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Saoud RizwanandSaoud Rizwan bf71bf7cd9 Default to the first Cline recommended model (Sonnet 5.5 fallback) across CLI, extension, and desktop (#14959)
* Default to the first Cline recommended model (Sonnet 5.5 fallback) across CLI, extension, and desktop

- @cline/shared: CLINE_DEFAULT_MODEL_ID is now the anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 fallback
- @cline/llms: the cline provider's defaultModelId prefers GENERATED_CLINE_RECOMMENDED_MODELS.recommended[0]
- CLI: resolve the provider's SDK default before falling back to the first catalog entry; drop the hardcoded sonnet-4.6 fallback
- VS Code: openRouterDefaultModelId -> anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5; cline provider falls through to the SDK default

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* Default the SDK openrouter provider to anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5

The VS Code extension's OpenRouter model field is populated from this SDK
default via resolveModelInfo, so the extension-side openRouterDefaultModelId
constant alone did not change the fresh-install selection.

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* Desktop: adopt the provider catalog default model once the catalog loads

A fresh install booted on CLINE_DEFAULT_MODEL_ID and kept it when the user
skipped onboarding, so the chat bar never picked up the Cline provider's
recommended-list default. Swap the bootstrap fallback for the catalog
default unless a model was already remembered for that provider.

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* Scope the recommended-model default to the Cline providers

Only cline/cline-pass declare a curated default; other manifests may expose
a placeholder like "default" (ollama, lmstudio), so the CLI keeps falling
back to the first catalog entry for them. The desktop bootstrap swap now also
applies only to new Cline chats, never to hydrated sessions.

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* Test both branches of the cline default model selection

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* Simplify: drop the desktop bootstrap swap and connector catalog lookup

The desktop app keeps CLINE_DEFAULT_MODEL_ID as its pre-onboarding default
(onboarding already stores the provider's recommended default), and the
connector only swaps its hardcoded literal for the shared constant.

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* CLI: only the cline provider uses the SDK default before the catalog

cline-pass's manifest default is just the first bundled model, not a curated
pick, so it keeps the live catalog's own ordering.

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* Connectors: prefer the provider's declared default over the Cline fallback

Non-Cline connector sessions with no saved model were handed a Claude id.
Use the provider manifest default when it is a real model, skipping the
"default" placeholder that catalog-less local providers expose.

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