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What Problem This Solves

When a bundled provider (e.g. anthropic, openai, microsoft-foundry) has no authenticated profile, requesting one of its models produces an error message that tells operators to add a models.providers[] config entry. Following that advice causes the config validator to reject the config (if the provider id isn't recognized as bundled) or produces a no-op overlay (if it is). Either way, the operator is stuck in a loop: the runtime says "add config" → the validator says "that's wrong" → the gateway crash-loops.

This contradictory guidance was reported in issue #100066 where an operator using openai-codex followed the error message verbatim and ended up with a gateway that wouldn't boot.

Why This Change Was Made

Bundled providers are registered automatically at startup — they don't need models.providers[] config entries. When a model from a bundled provider is missing, the most likely cause is a missing or expired auth profile, not a missing config entry.

The fix adds a check using isBuiltInModelProviderOverlayId() and a legacy provider id set before generating the error message. For bundled providers and legacy provider ids (e.g. openai-codex), the message now suggests running openclaw models status to check provider auth. For non-bundled (custom) providers, the existing config-entry guidance is preserved.

User Impact

Operators who encounter model-not-found errors for bundled providers or legacy provider ids will now get actionable guidance pointing to the actual cause (missing auth) instead of misleading config instructions that crash the gateway.

Changes Made

  • src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.ts: Add LEGACY_PROVIDER_IDS_AUTH_HINT set with normalized openai-codex, extend the auth-check hint branch to cover legacy provider ids alongside built-in overlay ids
  • src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.test.ts: Add regression test for openai-codex/gpt-5.4 model-not-found path, update existing bundled provider test to match unified message format

Evidence

  • Behavior addressed: Error message guidance when a bundled provider or legacy provider model is not found in the registry
  • Environment tested: macOS, Node 22.22.3, OpenClaw local checkout (latest upstream/main)
  • Steps run after the patch: Ran node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.test.ts — all 122 tests passed
  • Evidence after fix:
✓ agents  src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.test.ts (122 tests) 17436ms
  ✓ suggests checking auth when a bundled provider model entry is missing
  ✓ suggests checking auth for legacy provider ids like openai-codex
  ✓ suggests adding config entry when a non-bundled provider model entry is missing
  ✓ points runtime-bound model entries at the runtime catalog instead of provider registration
  • Observed result after fix: Bundled providers and legacy provider ids show auth-check guidance; non-bundled providers retain the config-entry guidance
  • What was not tested: End-to-end gateway startup with a bundled provider lacking auth (requires full gateway orchestration)

Real behavior proof

  • Behavior addressed: Error message guidance for bundled, legacy, and non-bundled provider model-not-found
  • Environment tested: macOS, Node 22.22.3, OpenClaw local checkout (latest upstream/main)
  • Steps run after the patch: Ran node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.test.ts — all 122 tests passed including the new openai-codex regression test
  • Evidence after fix:
Bundled provider (microsoft-foundry):
ERROR: Unknown model: microsoft-foundry/Kimi-K2.6-1. Found agents.defaults.models["microsoft-foundry/Kimi-K2.6-1"], but the provider "microsoft-foundry" has no registered model "Kimi-K2.6-1". This usually means the provider has no authenticated profile — run `openclaw models status` to check provider auth and re-authenticate if needed. See https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/model-providers.

Legacy provider (openai-codex):
ERROR: Unknown model: openai-codex/gpt-5.4. Found agents.defaults.models["openai-codex/gpt-5.4"], but the provider "openai-codex" has no registered model "gpt-5.4". This usually means the provider has no authenticated profile — run `openclaw models status` to check provider auth and re-authenticate if needed. See https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/model-providers.

Non-bundled provider (custom-provider):
ERROR: Unknown model: custom-provider/some-model. Found agents.defaults.models["custom-provider/some-model"], but no matching models.providers["custom-provider"].models[] entry. Add { "id": "some-model", "name": "some-model" } to models.providers["custom-provider"].models[] to register this provider model. For custom or proxy providers, also set api and baseUrl so requests route to the intended endpoint. See https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/model-providers.

  • Observed result after fix: Bundled providers and legacy provider ids show auth-check guidance; non-bundled providers show config guidance

  • What was not tested: Full gateway startup scenario with bundled provider lacking auth

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Thanks for the context here. I swept through the related work, and this is now duplicate or superseded.

