Auto in vscode uses models that I've disabled for my organization

[rschlack]

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I have Claude Sonnet 4.6 disabled for my organization. This prevents me or my other developers from picking that model in VScode chat. However, if I have chat on Auto it will almost always use that model anyway. I can see the model being used in the Organization Settings AI Usage report. How can I get control of the models used if auto is ignoring the settings?

[dhruv-techdev]

I believe that this is a GitHub Copilot policy-enforcement bug.

GitHub’s documentation explicitly states that Auto model selection must follow the model policies configured by the organization or enterprise. Therefore, if Claude Sonnet 4.6 is disabled for your organization, Auto must not select it.

There is no additional VS Code setting required to enforce this. Disabling the model in:

Organization Settings → Copilot → Models

should remove it from both:

• Manual model selection
• Auto model selection

Since manual selection correctly blocks Claude Sonnet 4.6 but Auto continues using it, the organization policy is being applied inconsistently.

As a temporary workaround, developers should stop using Auto and manually select one of the organization’s approved models.

The organization owner should also open a GitHub Support ticket and include:

• Organization and enterprise names
• Screenshot showing Claude Sonnet 4.6 as disabled
• A recent AI Usage report entry showing that Auto used Claude Sonnet 4.6
• Exact date and time of the request
• Affected GitHub username
• VS Code version
• GitHub Copilot extension version

If the organization belongs to an enterprise, verify that no targeted enterprise model rule is enabling Claude Sonnet 4.6 for that organization. GitHub’s targeted model rules can control which models are available to specific organizations.

However, once the effective policy shows the model as disabled, Auto using that model is definitively incorrect and requires a fix from GitHub.