From fba5345d20b793765582a4f94db3a0e9813349a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Re-bin <xubinrencs@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:09:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: pass api_key directly to litellm for more robust auth

---
 nanobot/providers/litellm_provider.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nanobot/providers/litellm_provider.py b/nanobot/providers/litellm_provider.py
index 9d76c2a..dd50ed9 100644
--- a/nanobot/providers/litellm_provider.py
+++ b/nanobot/providers/litellm_provider.py
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ class LiteLLMProvider(LLMProvider):
         # Apply model-specific overrides (e.g. kimi-k2.5 temperature)
         self._apply_model_overrides(model, kwargs)
         
+        # Pass api_key directly — more reliable than env vars alone
+        if self.api_key:
+            kwargs["api_key"] = self.api_key
+        
         # Pass api_base for custom endpoints
         if self.api_base:
             kwargs["api_base"] = self.api_base