fix(desktop): keep model runtime state per session

apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx

@@ -743,6 +743,13 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     }
   }, [gatewayState, refreshCronJobs])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (gatewayState === 'open' && !activeSessionId && freshDraftReady) {
+      void refreshCurrentModel()
+      void refreshHermesConfig()
+    }
+  }, [activeSessionId, freshDraftReady, gatewayState, refreshCurrentModel, refreshHermesConfig])
+
   useRouteResume({
     activeSessionId,
     activeSessionIdRef,

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts

@@ -633,14 +633,21 @@ export function useMessageStream({
         const runningChanged = typeof payload?.running === 'boolean'
 
         if (apply) {
-          const runtimeInfo: { branch?: string; cwd?: string } = {}
+          const runtimeInfo: Partial<
+            Pick<
+              ClientSessionState,
+              'branch' | 'cwd' | 'fast' | 'model' | 'provider' | 'reasoningEffort' | 'serviceTier' | 'yolo'
+            >
+          > = {}
 
           if (modelChanged) {
             setCurrentModel(payload!.model || '')
+            runtimeInfo.model = payload!.model || ''
           }
 
           if (providerChanged) {
             setCurrentProvider(payload!.provider || '')
+            runtimeInfo.provider = payload!.provider || ''
           }
 
           if (typeof payload?.cwd === 'string') {
@@ -653,32 +660,32 @@ export function useMessageStream({
             runtimeInfo.branch = payload.branch
           }
 
-          if (sessionId && (runtimeInfo.cwd !== undefined || runtimeInfo.branch !== undefined)) {
-            updateSessionState(sessionId, state => ({
-              ...state,
-              branch: runtimeInfo.branch ?? state.branch,
-              cwd: runtimeInfo.cwd ?? state.cwd
-            }))
-          }
-
           if (typeof payload?.personality === 'string') {
             setCurrentPersonality(normalizePersonalityValue(payload.personality))
           }
 
           if (typeof payload?.reasoning_effort === 'string') {
             setCurrentReasoningEffort(payload.reasoning_effort)
+            runtimeInfo.reasoningEffort = payload.reasoning_effort
           }
 
           if (typeof payload?.service_tier === 'string') {
             setCurrentServiceTier(payload.service_tier)
+            runtimeInfo.serviceTier = payload.service_tier
           }
 
           if (typeof payload?.fast === 'boolean') {
             setCurrentFastMode(payload.fast)
+            runtimeInfo.fast = payload.fast
           }
 
           if (typeof payload?.yolo === 'boolean') {
             setYoloActive(payload.yolo)
+            runtimeInfo.yolo = payload.yolo
+          }
+
+          if (sessionId && Object.keys(runtimeInfo).length > 0) {
+            updateSessionState(sessionId, state => ({ ...state, ...runtimeInfo }))
           }
 
           if (runningChanged && sessionId) {

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { QueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getGlobalModelInfo } from '@/hermes'
+import {
+  $activeSessionId,
+  $currentModel,
+  $currentProvider,
+  setCurrentModel,
+  setCurrentProvider
+} from '@/store/session'
+
+import { useModelControls } from './use-model-controls'
+
+vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
+  getGlobalModelInfo: vi.fn(),
+  setGlobalModel: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+describe('useModelControls.refreshCurrentModel', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    $activeSessionId.set(null)
+    setCurrentModel('')
+    setCurrentProvider('')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+    $activeSessionId.set(null)
+    setCurrentModel('')
+    setCurrentProvider('')
+  })
+
+  it('applies the global model when there is no active runtime session', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getGlobalModelInfo).mockResolvedValue({
+      model: 'openai/gpt-5.5',
+      provider: 'openai-codex'
+    })
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useModelControls({
+        activeSessionId: null,
+        queryClient: new QueryClient(),
+        requestGateway: vi.fn()
+      })
+    )
+
+    await result.current.refreshCurrentModel()
+
+    expect($currentModel.get()).toBe('openai/gpt-5.5')
+    expect($currentProvider.get()).toBe('openai-codex')
+  })
+
+  it('does not clobber the active session footer state with global model info', async () => {
+    setCurrentModel('deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro')
+    setCurrentProvider('deepseek')
+    $activeSessionId.set('runtime-1')
+    vi.mocked(getGlobalModelInfo).mockResolvedValue({
+      model: 'openai/gpt-5.5',
+      provider: 'openai-codex'
+    })
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useModelControls({
+        activeSessionId: 'runtime-1',
+        queryClient: new QueryClient(),
+        requestGateway: vi.fn()
+      })
+    )
+
+    await result.current.refreshCurrentModel()
+
+    expect($currentModel.get()).toBe('deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro')
+    expect($currentProvider.get()).toBe('deepseek')
+  })
+})

