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Problem

t3_thread_configure can stop its own active turn without continuing the user's request. On the pinned main revision, switching Codex provider instances detaches the caller and leaves the run interrupted. A same-instance model update instead saves the new selection while the active turn keeps using its old model.

Fixes #15300.

Change

Route the tool through ThreadManagementService.configureModelSelection. A changed active selection uses the existing restart_active command to persist the requested selection and an agent-authored continuation before interrupting the provider. The replacement attempt continues the unfinished request in the same run.

Compare against the active run's actual selection, including options, so repeating an already-active selection is a no-op even when option order differs. Idle threads retain ordinary selection behavior. Providers without interrupt/restart support reject before changing state. The tool description explains the restart and possible interrupted tool result.

Scope and approval

Maintainer direction is pending. The issue triage permits either safely rejecting an active model change or replaying the unfinished request. This PR proposes replay through the existing restart_active capability. Julius requested an explicit direction decision; there is no linked maintainer approval for that choice yet.

The change adds no settings, wire contracts, or provider implementations. Manual composer selection behavior is unchanged; the stale composer selection in #15195 is separate.

The service path applies to MCP callers from all clients and connection modes. Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, and ACP adapters already support restart steering; Claude and Pi reject this active-turn operation under their existing capability policy.

Verification

  • Archived-thread review follow-up: the new integration regression failed before the guard because configure persisted restart and continuation events after archive while detach work was still queued. Configure now rejects archived threads before evaluating the selection, leaving the existing run and full projection/event sequence unchanged. The actual MCP tool returns thread_not_sendable with the public archived-thread message. vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts: all 42 tests passed. Scoped lint/format, server-only typecheck, and git diff --check passed.

  • Merged main at f23d0084 without rewriting the PR branch. Configure now goes through the shared dispatch guard added by feat(settings): providers can be turned on or off per project #17879. A project-disabled target returns a public invalid_request while leaving the current running turn, provider selection, projection, and event sequence intact. vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts: all 100 tests passed. The disabled-provider case passed again after strengthening its assertions. Scoped lint/format, server-only typecheck, and the PR diff whitespace check passed.

  • Bot review follow-up: MCP configuration preserves public dispatch rejection details, returns thread_not_sendable when there is no restartable turn, and sanitizes internal service/storage causes. All 20 core MCP tests pass, including five actual tool-response regression cases; scoped lint/format and server typecheck pass.

  • 54 tests passed across SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts, ThreadManagementService.test.ts, and AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts. The seven new integration scenarios cover saved-versus-active model selection, options-only changes, provider changes, unchanged/reordered options, idle threads, unsupported restart, and preparing runs. Assertions use effect-worker draining and persisted events. The seven new cases passed again after tightening event synchronization.

  • Server typecheck, lint and formatting for the five changed files, server-workspace export analysis, and git diff --check passed.

  • Real Codex before/after runs in the T3 Browser panel, using isolated development state on macOS. Identical prompt: switch from Codex Luna to the alternate Codex instance on Sol low, then write a four-line poem. Before: interrupted with no poem, still terminal more than 12 minutes later. After: automatic replacement attempt on Sol low and a completed poem, with no follow-up user message. Runtime selections were checked in the isolated database; the composer can still display its stale selection (regression: same-instance (opencode) model switch on mobile still leaves desktop composer stale on Orchestrator v2 #15195).

  • Other provider binaries and native mobile were not manually exercised; unsupported-provider rejection is covered by the integration test.

  • Additional delayed-continuation audit on the unchanged base cfdff56f: kept the dev server running and sampled the database every five seconds through 99 seconds after the configure event. The run stayed interrupted with one attempt, no follow-up message, zero scheduled tasks, and no pending/running outbox effects. The configure command emitted only selection-change and session-detach events and one detach effect. The separate server-restart recovery path does not apply to this interrupted run. Timestamped observations · Final screenshot. The Browser tab was closed during this additional run, so its video export was unavailable; database observation continued independently.

Before After
Recording Recording
Interrupted without a poem Automatic continuation completes the poem

Sanitized before/after run state

Model: GPT-6 Astra & GPT-6.1 Sol | Harness: Codex in T3 Code

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This changes the existing MCP model-configuration path so an active turn may be interrupted, persisted with a continuation message, and restarted using a different selection. Because this is a substantial, provider-dependent runtime behavior change rather than a contained test or documentation update, human review is warranted.

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Digging into this deeper--I think I might have missed a rather delayed scheduled task tool call? I see one of my threads did successfully resume but I may have gotten caught off by the big red warning.

I also don't love the way this sends a user message just to resume a thread...

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Walkthrough

Thread model selection changes now go through thread management. Idle threads use a provider-specific selection command. Eligible active runs restart with the requested selection and continue the unfinished request. The MCP tool maps service failures to public errors.

Changes

Thread model selection configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Thread-management configuration
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts, apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts
The service handles matching selections, idle-thread updates, and restarts for eligible active runs. Integration tests cover selection scenarios and failure cases. The relay test fixture supplies the new service method.
MCP configuration entry point
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/tools.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts
The handler delegates configuration to thread management with agent metadata and maps failures to public tool errors. The tool description documents restart behavior. Tests cover error mapping and redaction.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPHandler
  participant ThreadManagementService
  participant CommandDispatch
  MCPHandler->>ThreadManagementService: Call configureModelSelection
  ThreadManagementService->>CommandDispatch: Dispatch selection command or replacement message
  CommandDispatch-->>ThreadManagementService: Return sequence or failure
  ThreadManagementService-->>MCPHandler: Return sequence or mapped error
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Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1b564

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: apps/server

Architecture concerns
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Systems and components

  • observed — apps/server (service) was modified; 6 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/tools.ts: ThreadConfigureTool’s description now specifies restart and continuation behavior for changed selections, no-op behavior for an already-active selection, rejection without interruption when a provider cannot restart, and the possibility that an interrupted calling turn receives no tool result. It retains the statement that permission modes do not change.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts: The test service mock adds an unused configureModelSelection implementation.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts: Added parameterized integration coverage for t3_thread_configure failures. The cases expect archived-thread and no-steerable-run errors, a disabled-provider invalid_request, preservation of plain dispatch and command-rejection messages, and redaction of wrapped dispatch and projection-load causes to the generic orchestration failure. Each case checks the encoded public failure, absence of structured content, and absence of the private storage-path string in the result.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts: Removed the modelSelectionCommandType import from @t3tools/shared/model.



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Description check Warning The description is detailed and covers the problem, change, scope, verification, test results, and known limitations. However, the required explicit maintainer approval for the proposed replay directi… Obtain and link explicit maintainer approval for replay through restart_active, or document a valid small-fix or established-capability exemption that satisfies the repository template. Update the Scope and approval section with that eviden…
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check Passed [#15300] requires continuation under the selected model or safe rejection without stopping the active run. configureModelSelection compares active selections, uses restart_active for steerable act…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The handler, service method, tool description, integration tests, relay mock, and MCP error tests support [#15300]. The changes do not implement the separate composer-selection issue [#15195]. Pending…
Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: continuing work after agent model changes. It is concise and uses a conventional commit format.

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The issue triage leaves a maintainer choice between rejecting an active model change safely and replaying the unfinished request. This PR chooses automatic replay through restart_active. Please confirm that direction or link the approval required by the contribution guide. Leaving this open for that decision.

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