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Problem

When a thread's permission mode is one its provider does not offer, T3 Code ran it, and the web and mobile pickers showed it, as Supervised, the narrowest mode. With the default set to Auto, a new Pi thread (Pi offers Supervised, Auto-accept edits and Full access) showed "Supervised" and asked for approval before every file write. delegate_task and t3_thread_launch already step down to the broadest mode the provider offers.

Reproduced on main at a185dd9 with the web dev server and a fresh database: Settings → Threads → New threads → Permissions set to Auto. New thread, model switched to Pi. The composer reads "Permissions: Supervised", and Pi's write tool call waits for approval. The thread is stored as auto and runs as approval-required.

Change

• broadestRuntimeModeWithin(mode, supported) in packages/contracts/src/providerPolicy.ts returns the broadest supported mode that grants no more than mode.
• The server (RuntimePolicy.ts providerRuntimeMode), the web composer (resolveCompatibleRuntimeMode) and mobile thread settings (compatibleRuntimeModeForChoices) use it in place of their narrowest-mode fallback. When nothing at or below the mode is offered, they still fall back to the narrowest mode, so a thread never runs above the mode it was set to.
• delegatedTaskModes.ts drops its private rank switch and uses the same helper and isRuntimeModeAbove. Its error for an explicitly requested unsupported mode now names the mode the thread would actually run in.
• Effective modes that change:
  • Pi and Antigravity threads set to Auto run in Auto-accept edits.
  • fx threads set to Full access, including on the shipped Full access default, run in fx Auto.
  • Grok, Kiro and Muse results are unchanged, because they offer nothing between Supervised and the mode they lack.
• The user docs for permission modes, Pi and fx now describe the step-down. The Antigravity test assertion that pinned Supervised and two test names were updated to match.

Scope and approval

Fixes #30538

Verification

• Red first: three tests failed on main with expected 'approval-required' to be 'auto-accept-edits', one per surface, and pass with the fix:
  • RuntimePolicy.test.ts: "runs a stored Auto Pi thread in Auto-accept edits, not Supervised"
  • runtimeModeConfig.test.ts: "shows Auto on a provider without it as Auto-accept edits, not Supervised"
  • thread-settings-options.test.ts: "compatibleRuntimeModeForChoices > shows Auto on a provider without it as Auto-accept edits, not Supervised"
• vp test run on those files plus AntigravityProvider.test.ts, handlers.test.ts and the OrchestratorMcpService tests: all pass. vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 36 packages, and 8 test files.
• Real app, web dev server, fresh database on each side, same steps (default Auto, add Pi, new thread, switch to "Pi default", ask Pi to write note-30538.txt with its write tool):

	Before (main a185dd9)	After (fix/issue-30538 6759725)
Composer after switching to Pi	Permissions: Supervised	Permissions: Auto-accept edits
Stored thread runtime mode	auto	auto
Pi write tool call	Waiting for approval	Written without a prompt ("Created note-30538.txt…")
Shell command	asks	asks (Auto-accept edits still asks before commands)

• Before/after screenshots and diff images of the composer and the thread were taken but are not attached here.
• Not checked:
  • mobile in a running client; covered by the unit test only;
  • fx, Antigravity and Grok in a running client; covered by RuntimePolicy tests only.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Unsupported thread permission modes now fall back to the broadest supported lower mode instead of Supervised. This can remove approval prompts for existing threads, requiring human confirmation of the changed permission expectations.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: d91915d · PR result: b6eaa87 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Runtime mode resolution now selects the broadest provider-supported mode that does not exceed the requested mode. This applies to mobile and web thread settings, server provider policy, and inherited delegated tasks. Tests and documentation describe the updated mappings.

Changes: Runtime mode fallback

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared mode selection packages/contracts/src/providerPolicy.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/runtimeModeConfig.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-settings-options.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityProvider.ts, apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityProvider.test.ts, docs/user/permission-modes.md, docs/user/providers-fx.md, docs/user/providers-pi.md, docs/internals/adding-a-provider.md	The shared helper selects the broadest supported mode within the requested mode. Thread settings and server provider policy use this selection. Tests and provider documentation cover the resulting mappings, including Auto resolving to Auto-accept edits for Pi and Antigravity.
Delegated task mode resolution apps/server/src/mcp/delegatedTaskModes.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts	Delegated runtime-mode checks use the shared comparison helpers. Inherited unsupported modes resolve to the broadest supported mode within the limit, or approval-required if no mode qualifies. Explicit unsupported requests remain invalid and report the computed fallback mode.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#27197: Adds isRuntimeModeAbove, which this PR uses for runtime-mode limit checks, and changes the same server runtime policy path.
• pingdotgg/t3code#23524: Changes how new threads inherit runtime modes, which connects to this PR’s provider-supported-mode resolution.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to b6eaa

