Aider is not using specified editor-model

[cauliflowerdoughnuts]

Issue

I am trying to use openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free for ask/architect modes and openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free for making code changes.

I have tried both architect and ask modes, and they both use openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free for making changes instead of switching to the editor model.

Also, saying do 5 from ask mode doesn't actually do anything, not sure if that's expected but the ask/code workflow docs makes it look like you don't need to manually switch to code mode before saying do.

Version and model info

diff> /settings

Aider v0.85.1
Main model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free with diff edit format
Weak model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free
Git repo: .git with 4 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
Config File (/home/vscode/.aider.conf.yml):
  model:             openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free
  editor-model:      openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free
  weak-model:        openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free

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ask> what are some small improvements we can make to this script

  ░█   Waiting for openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free
  

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Would you like me to elaborate on any specific improvement or implement one of these?

Tokens: 2.5k sent, 2.2k received.

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test3.py
ask> /code

Aider v0.85.1 Main model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free with whole edit format Weak model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free Git repo: .git with 4 files Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh Added test3.py to the chat.

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test3.py

do 5

░█     Waiting for openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free

[00sapo]

I think this the intended behavior, but I agree that /code should use the editor model instead.

You can think of this ask/code workflow as a more fluid version of architect mode, but working just with one model the whole time.

source

[zerocorebeta]

/code mode needs more intelligent model to plan changes and apply it as code.

while editor can be a much dumber model which is good at writing code, supplying diffs.

[gerardnico]

+1 would be great to have the code mode coupled to the editor_model_name. I was searching it after I saw this thread

Use them together: 
Sonnet can build multi-step plans, 
then orchestrate a team of Haikus to complete subtasks in parallel.

If I understand well, we can't do it in 2 steps (ie /ask and /code) now without switching the main models.