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← All changes | includes/class-mxchat-model-catalog.php +432 -44 3.2.15 → 3.2.23 View file →
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@
55 55 'label' => __('Google Gemini', 'mxchat'),
56 56 'key_option' => 'gemini_api_key',
57 57 'requires_key_to_load_models' => false,
58 58 'models' => array(
59 - 'gemini-3.5-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.5 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — newest Flash generation, recommended default', 'mxchat')),
59 + 'gemini-3.8-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.8 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — newest Flash generation, recommended default', 'mxchat')),
60 + 'gemini-3.7-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.7 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — efficiency-first Flash', 'mxchat')),
61 + 'gemini-3.6-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.6 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — previous Flash generation', 'mxchat')),
62 + 'gemini-3.5-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.5 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — older Flash, priced above 3.8 Flash on every token', 'mxchat')),
60 63 'gemini-3.1-pro-preview' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.1 Pro', 'description' => __('Preview — most intelligent, multimodal & agentic', 'mxchat')),
61 64 'gemini-3-flash-preview' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3 Flash', 'description' => __('Preview — balanced speed and scale', 'mxchat')),
65 + 'gemini-3.5-flash-lite' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite', 'description' => __('Stable — cheapest Gemini, no thinking', 'mxchat')),
62 66 'gemini-3.1-flash-lite' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite', 'description' => __('Stable — cost-efficient, high throughput', 'mxchat')),
63 67 'gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview' => array('label' => 'Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Preview)', 'description' => __('Preview — latest cost-efficient model', 'mxchat')),
64 68 'gemini-2.5-pro' => array('label' => 'Gemini 2.5 Pro', 'description' => __('Stable — advanced thinking, code, math & long context', 'mxchat')),
65 69 'gemini-2.5-flash' => array('label' => 'Gemini 2.5 Flash', 'description' => __('Stable — strong price-performance with thinking', 'mxchat')),
@@ -70,9 +74,27 @@
70 74 'label' => __('OpenAI', 'mxchat'),
71 75 'key_option' => 'api_key',
72 76 'requires_key_to_load_models' => false,
73 77 'models' => array(
74 - 'gpt-5.6-sol' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'description' => __('Latest Flagship — newest OpenAI reasoning and coding model', 'mxchat')),
78 + // OpenAI retired gpt-5.1-chat-latest and gpt-5.3-chat-latest on
79 + // 2026-08-10 (replacement gpt-5.6-sol per the deprecations page);
80 + // stored settings migrate via mxchat_migrate_deprecated_models()
81 + // and the integrator carries a read-time rescue (plan e46b8f).
82 + //
83 + // 'deprecated_on' (Y-m-d) + 'replacement' are optional per-model
84 + // fields: pickers label a future date as "retires <date>" and hide
85 + // the entry once the date passes (a saved value keeps rendering via
86 + // settings_dropdown_groups($current_model)).
87 + // GPT-6 (announced 2026-09-22; plan 45c22d). Probed live on
88 + // 2026-09-27: all three need max_completion_tokens, reject any
89 + // temperature but 1 and reject reasoning_effort 'minimal';
90 + // Astra also rejects 'none'. Every "modern OpenAI" gate goes
91 + // through is_modern_openai() so these ids are not sent legacy
92 + // parameters (which 400 on the first message).
93 + 'gpt-6-astra' => array('label' => 'GPT-6 Astra', 'description' => __('Recommended — newest OpenAI flagship; strongest reasoning, coding and agentic work', 'mxchat')),
94 + 'gpt-6-sol' => array('label' => 'GPT-6 Sol', 'description' => __('Strong reasoning on demanding tasks at mid-tier cost', 'mxchat')),
95 + 'gpt-6-luna' => array('label' => 'GPT-6 Luna', 'description' => __('Fastest and cheapest GPT-6 for high-volume, repeatable work', 'mxchat')),
96 + 'gpt-5.6-sol' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'description' => __('Previous OpenAI flagship for reasoning, coding and chat', 'mxchat')),
75 97 'gpt-5.6-terra' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.6 Terra', 'description' => __('Balanced GPT-5.6 — strong capability at lower cost', 'mxchat')),
76 98 'gpt-5.6-luna' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.6 Luna', 'description' => __('Fastest and cheapest GPT-5.6 for lightweight tasks', 'mxchat')),
