From 74687a063fe94b2b70c717b77ef66ae169cc4d77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cthomas <carenthomas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:59:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: skip conversation model sync for default conversation
 (#1190)

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/cli/App.tsx | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/App.tsx b/src/cli/App.tsx
index fbf559f..afaf0ed 100644
--- a/src/cli/App.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/App.tsx
@@ -3218,6 +3218,13 @@ export default function App({
     };
 
     const syncConversationModel = async () => {
+      // "default" is a virtual sentinel for the agent's primary message history,
+      // not a real conversation object — skip the API call.
+      if (conversationId === "default") {
+        applyAgentModelLocally();
+        return;
+      }
+
       try {
         const client = await getClient();
         const conversation =