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Model names in switch messages render as code spans

You'll notice
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Models

Model names in switch messages now render as code, safely handling backticks.

What

Messages announcing a model switch now wrap the model name in backticks, choosing a fence length that survives names containing backticks. Applied only to lines with a known model-switch prefix or the fast-mode banner.

Evidence

No response from the cloud session — the switch to

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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