Use parsed Claude models and remove auto defaults

packages/app/src/components/agent-status-bar.test.ts

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ describe("getStatusSelectorHint", () => {
 });
 
 describe("normalizeModelId", () => {
-  it("treats empty and default values as unset", () => {
+  it("treats empty values as unset", () => {
     expect(normalizeModelId("")).toBeNull();
-    expect(normalizeModelId(" default ")).toBeNull();
     expect(normalizeModelId(undefined)).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("returns trimmed model ids", () => {
     expect(normalizeModelId(" gpt-5.1-codex ")).toBe("gpt-5.1-codex");
+    expect(normalizeModelId(" default ")).toBe("default");
   });
 });
 
@@ -69,4 +69,50 @@ describe("resolveAgentModelSelection", () => {
     expect(selection.selectedThinkingId).toBe("high");
     expect(selection.displayThinking).toBe("High");
   });
+
+  it("falls back to the provider default model label instead of Auto", () => {
+    const selection = resolveAgentModelSelection({
+      models: [
+        {
+          id: "a",
+          provider: "codex",
+          label: "Model A",
+          isDefault: true,
+          thinkingOptions: [{ id: "low", label: "Low" }],
+          defaultThinkingOptionId: "low",
+        },
+      ],
+      runtimeModelId: null,
+      configuredModelId: null,
+      explicitThinkingOptionId: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(selection.displayModel).toBe("Model A");
+    expect(selection.displayThinking).toBe("Low");
+  });
+
+  it("prefers the configured model when runtime model is not in the model list", () => {
+    const selection = resolveAgentModelSelection({
+      models: [
+        {
+          id: "default",
+          provider: "claude",
+          label: "Default (Sonnet 4.6)",
+          isDefault: true,
+          thinkingOptions: [
+            { id: "low", label: "Low" },
+            { id: "medium", label: "Medium" },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      runtimeModelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6-20260101",
+      configuredModelId: "default",
+      explicitThinkingOptionId: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(selection.activeModelId).toBe("default");
+    expect(selection.displayModel).toBe("Default (Sonnet 4.6)");
+    expect(selection.selectedThinkingId).toBeNull();
+    expect(selection.displayThinking).toBe("Default");
+  });
 });

packages/app/src/components/agent-status-bar.tsx

@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ function ControlledStatusBar({
   const displayModel =
     isModelLoading && (!modelOptions || modelOptions.length === 0)
       ? "Loading models..."
-      : findOptionLabel(modelOptions, selectedModelId, "Auto");
-  const displayThinking = findOptionLabel(thinkingOptions, selectedThinkingOptionId, "auto");
+      : findOptionLabel(modelOptions, selectedModelId, "Select model");
+  const displayThinking = findOptionLabel(thinkingOptions, selectedThinkingOptionId, "Default");
 
   const modeVisuals = selectedModeId ? getModeVisuals(provider, selectedModeId) : undefined;
   const ModeIconComponent = modeVisuals?.icon ? MODE_ICONS[modeVisuals.icon] : null;
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ export function DraftAgentStatusBar({
     label: definition.label,
   }));
 
-  const modelOptions: StatusOption[] = [{ id: "", label: "Auto" }];
+  const modelOptions: StatusOption[] = [];
   for (const model of models) {
     modelOptions.push({ id: model.id, label: model.label });
   }

packages/app/src/components/agent-status-bar.utils.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function getStatusSelectorHint(selector: ExplainedStatusSelector): string
 
 export function normalizeModelId(modelId: string | null | undefined): string | null {
   const normalized = typeof modelId === "string" ? modelId.trim() : "";
-  if (!normalized || normalized.toLowerCase() === "default") {
+  if (!normalized) {
     return null;
   }
   return normalized;
@@ -30,14 +30,22 @@ export function resolveAgentModelSelection(input: {
   const { models, runtimeModelId, configuredModelId, explicitThinkingOptionId } = input;
   const normalizedRuntimeModelId = normalizeModelId(runtimeModelId);
   const normalizedConfiguredModelId = normalizeModelId(configuredModelId);
-  const preferredModelId = normalizedRuntimeModelId ?? normalizedConfiguredModelId;
+  const runtimeSelectedModel =
+    models && normalizedRuntimeModelId
+      ? (models.find((model) => model.id === normalizedRuntimeModelId) ?? null)
+      : null;
+  const preferredModelId =
+    runtimeSelectedModel?.id ?? normalizedConfiguredModelId ?? normalizedRuntimeModelId;
+  const fallbackModel =
+    models?.find((model) => model.isDefault) ?? models?.[0] ?? null;
   const selectedModel =
     models && preferredModelId
-      ? (models.find((model) => model.id === preferredModelId) ?? null)
-      : null;
+      ? (models.find((model) => model.id === preferredModelId) ?? fallbackModel ?? null)
+      : fallbackModel;
 
   const activeModelId = selectedModel?.id ?? preferredModelId ?? null;
-  const displayModel = selectedModel?.label ?? preferredModelId ?? "Auto";
+  const displayModel =
+    selectedModel?.label ?? preferredModelId ?? fallbackModel?.label ?? "Unknown model";
 
   const thinkingOptions = selectedModel?.thinkingOptions ?? null;
   const selectedThinkingId =
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ export function resolveAgentModelSelection(input: {
     thinkingOptions?.find((option) => option.id === selectedThinkingId) ?? null;
   const displayThinking =
     selectedThinking?.label ??
-    (selectedThinkingId === "default" ? "Model default" : (selectedThinkingId ?? "auto"));
+    (selectedThinkingId === "default" ? "Model default" : (selectedThinkingId ?? "Default"));
 
   return {
     selectedModel,

packages/app/src/components/combined-model-selector.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ const INLINE_MODEL_THRESHOLD = 8;
 
 type DrillDownView = { provider: string };
 
+function resolveDefaultModelLabel(models: AgentModelDefinition[] | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!models || models.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return (models.find((model) => model.isDefault) ?? models[0])?.label ?? null;
+}
+
 interface CombinedModelSelectorProps {
   providerDefinitions: AgentProviderDefinition[];
   allProviderModels: Map<string, AgentModelDefinition[]>;
@@ -66,9 +73,9 @@ export function CombinedModelSelector({
 
   const selectedModelLabel = useMemo(() => {
     const models = allProviderModels.get(selectedProvider);
-    if (!models) return isLoading ? "Loading..." : "Auto";
+    if (!models) return isLoading ? "Loading..." : "Select model";
     const model = models.find((m) => m.id === selectedModel);
-    return model?.label ?? "Auto";
+    return model?.label ?? resolveDefaultModelLabel(models) ?? "Select model";
   }, [allProviderModels, selectedProvider, selectedModel, isLoading]);
 
   return (