Custom models cannot use their own key and URL
Custom providers share one global API key and URL, so OpenAI-compatible third-party models hit the wrong endpoint.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 31 December 2023 · last reported 26 February 2025
What's going wrong
People who run several OpenAI-compatible model services through NextChat report that custom models inherit one global API key and base URL.
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