fix: defer catalog validation to session execution (#38258)

packages/tui/test/mini/catalog.shared.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, mock, spyOn, test } from "bun:test"
 import { OpenCode } from "@opencode-ai/client/promise"
-import { loadRunReferences, runProviders, waitForDefaultModel } from "../../src/mini/catalog.shared"
+import { loadRunReferences, runProviders } from "../../src/mini/catalog.shared"
 import { catalogModel, catalogProvider } from "./fixture/catalog"
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -8,26 +8,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe("run catalog shared", () => {
-  test("resolves the catalog-selected model for the footer", async () => {
-    const client = OpenCode.make({ baseUrl: "https://opencode.test" })
-    const selected = spyOn(client.model, "default").mockImplementation(
-      () =>
-        Promise.resolve({
-          location: { directory: "/tmp", project: { id: "proj_1", directory: "/tmp" } },
-          data: { id: "gpt-5", providerID: "openai" },
-        }) as never,
-    )
-
-    await expect(waitForDefaultModel({ sdk: client, location: { directory: "/tmp" } })).resolves.toEqual({
-      providerID: "openai",
-      modelID: "gpt-5",
-    })
-    expect(selected).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      { location: { directory: "/tmp", workspace: undefined } },
-      { signal: expect.any(AbortSignal) },
-    )
-  })
-
   test("loads visible project references from the current reference catalog", async () => {
     const client = OpenCode.make({ baseUrl: "https://opencode.test" })
     const list = spyOn(client.reference, "list").mockImplementation(

packages/tui/test/mini/footer.view.test.tsx

@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ async function renderFooter(
   }
 }
 
+test("direct footer shows the generic default model before resolution", async () => {
+  const app = await renderFooter({ state: { model: "Default model" } })
+  try {
+    await app.renderOnce()
+    expect(app.captureCharFrame()).toContain("Default model")
+  } finally {
+    app.cleanup()
+  }
+})
+
 test("direct footer preserves a partial multi-field form draft across permission preemption", async () => {
   const request: FormInfo = {
     id: "frm_preempted",