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { getGlobalModelInfo, setGlobalModel } from '@/hermes'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
-import { $currentModel, $currentProvider, setCurrentModel, setCurrentProvider } from '@/store/session'
+import {
+  $activeSessionId,
+  $currentModel,
+  $currentProvider,
+  setCurrentModel,
+  setCurrentProvider
+} from '@/store/session'
 import type { ModelOptionsResponse } from '@/types/hermes'
 
 interface ModelSelection {
@@ -39,6 +45,13 @@ export function useModelControls({ activeSessionId, queryClient, requestGateway
     try {
       const result = await getGlobalModelInfo()
 
+      // A resumed/live session owns the footer model state. Global config
+      // refreshes (gateway boot, profile swap, settings save) must not clobber
+      // the active chat's runtime model/provider in the status bar.
+      if ($activeSessionId.get()) {
+        return
+      }
+
       if (typeof result.model === 'string') {
         setCurrentModel(result.model)
       }

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   $messages,
   $sessions,
   $yoloActive,
-  getRememberedWorkspaceCwd,
   workspaceCwdForNewSession,
   sessionPinId,
   setActiveSessionId,
@@ -211,14 +210,16 @@ function patchSessionWorkspace(sessionId: string, cwd: string | undefined) {
   setSessions(prev => prev.map(session => (session.id === sessionId ? { ...session, cwd } : session)))
 }
 
-function applyRuntimeInfo(
-  info: SessionCreateResponse['info'] | undefined
-): Partial<Pick<ClientSessionState, 'branch' | 'cwd'>> | null {
+function applyRuntimeInfo(info: SessionCreateResponse['info'] | undefined): Partial<
+  Pick<ClientSessionState, 'branch' | 'cwd' | 'fast' | 'model' | 'provider' | 'reasoningEffort' | 'serviceTier' | 'yolo'>
+> | null {
   if (!info) {
     return null
   }
 
-  const sessionState: Partial<Pick<ClientSessionState, 'branch' | 'cwd'>> = {}
+  const sessionState: Partial<
+    Pick<ClientSessionState, 'branch' | 'cwd' | 'fast' | 'model' | 'provider' | 'reasoningEffort' | 'serviceTier' | 'yolo'>
+  > = {}
 
   reportBackendContract(info.desktop_contract)
 
@@ -228,10 +229,12 @@ function applyRuntimeInfo(
 
   if (info.model) {
     setCurrentModel(info.model)
+    sessionState.model = info.model
   }
 
   if (info.provider) {
     setCurrentProvider(info.provider)
+    sessionState.provider = info.provider
   }
 
   if (info.cwd) {
@@ -250,18 +253,22 @@ function applyRuntimeInfo(
 
   if (typeof info.reasoning_effort === 'string') {
     setCurrentReasoningEffort(info.reasoning_effort)
+    sessionState.reasoningEffort = info.reasoning_effort
   }
 
   if (typeof info.service_tier === 'string') {
     setCurrentServiceTier(info.service_tier)
+    sessionState.serviceTier = info.service_tier
   }
 
   if (typeof info.fast === 'boolean') {
     setCurrentFastMode(info.fast)
+    sessionState.fast = info.fast
   }
 
   if (typeof info.yolo === 'boolean') {
     setYoloActive(info.yolo)
+    sessionState.yolo = info.yolo
   }
 
   if (info.usage) {
@@ -314,6 +321,12 @@ export function useSessionActions({
       setTurnStartedAt(null)
       // New chats start in the configured default project dir when set,
       // otherwise the sticky last-used workspace (PR #37586).
+      setCurrentModel('')
+      setCurrentProvider('')
+      setCurrentReasoningEffort('')
+      setCurrentServiceTier('')
+      setCurrentFastMode(false)
+      setYoloActive(false)
       setCurrentCwd(workspaceCwdForNewSession())
       setCurrentBranch('')
       clearComposerDraft()

