Execution failed: 421 Misdirected Request listing models

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#4,868 opened on Sep 16, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 48/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Active
Tech stack: shell
Domain: cli

Research direction

Reproduce the failure in GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.85 with a free plan by resuming a session and running /model, then compare it with /model auto and /model claude-sonnet-5. Trace the model-list request handling and the 421 response; the issue is done when listing models and selecting claude-sonnet-5 both succeed with confirmation.

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Description

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Describe the bug

Hello, sorry for resuming the issue #173 , but today:

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.85.
Run 'copilot update' to check for updates.

Free copilot plan, i try to do /model and i get the issue:
Error loading model list: Error: 421 "Misdirected Request\n" (Request ID: ....)

Then i tried /model auto and that worked:
Model changed from claude-sonnet-5 (medium) to Auto for this session

And now i cant go back to my selected model, doing /model claude-sonnet-5 gives:
Unable to load available models list

Is this a bug or something expected related to free plan?

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.85.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Resumed an old session, using a free plan
type /model
See the 421 error

Expected behavior

I expect to see the list of models when typing /model and to get a "model changed" confirmation when typing /model claude-sonnet-5

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