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Copilot can't remember last time used model in OpenRouter

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

Research direction

Start by reproducing the restart behavior in Copilot for Xcode 0.44.148 with an OpenRouter model selected, then inspect the model-selection and preference persistence paths. Confirm the selected model survives relaunch instead of reverting to GPT-5 mini; no source files or tests are named in the issue.

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Description

Describe the bug

Every time Copilot restarts, it loses the last time chosen model of OpenRouter and use GPT-5 mini as default.

Versions

  • Copilot for Xcode: 0.44.148
  • Xcode: 26.0.1
  • macOS: 26.0.1

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