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[evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Starting a session on Default model when managed policy blocks it and all fallbacks\nSteps:\n1. Admin: update availableModels / deniedModels\n2. User: forward message; user settings can't override managed lists\nExpected: The error no longer appears.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"37fb2f78-a030-4663-a0a3-850588c5443f","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Admins add a runnable model to availableModels or narrow deniedModels; users forward the message to admins.\n\nOption: Admins add a runnable model to availableModels or narrow deniedModels; users forward the message to admins. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Starting a session on Default model when managed policy blocks it and all fallbacks\nSteps:\n1. Admin: update availableModels / deniedModels\n2. 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