Previously the picker modal opened only when preflight failed OR the
template offered ≥2 provider options. Single-provider templates with
saved keys (claude-code, langgraph) deployed silently using the
template's compiled-in default model — denying the user a final
chance to override before an EC2 boots and burns billing on the
wrong tier.
The picker UI already supports the "all-keys-saved single-provider"
case as a confirm-only prompt (provider radio is hidden, model input
is pre-filled with template.model), so flipping shouldShowPicker to
unconditional is a one-line change with the picker UX absorbing it.
Test plan
- Existing "single-provider skips picker when preflight.ok" regression
guard inverted to assert picker always opens.
- Three happy-path tests refactored to drive through the picker via
a new deployThroughPicker helper instead of expecting an immediate
POST.
- POST-failure tests likewise refactored — the failure now surfaces
through the picker click-through path, not the direct deploy()
call.
- 15/15 tests pass; deploy-preflight.test.ts unchanged + 20/20.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>