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Regarding the Claude Sonnet model issue

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, swift, vscode
Domain
ai, desktop, devtools

Research direction

Start by comparing Claude Sonnet model availability in Copilot for Xcode 0.43.0 with the behavior shown in Visual Studio Code, then inspect the relevant logs under ~/Library/Logs/GitHubCopilot/. Done means determining why the model differs between clients and documenting or correcting the Xcode behavior.

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Description

Describe the bug
Why can the Claude Sonnet model be used in Visual Studio Code but not in XCode?

Versions

  • Copilot for Xcode: 0.43.0
  • Xcode: 16.4
  • macOS: 15.7

Screenshots

  • in CopilotForXcode
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  • in Visual Studio Code
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Logs

Additional context

Dominant language
Swift
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
2

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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