[BUG] opening temporary chat in cc desktop app cleverly switches ur model for more consumption

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

claude desktop ap 2.110.0 Windows, Electron 44.2.0, Node 24.20.0

when you start a temporary chat your model silently switches to fable always despite what you selected, i know this is an intentional mechanism to silently cost more of the user's quota

What Should Happen?

it should not automatically swap switch it???

Error Messages/Logs

no visible errors

Steps to Reproduce

here's a video - u can clearly see it automatically silently switched to Fable 5.1 despite me selecting Opus or anything else

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28bf1445-14ca-4698-b0e8-9858e82ab160

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.110.0

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

just see the video its self explanatory

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28bf1445-14ca-4698-b0e8-9858e82ab160