fix(openai): preserve image routing before catalog load (#105518)

* fix(openai): handle image providers without model catalogs

* test(openai): use exported config contract

* test(openai): model provider overlays before catalog load

extensions/openai/image-generation-provider.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Openai tests cover image generation provider plugin behavior.
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { buildOpenAIImageGenerationProvider } from "./image-generation-provider.js";
 
@@ -728,6 +729,35 @@ describe("openai image generation provider", () => {
     expect(result.metadata).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it("falls back to the provider baseUrl when the model catalog is omitted", async () => {
+    mockGeneratedPngResponse();
+
+    const provider = buildOpenAIImageGenerationProvider();
+    // Plugin-scoped runtime snapshots can carry a built-in provider overlay
+    // before its model catalog is present.
+    const cfg = {
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          openai: {
+            baseUrl: "https://openai-compatible.example.com/v1",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const result = await provider.generateImage({
+      provider: "openai",
+      model: "gpt-image-2",
+      prompt: "Create an image through a provider overlay",
+      cfg,
+    });
+
+    expect(httpConfigCall().baseUrl).toBe("https://openai-compatible.example.com/v1");
+    expect(jsonRequestCall().url).toBe(
+      "https://openai-compatible.example.com/v1/images/generations",
+    );
+    expect(result.images).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it("forwards output and OpenAI-only options on direct generations", async () => {
     mockGeneratedPngResponse();
 

extensions/openai/image-generation-provider.ts

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ function resolveNativeOpenAIImageSizesForModel(model: string): readonly string[]
 function resolveConfiguredOpenAIImageBaseUrl(cfg: OpenClawConfig | undefined, model: string) {
   const modelId = model.trim().replace(/^openai\//u, "");
   const modelBaseUrl = cfg?.models?.providers?.openai?.models
-    .find((candidate) => candidate.id.trim().replace(/^openai\//u, "") === modelId)
+    ?.find((candidate) => candidate.id.trim().replace(/^openai\//u, "") === modelId)
     ?.baseUrl?.trim();
   return modelBaseUrl || resolveConfiguredOpenAIBaseUrl(cfg);
 }