The fallback changes have no established material merge-blocking risk.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: threads use the broadest permission mode their provider supports without exceeding the requested mode.
Description check		The description covers the problem, implementation, scope, and verification in detail. It links the issue but does not state that a maintainer approved the scope or explain why the fix qualifies for a…
Linked Issues check		Issue #30538 requires a new Pi thread with stored mode Auto to run in Auto-accept edits rather than Supervised. The reviewed implementation still applies broadestRuntimeModeWithin in the server and …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes remain connected to the provider mode step-down behavior in issue #30538. The incremental changes remove redundant web and mobile wrapper tests while retaining the server regression test. …

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Issue #30538 requires a new Pi thread with stored mode Auto to run in Auto-accept edits rather than Supervised. The reviewed implementation still applies broadestRuntimeModeWithin in the server and web mode selection paths. The server regression test still checks the Pi Auto case. The current head removes the web and mobile wrapper tests, but the shared selection rule and server test remain. The issue’s suggestion to make the fallback selectable is optional and is not a coding requirement.

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The changes remain connected to the provider mode step-down behavior in issue #30538. The incremental changes remove redundant web and mobile wrapper tests while retaining the server regression test. The provider-authoring documentation describes the same behavior. No unrelated change is shown.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.test.ts: 1

169-169: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add the fx full-access case to the policy test table.

The changed behavior maps fx full-access to fx auto. No assertion covers that input. Add an fx entry to supportedRuntimeModesByInstance and assert the result in the existing modeFor case. The existing case already owns this step-down behavior, so the new assertion belongs there.

Suggested fix

+const fxInstanceId = ProviderInstanceId.make("fx");
 const piInstanceId = ProviderInstanceId.make("pi");
 const supportedRuntimeModesByInstance = new Map<ProviderInstanceId, ReadonlyArray<RuntimeMode>>([
   [grokInstanceId, ["approval-required", "auto", "full-access"]],
   [antigravityInstanceId, ["approval-required", "auto-accept-edits", "full-access"]],
   [piInstanceId, ["approval-required", "auto-accept-edits", "full-access"]],
+  [fxInstanceId, ["approval-required", "auto"]],
 ]);

   it.effect(
-    "runs Supervised when the provider offers nothing between it and the requested mode",
+    "falls back to the broadest supported mode at or below the requested mode",
     () =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
...
         assert.equal(yield* modeFor(providerInstanceId, "auto-accept-edits"), "auto-accept-edits");
+        assert.equal(yield* modeFor(fxInstanceId, "full-access"), "auto");
       }),
   );

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.test.ts at
line 169:
The policy test table does not cover fx full-access fallback behavior. Add an fx
instance to supportedRuntimeModesByInstance with its supported modes and assert
in the existing modeFor step-down case that requesting full-access returns auto.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.test.ts:
- Line 169: The policy test table does not cover fx full-access fallback
behavior. Add an fx instance to supportedRuntimeModesByInstance with its
supported modes and assert in the existing modeFor step-down case that
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• apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-settings-options.test.ts
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• apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/delegatedTaskModes.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RuntimePolicy.ts
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• apps/server/src/provider/AntigravityProvider.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/runtimeModeConfig.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/runtimeModeConfig.ts
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• packages/contracts/src/providerPolicy.ts

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Evidence

Environment on both sides: real web dev app/server, Linux/Chrome, 1280×800 CSS viewport, dark theme, separate fresh databases, identical empty synthetic projects. Runtime model labels are redacted.

Steps: enable authenticated Pi; set the new-thread default to Auto with no project override; create a Pi thread; request creation of note-30538.txt through the write tool; after completion request printf 'shell-30538\n' through bash. Approve the write only if requested so both sides reach the shell request.

Before	After
d290c1f1b6	b6eaa87914
Full interaction recording: write waits for approval; after manual approval, shell also waits.	Full interaction recording: write completes automatically; shell waits for approval.

Both real threads retained stored Auto. Runtime observation, inspection script, browser action recipe, seed script, capture rendering script.

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Not shown:

• Mobile controls and the Electron client were not exercised; this evidence pass used the real web client and server.
• Other providers and unsupported-mode combinations were not exercised; the demonstrated case is Pi with stored Auto.
• Pi's separate edit tool was not invoked; automatic file creation through its write tool was demonstrated.
• Delegated-task, text-generation, and other launch paths changed by the fix were not exercised.