Model names missing info

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

model names in chat window drop down, no longer have icons or descriptions so you can’t tell which are thinking versions vs non thinking.

Steps to Reproduce

just look at the drop down

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.0.6
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 6e696fa8ae574d6a40e0f1dbf74bd7d823f0b0d0
Date: 2026-04-02T21:42:37.269Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. Try updating to the latest version of Cursor, I can’t reproduce this on the current version.

If the issue still happens after updating, let me know and we’ll dig in further.

That was yesterday’s version. Just uploaded today’s update, same issue.
Notice Sonnet and Opus versions (normal and thinking) are indistinguishable in the menu.

Version: 3.0.9
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 93e276db8a03af947eafb2d10241e2de17806c20
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 25.3.0

I can see that updating to 3.0.9 didn’t help, the issue is still there. We got a few more reports like this today, and it’s a confirmed issue. The thinking and non-thinking model variants in the dropdown really look identical in the editor layout.

As a temporary workaround, the thinking variants are usually listed below the regular ones in the dropdown. For example, if you see two Opus 4.6 entries, the lower one is most likely the thinking version.

yeh, another workaround - I turned off the opus model I didn’t want to accidentally select in the main Models Settings panel, where you can still tell which is which. So it no longer appears in the drop down list.

ps. now we just need a fix for opus sending me into bankruptcy lol. it’s fantastic but crazy expensive now. hard to go back to lesser models though.

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