77 99 'gpt-5.5' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.5', 'description' => __('Previous flagship — powerful reasoning and coding model', 'mxchat')),
78 100 'gpt-5.4' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.4', 'description' => __('Flagship reasoning and coding model', 'mxchat')),
@@ -77,15 +99,13 @@
77 99 'gpt-5.5' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.5', 'description' => __('Previous flagship — powerful reasoning and coding model', 'mxchat')),
78 100 'gpt-5.4' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.4', 'description' => __('Flagship reasoning and coding model', 'mxchat')),
79 101 'gpt-5.4-mini' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.4 Mini', 'description' => __('Fast and affordable with 400K context', 'mxchat')),
80 102 'gpt-5.4-nano' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.4 Nano', 'description' => __('Fastest and cheapest for lightweight tasks', 'mxchat')),
81 - 'gpt-5.3-chat-latest' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.3 Chat', 'description' => __('Optimized for natural conversations with reduced hallucinations', 'mxchat')),
82 103 'gpt-5.2' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.2', 'description' => __('Best general-purpose & agentic model with fast responses', 'mxchat')),
83 - 'gpt-5.1-chat-latest' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.1 Chat Latest', 'description' => __('Recommended for most use cases', 'mxchat')),
84 104 'gpt-5.1-2025-11-13' => array('label' => 'GPT-5.1', 'description' => __('Flagship for coding & agentic tasks with low reasoning (400K context)', 'mxchat')),
85 - 'gpt-5' => array('label' => 'GPT-5', 'description' => __('Flagship for coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks across domains', 'mxchat')),
86 - 'gpt-5-mini' => array('label' => 'GPT-5 Mini', 'description' => __('Fast and lightweight', 'mxchat')),
87 - 'gpt-5-nano' => array('label' => 'GPT-5 Nano', 'description' => __('Fastest and cheapest; ideal for summarization and classification', 'mxchat')),
105 + 'gpt-5' => array('label' => 'GPT-5', 'description' => __('Flagship for coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks across domains', 'mxchat'), 'deprecated_on' => '2026-12-11', 'replacement' => 'gpt-5.6-sol'),
106 + 'gpt-5-mini' => array('label' => 'GPT-5 Mini', 'description' => __('Fast and lightweight', 'mxchat'), 'deprecated_on' => '2026-12-11', 'replacement' => 'gpt-5.6-terra'),
107 + 'gpt-5-nano' => array('label' => 'GPT-5 Nano', 'description' => __('Fastest and cheapest; ideal for summarization and classification', 'mxchat'), 'deprecated_on' => '2026-12-11', 'replacement' => 'gpt-5.6-luna'),
88 108 ),
89 109 ),
90 110 'claude' => array(
91 111 'label' => __('Anthropic Claude', 'mxchat'),
@@ -100,9 +120,8 @@
100 120 'claude-sonnet-5' => array('label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'description' => __('Newest Sonnet - excellent balance of speed and capability', 'mxchat')),
101 121 'claude-sonnet-4-6' => array('label' => 'Claude Sonnet 4.6', 'description' => __('Previous Sonnet - excellent balance of speed and capability', 'mxchat')),
102 122 'claude-opus-4-5' => array('label' => 'Claude Opus 4.5', 'description' => __('Highly capable for complex tasks', 'mxchat')),
103 123 'claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929' => array('label' => 'Claude Sonnet 4.5', 'description' => __('Best for complex agents and coding', 'mxchat')),
104 - 'claude-opus-4-1-20250805' => array('label' => 'Claude Opus 4.1', 'description' => __('Exceptional for specialized complex tasks', 'mxchat')),
105 124 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001' => array('label' => 'Claude Haiku 4.5', 'description' => __('Fastest and most intelligent Haiku', 'mxchat')),
106 125 ),
107 126 ),
108 127 'xai' => array(
@@ -108,16 +127,35 @@
108 127 'xai' => array(
109 128 'label' => __('xAI Grok', 'mxchat'),
110 129 'key_option' => 'xai_api_key',
111 130 'requires_key_to_load_models' => false,
131 + // Refreshed 2026-08-14 (plan-mxchat-20260814-e1aa4a) against TWO
132 + // primary sources that agree: a live pull of xAI's /v1/models with
133 + // a real key, and docs.x.ai/docs/models. Context windows below are
134 + // that listing's own context_length; image-input support for every
135 + // current-generation id was confirmed by a 32x32 probe returning a
136 + // correct answer (all HTTP 200), not inferred from docs.
137 + //
138 + // The legacy block below is INTENTIONALLY still here. xAI has
139 + // published no retirement dates for these ids and they still answer
140 + // HTTP 200 (grok-4-0709 re-probed 2026-08-14), so 'deprecated_on'
141 + // would be an invented date and deleting them would strand every
142 + // install saved on one. Current generation simply sorts above them.
