[Bug] Model switching during single-turn planning task causes confusion about which model generated content

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.218
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 23, 2026

Bug Description
im asking claude to plan on rewriting my old project to latest version for that planning only used fable 5 and i got the message saying Claude switched models which is disappoiting when i didnt do anything wrong and now i dont know which model wrote which file

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: null
  • Version: 2.1.218
  • Feedback ID: 2fb58d3d-2f6d-4727-b009-a332049e0660

Errors

[{"error":"TelemetrySafeError: VirtualMessageList: itemKeys/messages length desync (keys=164 messages=163 range=[140,164))\n    at i3b (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:18388:8188)\n    at Flf (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:18388:1103)\n    at Jn (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:21364)\n    at fS (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:40461)\n    at lO (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:51387)\n    at iLe (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:89050)\n    at oLe (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:88003)\n    at cge (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:87823)\n    at X9 (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:84092)\n    at Pt (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2101:6664)","timestamp":"2026-07-23T18:46:28.303Z"}]

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