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What changed

Relays that return only id / display_name no longer get a silent 128k window. An enabled Context cap is now the actual Codex window when discovery and modelContextWindows are empty. min(discovered, cap) still applies only to a real discovered or configured window.

The Models page copy now names the two controls separately:

  • Default window / cap on the provider row: provider-wide window. If the relay omits context_window / context_length, this value is what Codex sees.
  • Custom windows: per-model override when you already know a specific number.

Models page: Default window / cap and Custom windows for BMCCA

Why

Custom OpenAI-compatible relays often omit context metadata. OpenCodex previously invented 128000, then treated that fake discovery as a hard ceiling. Turning on a 350k cap could not raise the window, so Codex sessions stayed at 121600 (128000 * 95%). The GUI also made the cap look like the live window.

Root cause: unknown window was written as 128k before the cap ran, so the cap could only lower a fabricated value.

Impact

If a routed provider has Context cap on and the upstream /v1/models row has no window, the catalog now writes that cap as context_window. Existing sessions keep their old compacted window; start a new Codex task after sync.

A real smaller live window is still respected. An off cap still falls back to 128k.

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Configured context caps now provide effective windows for routed models without upstream metadata. Catalog synchronization, combo synthesis, auto-compaction limits, tests, and localized settings guidance reflect the new fallback and capping behavior.

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Context window resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Unknown-window resolution contract
src/providers/context-cap.ts, src/codex/catalog/sync.ts
resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow returns a valid floored cap or 128,000. Routed-model fallback order now prefers exact metadata, then the enabled cap, then the default.
Catalog context propagation
src/codex/catalog/provider-fetch.ts, src/codex/catalog/effort.ts
Provider discovery and combo synthesis use configured caps for missing windows. Known windows remain capped when needed. Cap-derived windows are not capped twice. Catalog context limits and auto-compaction thresholds use the resolved value.
Context-cap behavior validation
tests/context-cap-unknown-window.test.ts, tests/codex-catalog.test.ts
Tests cover missing, discovered, static, cached, routed, and combo models, including cap preservation, reduction, and the 128,000 fallback.
Localized context-window guidance
gui/src/i18n/*.ts
English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese text now describes default windows, caps, fallbacks, overrides, and routed-provider behavior.

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The PR makes an enabled context cap the effective window when relays omit context metadata while preserving smaller known upstream windows. A fractional-cap edge case can still produce an unintended 128,000-token fallback, and some localized Models guidance is incomplete, which may confuse administrators. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ProviderFetch
  participant ContextCapResolver
  participant CatalogMetadata
  ProviderFetch->>ContextCapResolver: Resolve configured cap for missing routed window
  ContextCapResolver-->>ProviderFetch: Return effective window or 128,000
  ProviderFetch->>CatalogMetadata: Apply resolved context window
  CatalogMetadata->>CatalogMetadata: Set context limits and auto-compaction threshold
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In `@gui/src/i18n/ja.ts`:
- Line 531: Update the localized “models.contextHint” strings in
gui/src/i18n/ja.ts:531-531 and gui/src/i18n/ko.ts:534-534: use コンテキストウィンドウ in
Japanese and 컨텍스트 윈도우 in Korean, and explicitly state that smaller upstream
context-window values are preserved while larger values are capped and missing
metadata uses the configured fallback.

Apply the same fix in `@gui/src/i18n/ru.ts` at line 536: Same misleading
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Apply the same fix in `@gui/src/i18n/tr.ts` at line 539: Same incorrect
implication that leaving the field empty enables automatic discovery.

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- Around line 34-35: Update resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow so it floors a
valid cap and returns the fallback 128,000 when the floored value is not
positive, including caps between zero and one; otherwise return the floored cap.
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Relays that return only model ids were silently catalogued at 128k, so a 350k Context cap could not raise the Codex window. Treat an enabled cap as the actual window when discovery and modelContextWindows are empty, and keep min() only for real discovered values.
Keep localized context-window hints consistent with the new default/cap contract, and treat a floored non-positive cap as the 128k fallback.
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In `@gui/src/i18n/tr.ts`:
- Around line 533-547: Update the Turkish models.setAllHint translation to
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In `@tests/context-cap-unknown-window.test.ts`:
- Around line 8-10: Update the test around resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow and
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Comment thread gui/src/i18n/tr.ts
Comment on lines +533 to +547
"models.capValue": "Varsayılan {value}",
"models.contextSettings": "Özel pencereler",
"models.contextSettingsTitle": "Özel pencereler — {provider}",
"models.contextDefault": "Sağlayıcı varsayılanı",
"models.contextModel": "Model",
"models.contextModelOverride": "Model geçersiz kılma",
"models.contextHint": "Yukarı akış meta verileri eksik olduğunda kullanılır.",
"models.contextHint": "Pencereyi biliyorsanız gerçek Codex penceresini buraya yazın. Üst akış değer yoksa bu kullanılır; daha büyük bildirilen pencere düşürülür, daha küçük olan korunur. Boş bırakırsanız sağlayıcının «Varsayılan pencere / sınır» değeri kullanılır; o sınır kapalıysa 128k olur.",
"models.contextAutomatic": "Otomatik keşif",
"models.contextSaved": "Bağlam pencereleri güncellendi.",
"models.contextUnchanged": "Kaydedilecek bağlam penceresi değişikliği yok.",
"models.contextSaveFailed": "Bağlam pencereleri kaydedilemedi",
"models.contextInvalid": "Bağlam pencereleri pozitif tam sayılar olmalıdır",
"models.contextCappedValue": "{value} sınırı",
"models.setAll": "Tümünü ayarla",
"models.setAllHint": "{value} bağlam sınırını her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıya uygulayın.",
"models.setAllHint": "Her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıda {value} varsayılan pencereyi açar. Röle context_window / context_length vermezse bu değer gerçek Codex penceresi olur. Tek bir modeli elle yazmak için aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın.",

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Restore the missing "native providers unaffected" sentence in models.setAllHint.

