gstack 1.91.45.0 reviews plans on a frontier model and builds on a smart one

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gstack 1.91.45.0 (2026-10-08) for Claude Code users: plan reviews default to a frontier model (Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-6 Astra) and builds are recommended a smart one (Opus 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Sol), the new gstack-models command shows which model each job uses and why, and a weekly check watches model recommendations and retirements. https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#191450---2026-10-08 https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/docs/model-policy.md

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  1. 0:00Two model tiers
  2. 0:16Your choice still wins
  3. 0:29gstack-models
  4. 0:41Fixes
  5. 0:55Weekly freshness check
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Two model tiers

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gstack 1.91.45.0 reviews plans on a frontier model and builds on a smart one

frontierplan review
Fable 5.1GPT-6 Astra
smartimplementation
Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 Sol
TiersYour pickgstack-modelsFixesFreshness
garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md 1.91.45.0

Independent plan reviews in gstack now default to a frontier model, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-6 Astra. For the build, it recommends Opus 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Sol, without switching the session you are in.

Your choice still wins

A model you choose still beats the new default

1The model you name for that review
2An environment override
3Your tier setting: frontier, smart or host
4gstack’s shipped default
Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry or a custom endpoint: name a compatible model, or use host
TiersYour pickgstack-modelsFixesFreshness
garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md 1.91.45.0 · docs/model-policy.md

A model you name still wins. Set the plan review tier to smart to spend less, or to host to keep the model your CLI picks. On Bedrock, Vertex or a custom endpoint, name a compatible model.

gstack-models

gstack-models shows which model each job will use, and which setting chose it

effective modelPer job and provider, with the setting that won
copyable commandsPin a model, or reset it to the default
A resolved model doesn’t prove your account can use it
TiersYour pickgstack-modelsFixesFreshness
garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md 1.91.45.0 · docs/model-policy.md

A new command, gstack-models, lists the model each job will use and the setting that picked it, with commands to pin or reset it. It runs offline, so it can't confirm your account has access.

Fixes

Codex reviews keep to one deadline, and /ship reads QA instructions first

Codex model probesRemember up to 16 choices and keep newer ones when runs overlap
Codex plan reviewReadiness check and review share one deadline
/review · /shipRead QA instructions before a probe
TiersYour pickgstack-modelsFixesFreshness
garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md 1.91.45.0

Codex model checks remember up to sixteen choices, even when runs overlap. A plan review's readiness check and the review now share one deadline. And /review and /ship read the QA instructions before a probe.

Weekly freshness check

gstack checks every week whether its model defaults are still current

Advisory only · a person reviews every change to the defaults
docs/model-policy.mdModel policy guide
TiersYour pickgstack-modelsFixesFreshness
garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md 1.91.45.0 · docs/model-policy.md

Each week, gstack checks Anthropic and OpenAI's official model recommendations and retirement notices. A newer model becomes a candidate, and a person reviews any change to the defaults. The model policy guide covers the settings.