fix: backend toggle not sent to server; add per-message model tag

Fixes:
  - app.js was tracking primaryBackend locally but never included
    model: primaryBackend in the /chat POST body, so the server always
    used settings.primary_backend regardless of what the user clicked.
    Now model: primaryBackend is sent on every chat request.

  - Responses were only annotated when fallback occurred. Now every
    assistant message shows a small model tag at the bottom right.

chat.py:
  - _backend_label() resolves human-readable name:
      claude → "Claude", gemini → "Gemini",
      local → registry label (e.g. "Gemma 4 E4B") or model_name
  - SSE payload now includes backend_label field

app.js:
  - model: primaryBackend added to /chat fetch body
  - After every response, appends .model-tag div with backend_label
  - Fallback shows " fallback → <label>" in amber; normal is muted
  - Removed separate system message for fallback (tag covers it)

style.css:
  - .model-tag: small muted text, right-aligned, separated by thin line
  - .model-tag.fallback: amber (#f59e0b)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Scott Idem
2026-04-05 22:10:40 -04:00
parent 9299ce5ba6
commit 8570e8d852
3 changed files with 39 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@
include_mid: memMid,
include_short: memShort,
off_record: current_mode === 'otr',
model: primaryBackend,
user: CORTEX_USER,
persona: CORTEX_PERSONA,
}),
@@ -984,10 +985,15 @@
const assistHistIdx = currentHistory.length;
currentHistory.push({ role: 'assistant', content: data.response });
attachHistoryControls(thinkingDiv, assistHistIdx);
if (data.fallback_used) {
addMessage('system',
`${primaryBackend} unavailable — answered by ${data.backend}`);
}
// Model tag — always shown, amber if fallback was used
const modelTag = document.createElement('div');
modelTag.className = 'model-tag' + (data.fallback_used ? ' fallback' : '');
const label = data.backend_label || data.backend || '';
modelTag.textContent = data.fallback_used
? `⚡ fallback → ${label}`
: label;
thinkingDiv.appendChild(modelTag);
} else if (data.type === 'error') {
throw new Error(data.message);
}