Line 547 in gui/src/i18n/tr.ts translates models.setAllHint but drops the closing English sentence "Native providers are unaffected." Compare with the other five locales in this cohort, which all keep an equivalent sentence at the same key (for example, gui/src/i18n/de.ts line 531: "Native Anbieter bleiben unberührt."; gui/src/i18n/ru.ts line 544: "Нативные провайдеры не затрагиваются."). The Turkish string ends at "...aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın." with no mention of native providers, so a Turkish-reading admin using "Tümünü ayarla" loses the explicit confirmation that native OpenAI passthrough providers are not affected by the bulk default-window change.

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-  "models.setAllHint": "Her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıda {value} varsayılan pencereyi açar. Röle context_window / context_length vermezse bu değer gerçek Codex penceresi olur. Tek bir modeli elle yazmak için aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın.",
+  "models.setAllHint": "Her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıda {value} varsayılan pencereyi açar. Röle context_window / context_length vermezse bu değer gerçek Codex penceresi olur. Tek bir modeli elle yazmak için aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın. Yerel sağlayıcılar etkilenmez.",
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"models.capValue": "Varsayılan {value}",
"models.contextSettings": "Özel pencereler",
"models.contextSettingsTitle": "Özel pencereler — {provider}",
"models.contextDefault": "Sağlayıcı varsayılanı",
"models.contextModel": "Model",
"models.contextModelOverride": "Model geçersiz kılma",
"models.contextHint": "Yukarı akış meta verileri eksik olduğunda kullanılır.",
"models.contextHint": "Pencereyi biliyorsanız gerçek Codex penceresini buraya yazın. Üst akış değer yoksa bu kullanılır; daha büyük bildirilen pencere düşürülür, daha küçük olan korunur. Boş bırakırsanız sağlayıcının «Varsayılan pencere / sınır» değeri kullanılır; o sınır kapalıysa 128k olur.",
"models.contextAutomatic": "Otomatik keşif",
"models.contextSaved": "Bağlam pencereleri güncellendi.",
"models.contextUnchanged": "Kaydedilecek bağlam penceresi değişikliği yok.",
"models.contextSaveFailed": "Bağlam pencereleri kaydedilemedi",
"models.contextInvalid": "Bağlam pencereleri pozitif tam sayılar olmalıdır",
"models.contextCappedValue": "{value} sınırı",
"models.setAll": "Tümünü ayarla",
"models.setAllHint": "{value} bağlam sınırını her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıya uygulayın.",
"models.setAllHint": "Her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıda {value} varsayılan pencereyi açar. Röle context_window / context_length vermezse bu değer gerçek Codex penceresi olur. Tek bir modeli elle yazmak için aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın.",
"models.capValue": "Varsayılan {value}",
"models.contextSettings": "Özel pencereler",
"models.contextSettingsTitle": "Özel pencereler — {provider}",
"models.contextDefault": "Sağlayıcı varsayılanı",
"models.contextModel": "Model",
"models.contextModelOverride": "Model geçersiz kılma",
"models.contextHint": "Pencereyi biliyorsanız gerçek Codex penceresini buraya yazın. Üst akış değer yoksa bu kullanılır; daha büyük bildirilen pencere düşürülür, daha küçük olan korunur. Boş bırakırsanız sağlayıcının «Varsayılan pencere / sınır» değeri kullanılır; o sınır kapalıysa 128k olur.",
"models.contextAutomatic": "Otomatik keşif",
"models.contextSaved": "Bağlam pencereleri güncellendi.",
"models.contextUnchanged": "Kaydedilecek bağlam penceresi değişikliği yok.",
"models.contextSaveFailed": "Bağlam pencereleri kaydedilemedi",
"models.contextInvalid": "Bağlam pencereleri pozitif tam sayılar olmalıdır",
"models.contextCappedValue": "{value} sınırı",
"models.setAll": "Tümünü ayarla",
"models.setAllHint": "Her yönlendirilen sağlayıcıda {value} varsayılan pencereyi açar. Röle context_window / context_length vermezse bu değer gerçek Codex penceresi olur. Tek bir modeli elle yazmak için aynı satırdaki «Özel pencereler»i kullanın. Yerel sağlayıcılar etkilenmez.",
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In `@gui/src/i18n/tr.ts` around lines 533 - 547, Update the Turkish
models.setAllHint translation to append an equivalent sentence stating that
native providers are unaffected, while preserving the existing guidance and
formatting.

Comment on lines +8 to +10
test("an enabled cap fills a missing window instead of inventing 128k", () => {
expect(resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow(350_000)).toBe(350_000);
expect(applyProviderContextCap(undefined, 350_000)).toBeUndefined();

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the test name with both assertions.

resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow(350_000) fills an unknown window. applyProviderContextCap(undefined, 350_000) intentionally preserves undefined according to src/providers/context-cap.ts:24-28. Split these assertions into separate tests, or rename the test to describe both contracts. This will make future failures easier to diagnose.

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In `@tests/context-cap-unknown-window.test.ts` around lines 8 - 10, Update the
test around resolveUnknownRoutedContextWindow and applyProviderContextCap so its
name accurately describes both the unknown-window resolution and preservation of
an undefined provider cap, or split the assertions into separately named tests
for each contract.

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Validation before merge: scratch-worktree merge onto current dev — context-cap + codex-catalog suites 189/0 + tsc clean.

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Validation before merge (bug-PR campaign batch 1): context-cap-unknown-window + codex-catalog suites 189/0, tsc clean on scratch dev merge.

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