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/ask does not work with auto models

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
56/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.86 by running /models auto, starting a long-running task, and then using /ask with a benign question. Trace the model-selection path for /ask tangents; done means auto mode displays the answer popup instead of reporting that the model is unsupported.

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Description

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Describe the bug

When I am in auto mode (maybe also in other modes?) I repeatedly get error messages that the model is not supported when using /ask tangents.

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.86

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1 type /models auto
2 type some long running task
3 type /ask something bening

Expected behavior

popup with the answer not the following

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Additional context

This is business account, .env file and xAI models are excluded.

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