From 3199fc91a0c5e570bc81574550c989da7a9f2a14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sathvik Chowdary Veerapaneni <sathvikchowdaryveerapaneni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:40:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(directives): preserve xhigh thinking level in session
 entry

---
 src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
index a994a3ccea6..3a9351dc211 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ export async function handleDirectiveOnly(
   if (directives.hasFastDirective && directives.fastMode !== undefined) {
     sessionEntry.fastMode = directives.fastMode;
   }
-  if (shouldDowngradeXHigh) {
-    sessionEntry.thinkingLevel = "high";
-  }
   if (directives.hasVerboseDirective && directives.verboseLevel) {
     applyVerboseOverride(sessionEntry, directives.verboseLevel);
   }