From bfa4ce296474c1450b9f4fe8f74b2974eace4feb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Rudolph <49103247+hannesrudolph@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:32:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(xai): clarify X search reasoning default

---
 .../xai/src/web-search-provider.runtime.ts    |  2 +-
 extensions/xai/web-search.test.ts             | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/xai/src/web-search-provider.runtime.ts b/extensions/xai/src/web-search-provider.runtime.ts
index 7295f3022137..534d3dd89b90 100644
--- a/extensions/xai/src/web-search-provider.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/xai/src/web-search-provider.runtime.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const X_SEARCH_MODEL_OPTIONS = [
   {
     value: XAI_DEFAULT_X_SEARCH_MODEL,
     label: XAI_DEFAULT_X_SEARCH_MODEL,
-    hint: "default · reasoning disabled",
+    hint: "default · low reasoning",
   },
 ] as const;
 
diff --git a/extensions/xai/web-search.test.ts b/extensions/xai/web-search.test.ts
index 80a867aaa0ca..6569b948f1c1 100644
--- a/extensions/xai/web-search.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/xai/web-search.test.ts
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ describe("xai web search config resolution", () => {
     expect(fetchCallHeader(mockFetch, 1, "Authorization")).toBe("Bearer xai-env-fallback-key");
   });
 
-  it("offers plugin-owned xSearch setup after Grok is selected", async () => {
+  it("offers plugin-owned xSearch setup with an accurate default reasoning hint", async () => {
     const provider = createXaiWebSearchProvider();
-    const select = vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce("yes").mockResolvedValueOnce("grok-4.3");
+    const select = vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce("yes").mockResolvedValueOnce("grok-4.6");
     const prompter = createTestWizardPrompter({
       select: select as never,
     });
@@ -589,7 +589,20 @@ describe("xai web search config resolution", () => {
       | { enabled?: boolean; model?: string }
       | undefined;
     expect(xSearch?.enabled).toBe(true);
-    expect(xSearch?.model).toBe("grok-4.3");
+    expect(xSearch?.model).toBe("grok-4.6");
+    expect(select).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        initialValue: "grok-4.6",
+        options: expect.arrayContaining([
+          {
+            value: "grok-4.6",
+            label: "grok-4.6",
+            hint: "default · low reasoning",
+          },
+        ]),
+      }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("keeps explicit xSearch disablement untouched during provider-owned setup", async () => {