{"version":"2.1.286","anchor":"newer-model-suggestion-dialog-when-resuming-an-old-session","canonical_anchor":"newer-model-suggestion-dialog-when-resuming-an-old-session","heading":"Resuming an old session can offer to switch to a newer model","tier":"notice","area":"Sessions","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286\/e\/newer-model-suggestion-dialog-when-resuming-an-old-session","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286","markdown":"### Resuming an old session can offer to switch to a newer model\n\nA prompt can offer to continue a resumed old session on a newer model of the same family; it is off unless switched on remotely\n\n**Unclear.** How long the session must be idle and how often the question may be asked are not known.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen you resume an old session (reopen an earlier conversation), Claude Code can ask: \u201cYou\u2019re resuming an older session. Continue with a newer model?\u201d The actual model names fill in the question. The offer is for a newer model of the same family.\n\nIt appears only when all of these hold:\n\n- You are on a Pro, Max or Team plan.\n\n- The session has been idle for a long time.\n\n- Switching would not cost more in cached conversation data than staying.\n\n- You have not been asked about the same pair of models too often or too recently.\n\nIf you accept, the model switches. If you keep the current one, Claude Code shows a notice that you are staying on it. A server setting decides whether the prompt is shown, and when the server sends nothing it stays off.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis prompt can change which model a resumed session uses, so it is worth reading before you answer.\n\n- Flag `tengu_rosy_pine`: Not enough to say (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.286; this account: no value returned, anonymous baseline: no value returned, compiled default: not a boolean we can read) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.\n- Area: Sessions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 5\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}