Claude Code v2.1.223 · 5 Aug 2026
Model alias reverse-lookup only applies to recognized models
Model name overrides no longer swap in an alias pointing at a model the client doesn't know.
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Models Area: what it touches
Bug Fixes Kind: in v2.1.223, 05 Aug 26
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What
Mapping a model string back through modelOverrides no longer substitutes an override key that points at a model the client does not know.
Details
A candidate key is returned only if it maps to a model the client recognizes. "No match" is now represented by undefined rather than by returning the input unchanged. Previously any override key whose value matched was substituted verbatim. The application-inference-profile fallback path is unchanged. Evidence
application-inference-profile
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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Anthropic's release notes agree Fixed modelOverrides keys that aren't Anthropic model IDs being treated as the session's canonical model ID; unknown keys are now ignored as…
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Anthropic's note
Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.223 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.
Fixed modelOverrides keys that aren't Anthropic model IDs being treated as the session's canonical model ID; unknown keys are now ignored as documented
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