FleetView's /model description now says it applies to new…

FleetView's /model description now says it applies to new sessions only

In FleetView, /model is now described as setting the model for new sessions from this window, without saving it

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ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.299, 14 Oct 26

ImprovementsSection of the release

What

In FleetView, the description of /model now reads "Set model for new sessions from this window (not saved)". It used to say "Set model for this FleetView session (not persisted)".

Why

The old wording described the wrong scope. The new wording makes clear the choice affects new sessions started from this window and is not kept afterwards.

Read from

Names in the bundle/model

Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Added since 17 Oct 2026 A small documentation edit on Agent SDK reference - Python touched a line naming /model after this was published. | `set_model(model)` | Change the model for the current session. Pass `None` to reset to [Claude Code's default model](/docs/en/model-config). A session in `auto` mode [changes to `default` mode](/docs/en/agent-sdk/permissions#auto-mode-au… agent-sdk/python see the edit

How sure we are

Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.

Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /model, on claude-platform-on-aws-iam-actions.

Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded /effort and /fast in agent view to set what new sessions start with; a bare /model, /effort or /fast there now opens a picker

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.299 →

The build it came inv2.1.299

14 Oct 2026 · 439 entries, this one is #245.

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Either side of it

v2.1.296Older
v2.1.300Newer

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Names in this entry

slash/model
Switch the AI model and save it as your default for new sessions. For models that support it, use left/right arrows to adjust effort level. With no argument, opens a picker; press s on a row to switch for the current session only. See when Claude Code asks you to confirm the switch. Once you confirm the switch, if Claude Code asks, Claude Code applies the change without waiting for the current response to finish. Before v2.1.242, Claude Code decided from a feature flag it fetched from Anthropic whether to run the command mid-turn or queue it until the turn finished, and always queued it in a session that doesn't fetch feature flags, such as on a third-party provider. Also available in non-interactive mode (-p) with a model argument instead of the picker, where it applies to the current session only and isn't saved as your default; requires Claude Code v2.1.205 or later

Anthropic's note

Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.299 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.

Added /effort and /fast in agent view to set what new sessions start with; a bare /model, /effort or /fast there now opens a picker

Is this right?

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

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