextId)) {
+        reasoningEffortByContext.delete(contextId)

Evidence

Workspace-root filtering removes nonallowed project groups before projectGroups is flattened and
passed to pruning. The added loop then deletes every nonselected reasoning context absent from that
visible set, while subsequent reads fall back because the manual map entry no longer exists.

src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4149-4165]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4360-4368]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2240-2267]
src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[1934-1944]

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## Issue description
Reasoning-effort state is pruned using the workspace-filtered thread list, so temporarily hidden threads are treated as deleted. This removes unsent manual selections that should remain isolated and available throughout the current page session.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[2240-2267]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4149-4165]
- src/composables/useDesktopState.ts[4360-4368]
## Recommended Fix
Prune reasoning-effort entries against all loaded server thread IDs rather than the workspace-filtered `projectGroups` list. Continue removing entries for genuinely archived or deleted threads and retaining the new-thread context.

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✅ Tickets: 🎫 Bug: opening an existing thread overwrites its reasoning effort with the global default

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1892-1904: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restore reasoningEffort in the fallback retry resume path.

A page reload does not preserve pendingTurnRequestByThreadId, so it cannot create this exact path. The path remains reachable when loadThreads prunes resumedThreadById for a thread that is not in the current thread list while leaving the pending request intact. An unsupported turn/completed or error notification can then trigger this retry. The retry resumes the thread, marks it as resumed, and skips restoreThreadReasoningEffort. The current replay uses pending.effort, but later reads fall back to the global default because the thread context was never restored.

🐛 Proposed fix

       if (resumedThreadById.value[threadId] !== true) {
         const resumedThread = await resumeThread(threadId)
+        restoreThreadReasoningEffort(threadId, resumedThread.reasoningEffort)
         if (resumedThread.model) {
           setThreadModelId(threadId, resolveThreadModelForProvider(threadId, resumedThread.model, resumedThread.modelProvider))
         }

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In `@src/composables/useDesktopState.ts` around lines 1892 - 1904, Update the
fallback retry resume flow guarded by resumedThreadById and using resumeThread
to restore the pending request’s reasoningEffort via
restoreThreadReasoningEffort before marking the thread resumed, matching the
normal resume path and preserving the existing model and provider restoration.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/composables/useDesktopState.ts`:
- Around line 1439-1440: Update pruneThreadScopedState to include
reasoningEffortByContext in the existing per-thread map cleanup, ensuring
entries for archived threads are removed alongside the sibling thread-scoped
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Outside diff comments:
In `@src/composables/useDesktopState.ts`:
- Around line 1892-1904: Update the fallback retry resume flow guarded by
resumedThreadById and using resumeThread to restore the pending request’s
reasoningEffort via restoreThreadReasoningEffort before marking the thread
resumed, matching the normal resume path and preserving the existing model and
provider restoration.

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