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Framework agents call the OpenAI Responses API regardless of the configured model
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Description
**In short:** run one of the `*_openai_runner_*` examples with an Anthropic model against a server that has no OpenAI key, and it fails — because this code path always calls OpenAI, whatever model you configured. It then prints `None` and exits 0, so nothing notices.
**Files:** `examples/agents/93_openai_runner_hello_world.py`, `94_openai_runner_tools.py`, `95_openai_runner_handoffs.py`, `96_openai_runner_streaming.py` (the `conductor.ai` `Runner` / framework-agent path)
## Symptom
With no `OPENAI_API_KEY` in the **server process's** environment:
```
$ CONDUCTOR_AGENT_LLM_MODEL=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 python examples/agents/93_openai_runner_hello_world.py
Framework agent 'Assistant' execution FAILED
None
```
Both `93` and `96` exit 0 despite failing, so exit-code-based tooling — including `scripts/run_examples.sh` — scores them green.
## Cause
The framework-agent path calls the OpenAI Responses API regardless of the configured model. With an Anthropic model and no OpenAI key on the server, the `Assistant_llm` `LLM_CHAT_COMPLETE` task sends an empty key to OpenAI instead of routing to Anthropic:
```
Task execution failed: OpenAI Responses API call failed: Responses API failed with status 401:
{"error": {"message": "Incorrect API key provided: ''. You can find your API key at
https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.", "type": "invalid_request_error",
"param": null, "code": "invalid_api_key"}}
```
Read it back with:
```
curl -s localhost:8080/api/agent/executions?size=5
curl -s "localhost:8080/api/workflow/?includeTasks=true" # Assistant_llm -> reasonForIncompletion
```
Confirmed by changing **only** the server's environment, one server, everything else fixed:
| Server env | model | result |
|---|---|---|
| no `OPENAI_API_KEY` | `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6` | FAILED |
| no `OPENAI_API_KEY` | `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` | FAILED |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` present | `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6` | pass |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` present | `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` | pass |
Ruled out:
- the **client's** environment — fails with the client key set, passes with it unset
- `langchain-anthropic` being installed — passes with it uninstalled
Only the server's environment matters.
## Fix
Either drop the OpenAI dependency when the target model is not OpenAI, or fail with a message naming the missing key. Silent failure with `None` and exit 0 is the worst outcome.
## Verify
Start the server with no `OPENAI_API_KEY`, run `93` with an Anthropic model — it should either work or say why, and exit non-zero if it fails.
**Note:** These examples document `CONDUCTOR_AGENT_LLM_MODEL=openai/gpt-4o (or anthropic/claude-opus-4-6)`, so a user following the Anthropic option with an Anthropic-only server hits this immediately.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with examples/agents/93_openai_runner_hello_world.py and CONDUCTOR_AGENT_LLM_MODEL=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 while the server lacks OPENAI_API_KEY. Read the conductor.ai Runner/framework-agent path, then inspect the execution and workflow responses for Assistant_llm and reasonForIncompletion. Done means the example routes to the configured model or reports the missing dependency clearly and exits non-zero.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100