fix(gateway): skip local model pricing refreshes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Gateway/models: skip external OpenRouter and LiteLLM pricing refreshes for local/self-hosted model endpoints so startup does not wait on remote pricing catalogs for local-only Ollama, vLLM, and compatible providers. Thanks @codex.
 - CLI/plugins: stop security-blocked plugin installs from retrying as hook packs, so normal plugin packages report the scanner failure without a misleading "not a valid hook pack" follow-up. Fixes #61175; supersedes #64102. Thanks @KonsultDigital and @ziyincody.
 - Control UI/Dreaming: require explicit confirmation before applying restart-impacting Dreaming mode changes, with restart warning copy and loading feedback. Fixes #63804. (#63807) Thanks @bbddbb1.
 - CLI/update: keep the automatic post-update completion refresh on the core-command tree so it no longer stages bundled plugin runtime deps before the Gateway restart path, avoiding `.24` update hangs and 1006 disconnect cascades. Fixes #72665. Thanks @sakalaboator and @He-Pin.

src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts

@@ -121,6 +121,41 @@ describe("model-pricing-cache", () => {
     expect(refs).toContain("tavily/search-preview");
   });
 
+  it("skips remote pricing catalogs for local-only model providers", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: { primary: "ollama/llama3.2:latest" },
+        },
+      },
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          ollama: {
+            baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:11434",
+            api: "ollama",
+            models: [{ id: "llama3.2:latest" }],
+          },
+          vllm: {
+            baseUrl: "http://192.168.1.25:8000/v1",
+            api: "openai-completions",
+            models: [{ id: "qwen2.5-coder:7b" }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      tools: {
+        subagents: { model: { primary: "vllm/qwen2.5-coder:7b" } },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const fetchImpl = vi.fn<typeof fetch>();
+
+    await refreshGatewayModelPricingCache({ config, fetchImpl });
+
+    expect(fetchImpl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(
+      getCachedGatewayModelPricing({ provider: "ollama", model: "llama3.2:latest" }),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("loads openrouter pricing and maps provider aliases, wrappers, and anthropic dotted ids", async () => {
     const config = {
       agents: {

src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ const WRAPPER_PROVIDERS = new Set([
   "openrouter",
   "vercel-ai-gateway",
 ]);
+const LOCAL_MODEL_PROVIDER_APIS = new Set(["ollama"]);
+const LOCAL_MODEL_PROVIDER_IDS = new Set(["lmstudio", "ollama", "sglang", "vllm"]);
 const log = createSubsystemLogger("gateway").child("model-pricing");
 
 let refreshTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
@@ -422,6 +424,60 @@ function addConfiguredWebSearchPluginModels(params: {
   }
 }
 
+function isPrivateOrLoopbackHost(hostname: string): boolean {
+  const host = hostname
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/^\[|\]$/g, "");
+  if (
+    host === "localhost" ||
+    host === "localhost.localdomain" ||
+    host.endsWith(".localhost") ||
+    host.endsWith(".local")
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (host === "::1" || host === "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1" || host.startsWith("fe80:")) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (host.startsWith("fc") || host.startsWith("fd")) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (host.startsWith("127.") || host.startsWith("10.") || host.startsWith("192.168.")) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return /^172\.(1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])\./u.test(host) || host.startsWith("169.254.");
+}
+
+function isPrivateOrLoopbackBaseUrl(baseUrl: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!baseUrl) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    return isPrivateOrLoopbackHost(new URL(baseUrl).hostname);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function shouldFetchExternalPricingForRef(config: OpenClawConfig, ref: ModelRef): boolean {
+  const providerConfig = config.models?.providers?.[ref.provider];
+  if (providerConfig?.api && LOCAL_MODEL_PROVIDER_APIS.has(providerConfig.api)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (LOCAL_MODEL_PROVIDER_IDS.has(ref.provider)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (isPrivateOrLoopbackBaseUrl(providerConfig?.baseUrl)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function filterExternalPricingRefs(config: OpenClawConfig, refs: ModelRef[]): ModelRef[] {
+  return refs.filter((ref) => shouldFetchExternalPricingForRef(config, ref));
+}
+
 export function collectConfiguredModelPricingRefs(config: OpenClawConfig): ModelRef[] {
   const refs = new Map<string, ModelRef>();
   const aliasIndex = buildModelAliasIndex({
@@ -547,7 +603,10 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
   }
   const fetchImpl = params.fetchImpl ?? fetch;
   inFlightRefresh = (async () => {
-    const refs = collectConfiguredModelPricingRefs(params.config);
+    const refs = filterExternalPricingRefs(
+      params.config,
+      collectConfiguredModelPricingRefs(params.config),
+    );
     if (refs.length === 0) {
       replaceGatewayModelPricingCache(new Map());
       clearRefreshTimer();