Q85: custom endpoints accept local HTTP servers and keyless access

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/renderer/src/app/Onboarding.tsx

@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ function validateProvider(draft: Draft, providers: ProviderCatalogEntry[]): stri
   const selected = providers.find((entry) => entry.key === draft.providerKey);
   if (!selected) return t("Provider is no longer available.");
   if (selected.customEndpoint && !draft.providerBaseUrl.trim()) return t("Base URL is required.");
-  if (!draft.providerSecret.trim()) {
-    return selected.authType === "api_key" || selected.customEndpoint ? t("API key is required.") : t("Access token is required.");
+  // A custom endpoint may be a local server that takes no key.
+  if (!draft.providerSecret.trim() && !selected.customEndpoint) {
+    return selected.authType === "api_key" ? t("API key is required.") : t("Access token is required.");
   }
   if (!draft.providerModel.trim()) return t("Model is required.");
   return null;

src/renderer/src/app/OnboardingProviderStep.tsx

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function ProviderCredentialFields({
   const hasCredential = isOAuthLike
     ? Boolean(draft.providerSecret.trim())
     : isCustom
-      ? Boolean(draft.providerBaseUrl.trim() && draft.providerSecret.trim())
+      ? Boolean(draft.providerBaseUrl.trim())
       : Boolean(draft.providerSecret.trim());
 
   const loadModels = async (secret: string) => {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function ProviderCredentialFields({
               onChange={(event) => onChange({ providerBaseUrl: event.target.value })}
             />
           </Field>
-          <Field label={t("API key")}>
+          <Field label={t("API key (if the server asks for one)")}>
             <input
               className="input"
               type="password"

src/renderer/src/i18n/zh.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const zh: Record<string, string> = {
   "superseded": "已被取代",
   "stalled": "已停滞",
   "Resume": "恢复",
+  "API key (if the server asks for one)": "API 密钥（服务需要时填写）",
   "Checking...": "检查中...",
   "Check for agent work": "检查能否胜任 Agent 工作",
   "This model follows instructions and calls tools.": "该模型能遵循指令并调用工具。",

src/renderer/src/pages/settings/ProviderConnectionDialog.tsx

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function CompatFieldsForm({ entry, provider }: { entry: ProviderCatalogEntry; pr
           onChange={(event) => setBaseUrl(event.target.value)}
         />
       </Field>
-      <Field label={t("API key")}><input className="input" name="secret" type="password" required /></Field>
+      <Field label={t("API key (if the server asks for one)")}><input className="input" name="secret" type="password" /></Field>
       <ModelPicker entry={entry} provider={provider} />
     </>
   );