[bernalalexis-try]

What and why

Follow-up to #451 (#446). Two gaps in sentient/channels/base.py:

• Tapping "Local only" in the /model list applied the preset without asking and left the Local only switch off. _preset_button now asks the same question as /model Local only when Local only is off: the button message settles to "Turn on Local only too?" and the chat gets the question. Answering /model Local only yes switches both, as before.
• /model Local only no replied "I don't have a model setup called 'Local only no'". The command now treats a trailing yes or no as the answer, and no replies "Okay, I left your models as they are." without changing anything.

The check and the question are shared by the command and the button (_asks_local_only, _local_only_question), and the question now mentions both answers: "Reply /model Local only yes or /model Local only no". Who can answer is unchanged: in a group only the chat's owner can press the button.

Closes #457

How I tested it

• pytest tests/channels/test_model_command.py: 10 passed. New tests:
  • test_local_only_button_asks_before_turning_the_switch_on: tapping the button gives the "Turn on Local only too?" toast and edit, sends the question, changes nothing, and /model Local only yes then switches both.
  • test_local_only_no_cancels: /model Local only no after the question leaves the models and the switch as they were.
  • test_model_lists_presets_and_a_button_applies_one now turns Local only on before tapping, so it still covers a button applying a preset directly.
  • Without the change in base.py, the two new tests fail.
• pytest tests/channels: 154 passed, 1 skipped, 2 failed. The 2 failures are the voice-note tests (test_telegram.py::test_voice_note_is_transcribed_and_answered, test_whatsapp.py::test_voice_note_in_and_voice_note_out); they fail the same way on main in my environment, which lacks the voice extras.
• ruff check sentient tests: clean.

Real test

• Setup: the fake Telegram API used in tests/channels, as the issue asks for. No model involved: the /model command and its buttons are answered by the channel code, never by a model.
• What I could not test: a real Telegram or Discord chat, since I don't have a bot set up for them.

Checklist

• Tests added or updated, and pytest / npm run typecheck pass locally for what I touched
• ruff check sentient tests is clean
• docs/API.md updated if the desktop ↔ engine contract changed (not changed)
• A changelog entry in changes/ (for example changes/123.fixed.md, see changes/README.md) if users will notice this change. Don't edit CHANGELOG.md.
• No keys, tokens or personal data in the code, tests or screenshots

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Selecting “Local only” in Telegram or Discord now asks for confirmation before enabling it.
  • Replying /model Local only yes confirms the selection and enables Local only.
  • Replying /model Local only no cancels the change and preserves the current settings.
  • Model presets can be selected by their position in the available list or by their exact name, regardless of capitalization.

• Bug Fixes

  • Declining the Local only selection no longer reports that setup is missing.

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Walkthrough

Selecting an available Local-only preset from the model command or preset button now prompts for confirmation when Local-only is disabled. The command accepts “yes” to apply the preset and enable Local-only, or “no” to cancel without changing model settings.

Changes: Local-only model selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command confirmation and cancellation sentient/channels/base.py, tests/channels/test_model_command.py, changes/457.fixed.md	The model command resolves complete preset names before interpreting a trailing “yes” or “no” as a response. A “no” response leaves model settings unchanged. Tests cover cancellation and names ending in “yes” or “no”; the changelog describes the updated behavior.
Preset button confirmation sentient/channels/base.py, tests/channels/test_model_command.py	The preset button prompts before applying a Local-only preset when Local-only is disabled. Tests cover confirmation and selection when Local-only is already enabled.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: venius24

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to df128

No code risk blocks merging. The CLA check still reports missing signatures.

Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to 97387

The change adds confirmation before a privacy setting changes and makes declining leave settings untouched. No new security exposure was identified in the reviewed paths.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• observed — Preset application changes application-wide model configuration and can enable the application-wide Local-only flag, rather than changing only the initiating conversation. This scope predates the PR.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Non-owner group messages are rejected before command dispatch, and button handling independently checks the group owner before preset dispatch. These controls are unchanged. Affirmative Local-only application retains the all-local-role guard; the changed paths introduce no additional caller category.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — The inherited application workflow is not fully transactional across in-memory configuration, undo metadata and disk persistence. Per-chat locking also does not serialize application-wide changes from different chats. These limitations predate the PR; prompting and cancellation add no configuration writes, and the affirmative path reuses existing mutation authority.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 77.78% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title identifies the Local only button confirmation and cancellation changes.
Linked Issues check		[#457] The Local only button asks before changing state. The shared prompt offers yes and no. /model Local only no leaves the models and switch unchanged. Fake Telegram tests cover confirmation and …
Out of Scope Changes check		[#457] The shared prompt, preset lookup, tests, and changelog support the requested behavior. Preset lookup protects names ending in yes or no when parsing answers. No unrelated change is demonstrated…

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Explanation

[#457] The Local only button asks before changing state. The shared prompt offers yes and no. /model Local only no leaves the models and switch unchanged. Fake Telegram tests cover confirmation and cancellation. The existing chat-owner authorization remains in use.

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[#457] The shared prompt, preset lookup, tests, and changelog support the requested behavior. Preset lookup protects names ending in yes or no when parsing answers. No unrelated change is demonstrated. The incremental diff was unavailable; the assessment uses the whole-PR summary and source diff.

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“Local only?”—a prompt appears.
A yes sets modes; a no leaves them,
Preset names stay clear and true.
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- Around line 1083-1085: Update the preset lookup flow around the answer parsing
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[itsskofficial]

Thanks @bernalalexis-try, and welcome! Nice quick turnaround on #457. We test every change end to end before merging, so I'm running this against a real engine with a test Telegram setup now and will follow up with a review.

[itsskofficial]

Hi @bernalalexis-try, welcome to Sentient, and thank you for picking up #457 so quickly! Reusing #451's question for both the command and the button is exactly right, and the tests read really well. I ran it on a real engine with a test Telegram setup:

• tapping Local only now asks;
• /model Local only no leaves everything as it was;
• /model Local only yes turns on both the setup and the switch;
• in a group, only the person who paired it can do any of this.

Two small things before we can merge:

1. A setup name ending in "no". CodeRabbit's note on lines ~1083-1085 is right: a saved setup whose name ends in "no" (or "yes") can't be picked by typing any more. For example, /model Just say no replies "I don't have a model setup called 'Just say'". Could you look for an exact match on the full text first, and only treat a trailing yes/no as the answer when nothing matches? Plus a quick test.
2. The CLA check is waiting on you: just post a comment with "I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA".

Tiny optional nit: /model Cloud no replies "Okay, I left your models as they are." even when nothing was asked.

That's all. Thanks again!

[itsskofficial]

Hi @bernalalexis-try, I think the latest push may not have included your changes. The code is the same as before; only the commit's email changed. Two things are still open:

1. Typing a setup whose name ends in "no" or "yes" still doesn't work: /model Just say no replies "I don't have a model setup called 'Just say'", and with "Work" and "Work yes" both saved, /model Work yes picks "Work". Please check for an exact match on the whole text first, and only read a trailing yes/no as the answer when nothing matches, plus a test.
2. The CLA check needs a comment from you on this PR: "I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA". Changing the commit email doesn't sign it.

Everything else works well in my re-test. Thanks!

[itsskofficial]

@bernalalexis-try, checking in. Are you still planning to work on this? Two things are needed before it can merge: the review's change, and the CLA (the CLA bot's comment above has the one line to post). We'll handle merging main and any other chores. If we don't hear back in a week, we'll close this with thanks and reopen #457 for someone else.

[itsskofficial]

Hi @bernalalexis-try, I merged the latest main into your branch so it's up to date: merge commit a711db4c (no conflicts, your change is untouched). After the merge, ruff check sentient tests packaging is clean and the 162 tests in tests/channels pass locally. You don't need to do anything for this; any earlier review points still stand where they are.

[bernalalexis-try]

Thanks for the re-test and for merging main. Pushed the fix (dca421e): /model now looks for an exact match on the whole text first (number or name), and only reads a trailing yes/no as the answer when nothing matches. So /model Just say no picks that setup, and with both "Work" and "Work yes" saved, /model Work yes picks "Work yes".

The lookup moved into a small _find_preset helper. New test: test_a_setup_named_with_a_trailing_yes_or_no_is_picked_by_its_full_name. tests/channels/test_model_command.py passes (11), ruff check is clean, and tests/channels is 157 passed with the same two voice-note failures as on main (missing voice extras here).

I'll handle the CLA comment separately.

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Review comments at @sentient/channels/base.py:
- Around line 1089-1090: Update the reply handling around _find_preset so
replies to a pending Local only confirmation are interpreted as confirmation
responses rather than preset names; ensure “no” cancels without changing models
and “yes” enables Local only even when presets are named “Local only no” or
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Thanks @bernalalexis-try, your signature is in, and a tester is running your fix now. The CLA check still fails for one reason: some commits on this branch are authored by a second account, @alexisnahuel-sys, and every commit author has to sign. If that's also you, please post the same line from that account:

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tests/channels/test_model_command.py: 1

168-188: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test both answers from a non-owner in a group.

