@askalf/dario 4.8.47 → 4.8.48

package/dist/cc-template.d.ts

@@ -295,13 +295,24 @@ export declare function parseEffortSuffix(model: string): {
  *               'high' (live capture 2026-06-09, CC v2.1.170 — the same
  *               capture got 'xhigh' on opus and 'high' on fable), so the
  *               unset-flag default mirrors that per-family. An explicit
- *               flag still pins.
+ *               flag still pins (subject to the fable clamp below).
  *   'low' / 'medium' / 'high' / 'xhigh' / 'max' → pin to that value
  *   'ultracode' → 'xhigh' (CC's ultracode mode; xhigh on the wire)
  *   'client' → extract from `clientBody.output_config.effort` (normalized
  *              for the wire); fall back to the per-family default if
  *              absent/non-string
  *
+ * FABLE CLAMP (2026-06-09, live replay bisect on the deployed proxy):
+ * fable-5 SOFT-REFUSES `max` and `xhigh` — 200 with stop_reason "refusal"
+ * and empty content on every prompt, not a 400 — while `high` answers
+ * normally (byte-identical request bodies, only output_config.effort
+ * mutated). Empirical matrix on claude-fable-5:
+ *   high  → answers      xhigh → refusal      max → refusal
+ * So on the fable family any resolved 'max'/'xhigh' (from --effort /
+ * DARIO_EFFORT pins, ultracode, or client passthrough) is clamped to
+ * 'high', the strongest level fable accepts. Operators who pin
+ * --effort=max for Opus's sake keep that on every other family.
+ *
  * Exported for tests.
  */
 export declare function resolveEffort(flag: EffortValue | undefined, clientBody: Record<string, unknown>, model?: string): string;

package/dist/cc-template.js

@@ -989,27 +989,40 @@ function normalizeEffortForWire(effort) {
  *               'high' (live capture 2026-06-09, CC v2.1.170 — the same
  *               capture got 'xhigh' on opus and 'high' on fable), so the
  *               unset-flag default mirrors that per-family. An explicit
- *               flag still pins.
+ *               flag still pins (subject to the fable clamp below).
  *   'low' / 'medium' / 'high' / 'xhigh' / 'max' → pin to that value
  *   'ultracode' → 'xhigh' (CC's ultracode mode; xhigh on the wire)
  *   'client' → extract from `clientBody.output_config.effort` (normalized
  *              for the wire); fall back to the per-family default if
  *              absent/non-string
  *
+ * FABLE CLAMP (2026-06-09, live replay bisect on the deployed proxy):
+ * fable-5 SOFT-REFUSES `max` and `xhigh` — 200 with stop_reason "refusal"
+ * and empty content on every prompt, not a 400 — while `high` answers
+ * normally (byte-identical request bodies, only output_config.effort
+ * mutated). Empirical matrix on claude-fable-5:
+ *   high  → answers      xhigh → refusal      max → refusal
+ * So on the fable family any resolved 'max'/'xhigh' (from --effort /
+ * DARIO_EFFORT pins, ultracode, or client passthrough) is clamped to
+ * 'high', the strongest level fable accepts. Operators who pin
+ * --effort=max for Opus's sake keep that on every other family.
+ *
  * Exported for tests.
  */
 export function resolveEffort(flag, clientBody, model) {
-    const familyDefault = (model ?? '').toLowerCase().includes('fable') ? 'high' : 'max';
+    const isFable = (model ?? '').toLowerCase().includes('fable');
+    const familyDefault = isFable ? 'high' : 'max';
+    const clamp = (effort) => isFable && (effort === 'max' || effort === 'xhigh') ? 'high' : effort;
     if (flag === undefined)
         return familyDefault;
     if (flag === 'client') {
         const clientOC = clientBody.output_config;
         const clientEffort = clientOC?.effort;
         if (typeof clientEffort === 'string' && clientEffort.length > 0)
-            return normalizeEffortForWire(clientEffort);
+            return clamp(normalizeEffortForWire(clientEffort));
         return familyDefault;
     }
-    return normalizeEffortForWire(flag);
+    return clamp(normalizeEffortForWire(flag));
 }
 /**
  * Returns true if the given model accepts `thinking: { type: "adaptive" }`.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@askalf/dario",
-  "version": "4.8.47",
+  "version": "4.8.48",
   "description": "Use your Claude Pro/Max subscription in any tool — Cursor, Cline, Aider, the Agent SDK, your scripts — at subscription pricing, not per-token API bills. One local Anthropic + OpenAI-compatible endpoint.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {