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GitHub Copilot’s Claude Opus 4.5 doesn’t use reasoning #45668

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Reproduction steps

  1. Clean install zed
  2. Login onto Github Copilot
  3. Use Claude Opus 4.5 model
  4. Use any MITM proxy and confirm that it doesn't use reasoning.

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current behaviour:
Immediately does tool_calling instead of reasoning. Doesn't use reasoning at all.

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Expected behaviour (sniffed from VSCode):
Uses reasoning.

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Zed version and system specs

Zed: 0.217.3 80433cb (0.217.3+stable.105.80433cb239e868271457ac376673a5f75bc4adb1)
OS: MacOS 15.6.1
Arch: arm64
Ram: 16GB

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(for AI issues) Model provider details

Provider: Github Copilot
Model: Claude Opus 4.5
Mode: Agent (sidebar)

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    area:ai/copilotfrequency:uncommonBugs that happen for a small subset of users, special configurations, rare circumstances, etcpriority:P3Papercuts, minor issues with a clear workaround, cosmetic bugsstate:needs reproNeeds reproduction steps and/or someone to reproduce

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