A full model id like claude-sonnet-4-6 in list_config.model never matched any
ModelPresets row (only bare aliases did), so every run under it landed on the
hardcoded 30-turn/DefaultLevel fallback instead of the sonnet preset row -
this is what killed two autonomous tasks at the 30-turn limit.
ModelRegistry.TryNormalizeAlias (non-throwing: exact match, then substring
match against a full model id) lets ModelPresets.For resolve a full model id
to its alias's preset row. For a model that still doesn't resolve, the
hardcoded 30 is replaced by a caller-supplied fallbackMaxTurns, and TaskRunner
now passes AppSettings.DefaultMaxTurns there - so that setting has a real
effect instead of being dead, matching the direction already noted in
docs/open.md.
AddTask, planning CreateChildTask, and SuggestImprovement now accept an
optional alias-validated model (haiku/sonnet/opus; blank = inherit) so the
model is chosen at creation time instead of a follow-up set_task_config call.
The planning, system, and improvement prompts instruct Claude to pick the
cheapest capable model (haiku < sonnet < opus).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
mika kuns