# Auto runs on your Token Tunnel subscriptions first

> With Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini connected through Token Tunnel, Auto now runs on those subscriptions first and falls back to hosted models last.

Aug 19, 2026. Topics: Models. https://www.generalinput.com/changelog/2026-08-19-auto-routes-to-token-tunnel

Auto picks the model for each request. It now considers the models you've connected through [Token Tunnel](/token-tunnel) and prefers them: when a suitable one is online, Auto runs there, on the subscription you already pay for, instead of on a hosted model billed in credits. A Default to local models switch in the Auto menu controls it; it's on by default once you have a connected model.

### How it works

- **Tiers.** Auto classifies a request as an answer, an execution, or a build, mapped to Fast, Balanced, or Max. Anything it can't classify goes to Max.
- **A ladder per tier.** Each tier has an ordered list of Token Tunnel models, and every tier includes all four providers (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Gemini), so a single subscription is enough.
- **Never a blocker.** If the switch is off, nothing in the ladder is online, or a lookup fails, the tier runs its normal hosted fallbacks.
- **Every subscription before the cloud.** When one subscription hits its limit mid-run, the run moves to the next online one, and falls back to a hosted model only after all of them are exhausted.

### Also shipped

- Smaller models that couldn't reliably finish agent work became opt-in, and anyone defaulted to one moved to Auto.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash replaced Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Settings, Models now shows who hosts each model and where.