# Simple fixes without a model

A simple fix replaces a retired model id with the one replacement the vendor
names, for example `gpt-4-0613` with `gpt-5.6-sol`. No model writes it:
Upseam changes the model id on the matched lines and runs the same
[patch gates](security.md#patch-gates) as on every patch. It needs no
connected model and no key.

## When it opens

By default a simple fix asks first, like every other fix: in the `ask` mode
its pull request opens only after your approval. With **Simple fixes** on,
it opens without a tick, in every mode, like Dependabot does for a version
bump. The dashboard issue lists the pull request under **Pull requests** and
says why no tick was needed.

A patch that fails a gate is not pushed, and the finding goes to
**Needs you**. See [Delivery modes](delivery-modes.md).

## Always ask

Two cases always ask, simple fix or not: changes that a vendor sends to
Upseam directly, and removals at or before your pinned API version.

## Let them open on their own

To let simple fixes open without a tick, turn on **Simple fixes** on the
settings page, for the installation or for one repository; a repository
setting overrides the installation. Installations created before this default
changed (version 0.6.1) were reset to off; turn the setting on again to keep
the old behavior. Simple fixes also need **New capabilities** on.

## Before you connect a model

Until a model is connected, Upseam writes no fixes except simple fixes. It
still lists what it would fix. See
[Without a model](models.md#without-a-model).