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What Changed

Custom non-Claude models run through Claude Code can declare a validated contextWindowTokens allowance. The current Claude adapter applies it to each native query and reports that model's capacity in the context meter. Model changes use the existing V2 query restart path, so an allowance does not leak into the next model. Settings round-trips and model edits preserve it; server updates preserve the saved allowance for matching model IDs when older clients omit the field, including legacy settings, instance-map patches and per-instance mutations; user docs identify the environment settings file and exact entry to edit; Runtime-controlled Claude identifiers, native selections (including default, best and fable), provider-prefixed Claude IDs and IDs containing [1m] reject custom overrides. A string SDK settings-file path combined with a custom allowance is explicitly rejected, so its contents cannot be silently discarded; object settings and unrelated environment variables are preserved. Built-in models without catalog capacity retain their native 200k limit.

Why

A router model may support more context than Claude Code's name-based default. Current main ignores a custom 872,000-token allowance and shows 40k/200k after a real response. The configuration controls the existing custom-model capability and preserves automatic compaction and the separate compaction threshold.

Replaces #14205. Its closing comment confirms this fits the focused configuration route and asks for before/after UI captures and a model-switch recording. Those are included below. This replacement is rebased onto upstream main 10f39eb9ac and ports the fix to the current V2 adapter; it does not restore the removed V1 adapter.

Verification

  • vp test run apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts apps/web/src/components/settings/customModelEditor.logic.test.ts apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.test.ts packages/shared/src/model.test.ts apps/server/src/claudeModelOptions.test.ts: 293 unique focused tests pass (166 adapter cases, 67 settings cases, 60 other cases), including native 200k fallback, reserved Claude selections, settings-file rejection, object-settings preservation, the unchanged unconfigured-model 200k fallback, settings-file passthrough without a custom allowance, and older-client settings round-trips. Three new settings tests reproduced allowance loss before the fix. Regression coverage verifies persisted values, legacy migration, explicit replacements, new/removed models, instance/driver isolation and removing the field directly from the settings file.
  • Server, web, contracts and shared package typechecks passed. The server typecheck passed again after the latest compatibility fix. Targeted formatting/lint passed, with an unchanged unused-layer warning in the adapter and two unchanged inline-schema warnings in existing settings tests.
  • Independent Claude Opus 5.5 high-effort review passed final production revision a4ce9d6720 (resolved model claude-opus-5-5[1m]), covering capacity validation, model-switch isolation, SDK settings preservation and older-client persistence.
  • CodeRabbit approved the same final revision. All four review threads are resolved and all five CodeRabbit pre-merge checks pass. The reviewed fix retains the unconfigured-model 200k fallback.
  • The setting is in the shared model contract and Claude server adapter, so local/remote web, desktop and mobile receive the same capacity. The web model editor preserves the configured property. The adapter now uses the instance-scoped catalog consistently for the selected model's existing option descriptors and context allowance. Other providers retain their existing behavior.

Models without a declared catalog capacity retain the prior 200,000-token fallback. Only selecting an explicit custom allowance changes that reported capacity; switching away clears the query override and restores normal model handling. Catalog absence does not make an opaque router model invalid: custom entries without capabilities or an allowance are not appended to that metadata catalog, and their IDs still pass through to Claude Code. The adapter uses the catalog captured when the provider instance is created; newly discovered metadata takes effect after the instance is rebuilt. This PR does not add per-turn catalog reads.

The existing V2 meter can briefly retain the previous turn's capacity while a model switch is pending; the captures below show completed responses from each target model.

Upstream CI and preview workflows are currently action_required: GitHub requires maintainer approval for this fork contribution. Local verification does not replace that gate.

The configured router does not serve claude-haiku-4-5 (400 unknown-provider response), so the restored older-model fallback is verified by focused adapter regression tests; the live capture covers Opus 5.5 and the two custom router models.

UI Changes

Real-client verification of final source a4ce9d6720 on 2026-10-07: Node 24.21.0, Claude Code 2.1.292, Claude Agent SDK 0.3.276, isolated app state and a disposable Git project. The server was restarted before this capture to ensure it contains the final source. The existing context indicator was enabled in Settings → General → Legacy features. No projection replay or test-only source injection was used.

Before: GPT Sol has an explicit 872000 allowance, but the baseline context implementation displays 40k/200k after a real response. This baseline capture uses main 365aa87982 plus the unrelated SSH patch, with its unchanged context implementation.

Before: configured custom model incorrectly shows 200k

After: the configured model displays the declared 40k/872k capacity after a real response.

After: configured custom model shows 872k

15-second model-switch recording: native Claude Opus 5.5 (71k/1m) → GPT Sol with explicit allowance (40k/872k) → GPT Luna without an allowance (41k/200k). The unconfigured model retains the prior fallback, and each model produces a real provider response. Persisted V2 turn data confirms capacities of 1,000,000, 872,000 and 200,000 tokens.

After: unconfigured model retains the 200k fallback

Capture procedure · Sanitized configuration and persisted usage.

Earlier unknown-capacity media in the verification release is historical; the linked opt-in recording above represents this final PR.

