google-gemini / google-gemini/gemini-cli

Auto (Gemini 3) always uses 3-flash, and 3-pro is never called.

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#18,518 5 comments 6 reactions 1 assignee Claimed by @ahsanfarooq210 View on GitHub
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Description

### What happened?

Multiple requests, more than 250 calls to flash, but not a single pro was triggered. It's very strange. It seems that I haven't been able to trigger pro in automatic mode lately. Tasks that used to trigger Pro, including bug investigation design, have not been used recently. Using a specific Pro 3 application works correctly.

### What did you expect to happen?

Depending on the task difficulty, it can correctly use the Pro mode in automatic mode, instead of always using Flash.

### Client information

* **CLI Version:** 0.29.0-nightly.20260206.4ffc349c
* **Git Commit:** 4ffc349c1
* **Session ID:** 38b297b0-2ad0-42c1-a452-1d9e51933a25
* **Operating System:** darwin v25.6.
* **Sandbox Environment:** no sandbox
* **Model Version:** auto-gemini-3
* **Auth Type:** oauth-personal
* **Memory%0Usage:** 846.3 MB
* **Terminal Name:** Warp(v0.2026.01.28.08.14.stable_04)
* **Terminal Background:** #ffffff
* **Kitty%0Keyboard Protocol:** Unsupported

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