112 143 'models' => array(
113 - 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)', 'description' => __('2M context window and reasoning', 'mxchat')),
114 - 'grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning)', 'description' => __('2M context window and faster responses', 'mxchat')),
115 - 'grok-4-0709' => array('label' => 'Grok 4', 'description' => __('Latest flagship model - unparalleled performance in natural language, math and reasoning', 'mxchat')),
116 - 'grok-3-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3', 'description' => __('Powerful model with 131K context', 'mxchat')),
117 - 'grok-3-fast-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Fast', 'description' => __('High performance with faster responses', 'mxchat')),
118 - 'grok-3-mini-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Mini', 'description' => __('Affordable model with good performance', 'mxchat')),
119 - 'grok-3-mini-fast-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Mini Fast', 'description' => __('Quick and cost-effective', 'mxchat')),
144 + 'grok-4.6' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.6', 'description' => __('Newest xAI flagship — 500K context, accepts image input', 'mxchat')),
145 + 'grok-4.5' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.5', 'description' => __('Previous flagship — 500K context, accepts image input', 'mxchat')),
146 + 'grok-4.3' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.3', 'description' => __('Largest context in the Grok lineup — 1M tokens, accepts image input', 'mxchat')),
147 + 'grok-4.20-0309-reasoning' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.20 (Reasoning)', 'description' => __('1M context with reasoning — dated release, pinned behaviour', 'mxchat')),
148 + 'grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning'=> array('label' => 'Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)', 'description' => __('1M context without reasoning — faster replies at the same price', 'mxchat')),
149 + // --- Previous generations. Still served by xAI, no announced
150 + // retirement date, kept so saved selections keep working. ---
151 + 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)', 'description' => __('Previous generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
152 + 'grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning' => array('label' => 'Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning)', 'description' => __('Previous generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
153 + 'grok-4-0709' => array('label' => 'Grok 4', 'description' => __('Previous generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
154 + 'grok-3-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3', 'description' => __('Older generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
155 + 'grok-3-fast-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Fast', 'description' => __('Older generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
156 + 'grok-3-mini-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Mini', 'description' => __('Older generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
157 + 'grok-3-mini-fast-beta' => array('label' => 'Grok-3 Mini Fast', 'description' => __('Older generation — no longer listed by xAI, still served', 'mxchat')),
120 158 ),
121 159 ),
122 160 'deepseek' => array(
123 161 'label' => __('DeepSeek', 'mxchat'),
@@ -177,8 +215,64 @@
177 215 );
178 216 }
179 217
180 218 /**
219 + * Canonical retired-model map: every chat model id a provider has retired
220 + * (or hard-deprecated) that stored settings may still carry, mapped to its
221 + * current replacement (plan-mxchat-20260822-202df5).
222 + *
223 + * THE ONLY PLACE THIS MAPPING LIVES. mxchat_migrate_deprecated_models()
224 + * consumes it for the main chat + content models, and add-ons that store
225 + * their own model ids (mxchat-multi-bot's per-bot overrides) consume it for
226 + * theirs — a second hardcoded list in any consumer is how a stranded-model
227 + * bug recurs, so route every new retirement through this map.
228 + *
229 + * Claude ids map BY TIER so a rescued site lands on the current generation,
230 + * not an older intermediate (plan dc91bd). Never map onto a model that is
231 + * itself on a deprecation list (the e46b8f rule).
232 + *
233 + * Entry shape: retired_id => array(
234 + * 'to' => replacement model id (must be current, never itself retired),
235 + * 'label' => replacement display name for user-facing notices,
236 + * 'reason' => notice clause explaining the retirement; deliberately NOT
237 + * translated — migration messages are stored in an option and
238 + * rendered later, matching the existing migration notices.
239 + * )
240 + */
241 + public static function retired_model_map() {
242 + return array(
243 + // Anthropic Claude — Opus tier.
244 + 'claude-3-opus-20240229' => array('to' => 'claude-opus-5', 'label' => 'Claude Opus 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Retired Jan 5, 2026
245 + 'claude-opus-4-20250514' => array('to' => 'claude-opus-5', 'label' => 'Claude Opus 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Deprecated
246 + 'claude-opus-4-1-20250805' => array('to' => 'claude-opus-5', 'label' => 'Claude Opus 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Retired Aug 5, 2026 (first-party API)
247 + // Anthropic Claude — Sonnet tier.
248 + 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620' => array('to' => 'claude-sonnet-5', 'label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Retired Oct 28, 2025
249 + 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022' => array('to' => 'claude-sonnet-5', 'label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Retired Oct 28, 2025
250 + 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219' => array('to' => 'claude-sonnet-5', 'label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Retired Feb 19, 2026
251 + 'claude-3-sonnet-20240229' => array('to' => 'claude-sonnet-5', 'label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Legacy
252 + 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514' => array('to' => 'claude-sonnet-5', 'label' => 'Claude Sonnet 5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Deprecated
253 + // Anthropic Claude — Haiku tier.
254 + 'claude-3-haiku-20240307' => array('to' => 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001', 'label' => 'Claude Haiku 4.5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Legacy
255 + 'claude-3-5-haiku-20241022' => array('to' => 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001', 'label' => 'Claude Haiku 4.5', 'reason' => 'because Anthropic retired the older Claude model'), // Deprecated
256 + // OpenAI — GPT-4 series + GPT-3.5 Turbo (deprecated 2026-02-17).
257 + 'gpt-4o' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating older models'),
258 + 'gpt-4.1-2025-04-14' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating older models'),
259 + 'gpt-4-turbo' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating older models'),
260 + 'gpt-4' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating older models'),
261 + 'gpt-3.5-turbo' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating older models'),
262 + // OpenAI — the gpt-5.x-chat-latest aliases retired 2026-08-10 (e46b8f).
263 + 'gpt-5.1-chat-latest' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'because OpenAI retires the GPT-5.x Chat Latest models on August 10, 2026'),
264 + 'gpt-5.3-chat-latest' => array('to' => 'gpt-5.6-sol', 'label' => 'GPT-5.6 Sol', 'reason' => 'because OpenAI retires the GPT-5.x Chat Latest models on August 10, 2026'),
265 + // OpenAI — mini tier.
