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XAI_API_KEY persisting in env overrides xai-oauth

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116773 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where a removed XAI_API_KEY remains in the gateway process environment and incorrectly overrides xai-oauth authentication. Multiple fixes address honoring suppressed environment variable sources in the key resolver.

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  • #116773 fix(auth): a removed XAI_API_KEY still in the gateway environment no longer overrides xai-oauth for x_search (#116155, supersedes #116160)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_xai_http_credentials.py, tools/tool_backend_helpers.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #116160 fix(xai): honor suppressed env:XAI_API_KEY source in explicit-key resolver · done elsewhere → #116773
  • #116182 fix(xai): honor suppressed process environment source · done elsewhere → c265f77, #116773, #116155, #116160
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#116155Bug: dead XAI_API_KEY persists in gateway process env across update restarts and overrides xai-oauth for x_search
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