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2026-10-24-pi-coding-agent-installed-extensions-can-import-the-public-pi-ai-models-subpath

Installed extensions can import the public pi-ai models subpath. The extension loader aliases and bundled virtual modules now expose @earendil-works/pi-ai/models and the legacy spelling. An installed extension can import public model helpers such as clampThinkingLevel without failing because that subpath was absent from the loader map. The patch contains a regression test; it was inspected, not executed here.

Channel: tagged-release. Half: both. Date: 2026-10-21.

Operator consequence: Extension authors can remove a local import workaround after testing the installed host. Match the host version before treating a public package export as reachable through every loader; this fixes that compatibility boundary from 1.4.0.

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Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-10-24-pi-coding-agent-installed-extensions-can-import-the-public-pi-ai-models-subpath

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  1. Pi Coding Agent
    commit2026-10-24-pi-coding-agent-installed-extensions-can-import-the-public-pi-ai-models-subpathgithub.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/22dc6c26f3c530e11b8cc40443ecdce2b3c84116tagged commit file2026-10-24-pi-coding-agent-installed-extensions-can-import-the-public-pi-ai-models-subpathearendil-works/pi / packages/coding-agent/src/core/extensions/loader.ts