266 + 'gpt-4o-mini' => array('to' => 'gpt-5-mini', 'label' => 'GPT-5 Mini', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating GPT-4 series models'),
267 + 'gpt-4.1-mini' => array('to' => 'gpt-5-mini', 'label' => 'GPT-5 Mini', 'reason' => 'due to OpenAI deprecating GPT-4 series models'),
268 + // DeepSeek — removed at the vendor 2026-07-24 (hard cutoff, every request 400s).
269 + 'deepseek-chat' => array('to' => 'deepseek-v4-flash', 'label' => 'DeepSeek V4 Flash', 'reason' => 'because DeepSeek retired its older API models on July 24, 2026'),
270 + 'deepseek-reasoner' => array('to' => 'deepseek-v4-flash', 'label' => 'DeepSeek V4 Flash', 'reason' => 'because DeepSeek retired its older API models on July 24, 2026'),
271 + );
272 + }
273 +
274 + /**
181 275 * Returns the display label for the given chat-or-embedding provider slug.
182 276 * Chat providers checked first; embedding-only providers fall through.
183 277 */
184 278 public static function provider_label($slug) {
@@ -202,8 +296,142 @@
202 296 return '';
203 297 }
204 298
205 299 /**
300 + * The provider slug that owns a chat model id, or '' when the catalog
301 + * doesn't list it (plan b65e8d).
302 + *
303 + * NOTE for callers doing retirement work: a model the provider has already
304 + * retired is frequently ABSENT from this catalog while still saved on an
305 + * install — that is precisely the state the liveness check exists to catch.
306 + * Treat '' as "catalog doesn't know", not "not a real model", and fall back
307 + * to a family-prefix guess if you need one.
308 + */
309 + public static function provider_for_chat_model($model_id) {
310 + $model_id = (string) $model_id;
311 + foreach (self::chat_models() as $provider_slug => $provider) {
312 + if (isset($provider['models'][$model_id])) {
313 + return $provider_slug;
314 + }
315 + }
316 + return '';
317 + }
318 +
319 + /**
320 + * URL + auth headers for a provider's public model-listing endpoint
321 + * (plan b65e8d — the daily liveness check).
322 + *
323 + * Only providers that actually publish a listing are mapped. OpenRouter is
324 + * deliberately excluded: its 'openrouter' catalog entry is a meta-selector
325 + * that resolves to a per-account sub-model at request time, so "is the
326 + * configured id listed" is not a meaningful question. DeepSeek and the
327 + * custom OpenAI-compatible provider are excluded too — a self-hosted or
328 + * proxied endpoint's /models is not authoritative about retirement.
329 + *
330 + * @param string $provider Provider slug.
331 + * @param string $api_key The install's key for that provider.
332 + * @return array|null array('url' => string, 'headers' => array) or null.
333 + */
334 + public static function models_listing_request($provider, $api_key) {
335 + $api_key = (string) $api_key;
336 + if ($api_key === '') {
337 + return null;
338 + }
339 +
340 + switch ($provider) {
341 + case 'openai':
342 + return array(
343 + 'url' => 'https://api.openai.com/v1/models',
344 + 'headers' => array('Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $api_key),
345 + );
346 + case 'claude':
347 + return array(
348 + 'url' => 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/models?limit=1000',
349 + 'headers' => array(
350 + 'x-api-key' => $api_key,
351 + 'anthropic-version' => '2023-06-01',
352 + ),
353 + );
354 + case 'gemini':
355 + return array(
356 + 'url' => 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models?pageSize=1000',
357 + 'headers' => array('x-goog-api-key' => $api_key),
358 + );
359 + case 'xai':
360 + return array(
361 + 'url' => 'https://api.x.ai/v1/models',
362 + 'headers' => array('Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $api_key),
363 + );
364 + }
365 +
366 + return null;
367 + }
368 +
369 + /**
370 + * A minimal 1-token chat request used ONLY to confirm whether a model id
371 + * still exists (plan b65e8d). Never used for content — the response is
372 + * thrown away; only the HTTP status and error code are read.
373 + *
374 + * WHY THIS EXISTS: a provider's model LISTING is not authoritative about
375 + * retirement, in either direction (all probed live 2026-08-13):
376 + * - OpenAI KEEPS retired ids listed — gpt-5.3-chat-latest is in
377 + * /v1/models and 404s "model_deprecated" on use.
378 + * - Anthropic DROPS working aliases — claude-opus-4-5 is absent from
379 + * /v1/models and answers HTTP 200 perfectly.
380 + * - xAI's listing is partial — grok-4-0709 is absent and answers 200.
381 + * So "absent from the listing" is a suspicion, not a verdict. This probe is
382 + * the verdict, and it is the only thing allowed to raise a warning.
383 + *
384 + * @return array|null array('url','headers','body') or null when unsupported.
