fix(openrouter): support extended reasoning efforts and add refresh models button

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Description

This PR resolves two related issues with the OpenRouter provider:

1. Extended Reasoning Effort Support (xhigh, max):

   • Problem: When fetching models dynamically from OpenRouter (/api/v1/models), reasoning capability is advertised as "reasoning" in supported_parameters. The parser set supportsReasoningEffort: true (boolean). In ThinkingBudget, boolean true fell back to the basic 3-tier enum (["low", "medium", "high"]), preventing users from selecting higher reasoning tiers (xhigh / "Extra High" and max / "Max") that OpenRouter models (like OpenAI o1, o3-mini, etc.) actually support.
   • Fix: In src/api/providers/fetchers/openrouter.ts, supportsReasoningEffort is now explicitly set to ["low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"] when "reasoning" is present in supported_parameters.

2. "Refresh Models" Button in OpenRouter Settings:

   • Problem: Model lists fetched from OpenRouter are persisted in disk cache without a manual invalidation trigger in the UI, unlike LiteLLM, Moonshot, Poe, etc.
   • Fix: Added the standard "Refresh Models" button and IPC message listener in webview-ui/src/components/settings/providers/OpenRouter.tsx (matching the pattern in LiteLLM.tsx / Moonshot.tsx), allowing users to flush the cache and fetch fresh model metadata on demand.

Scope & Blast Radius:

• Changes are strictly isolated to the OpenRouter provider (fetchers/openrouter.ts and providers/OpenRouter.tsx). No shared core components were modified.

Test Procedure

1. Verify "Refresh Models" Button:
   • Open Settings → API Provider → Select OpenRouter.
   • Verify the "Refresh Models" button appears above the model selector.
   • Click "Refresh Models" → verify the loading spinner displays, cache is flushed, and success feedback is shown.
2. Verify Reasoning Effort Options:
   • Select a reasoning-capable model (e.g. openai/o3-mini, openai/o1, deepseek/deepseek-r1).
   • Open the Model Reasoning Effort dropdown.
   • Confirm all 5 options are present: None, Low, Medium, High, Extra High, Max.
   • Select Extra High or Max and send a prompt → verify payload includes { reasoning: { effort: "xhigh" | "max" } }.
3. Type & Lint Checks:
   • Verified clean with pnpm --dir src exec eslint api/providers/fetchers/openrouter.ts --max-warnings=0.
   • Verified clean with pnpm --dir src exec tsc --noEmit.

Pre-Submission Checklist

• Scope: My changes are focused on OpenRouter reasoning efforts & model cache refresh.
• Self-Review: I have performed a thorough self-review of my code.
• Testing: Tested manual round-trip, UI rendering, and type checks.
• Documentation Impact: No documentation updates required.
• Contribution Guidelines: I have read and agree to the Contributor Guidelines.

Documentation Updates

• No documentation updates are required.

Additional Notes

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a refresh button in OpenRouter settings to manually update the available model list.
  • Added loading, success, and error feedback during model refreshes.
  • Available models now show reasoning-effort levels—low, medium, high, xhigh, and max—when supported.
  • Updated model lists automatically reflect successful refreshes.

• Bug Fixes

  • Models without reasoning support continue to omit reasoning-effort options.
  • Refresh results are handled safely to prevent outdated responses from overwriting current model data.

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Walkthrough

OpenRouter models with reasoning support now expose five effort levels. The OpenRouter settings view supports manual model refresh, status reporting, error handling, provider filtering, and model-cache invalidation.

Changes

OpenRouter updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reasoning-effort metadata src/api/providers/fetchers/openrouter.ts, src/api/providers/fetchers/__tests__/openrouter.spec.ts	Models with the reasoning parameter now expose low, medium, high, xhigh, and max. The fixture expectation uses the new array.
Model refresh flow webview-ui/src/components/settings/providers/OpenRouter.tsx, webview-ui/src/components/settings/providers/__tests__/OpenRouter.spec.tsx	Adds refresh state, request messaging, provider-aware response handling, cache invalidation, status rendering, error handling, stale-response protection, and unmount cleanup tests.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5aa7c

This localized change adds OpenRouter reasoning-effort options and a model-refresh control without any identified merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OpenRouterSettings
  participant VSCodeMessaging
  participant QueryClient
  OpenRouterSettings->>VSCodeMessaging: request OpenRouter model refresh
  VSCodeMessaging-->>OpenRouterSettings: router-model response
  OpenRouterSettings->>QueryClient: invalidate OpenRouter model queries
  OpenRouterSettings-->>OpenRouterSettings: render refresh status

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In `@webview-ui/src/components/settings/providers/OpenRouter.tsx`:
- Around line 75-87: Update the routerModels handling in OpenRouter.tsx to
confirm the response belongs to the OpenRouter provider before setting
RefreshStatus.Success or invalidating queries; use values.provider or equivalent
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