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Setting MODEL_LIST_URL=off (case-insensitive) now disables the external model catalog download entirely, making fully air-gapped deployments configurable through environment variables alone. Previously the only switch was cache.model.model_list.url: "" in config.yaml.

A sentinel is used instead of an empty value: the env overlay skips empty values (so MODEL_LIST_URL= keeps the default, consistent with every other variable), and an unset-but-templated variable — e.g. MODEL_LIST_URL=${MODEL_LIST_URL} in compose — cannot disable it by accident. off also works via cache.model.model_list.url: "off" in config.yaml, and env wins over the config file as everywhere. Same pattern as GOPROXY=off.

  • Startup logs that downloads are disabled; provider-reported, configured, and any previously cached catalog metadata still apply.
  • Docs updated (.env.template, production guide, model metadata guide).
  • Verified live: with MODEL_LIST_URL=off no fetch is attempted; the gateway runs normally.

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The change adds MODEL_LIST_URL=off support. Configuration normalizes the sentinel, provider initialization skips model-list downloads, tests cover precedence and value handling, and offline deployment documentation describes metadata and pricing requirements.

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Model-list download control

Layer / File(s) Summary
Environment override handling
config/env.go, config/config_test.go
MODEL_LIST_URL=off now clears the configured URL after trimming whitespace and ignoring case. Tests cover default, custom, empty, environment, and YAML values.
Conditional model-list fetching
internal/providers/init.go
Provider initialization skips the background model-list download when the resolved URL is empty.
Offline configuration documentation
.env.template, docs/advanced/model-metadata.mdx, docs/guides/production.mdx
Documentation describes the off setting, internal mirrors, configured metadata, and pricing requirements.

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The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness: disabling downloads can still leave cached catalog metadata active, making the startup message misleading, and the offline metadata documentation should consistently describe the remaining ID heuristic.

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A rabbit sets the model list off,
The download path now stays soft.
Local metadata remains near,
Configured prices stay clear.
The air-gapped burrow rests.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main configuration change: disabling model list downloads with MODEL_LIST_URL=off.
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Confidence Score: 5/5

Safe to merge: the disabled-download configuration prevents outbound catalog requests without preventing gateway initialization.

No blocking failure remains.

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What T-Rex did

  • Ran a focused Go test through the public config.Load and providers.Init path, using an observable httptest catalog server and an atomic request counter.
  • In the normal catalog URL scenario, initialization completed and the server received two requests: a startup fetch and a scheduled refresh.
  • In the sentinel-enabled scenarios, initialization completed and the server observed zero requests during the 1.5-second refresh window when MODEL_LIST_URL=off and YAML url: OFF, confirming both sentinel forms disable startup and background catalog downloads.
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SantiagoDePolonia force-pushed the feat/model-list-disable-env branch from e773c76 to c04edc2 Compare August 24, 2026 14:03
@SantiagoDePolonia SantiagoDePolonia changed the title feat(config): disable model list downloads with an empty MODEL_LIST_URL feat(config): disable model list downloads with MODEL_LIST_URL=off Aug 24, 2026

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In @.env.template:
- Around line 189-191: Update the MODEL_LIST_URL=off description to acknowledge
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Comment thread internal/providers/init.go
MODEL_LIST_URL=off (case-insensitive) turns the external model catalog
download off entirely, for fully air-gapped installs. A sentinel is used
instead of an empty value because the env overlay skips empty values (so
an unset-but-templated variable cannot disable it by accident), and it
works identically via cache.model.model_list.url in config.yaml. Startup
logs that downloads are disabled; models keep provider-reported and
configured metadata only.
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SantiagoDePolonia force-pushed the feat/model-list-disable-env branch from ee691d3 to 65b944c Compare August 24, 2026 14:26
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SantiagoDePolonia changed the base branch from perf/memory to main August 24, 2026 14:26
…nloads

Cached catalog data restored from the model cache and heuristic-derived
modes still apply when downloads are off; the log line and .env.template
no longer claim provider-reported and configured metadata are the only
sources.
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