385 + */
386 + public static function inference_probe_request($provider, $api_key, $model) {
387 + $api_key = (string) $api_key;
388 + $model = (string) $model;
389 + if ($api_key === '' || $model === '') {
390 + return null;
391 + }
392 +
393 + $msg = array(array('role' => 'user', 'content' => 'hi'));
394 +
395 + switch ($provider) {
396 + case 'openai':
397 + return array(
398 + 'url' => 'https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions',
399 + 'headers' => array('Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $api_key, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json'),
400 + 'body' => array('model' => $model, 'messages' => $msg, 'max_completion_tokens' => 1),
401 + );
402 + case 'xai':
403 + return array(
404 + 'url' => 'https://api.x.ai/v1/chat/completions',
405 + 'headers' => array('Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $api_key, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json'),
406 + 'body' => array('model' => $model, 'messages' => $msg, 'max_tokens' => 1),
407 + );
408 + case 'claude':
409 + return array(
410 + 'url' => 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages',
411 + 'headers' => array(
412 + 'x-api-key' => $api_key,
413 + 'anthropic-version' => '2023-06-01',
414 + 'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
415 + ),
416 + 'body' => array('model' => $model, 'max_tokens' => 1, 'messages' => $msg),
417 + );
418 + case 'gemini':
419 + return array(
420 + 'url' => 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/'
421 + . rawurlencode($model) . ':generateContent',
422 + 'headers' => array('x-goog-api-key' => $api_key, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json'),
423 + 'body' => array(
424 + 'contents' => array(array('parts' => array(array('text' => 'hi')))),
425 + 'generationConfig' => array('maxOutputTokens' => 1),
426 + ),
427 + );
428 + }
429 +
430 + return null;
431 + }
432 +
433 + /**
206 434 * Flat allowlist of every chat model id across all providers. Used by the
207 435 * sanitize() flow in class-mxchat-admin.php and the AJAX autosave validator
208 436 * in admin/class-ajax-handler.php so a new model id only needs editing in
209 437 * the catalog above.
@@ -231,18 +459,66 @@
231 459 return $ids;
232 460 }
233 461
234 462 /**
463 + * Deprecation-aware picker label for a catalog entry (plan e46b8f).
464 + *
465 + * @param array $entry Model entry from chat_models().
466 + * @return string|null Label to show (with a "retires <date>" suffix when a
467 + * future 'deprecated_on' is set), or null when the
468 + * retirement date has passed and the entry must be
469 + * hidden from NEW selections.
470 + */
471 + private static function picker_label($entry) {
472 + if (empty($entry['deprecated_on'])) {
473 + return $entry['label'];
474 + }
475 + $ts = strtotime($entry['deprecated_on'] . ' 00:00:00 UTC');
476 + if ($ts !== false && time() >= $ts) {
477 + return null; // retired — hide from new selections
478 + }
479 + return sprintf(
480 + /* translators: 1: model label, 2: retirement date */
481 + __('%1$s — retires %2$s', 'mxchat'),
482 + $entry['label'],
483 + date_i18n(get_option('date_format', 'F j, Y'), $ts)
484 + );
485 + }
486 +
487 + /**
235 488 * Settings-dropdown-shaped chat model map keyed by group label, which is
236 489 * what mxchat_model_callback() in class-mxchat-admin.php renders as
237 490 * <optgroup>. Each model maps to its label-with-description string.
491 + *
492 + * Retired models (past 'deprecated_on') are hidden — EXCEPT the install's
493 + * currently saved model, which is re-injected with a "retired" marker so
494 + * the settings screen never renders a blank select (plan e46b8f).
495 + *
496 + * @param string $current_model Optionally, the install's saved model id.
497 + * @param array|null $provider_slugs Optional allowlist of provider slugs
498 + * (catalog keys, e.g. 'openai', 'claude').
499 + * null = every provider. Lets a consumer
500 + * that can only dispatch to some providers
501 + * (the content generator — plan ccb751)
502 + * derive its picker from the same catalog.
238 503 */
239 - public static function settings_dropdown_groups() {
504 + public static function settings_dropdown_groups($current_model = '', $provider_slugs = null) {
240 505 $out = array();
241 506 foreach (self::chat_models() as $provider_slug => $provider) {
507 + if (is_array($provider_slugs) && !in_array($provider_slug, $provider_slugs, true)) {
508 + continue;
509 + }
242 510 $out[$provider['label']] = array();
243 511 foreach ($provider['models'] as $id => $entry) {
244 - $out[$provider['label']][$id] = $entry['label'];
512 + $label = self::picker_label($entry);
513 + if ($label === null && $id !== $current_model) {
514 + continue;
515 + }
516 + if ($label === null) {
517 + /* translators: %s: model label */
518 + $label = sprintf(__('%s — retired by provider, choose a replacement', 'mxchat'), $entry['label']);
519 + }
520 + $out[$provider['label']][$id] = $label;
245 521 }
246 522 }
247 523 return $out;
248 524 }
@@ -257,11 +533,15 @@
257 533 $out = array();
258 534 foreach (self::chat_models() as $provider_slug => $provider) {
259 535 $out[$provider_slug] = array();
260 536 foreach ($provider['models'] as $id => $entry) {
537 + $label = self::picker_label($entry);
538 + if ($label === null) {
539 + continue; // retired — never offered as a new selection
540 + }
261 541 $out[$provider_slug][] = array(
262 542 'value' => $id,
263 - 'label' => $entry['label'],
543 + 'label' => $label,
264 544 'description' => $entry['description'],
265 545 );
266 546 }
267 547 }
@@ -282,9 +562,13 @@
282 562 foreach ($all_slugs as $slug) {
283 563 $chat_models = array();
284 564 if (isset($chat[$slug])) {
285 565 foreach ($chat[$slug]['models'] as $id => $entry) {
286 - $chat_models[$id] = $entry['label'];
566 + $label = self::picker_label($entry);
567 + if ($label === null) {
568 + continue; // retired — not offered during onboarding
569 + }
570 + $chat_models[$id] = $label;
287 571 }
288 572 }
289 573 $embed_models = array();
290 574 if (isset($emb[$slug])) {
@@ -373,17 +657,20 @@
373 657 * the ONE place that opinion lives now; add-ons ask, with their old pin
374 658 * demoted to a fallback for when mxchat-basic is absent or too old.
