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Claude Sonnet 5 delegated to a lesser agent to perform a code review #4270

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@SBS-hollandj

Describe the bug

I asked Claude Sonnet 5 to perform a code review. I specifically chose Claude Sonnet 5 for deep reasoning. The agent proceeded to review the structure of my project and then delegate to a lesser agent:

"Good, all directories exist. I'll launch a general-purpose agent to perform this code review, since it involves reading through before/after/project directories, comparing changes, and producing a structured markdown report — genuinely multi-step work."

"General-purpose(gpt-5.4) Perform code review for issue 44206"

The code review produced was of little use. I corrected the agent and requested Sonnet 5 to perform the review itself:

"I would like to start this code review over. I see that you delegated to gpt-5.4 and I do not want a weaker model doing the review. Please execute the review prompt in file 44206-review-prompt2.txt."

Sonnet replied "I'll perform this review myself directly (no sub-agent delegation this time). Let me examine the before/after directories to identify actual changed files."

Sonnet completed the review the second time and the quality was as expected.

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.75

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Expected behavior

I expected that when selecting the agent that it perform the work itself.

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  1. added theissue type on Jul 27, 2026
  2. added
    area:agentsSub-agents, fleet, autopilot, plan mode, background agents, and custom agents
    area:modelsModel selection, availability, switching, rate limits, and model-specific behavior
    and removed on Jul 28, 2026
  3. copilot-cli-bot commented on Oct 8, 2026

    @copilot-cli-bot

    This appears to be resolved as of GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.93. Please update to that release or a newer stable version. We're closing this as completed. If it still happens, please comment with your version and reproduction steps.

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