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Context

Assistant: Cline Proposal: Pin Cline models after the v3.0.61 switch to Claude Fable 5.1 Summary: Cline CLI v3.0.61 changes the resolved default for 57 providers (Anthropic and many gateways now Claude Fable 5.1 instead of Opus 5). Upgrade, pin every model you intend to keep, and adopt Hub-drain, 10s MCP connect, and ~/Cline/Rules so sessions no longer stall or silently change. Primary source: https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/cli-v3.0.61

Why it matters

Cline CLI v3.0.61 ships an unusually wide catalog refresh: ten new providers plus updated lists and pricing, and the resolved default model changes for 57 providers. Anthropic now resolves to Claude Fable 5.1 instead of Claude Opus 5; Amazon Bedrock, Vertex, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, DevPass, DigitalOcean, CrossModel, Eden AI, and NanoGPT follow it to Fable 5.1. Anyone using a provider without pinning a model will get a different default, cost, and behavior.

The same release changes Hub and session operations: a CLI newer than the running Hub now prompts with how many active sessions a replacement would interrupt (Enter replaces after draining in-flight turns; Escape keeps the Hub; a hub too old or wedged to drain is left alone). Unreachable remote SSE/streamable HTTP MCP servers get a 10s connect budget instead of stalling past the Hub deadline and tearing the session down. Empty capability lists no longer disable all tools (and drop images) for Dify, SAP AI Core, opencode, and Codex CLI. Global rules are also read from ~/Cline/Rules. Checkpoint restore refuses when you have committed after the checkpoint. Abort cancels delegated subagents. Agent-created schedules live in ~/.cline/schedules.

Pin models first so the catalog switch is intentional, then align Hub replacement, MCP connectivity, rules path, and restore/abort habits with these behaviors.

Suggested actions

1. Upgrade Cline to CLI v3.0.61. On next launch, if prompted that the Hub is older than the CLI, press Enter to replace it so in-flight turns drain first, or Escape to keep the current Hub; do not kill a Hub that is too old or wedged to accept drain.
2. Pin a model on every Cline provider you use. After v3.0.61, unpinned Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Vertex, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, DevPass, DigitalOcean, CrossModel, Eden AI, and NanoGPT resolve to Claude Fable 5.1 instead of Claude Opus 5 (57 providers change defaults).
3. For Dify, SAP AI Core, opencode, and Codex CLI, restore tool-calling and image file-read workflows: v3.0.61 no longer treats an empty catalog capability list as an authoritative denial that strips every tool and drops images.
4. Copy team global rules into ~/Cline/Rules so the CLI reads the same files the VS Code Rules tab writes on WSL and headless installs.
5. Do not checkpoint-restore a branch after later commits — v3.0.61 now refuses that restore instead of dropping commits (chat-only restore is unchanged). Put agent-created schedules in ~/.cline/schedules; leave --workspace schedules as-is. On abort, expect delegated subagents and teammates to cancel with the session.

Config surfaces this release may change

• MCP servers — check your repo before applying
• background and headless runs — check your repo before applying

After you finish

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Your job

1. Restate the change in one sentence.
2. Propose a minimal plan for my repo (or a throwaway pilot).
3. Implement only what I approve; prefer small diffs and tests.
4. Call out risks (permissions, breaking APIs, cost).

Start by confirming you understood the proposal.