Default Codex agent catalog discards operator model-selection hints

[Calmingstorm]

Severity: P2

Verified at v4.10.0, 55c15761845b00931ab2ea4aa184a7797dfd0614.

Locations

src/tools/agent_tool_policy.py:454-465; src/tools/model_hints.py:138-147,176-184

Failure scenario / benefit and affected installs

Autoaxis/defaultCodexchoices/emptyexplicitallowlistwithauthoredmodel_selection_hints. defaultcatalogbranchskipsrendererandstaticdescriptionlosesoperatorguidance, whileexplicitallowlistworks.

Verification

Independently readrendererconditional; revieweractualuniquehintabsentcatalogbutdirectrendererhonored.

Correction and tests

Applyauthoredhintoverlaywithdefaultcatalogandregressoperatorguidancevisibility; distinct #459/#489.

Duplicate screening

Checked original open/closed inventory and fresh GitHub title/body search. No matching root. Full-path traces and harmless mocks only; mutation strings were never executed.

[Calmingstorm]

Validated as fixed on campaign/v4.10.0-review (PR #629) at a978f193: the fix was reviewed against the final code, and its regression tests pass on the branch and in CI. It is not merged to master yet. Closing per the maintainer's instruction; reopen if a later change regresses it.