Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Summary

After installing lossless-claw plugin, the LCM module repeatedly logs errors about missing API key for bailian provider, even though the main OpenClaw configuration (openclaw.json) has a valid bailian API key configured under models.providers.bailian.

The plugin attempts to generate summaries but fails, falling back to truncation. This also seems to trigger service instability (webchat disconnected, service restart).

Steps to reproduce

Install lossless-claw plugin: openclaw plugins install @martian-engineering/lossless-claw

Keep lossless-claw enabled in plugins.entries

Have bailian provider configured in models.providers with valid API key

Restart gateway and monitor logs

Observe LCM errors

Expected behavior

LCM should inherit or respect the main OpenClaw configuration's API key for bailian, or provide a documented way to configure it separately.

Actual behavior

LCM logs the following errors repeatedly:[lcm] completeSimple error: No API key for provider: bailian
[lcm] empty normalized summary on first attempt; provider=bailian; model=MiniMax-M2.5; ... retrying with conservative settings
[lcm] completeSimple error: No API key for provider: bailian
[lcm] retry also returned empty summary; ... falling back to truncation
[lcm] all extraction attempts exhausted; provider=bailian; model=MiniMax-M2.5; source=fallb

OpenClaw version

OpenClaw version: 2026.3.8

Operating system

OS: macOS (M4 Mac mini)

Install method

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Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

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Additional information

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