List of models does not refresh after enabling new ones

[samijnih]

Describe the bug

Summary

Issue: Models enabled at the organization level are not appearing in the Copilot CLI's /model command.

Details:

• I am an admin of the organization
• I enabled GPT-5.6 and Claude Sonnet 5 in Copilot → Models → Policies on GitHub
• I disabled Claude Sonnet 4.6
• Waited 20+ minutes for propagation
• Cleared cache: rm -rf ~/.copilot/cache ~/.copilot/state
• Restarted CLI with /restart
• Both GPT-5.6 and Sonnet 4.6 do not appear in /model output
• CLI version: 1.0.77

Expected: All models enabled at the org level should appear in /model within a reasonable time

Actual: Only older models are listed; newly enabled models remain absent

Suggestion: Provide a /refresh-models command or similar to force a refresh of the available models list without waiting for server propagation.

Current available models (from /model):

• Auto, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 4.7
• GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5 mini
• (and older claude variants)

Missing: GPT-5.6 (and any other newly enabled models)

Affected version

1.0.77

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. As an organization admin, go to GitHub Organization → Settings → Copilot → Models
2. Enable a new model (e.g., GPT-5.6) that is not currently in use across the organization
3. Save the changes
4. Wait 15-20+ minutes for server propagation
5. On your local machine, run the Copilot CLI:

/model

6. Expected: The newly enabled model (GPT-5.6) should appear in the list
7. Actual: The model does not appear; only previously available models are shown

Additional Troubleshooting Attempted

• Ran  /restart  in the CLI
• Cleared cache:  rm -rf ~/.copilot/cache ~/.copilot/state 
• Logged out and back in via  gh auth 
• Updated to CLI version 1.0.77 (latest)
• Waited 20+ minutes (far exceeding typical propagation time)

Result: Model list remains unchanged; newly enabled models do not appear.

Expected behavior

All models enabled at the org level should appear in /model within a reasonable time

Additional context

• ZSH 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)
• MacBook Pro Sequoia 15.7.8

[samijnih]

the list has been refreshed