feat: auto-open model selector if user selects deprecated model (#427)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d254dff6-f1f9-4492-9dfd-d185c38d3a75

codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-response-item.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { OverlayModeType } from "./terminal-chat";
 import type { TerminalRendererOptions } from "marked-terminal";
 import type {
   ResponseFunctionToolCallItem,
@@ -14,18 +15,25 @@ import chalk, { type ForegroundColorName } from "chalk";
 import { Box, Text } from "ink";
 import { parse, setOptions } from "marked";
 import TerminalRenderer from "marked-terminal";
-import React, { useMemo } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
 
 export default function TerminalChatResponseItem({
   item,
   fullStdout = false,
+  setOverlayMode,
 }: {
   item: ResponseItem;
   fullStdout?: boolean;
+  setOverlayMode?: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<OverlayModeType>>;
 }): React.ReactElement {
   switch (item.type) {
     case "message":
-      return <TerminalChatResponseMessage message={item} />;
+      return (
+        <TerminalChatResponseMessage
+          setOverlayMode={setOverlayMode}
+          message={item}
+        />
+      );
     case "function_call":
       return <TerminalChatResponseToolCall message={item} />;
     case "function_call_output":
@@ -98,9 +106,23 @@ const colorsByRole: Record<string, ForegroundColorName> = {
 
 function TerminalChatResponseMessage({
   message,
+  setOverlayMode,
 }: {
   message: ResponseInputMessageItem | ResponseOutputMessage;
+  setOverlayMode?: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<OverlayModeType>>;
 }) {
+  // auto switch to model mode if the system message contains "has been deprecated"
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (message.role === "system") {
+      const systemMessage = message.content.find(
+        (c) => c.type === "input_text",
+      )?.text;
+      if (systemMessage?.includes("has been deprecated")) {
+        setOverlayMode?.("model");
+      }
+    }
+  }, [message, setOverlayMode]);
+
   return (
     <Box flexDirection="column">
       <Text bold color={colorsByRole[message.role] || "gray"}>

codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat.tsx

@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ import OpenAI from "openai";
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 
+export type OverlayModeType =
+  | "none"
+  | "history"
+  | "model"
+  | "approval"
+  | "help"
+  | "diff";
+
 type Props = {
   config: AppConfig;
   prompt?: string;
@@ -182,9 +190,7 @@ export default function TerminalChat({
     explanation,
     submitConfirmation,
   } = useConfirmation();
-  const [overlayMode, setOverlayMode] = useState<
+  const [overlayMode, setOverlayMode] = useState<OverlayModeType>("none");
-    "none" | "history" | "model" | "approval" | "help" | "diff"
-  >("none");
 
   // Store the diff text when opening the diff overlay so the view isn’t
   // recomputed on every re‑render while it is open.
@@ -461,6 +467,7 @@ export default function TerminalChat({
       <Box flexDirection="column">
         {agent ? (
           <TerminalMessageHistory
+            setOverlayMode={setOverlayMode}
             batch={lastMessageBatch}
             groupCounts={groupCounts}
             items={items}

codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-message-history.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { OverlayModeType } from "./terminal-chat.js";
 import type { TerminalHeaderProps } from "./terminal-header.js";
 import type { GroupedResponseItem } from "./use-message-grouping.js";
 import type { ResponseItem } from "openai/resources/responses/responses.mjs";
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ type MessageHistoryProps = {
   thinkingSeconds: number;
   headerProps: TerminalHeaderProps;
   fullStdout: boolean;
+  setOverlayMode: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<OverlayModeType>>;
 };
 
 const MessageHistory: React.FC<MessageHistoryProps> = ({
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ const MessageHistory: React.FC<MessageHistoryProps> = ({
   loading: _loading,
   thinkingSeconds: _thinkingSeconds,
   fullStdout,
+  setOverlayMode,
 }) => {
   // Flatten batch entries to response items.
   const messages = useMemo(() => batch.map(({ item }) => item!), [batch]);
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ const MessageHistory: React.FC<MessageHistoryProps> = ({
               <TerminalChatResponseItem
                 item={message}
                 fullStdout={fullStdout}
+                setOverlayMode={setOverlayMode}
               />
             </Box>
           );