375 659 *
376 660 * Choices are deliberate:
377 - * - openai: gpt-5.1-chat-latest — vision-capable and chat-tuned; it takes
378 - * no reasoning_effort, so a bounded completion budget is spent on the
379 - * ANSWER rather than hidden reasoning (the 4287cc truncation class).
661 + * - openai: gpt-5.6-sol — the current flagship, vision-capable; OpenAI's
662 + * stated replacement for the gpt-5.x-chat-latest aliases retired
663 + * 2026-08-10 (which this map previously pinned; plan e46b8f).
380 664 * - claude: the current Haiku — image analysis wants fast + cheap; Haiku
381 665 * is vision-capable and the catalog's newest Haiku generation.
382 - * - xai: the catalog's dated id for what the bare 'grok-4' alias resolves
383 - * to today — documented vision-capable. The grok-4-1-fast pair is newer
384 - * but its image-input support is unconfirmed; promote it HERE once
385 - * confirmed and every asking add-on follows.
666 + * - xai: grok-4.6, the current flagship. Promoted 2026-08-14 (plan
667 + * e1aa4a) from grok-4-0709, which was two generations behind and no
668 + * longer appears in xAI's /v1/models listing. Image input is CONFIRMED,
669 + * not assumed: a 32x32 fixture probe on 2026-08-14 returned the correct
670 + * colour on grok-4.6 / 4.5 / 4.3 and both 4.20 variants (all HTTP 200).
671 + * grok-4.3 is the cheaper vision option (roughly half the image-token
672 + * price, 1M context) if cost ever outweighs capability here.
386 673 * - gemini: current stable Flash — vision-capable, no per-image surcharge.
387 674 *
388 675 * NOT covered: image-GENERATION models (Gemini Imagen / Flash Image etc.).
389 676 * Those are a different capability the catalog does not model; add-ons that
@@ -394,12 +681,12 @@
394 681 * fallback). Overridable via mxchat_default_vision_model.
395 682 */
396 683 public static function default_vision_model($provider) {
397 684 $map = array(
398 - 'openai' => 'gpt-5.1-chat-latest',
685 + 'openai' => 'gpt-5.6-sol',
399 686 'claude' => 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001',
400 - 'xai' => 'grok-4-0709',
401 - 'gemini' => 'gemini-3.5-flash',
687 + 'xai' => 'grok-4.6',
688 + 'gemini' => 'gemini-3.8-flash',
402 689 );
403 690 $model = isset($map[$provider]) ? $map[$provider] : '';
404 691 return (string) apply_filters('mxchat_default_vision_model', $model, $provider);
405 692 }
@@ -417,17 +704,22 @@
417 704 *
418 705 * The mapping is DELIBERATELY per-context because the surfaces genuinely
419 706 * differ today (they are NOT a single clamped ladder):
420 707 * - 'chat' — /v1/chat/completions main chat. gpt-5.5 and gpt-5.4 use
421 - * 'none'; the *-chat-latest / mini / nano / gpt-5.2 ids
422 - * send NO reasoning_effort.
708 + * 'none'; the *-chat-latest / 5.4-mini / 5.4-nano /
709 + * gpt-5.2 ids send NO reasoning_effort; the original
710 + * gpt-5 / gpt-5-mini / gpt-5-nano send 'minimal' (their
711 + * generation requires it — 25b972 probe). Unknown future
712 + * gpt-5* ids send NOTHING (allowlist fall-through).
423 713 * - 'content' — content generation (content-generator, AC ai-client,
424 714 * AC content-calendar). gpt-5.5 / gpt-5.4 use 'low';
425 - * gpt-5.3-chat-latest / gpt-5.4-mini / gpt-5.4-nano use
426 - * 'minimal'; only gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.1-chat-latest send
427 - * nothing. This is an ALLOWLIST (5621dd safe-default):
428 - * a future gpt-5* id not listed gets NO param rather than
429 - * a guessed value that might 400.
