fix(model): update gemini apikey modify function (#119)

electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(
   registerOpenClawHandlers();
 
   // Provider handlers
-  registerProviderHandlers();
+  registerProviderHandlers(gatewayManager);
 
   // Shell handlers
   registerShellHandlers();
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ function registerWhatsAppHandlers(mainWindow: BrowserWindow): void {
 /**
  * Provider-related IPC handlers
  */
-function registerProviderHandlers(): void {
+function registerProviderHandlers(gatewayManager: GatewayManager): void {
   // Get all providers with key info
   ipcMain.handle('provider:list', async () => {
     return await getAllProvidersWithKeyInfo();
@@ -976,6 +976,16 @@ function registerProviderHandlers(): void {
           if (providerKey) {
             saveProviderKeyToOpenClaw(provider.type, providerKey);
           }
+
+          // Restart Gateway so it picks up the new config and env vars.
+          // OpenClaw reads openclaw.json per-request, but env vars (API keys)
+          // are only available if they were injected at process startup.
+          if (gatewayManager.isConnected()) {
+            logger.info(`Restarting Gateway after provider switch to "${provider.type}"`);
+            void gatewayManager.restart().catch((err) => {
+              logger.warn('Gateway restart after provider switch failed:', err);
+            });
+          }
         } catch (err) {
           console.warn('Failed to set OpenClaw default model:', err);
         }
@@ -1254,12 +1264,8 @@ async function validateGoogleQueryKey(
   apiKey: string,
   baseUrl?: string
 ): Promise<{ valid: boolean; error?: string }> {
-  const trimmedBaseUrl = baseUrl?.trim();
-  if (!trimmedBaseUrl) {
-    return { valid: false, error: `Base URL is required for provider "${providerType}" validation` };
-  }
-
-  const base = normalizeBaseUrl(trimmedBaseUrl);
+  // Default to the official Google Gemini API base URL if none is provided
+  const base = normalizeBaseUrl(baseUrl || 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta');
   const url = `${base}/models?pageSize=1&key=${encodeURIComponent(apiKey)}`;
   return await performProviderValidationRequest(providerType, url, {});
 }

electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts

@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ export function setOpenClawDefaultModel(provider: string, modelOverride?: string
   config.agents = agents;
   
   // Configure models.providers for providers that need explicit registration.
-  // For built-in providers this comes from registry; for custom/ollama-like
-  // providers callers can supply runtime overrides.
+  // Built-in providers (anthropic, google) are part of OpenClaw's pi-ai catalog
+  // and must NOT have a models.providers entry — it would override the built-in.
   const providerCfg = getProviderConfig(provider);
   if (providerCfg) {
     const models = (config.models || {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ export function setOpenClawDefaultModel(provider: string, modelOverride?: string
       : [];
     const registryModels = (providerCfg.models ?? []).map((m) => ({ ...m })) as Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
 
-    // Merge model entries by id and ensure the selected/default model id exists.
     const mergedModels = [...registryModels];
     for (const item of existingModels) {
       const id = typeof item?.id === 'string' ? item.id : '';
@@ -245,13 +244,25 @@ export function setOpenClawDefaultModel(provider: string, modelOverride?: string
       ...existingProvider,
       baseUrl: providerCfg.baseUrl,
       api: providerCfg.api,
-      apiKey: providerCfg.apiKeyEnv,
+      apiKey: `\${${providerCfg.apiKeyEnv}}`,
       models: mergedModels,
     };
     console.log(`Configured models.providers.${provider} with baseUrl=${providerCfg.baseUrl}, model=${modelId}`);
     
     models.providers = providers;
     config.models = models;
+  } else {
+    // Built-in provider: remove any stale models.providers entry that may
+    // have been written by an earlier version. Leaving it in place would
+    // override the native pi-ai catalog and can break streaming/auth.
+    const models = (config.models || {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const providers = (models.providers || {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    if (providers[provider]) {
+      delete providers[provider];
+      console.log(`Removed stale models.providers.${provider} (built-in provider)`);
+      models.providers = providers;
+      config.models = models;
+    }
   }
   
   // Ensure gateway mode is set
@@ -338,7 +349,7 @@ export function setOpenClawDefaultModelWithOverride(
       models: mergedModels,
     };
     if (override.apiKeyEnv) {
-      nextProvider.apiKey = override.apiKeyEnv;
+      nextProvider.apiKey = `\${${override.apiKeyEnv}}`;
     }
 
     providers[provider] = nextProvider;

electron/utils/provider-registry.ts

@@ -53,11 +53,8 @@ const REGISTRY: Record<string, ProviderBackendMeta> = {
   google: {
     envVar: 'GEMINI_API_KEY',
     defaultModel: 'google/gemini-3-pro-preview',
-    providerConfig: {
-      baseUrl: 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta',
-      api: 'google',
-      apiKeyEnv: 'GEMINI_API_KEY',
-    },
+    // google is built-in to OpenClaw's pi-ai catalog, no providerConfig needed.
+    // Adding models.providers.google overrides the built-in and can break Gemini.
   },
   openrouter: {
     envVar: 'OPENROUTER_API_KEY',

src/stores/chat.ts

@@ -1150,6 +1150,31 @@ export const useChatStore = create<ChatState>((set, get) => ({
       } else {
         // No runId from gateway; keep sending state and wait for events.
       }
+
+      // Safety timeout: if we're still in "sending" state after 90s without
+      // receiving any streaming event, the run likely failed silently (e.g.
+      // provider error not surfaced as a chat event). Surface the error to the
+      // user instead of leaving an infinite spinner.
+      if (result.success) {
+        const sentAt = Date.now();
+        const SAFETY_TIMEOUT_MS = 90_000;
+        const checkStuck = () => {
+          const state = get();
+          if (!state.sending) return;
+          if (state.streamingMessage || state.streamingText) return;
+          if (Date.now() - sentAt < SAFETY_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+            setTimeout(checkStuck, 10_000);
+            return;
+          }
+          set({
+            error: 'No response received from the model. The provider may be unavailable or the API key may have insufficient quota. Please check your provider settings.',
+            sending: false,
+            activeRunId: null,
+            lastUserMessageAt: null,
+          });
+        };
+        setTimeout(checkStuck, 30_000);
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       set({ error: String(err), sending: false });
     }