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Summary

Fixes #1349.

  1. Guarded Empty Profile Apply:
    In extensions/gentle-ai.ts, runProfilesPanelAction() previously applied empty profiles (such as those newly created with c) without confirmation on the global apply path. Because an empty profile has zero routing entries (Object.keys(normalized).length === 0), writeModelConfigAsync() overwrote ~/.pi/gentle-ai/models.json with {} and withOmittedAgentsClearedAsync() cleared every discoverable subagent in ~/.pi/agent/subagents.json, silently destroying the operator's model routing configuration with no recovery path.

  2. Explicit User Confirmation:
    Now, when applying a profile with zero routing entries (Object.keys(normalized).length === 0), runProfilesPanelAction() prompts for explicit confirmation via ctx.ui.confirm ("Apply empty profile?") naming the destructive effect: replacing global routing with {} and returning every agent to inherit its default model.

  3. Safe Abortion on Decline:
    If the confirmation is declined or cancelled, runProfilesPanelAction() aborts immediately, leaving models.json, subagents.json, and the store's active profile marker completely untouched.

Testing

  • Strict Confirmation Regression Test (tests/gentle-ai.test.ts):
    • Verified that applying an empty profile triggers ctx.ui.confirm with title "Apply empty profile?" naming the destructive consequence.
    • Verified that when declined (onConfirm => false), models.json retains its pre-existing configuration and the store's active profile marker is not modified.
    • Verified that when explicitly confirmed (onConfirm => true), the empty configuration is applied and the active profile marker updates to the empty profile.
  • Suite Verification:
    • node --experimental-strip-types --test --test-name-pattern="profile" tests/gentle-ai.test.ts (30/30 passed)
    • npm run check:runtime-modules (passed)
    • npm run check:provider-contract (passed)
    • npm run typecheck (0 regressions, 195 baseline diagnostics)

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  • New Features
    • Applying a profile globally with no agent routes—or only an orchestrator route—now asks for confirmation before changing global routing. For an empty profile, confirming clears global routing so agents inherit their defaults; for an orchestrator-only profile, confirming clears agent routes and updates the orchestrator setting. The current session will attempt to switch models when applicable. Canceling leaves the profile and existing routing unchanged. Nonempty global applies and repository-pinned applies do not prompt.

…entleman-Programming#1349)

In extensions/gentle-ai.ts, runProfilesPanelAction applied empty profiles
without confirmation on the global apply path. Because an empty profile
has zero routing entries, writeModelConfigAsync overwrote models.json with
{} and withOmittedAgentsClearedAsync cleared every discoverable subagent in
subagents.json, destroying the user'\''s model routing configuration.

1. Prompt for explicit confirmation via ctx.ui.confirm when applying a
   profile with zero routing entries (Object.keys(normalized).length === 0),
   naming the destructive effect on global routing and agent inheritance.
2. Abort immediately if declined, preserving models.json, subagents.json,
   and the store active marker.
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Applying an empty profile now prompts for confirmation before replacing global routing. Declining leaves global routing and the active profile unchanged. Accepting replaces global routing with an empty configuration and activates the empty profile.

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Empty profile confirmation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Guard and test empty profile application
extensions/gentle-ai.ts, tests/gentle-ai.test.ts
Applying a profile with no routing entries asks for confirmation before replacing global routing. Tests cover declining and accepting, and verify the resulting routing and active profile.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Applying an empty or orchestrator-only profile now asks for confirmation first, and declining leaves state unchanged. No merge-blocking risk was found.

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  • observed — extensions (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — odd (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in extensions/gentle-ai.ts: Before applying a profile without agent routes (excluding the orchestrator key), the code now prompts for confirmation. The prompt distinguishes an orchestrator-only profile—which replaces global routing with the orchestrator entry, clears materialized agent routes, updates the orchestrator setting, and attempts a live-session switch—from an empty profile, which replaces global routing with an empty configuration and returns agents to inherited defaults. Declining returns the unchanged profile without applying.
  • observed — Modified behavior in odd/tasks/pr-1384-review-fixes.md: Documents the profile route-wipe finding, planned guard and regression coverage, constraints, and task statuses, including the unfinished validation and delivery task.
  • observed — Modified behavior in odd/tasks/pr-1384-review-fixes.md: Adds QA follow-up details: accepted findings, correction scope and verification results, environment and delivery constraints, blocked native assessment, outstanding checks, and pending operator decisions.
  • observed — Modified behavior in tests/gentle-ai.test.ts: The fixture adds a default-approving async confirmation handler and a recorder for confirmation title/message pairs.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly states the confirmation behavior, affected profiles, expected outcomes, linked issue, tests, and validation results.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #1349 by requiring confirmation for profiles with no agent routing entries and preserving state when the user declines. The populated-profile sequence and PR #1557 reconcilia…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, regression tests, and QA follow-up document all relate to the profile-application confirmation change.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: requiring confirmation before applying an empty profile.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1349 requires protection before applying a profile with zero agent routing entries. runProfilesPanelAction() now checks for agent routes while ignoring the reserved orchestrator key. It asks …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The production change addresses the empty-profile wipe in #1349. The test changes cover confirmation, decline preservation, confirmed application, the orchestrator-only edge case, and non-prompting sa…
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In `@extensions/gentle-ai.ts`:
- Line 4232: Update the empty-routing check in the profile apply flow to count
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…out agent routes (Gentleman-Programming#1349)

Address CodeRabbit review finding on PR Gentleman-Programming#1384:
1. In extensions/gentle-ai.ts, check for the presence of agent routing entries
   separately from the orchestrator key when applying profiles.
2. Prompt for confirmation whenever no agent routes are present, including
   orchestrator-only profiles, preventing unconfirmed clearing of omitted
   agents.
3. Add regression tests in tests/gentle-ai.test.ts covering orchestrator-only
   profile application decline and confirmation.

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I tested the current PR head with isolated profile fixtures: the existing focused tests passed (28/28), as did three throwaway panel-flow checks. After Ctrl+S, applying a populated profile replaces the saved global route without confirmation. u preserves a snapshot in the current profile, but does not prevent that replacement. Canceling an empty-profile apply does preserve the route. These are simulated panel checks, not live TUI tests.

This makes the confirmation a useful mitigation, but it does not cover the populated-profile case reported in #1349. Could we add a regression for that sequence before treating the issue as resolved? PR #1557 moves global apply to a, so the confirmation also needs to be reconciled with that path.

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Added a small follow-up in efc7b52a to clarify the orchestrator-only warning and strengthen the safety tests. Those checks passed, but this doesn't address @dnlrsls' point about populated profiles (Ctrl+S → apply replaces routes without confirmation).

Can you add that regression and see how it fits with #1557? Better to resolve that before merging.

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bug(profiles): applying a newly created empty profile wipes models.json and clears every agent's routing

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