(fix): appcontainer should not poll and footer should use currentModel from ui state (#11923)

packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx

@@ -256,3 +256,31 @@ describe('<Footer />', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('fallback mode display', () => {
+  it('should display Flash model when in fallback mode, not the configured Pro model', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(<Footer />, {
+      width: 120,
+      uiState: {
+        sessionStats: mockSessionStats,
+        currentModel: 'gemini-2.5-flash', // Fallback active, showing Flash
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Footer should show the effective model (Flash), not the config model (Pro)
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('gemini-2.5-flash');
+    expect(lastFrame()).not.toContain('gemini-2.5-pro');
+  });
+
+  it('should display Pro model when NOT in fallback mode', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(<Footer />, {
+      width: 120,
+      uiState: {
+        sessionStats: mockSessionStats,
+        currentModel: 'gemini-2.5-pro', // Normal mode, showing Pro
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('gemini-2.5-pro');
+  });
+});

packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { MemoryUsageDisplay } from './MemoryUsageDisplay.js';
 import { ContextUsageDisplay } from './ContextUsageDisplay.js';
 import { DebugProfiler } from './DebugProfiler.js';
 import { isDevelopment } from '../../utils/installationInfo.js';
-
 import { useUIState } from '../contexts/UIStateContext.js';
 import { useConfig } from '../contexts/ConfigContext.js';
 import { useSettings } from '../contexts/SettingsContext.js';
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export const Footer: React.FC = () => {
     isTrustedFolder,
     mainAreaWidth,
   } = {
-    model: config.getModel(),
+    model: uiState.currentModel,
     targetDir: config.getTargetDir(),
     debugMode: config.getDebugMode(),
     branchName: uiState.branchName,