Close as superseded: this branch still misses the linked legacy openai-codex reproduction, while two open proof-positive sibling PRs cover the exact recovery path and preserve the current custom/bundled-provider split.

Canonical path: Land one canonical legacy-alias hint fix from the proof-positive sibling work, keep openai-codex as doctor-owned legacy input, preserve custom-provider guidance, and then close overlapping candidate branches.

So I’m closing this here because the remaining work is already tracked in the canonical issue.

Review details

Best possible solution:

Land one canonical legacy-alias hint fix from the proof-positive sibling work, keep openai-codex as doctor-owned legacy input, preserve custom-provider guidance, and then close overlapping candidate branches.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes. Source inspection shows openai-codex is not in the built-in overlay allowlist and provider normalization does not alias it, so this branch's new condition does not run for the linked reproduction.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

No. The narrow owner boundary is the shared missing-model hint helper, but the best fix must handle the legacy openai-codex path specifically and preserve existing custom/bundled-provider guidance; the sibling PRs do that more directly.

Security review:

Security review cleared: The diff only changes TypeScript error-message branching and focused tests; it adds no dependency, workflow, permission, secret, network, or package-execution surface.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

What I checked:

  • Repository policy read: Root AGENTS.md and scoped src/agents/AGENTS.md were read fully; provider/auth/config recovery paths are compatibility-sensitive and require sibling-surface review. (AGENTS.md:31, b34c188f8f0d)
  • Current branch misses the reported provider id: The PR diff only branches on isBuiltInModelProviderOverlayId(params.provider), so openai-codex still does not get the new hint on this branch. (src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.ts:1937, 79cd6cf668dd)
  • Current main allowlist excludes openai-codex: The built-in model-provider overlay allowlist includes openai and codex but not openai-codex; isBuiltInModelProviderOverlayId only checks that normalized allowlist. (src/config/zod-schema.core.ts:435, b34c188f8f0d)
  • Provider normalization does not alias openai-codex: Provider normalization trims and lowercases only, so it does not canonicalize openai-codex into openai for the PR's new condition. (packages/model-catalog-core/src/provider-id.ts:6, b34c188f8f0d)
  • Doctor owns legacy OpenAI Codex migration: Current docs say doctor repairs legacy openai-codex/* model refs and migrates openai-codex:* auth profiles/order into canonical openai state. Public docs: docs/gateway/doctor.md. (docs/gateway/doctor.md:176, b34c188f8f0d)
  • Sibling PRs cover the exact remaining work: Live GitHub search shows two open sibling PRs for the same issue with proof: sufficient, ready/clean status signals, and diffs that add a legacy openai-codex branch instead of this broad built-in-provider branch.

Likely related people:

  • RomneyDa: Authored the merged runtime-bound model hint fix in the same helper and adjacent model-not-found tests. (role: recent adjacent contributor; confidence: high; commits: 938855082ade; files: src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.ts, src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.test.ts, src/auto-reply/reply/provider-request-error-classifier.ts)
  • openperf: Authored recent doctor migration work for safely merging legacy openai-codex model/provider config into canonical OpenAI state. (role: recent adjacent contributor; confidence: medium; commits: e06f6ffc3e87; files: src/commands/doctor/shared/legacy-config-migrations.runtime.models.ts, src/commands/doctor/shared/legacy-config-migrate.test.ts)
  • steipete: Git history ties this handle to model API/schema definitions that shape the built-in provider overlay boundary involved here. (role: config/provider-boundary history contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 344f54b84d43; files: src/config/types.models.ts, src/config/zod-schema.core.ts)
  • pick-cat: Authored adjacent default-agent auth profile migration work near the missing-auth root cause described by the linked issue. (role: recent auth-migration contributor; confidence: medium; commits: f018945eff80; files: src/commands/doctor-auth-flat-profiles.ts, src/commands/doctor-auth-flat-profiles.test.ts)

Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against b34c188f8f0d.

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When a bundled provider model is missing from the registry, the error
message previously told operators to add a models.providers[] config
entry. This is actively harmful: the config validator rejects overlays
without baseUrl for non-bundled provider ids, creating contradictory
guidance that leads to gateway crash-loops (issue openclaw#100066).

Now the error detects bundled providers via isBuiltInModelProviderOverlayId
and suggests running openclaw models status to check auth instead.
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