fix(codex): honor configured provider model defaults

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Codex's configured model, reasoning effort, and service tier were missing from the provider catalog defaults, so a new thread without a project or remembered selection could start with T3's fallback instead.

Read the effective configuration alongside the model catalog and apply supported defaults to the selected model. Unavailable models and unsupported option values retain the catalog fallback. The change stays within the Codex provider; all clients receive the same catalog.

Verification: 9 focused CodexProvider tests passed, server typecheck passed, and scoped lint/format checks passed. No UI layout changes.

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Closes #10576

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The change stops storing auto-selected models as project defaults. Auto-bootstrapped threads retain model selection. Migration 44 clears historical implicit Codex defaults. Codex provider probing now applies effective Codex configuration values.

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Model default handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Separate project and thread model selection apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.ts, apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.test.ts, apps/server/src/cli/project.ts, apps/web/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx	New projects receive defaultModelSelection: null. Auto-bootstrapped threads receive the selected model. CLI and command-palette project creation use the same behavior.
Apply Codex effective configuration apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.test.ts, docs/user/composer.md	Codex reads effective model, reasoning effort, and service tier values. The provider applies available values and falls back to the live model catalog when needed. Documentation describes the selection rules.
Clear historical implicit project defaults apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/044_ClearImplicitProjectModelDefaults.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/044_ClearImplicitProjectModelDefaults.test.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts	Migration 44 clears matching implicit Codex defaults from project projections and project.created events. Explicit selections remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

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The PR restores inherited new-thread defaults and applies effective Codex configuration without any actionable merge-blocking risk remaining.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ProjectCreator
  participant ServerRuntimeStartup
  participant CodexProvider
  participant CodexAppServer
  ProjectCreator->>ServerRuntimeStartup: create project with null defaultModelSelection
  ServerRuntimeStartup->>ServerRuntimeStartup: select thread model
  ServerRuntimeStartup->>CodexProvider: initialize provider
  CodexProvider->>CodexAppServer: read effective Codex configuration
  CodexProvider->>CodexAppServer: fetch skills and models
  CodexProvider-->>ServerRuntimeStartup: return provider defaults

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apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.ts (1)

407-407: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use the inferred return type.

Remove the explicit Effect.fn.Return annotation from readCodexConfigModelDefaults. The typed CodexAppServerClient["Service"].request contract can infer the same result and CodexAppServerError types.

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In `@apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.ts` at line 407, Update
readCodexConfigModelDefaults to remove the explicit Effect.fn.Return annotation
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In `@apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.ts`:
- Line 407: Update readCodexConfigModelDefaults to remove the explicit
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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The production Codex probe now changes existing new-thread defaults based on configured model, reasoning effort, and service tier, affecting model selection and trait dispatch across the composer. The change also has an unresolved medium-severity issue involving reasoning defaults when the configured model is unavailable.

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#10576 remains reproducible when the configured model differs from the T3 selection. applyCodexConfigModelDefaults changes descriptors only for defaultModel. With Luna configured, global service_tier = "priority", and Astra selected without an explicit tier, Astra still resolves to Standard while explicit-only dispatch leaves the tier unset.

Apply the supported global service-tier default across selectable models, independently of which model becomes the default. Keep explicit serviceTier: "default" authoritative. Restricting reasoning updates to the selected default model can remain separate from that tier correction.

The config/read failure fallback also needs a distinct unknown state. Returning {} leaves catalog Standard in place, so the same display helper still reports Standard without knowing the effective tier. Do not treat the cross-model correction alone as closing #10576.

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🟡 Medium Layers/CodexProvider.ts:351

When config.model is unavailable, the fallback default model still receives config.reasoningEffort, so a value for the unavailable model overrides the fallback model's catalog default. Gate this override on configuredModelAvailable so unavailable models retain their catalog reasoning settings.

-      model.slug === defaultModel ? config?.reasoningEffort : undefined,
+      configuredModelAvailable && model.slug === defaultModel ? config?.reasoningEffort : undefined,

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In file @apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexProvider.ts around line 351:

When `config.model` is unavailable, the fallback default model still receives `config.reasoningEffort`, so a value for the unavailable model overrides the fallback model's catalog default. Gate this override on `configuredModelAvailable` so unavailable models retain their catalog reasoning settings.

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Pushed bd123f9. The configured service_tier now applies to every model that supports it, not just the configured default, with reasoning effort still scoped to the default model. A failed config/read no longer falls back to catalog Standard: the tier descriptor ships with no current value and no default marker, so the composer shows no tier selection instead of a guessed one. Dispatch stays explicit-only per #9164.

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Thanks for the PR. We're not taking changes to the orchestration and provider layers right now: that part of the server is being rewritten for V2, and merging into the current code would either conflict with or be thrown away by that work.

Closing for now. If this is still an issue once V2 lands, please reopen (or open a fresh PR against the new code) and we'll take a proper look.