[App] Spawned GPT-5.6-Luna agent shows medium reasoning in UI while rollout records max
What version of the Codex App are you using?
Codex Desktop Windows package 26.810.7004.0.
The spawned agent rollout records cli_version: 0.148.0-alpha.9.
What platform are you using?
Windows x64.
What issue are you seeing?
A coordinator task spawned a child agent with an explicit model and reasoning override:
{
"fork_context": false,
"model": "gpt-5.6-luna",
"reasoning_effort": "max",
"service_tier": "priority"
}
The child was created successfully and the Codex Desktop UI identified it as GPT-5.6-Luna, but displayed its reasoning effort as medium.
The persisted rollout shows that the runtime actually applied max, so this appears to be a Desktop presentation/state synchronization bug rather than a backend reasoning fallback.
Relevant child metadata:
agent nickname: Lagrange
agent/thread id: 01a004df-6b6b-7e73-8eb3-152342dfa626
multi_agent_version: v1
model: gpt-5.6-luna
turn_context.effort: max
collaboration_mode.settings.reasoning_effort: max
Steps to reproduce
- Start a Codex Desktop coordinator task.
- Call the V1
spawn_agenttool withmodel: "gpt-5.6-luna",reasoning_effort: "max", andfork_context: false. - Open or inspect the spawned child in the Desktop sidebar/UI.
- Observe that the UI displays
mediumreasoning. - Inspect the child's persisted rollout.
- Observe that both
turn_context.effortandcollaboration_mode.settings.reasoning_effortaremax.
Expected behavior
The spawned agent UI should display the effective reasoning effort recorded by the child thread, in this case max.
If the UI is showing a model default before thread settings are applied, it should refresh to the effective value once ThreadSettingsApplied or the child turn_context is available.
Actual behavior
The child runs with max according to persisted metadata, but the Desktop UI displays medium, leading the user to believe the requested override was ignored.
Additional information
This is distinct from reports where the runtime silently inherits or changes the parent model/effort. In this reproduction, the runtime selection is correct; only the visible reasoning-effort label is wrong.
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have same situation with Codex desktop, dumb system, dumb GPT sol 5.6 exra High aowrks like gpt 5.6 luna( i really confused also