715 + * gpt-5.4-mini / gpt-5.4-nano use 'none' (they never
716 + * supported 'minimal' — 25b972); gpt-5.3-chat-latest and
717 + * the original gpt-5 / -mini / -nano use 'minimal'; only
718 + * gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.1-chat-latest send nothing. This is
719 + * an ALLOWLIST (5621dd safe-default): a future gpt-5* id
720 + * not listed gets NO param rather than a guessed value
721 + * that might 400.
430 722 * - 'websearch' — /v1/responses web-search. Only the gpt-5.6 trio, 5.5,
431 723 * 5.4, and 5.1-2025-11-13 send 'low'; every other gpt-5 id
432 724 * (including gpt-5 / mini / nano / chat-latest) sends
433 725 * nothing.
@@ -439,10 +731,29 @@
439 731 */
440 732 public static function reasoning_effort_for($model, $context = 'chat') {
441 733 $model = (string) $model;
442 734
443 - // Only the gpt-5 family carries reasoning_effort. Everything else omits.
444 - if (strpos($model, 'gpt-5') !== 0) {
735 + // plan a9774b: every Gemini 3.x output price is "including thinking
736 + // tokens" and the model thinks at its default level unless told
737 + // otherwise — measured on this site's own support prompt, 71% of
738 + // billed output on 3.8 Flash was hidden thinking, with indistinguishable
739 + // replies at 'low' (0 hidden tokens). So the chat surface sends 'low':
740 + // as reasoning_effort on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and as
741 + // generationConfig.thinkingConfig.thinkingLevel on the native one (see
742 + // gemini_thinking_config()). Flash-Lite does not think and returns 400
743 + // on any reasoning parameter — it must send nothing.
744 + if (strpos($model, 'gemini-3') === 0) {
745 + if (strpos($model, 'flash-lite') !== false) {
746 + return null;
747 + }
748 + return ($context === 'chat') ? 'low' : null;
749 + }
750 +
751 + // Only the modern OpenAI family (gpt-5*, gpt-6*) carries
752 + // reasoning_effort. Everything else omits. plan 45c22d widened this
753 + // from a literal gpt-5 prefix: a gpt-6 id used to fall through all
754 + // three maps below and be sent legacy parameters.
755 + if (!self::is_modern_openai($model)) {
445 756 return null;
446 757 }
447 758
448 759 switch ($context) {
@@ -449,8 +760,11 @@
449 760 case 'websearch':
450 761 // integrator web-search (Responses API). Explicit allowlist, no
451 762 // "else" — anything not listed omits reasoning entirely.
452 763 $map = array(
764 + 'gpt-6-astra' => 'low', // plan 45c22d, probed 2026-09-27 on /v1/responses
765 + 'gpt-6-sol' => 'low',
766 + 'gpt-6-luna' => 'low',
453 767 'gpt-5.6-sol' => 'low',
454 768 'gpt-5.6-terra' => 'low',
455 769 'gpt-5.6-luna' => 'low',
456 770 'gpt-5.5' => 'low',
@@ -461,9 +775,22 @@
461 775
462 776 case 'content':
463 777 // content-generator + AC class-ai-client + AC content-calendar.
464 778 // ALLOWLIST (5621dd): a gpt-5* id absent here sends nothing.
779 + //
780 + // plan-25b972 (probed live 2026-08-13): supported reasoning_effort
781 + // VALUES are per-model. gpt-5.4-mini/nano never supported
782 + // 'minimal' (their floor is 'none' — the old 'minimal' entries
783 + // 400'd on every call); the original gpt-5/-mini/-nano still
784 + // REQUIRE 'minimal' and reject 'none'. Do not "harmonize" these
785 + // — the two generations genuinely differ.
465 786 $map = array(
787 + // plan 45c22d (probed 2026-09-27): gpt-6-astra accepts only
788 + // low|medium|high; gpt-6-sol/-luna accept none|low|medium|high.
789 + // 'low' for all three, as for their 5.6 siblings.
790 + 'gpt-6-astra' => 'low',
791 + 'gpt-6-sol' => 'low',
792 + 'gpt-6-luna' => 'low',
466 793 'gpt-5.6-sol' => 'low',
467 794 'gpt-5.6-terra' => 'low',
468 795 'gpt-5.6-luna' => 'low',
469 796 'gpt-5.5' => 'low',
@@ -468,10 +795,10 @@
468 795 'gpt-5.6-luna' => 'low',
469 796 'gpt-5.5' => 'low',
470 797 'gpt-5.4' => 'low',
471 798 'gpt-5.1-2025-11-13' => 'low',
472 - 'gpt-5.4-mini' => 'minimal',
473 - 'gpt-5.4-nano' => 'minimal',
799 + 'gpt-5.4-mini' => 'none',
800 + 'gpt-5.4-nano' => 'none',
474 801 'gpt-5.3-chat-latest' => 'minimal',
475 802 'gpt-5' => 'minimal',
476 803 'gpt-5-mini' => 'minimal',
477 804 'gpt-5-nano' => 'minimal',
@@ -480,8 +807,12 @@
480 807
481 808 case 'chat':
482 809 default:
483 810 // integrator streaming + non-streaming main chat.
