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Explicit control over model context window size #4898

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@bahag-chaurasiak

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Currently, in Auto mode, the active model (and therefore context window size, e.g., 128K vs 1M) is chosen automatically per turn with no visible way to pin a session/turn to a specific context window tier. This makes it hard to plan for large-context workflows (big diffs, long codebases, big review sessions) since: 1. There's no setting ( /settings ,  /config ) to default Auto to prefer 1M-context models when available. 2.  /model  requires manually picking a specific model each session; this choice isn't "sticky" across Auto reselection. 3.  /context  shows current usage but doesn't indicate whether a larger-context alternative exists for the same task

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Suggestion: Add a session/user-level preference (e.g.,  /settings context=large ) that biases Auto toward 1M-context-capable models when the task or repo size warrants it, and surface in  /context  whether a bigger-context model is available.

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