Send /model Local only yes and /model Local only no as a group member. Assert that the model and switch stay unchanged and that neither answer gets a reply. Also check that the owner can answer.

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Review comment at @tests/channels/test_model_command.py around lines 168 - 188:
Extend the Local only confirmation test to cover group authorization for both
answers: have a non-owner send “/model Local only yes” and “/model Local only
no” and assert neither receives a reply or changes the active preset or
local_only switch. Also verify the owner can answer the confirmation
successfully, preserving the existing owner-path assertions in
test_local_only_button_asks_before_turning_the_switch_on.

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- Around line 168-188: Extend the Local only confirmation test to cover group
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and “/model Local only no” and assert neither receives a reply or changes the
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[itsskofficial]

Thanks @bernalalexis-try! Your fix works: /model now finds the exact name or number first, as the last review asked, and the button asks before anything changes. I made two tiny fixes on your branch (below) and I'm approving. The one thing still blocking the merge is the CLA. Your signature is in, but commit dca421e is authored by a second account, @alexisnahuel-sys, which hasn't signed. If that's also you, please post this line from that account:

I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA

What I pushed (df128bb, on top of your work, no force-push): both cases are in _model_command, and each has a new test in tests/channels/test_model_command.py.

1. /model undo no ran the undo. The trailing "no" was removed before the undo check, so "no" went back to the previous setup. It now replies "I don't have a model setup called 'undo no'", as main does.
2. A setup named Local only no or Local only yes took over the question's replies (CodeRabbit's open thread). With such a setup saved, answering "no" switched to that setup. Answering "yes" did too, and left the Local only switch off. Those two replies now always answer the question, and a setup with one of those names is still picked by its number or button.

How I tested it: a real engine (main at 2a3f848, then dca421e, then df128bb) on a fresh home, driving the real Telegram channel over HTTP with SENTIENT_TELEGRAM_API.

• Simulated: Telegram's servers, a small fake Bot API on this computer with a made-up token. Messages and button taps from "Maya" were injected as updates through getUpdates. No real Telegram account or Discord was used.
• Real: the engine, its config and REST API, the channel code, and a final chat on the local ollama_chat/qwen3:8b.

The starting setup was claude-code/sonnet with the switch off. After each step I read models back from GET /api/config.

Step	main	df128bb
Tap Local only	Switches models, switch stays off	Asks, nothing changes: "Turn on Local only too, so nothing leaves this computer? Reply /model Local only yes or /model Local only no"
/model Local only no	"I don't have a model setup called..."	"Okay, I left your models as they are.", nothing changes
Tap, then /model Local only yes	n/a	"Switched to Local only, and Local only is on.", switch on, primary qwen3:8b
/model Local only with the switch already on	"Already using Local only."	Same
/model Just say no	Switched to Just say no	Same
/model Work yes (with "Work" also saved)	Picks Work (wrong)	Picks Work yes
/model Work no (nothing matches)	"I don't have a model setup called 'Work no'"	"Okay, I left your models as they are."
/model Yes or no, /model yes or NO	Picks Yes or no	Same
/model Yes or no no, /model Work yes no	"I don't have a model setup called..."	Cancels
/model Work yes yes	Picks Work yes	Same
/model 2, /model 2 no, /model 1 no	Picks, then "don't have" twice	Picks, then cancels twice
/model LOCAL ONLY NO	"I don't have a model setup called..."	Cancels
/model nothing like this no	"I don't have a model setup called 'nothing like this no'"	"...called 'nothing like this'"
/model no, /model yes	"I don't have a model setup called..."	Same
Group, another member taps Local only	"Only the person who paired this chat..."	Same, nothing changes
Group, the owner taps Local only	Switches without asking	Asks

After the "yes", a chat from the fake Telegram user was answered "pong" with primary ollama_chat/qwen3:8b and the switch on.

Review threads: none open. I replied to CodeRabbit's thread and resolved it. CodeRabbit's newest note suggests testing group members typing the answers. No change is needed, because other members' messages never reach a command by design (ADR 0029, _note_other).

Checks on df128bb: Lint, Changelog, Secret scan, Desktop and Engine tests on Linux and Windows all pass. 165 tests in tests/channels pass locally. The branch is 16 commits behind main with no conflicts, so I didn't merge main. CLA is the only red check.