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,20 @@ import type { ChatMessage } from '@/lib/chat-messages'
 import { preserveLocalAssistantErrors } from '@/lib/chat-messages'
 import { createClientSessionState } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
 import { setMutableRef } from '@/lib/mutable-ref'
-import { $busy, $messages, noteSessionActivity, setSessionAttention, setSessionWorking, setTurnStartedAt } from '@/store/session'
+import {
+  $busy,
+  $messages,
+  noteSessionActivity,
+  setCurrentFastMode,
+  setCurrentModel,
+  setCurrentProvider,
+  setCurrentReasoningEffort,
+  setCurrentServiceTier,
+  setSessionAttention,
+  setSessionWorking,
+  setTurnStartedAt,
+  setYoloActive
+} from '@/store/session'
 
 import type { ClientSessionState } from '../../types'
 
@@ -124,6 +137,12 @@ export function useSessionStateCache({
       setMessages(nextMessages)
     }
 
+    setCurrentModel(pending.state.model)
+    setCurrentProvider(pending.state.provider)
+    setCurrentReasoningEffort(pending.state.reasoningEffort)
+    setCurrentServiceTier(pending.state.serviceTier)
+    setCurrentFastMode(pending.state.fast)
+    setYoloActive(pending.state.yolo)
     setBusy(pending.state.busy)
     setMutableRef(busyRef, pending.state.busy)
     setAwaitingResponse(pending.state.awaitingResponse)

apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx

@@ -162,18 +162,17 @@ export function ModelMenuPanel({ gateway, onSelectModel, requestGateway }: Model
                   currentFastMode
                 )
 
-                // Grayed text: active row shows live state (Fast + effort);
-                // others show a fast-capability hint.
+                // Grayed text is live session state only. Do not label inactive
+                // rows as "Fast" just because they have a fast-capable sibling:
+                // that makes an off Fast toggle look like it is already on.
                 const meta = isCurrent
                   ? [
                       fastControl.kind !== 'none' && fastControl.on ? copy.fast : null,
                       reasoningEffortLabel(currentReasoningEffort) || copy.medium
                     ]
                       .filter(Boolean)
                       .join(' ')
-                  : caps?.fast || family.fastId
-                    ? copy.fast
-                    : ''
+                  : ''
 
                 // Every row is a hover-Edit submenu trigger. Activating it
                 // (pointer or keyboard) switches to the family's base model;

apps/desktop/src/app/types.ts

@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ export interface ClientSessionState {
   messages: ChatMessage[]
   branch: string
   cwd: string
+  model: string
+  provider: string
+  reasoningEffort: string
+  serviceTier: string
+  fast: boolean
+  yolo: boolean
   busy: boolean
   awaitingResponse: boolean
   streamId: string | null

apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-runtime.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ export function createClientSessionState(
     messages,
     branch: '',
     cwd: '',
+    model: '',
+    provider: '',
+    reasoningEffort: '',
+    serviceTier: '',
+    fast: false,
+    yolo: false,
     busy: false,
     awaitingResponse: false,
     streamId: null,

apps/desktop/src/lib/model-status-label.test.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { displayModelName, formatModelStatusLabel, reasoningEffortLabel } from '
 describe('model-status-label', () => {
   it('formats display names consistently', () => {
     expect(displayModelName('anthropic/claude-opus-4.8-fast')).toBe('Opus 4.8')
+    expect(displayModelName('openai/gpt-5.5-fast')).toBe('GPT-5.5')
+    expect(displayModelName('deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-thinking')).toBe('Deepseek V4 Pro')
     expect(displayModelName('openai/gpt-5.5')).toBe('GPT-5.5')
   })
 

scripts/release.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 # Auto-extracted from noreply emails + manual overrides
 AUTHOR_MAP = {
+    "peterhao@Peters-MacBook-Air.local": "pinguarmy",
     "barronlroth@gmail.com": "barronlroth",
     "ondrej.drapalik@gmail.com": "OndrejDrapalik",
     "tomasz.panek@gmail.com": "tomekpanek",