Checklist

  • This PR is focused on one underlying problem
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for UI changes
  • I included a short model-switch recording

Original implementation: GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Sol through the Codex harness. Current V2 port and replacement: GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-6.1 Sol through Codex, independently reviewed by Claude Opus 5.5 at high effort.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR adds an optional per-model context allowance to Claude Code queries and changes the existing fallback for unknown models from 200k tokens to no reported capacity. This cross-layer behavior and product-default change should receive human review.

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Walkthrough

Custom model definitions now support an optional context-window allowance. Settings updates preserve allowances under specified conditions. The Claude catalog and adapter use them to validate selections, configure query startup, and report context limits.

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Custom model context-window allowances

Layer / File(s) Summary
Store and validate custom context allowances
packages/contracts/src/model.ts, packages/shared/src/model.ts, packages/shared/src/model.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/customModelEditor.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/customModelEditor.logic.test.ts
Custom model definitions accept an optional integer context limit from 8,192 to 1,000,000. Reading, serialization, schema decoding, and editor conversions preserve valid values. Tests cover round-tripping and invalid inputs.
Preserve allowances during settings updates
apps/server/src/serverSettings.ts, apps/server/src/serverSettings.test.ts
Settings patches and provider-instance mutations preserve prior allowances when matching custom model entries omit them, subject to driver and instance conditions. Tests cover older-client edits, persistence, migration, driver changes, and removal.
Resolve and validate allowances in the Claude catalog
apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts, apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
The scoped catalog includes custom models with fixed context limits. The driver passes the catalog to the adapter. The adapter uses it for selection validation and model compilation, and rejects unsupported custom limits for Claude-native identifiers, aliases, and [1m] suffixes.
Apply query allowances and report context limits
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts, docs/user/providers-claude.md
When a selected custom model has a resolved limit, query settings set CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS while preserving existing settings and environment values. Token-usage and compaction reporting use catalog-aware limits. Tests cover custom and unknown models, built-in fallbacks, and rejected selections. Documentation describes the configuration and context-meter behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeDriver
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant ClaudeModelCatalog
  participant ClaudeCode
  ClaudeDriver->>ClaudeAdapterV2: Pass model catalog
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeModelCatalog: Resolve selected model allowance
  ClaudeModelCatalog-->>ClaudeAdapterV2: Return context-window value
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeCode: Start query with context-token environment setting
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Unrecognized model IDs can show a misleading 200,000-token context limit. Return unknown capacity for unresolved IDs while retaining the fallback for catalogued custom models.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to a4ce9

The change affects 5 systems.

Changed systems: apps/server, apps/web, packages/shared, docs, packages/contracts

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  • observed — apps/server (service) was modified; 7 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — apps/web (ui) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — packages/shared (library) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — docs (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts: Imports resolveClaudeCatalogCustomContextWindowTokens for use in the new test.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.test.ts: Adds a test for a context-only custom model with a fixed capacity of 872_000, asserting that both context-window resolvers return that value for its selection.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts: Custom entries are now skipped only when they have neither capabilities nor a context-window token limit, or their slug matches a built-in slug. Entries without capabilities receive EMPTY_CAPABILITIES; a defined token limit is stored as fixedContextWindowTokens in the runtime profile.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelCatalog.ts: Added resolveClaudeCatalogCustomContextWindowTokens, which returns a custom model’s fixed runtime context-window token limit when its catalog entry is marked custom; otherwise it returns undefined.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: applying custom model context allowances in the current Claude adapter.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the problem and change, links the prior maintainer scope discussion, and gives detailed verification results and required UI evidence. Its headings differ from the template, b…
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- Line 148: Update CLAUDE_NATIVE_MODEL_ID to also match the reserved model
selections default, best, and fable, so claudeCustomContextWindowSelectionIssue
rejects custom entries using those slugs; extend the related transition test to
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The older-client compatibility issue in the latest Approvability check is fixed in 2c21183. Server-side settings updates retain a saved contextWindowTokens value when an older client omits it for the same model ID in the same Claude instance. This covers full provider-instance map patches, per-instance mutations, legacy Claude settings edits and migration to the default instance.

Explicit supplied values still replace the allowance; deleted models stay deleted and new model IDs, other instances and changed drivers do not inherit it. Direct settings-file edits can remove the field, as documented. Three tests reproduced the loss before the fix. All 293 focused context tests (including 67 settings tests) and the server typecheck pass. Independent high-effort Claude Opus review of this newest change is in progress; the preceding guard changes passed their independent review. Please re-evaluate the compatibility check on this revision.

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The default-behavior concern is fixed in a4ce9d6. Models without a declared capacity retain the prior 200,000-token fallback; only an explicit custom allowance changes their reported capacity. Switching away starts a fresh query without the custom override. The regression expectation and user docs now match that preserved default.

All 293 focused context tests pass. Independent Claude Opus 5.5 high-effort review passed this exact head with no material defects. Fresh real-client evidence is linked in the PR: native Claude 71k/1m → explicitly configured GPT Sol 40k/872k → unconfigured GPT Luna 41k/200k. The continuous 15-second recording and persisted turn data confirm the capacities after restarting the isolated server onto this final build. The previous compatibility fix and all three original findings are already addressed. Please re-evaluate Approvability on this revision.

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