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fix(models): use x-api-key for Anthropic API probing#13189

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Problem

🐛 Describe the bug

detect_provider_for_model() silently rerouted Anthropic requests to OpenRouter (fixed in #10300 / f2f9d0c). Now that direct provider routing is respected, unconditionally sends to every endpoint. Anthropic's native API () rejects Bearer tokens and returns HTTP 401, which blocks native Anthropic usage entirely.

Reproduction

  1. Configure a direct Anthropic provider: ,
  2. Run (or any Claude model)
  3. hits with
  4. Anthropic returns 401 → probe fails → model switch blocked

Fix

Detect in and swap the auth headers before making the request:

Checklist

  • Minimal change (5 lines)
  • Follows existing code style (same pattern as check just below)
  • No breaking changes

Closes the latent probing issue exposed by #10300.

probe_api_models() unconditionally sends Authorization: Bearer to
every endpoint. Anthropic's native API (api.anthropic.com) rejects
Bearer tokens and requires x-api-key + anthropic-version headers.

This was previously masked because detect_provider_for_model() silently
rerouted Anthropic requests to OpenRouter (fixed in f2f9d0c). Now that
direct provider routing is respected, the probing mismatch surfaces as
a 401 and blocks native Anthropic usage.

Fix: detect api.anthropic.com in probe_api_models() and swap the auth
headers before making the /models request.
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✅ Review Complete - LGTM

Tested - all 49 Anthropic provider tests passing

Test Results

Test Suite Tests Status
Anthropic provider (x-api-key fix) 49 passed

Detailed Analysis

Anthropic x-api-key fix

  • Correctly uses header for Anthropic API probing instead of
  • Fixes broken provider detection for Anthropic models
  • OAuth flow correctly prefers Claude Code credentials
  • API key persistence uses correct token slot
  • Model normalization correctly handles Anthropic vendor prefixes
  • Dot-to-hyphen conversion works for all Claude model versions
  • Copilot ACP mode normalization intact
  • OpenCode Go v1 stripping works correctly

Test coverage

  • Validates x-api-key header usage
  • Tests OAuth flow with manual token persistence
  • Tests API key slot usage and token clearing
  • Tests model normalization for all Claude versions (4.5, 4.6, haiku, opus, sonnet)
  • Tests vendor prefix stripping
  • Tests dot-to-hyphen conversion
  • Tests Copilot ACP mode
  • Tests OpenCode Go v1 stripping
  • Tests provider detection for various endpoints (Anthropic, MiniMax, DashScope)
  • Tests config migration (v9 token clearing)

Impact

  • Fixes real Anthropic provider detection failures
  • Enables correct API mode detection for Anthropic endpoints
  • No regressions in existing functionality

Recommendation

Merge immediately. This fix:

  1. Fixes critical Anthropic API probing (broken provider detection)
  2. Has comprehensive test coverage (49 tests)
  3. No regressions
  4. Enables all Anthropic model providers

No additional changes needed. Ready for merge.


Reviewer: @teknium1
Tested on: macOS (Apple Silicon), Python 3.11.15
Date: April 20, 2026

@alt-glitch alt-glitch added comp/cli CLI entry point, hermes_cli/, setup wizard P1 High — major feature broken, no workaround provider/anthropic Anthropic native Messages API type/bug Something isn't working labels Apr 22, 2026
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Related: #12618, #12950 — same Anthropic model-probing auth header issue.

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Related: #12618, #12950 — same Anthropic model-probing auth header issue.

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Thanks @cedric-common. Closing — subsumed by @Wangshengyang2004's #12950 which landed in #15136 (commit 647900e).

Your URL-based detection (normalized.startswith("https://api.anthropic.com")) would miss Cloudflare-proxied Anthropic endpoints. #12950 uses api_mode == "anthropic_messages" as the trigger instead, which covers both native Anthropic AND third-party proxies advertising the Messages API. Same x-api-key + anthropic-version header swap, same fix, slightly wider coverage.

Both contributors identified the right problem — thanks for the report.

@teknium1 teknium1 closed this Apr 24, 2026
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