From ce61934ac9dd0de8702546bc63d9ec7f303b7a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce MacDonald <brucewmacdonald@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:11:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: include apiKey in codex provider catalog to unblock
 models.json loading

---
 CHANGELOG.md                 | 2 ++
 extensions/codex/provider.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6386ac03044..889a7fedbc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Models/Codex: include `apiKey` in the codex provider catalog output so the Pi ModelRegistry validator no longer rejects the entry and silently drops all custom models from every provider in `models.json`. (#66180) Thanks @hoyyeva.
+
 ## 2026.4.14-beta.1
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/extensions/codex/provider.ts b/extensions/codex/provider.ts
index 2cbcc6f076d..a3365ba7671 100644
--- a/extensions/codex/provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/codex/provider.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export async function buildCodexProviderCatalog(
   return {
     provider: {
       baseUrl: CODEX_BASE_URL,
+      apiKey: "codex-app-server",
       auth: "token",
       api: "openai-codex-responses",
       models,