811 + // gpt-5.1/5.3-chat-latest stay listed here (and in 'content')
812 + // even though the catalog no longer offers them: bot-level /
813 + // add-on-saved ids that miss the e46b8f migration must keep
814 + // routing correctly until every surface is swept.
484 815 $no_reasoning = array('gpt-5.2', 'gpt-5.1-chat-latest', 'gpt-5.3-chat-latest', 'gpt-5.4-mini', 'gpt-5.4-nano');
485 816 if (in_array($model, $no_reasoning, true)) {
486 817 return null;
487 818 }
@@ -493,12 +824,26 @@
493 824 }
494 825 if ($model === 'gpt-5.4') {
495 826 return 'none';
496 827 }
828 + // plan 45c22d (probed 2026-09-27): gpt-6-astra accepts only
829 + // low|medium|high; -sol/-luna accept none|low|medium|high.
830 + // 'low' for all three, as for their 5.6 siblings.
831 + if (in_array($model, array('gpt-6-astra', 'gpt-6-sol', 'gpt-6-luna'), true)) {
832 + return 'low';
833 + }
497 834 if (in_array($model, array('gpt-5.6-sol', 'gpt-5.6-terra', 'gpt-5.6-luna'), true)) {
498 835 return 'low';
499 836 }
500 - return 'minimal';
837 + // plan-25b972: the original gpt-5 generation REQUIRES 'minimal'
838 + // (probed 2026-08-13: 'none' is rejected for these three).
839 + if (in_array($model, array('gpt-5', 'gpt-5-mini', 'gpt-5-nano'), true)) {
840 + return 'minimal';
841 + }
842 + // plan-25b972: allowlist fall-through (5621dd philosophy). An
843 + // unknown future gpt-5* id sends NO param — a guessed value is
844 + // exactly how the 5.4-mini/nano 400s shipped.
845 + return null;
501 846 }
502 847 }
503 848
504 849 /**
@@ -517,13 +862,35 @@
517 862 *
518 863 * @param string $model Chat model id.
519 864 * @return bool true if a custom temperature may be sent.
520 865 */
866 + /**
867 + * generationConfig.thinkingConfig for the native Gemini endpoint, or null
868 + * to send none (plan a9774b). Derived from reasoning_effort_for() so the
869 + * two Gemini paths — native generateContent and the OpenAI-compatible
870 + * endpoint — always agree on the thinking level. Overridable via
871 + * mxchat_gemini_thinking_level (return '' to send none).
872 + *
873 + * @param string $model Chat model id.
874 + * @return array|null e.g. array('thinkingLevel' => 'low').
875 + */
876 + public static function gemini_thinking_config($model) {
877 + $level = self::reasoning_effort_for($model, 'chat');
878 + if (strpos((string) $model, 'gemini-') !== 0) {
879 + return null;
880 + }
881 + $level = apply_filters('mxchat_gemini_thinking_level', $level, $model);
882 + if (!is_string($level) || $level === '' || !in_array($level, array('minimal', 'low', 'medium', 'high'), true)) {
883 + return null;
884 + }
885 + return array('thinkingLevel' => $level);
886 + }
887 +
521 888 public static function supports_temperature($model) {
522 889 $model = (string) $model;
523 890
524 - // gpt-5 family accepts only the default temperature (1).
525 - if (strpos($model, 'gpt-5') === 0) {
891 + // gpt-5 / gpt-6 families accept only the default temperature (1).
892 + if (self::is_modern_openai($model)) {
526 893 return false;
527 894 }
528 895
529 896 // Anthropic flagships that reject the temperature param outright.
@@ -552,7 +919,28 @@
552 919 * @param string $model Chat model id.
553 920 * @return string 'max_completion_tokens' | 'max_tokens'
554 921 */
555 922 public static function openai_token_param($model) {
556 - return strpos((string) $model, 'gpt-5') === 0 ? 'max_completion_tokens' : 'max_tokens';
923 + return self::is_modern_openai($model) ? 'max_completion_tokens' : 'max_tokens';
924 + }
925 +
926 + /**
927 + * plan 45c22d: ONE predicate for "a modern OpenAI chat model" — the
928 + * generations that take max_completion_tokens, only the default
929 + * temperature, and reasoning_effort. Every gate that used to test the
930 + * literal prefix gpt-5 routes through here, so the next generation is a
931 + * one-line change instead of nine edits. Before this, gpt-6-* ids fell
932 + * through all nine and were sent legacy parameters: a 400 on the first
933 + * message while looking fine in the picker.
934 + *
935 + * The frozen partial-upgrade fallbacks in the integrator, the content
936 + * generator and the editor assistant carry the same two-prefix test
937 + * inline (they exist for the window where this class is not loaded).
938 + *
939 + * @param string $model Chat model id.
940 + * @return bool
941 + */
942 + public static function is_modern_openai($model) {
943 + $model = (string) $model;
944 + return strpos($model, 'gpt-5') === 0 || strpos($model, 'gpt-6') === 0;
557 945 }
558 946 }