From 6c4507ef820335203c864b98032f3f286657a678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Sommer <SommerEngineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:09:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improved API key retrieval for local embedding (#675)

---
 .../Provider/SelfHosted/ProviderSelfHosted.cs               | 4 ++--
 .../Tools/Services/RustService.APIKeys.cs                   | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/SelfHosted/ProviderSelfHosted.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/SelfHosted/ProviderSelfHosted.cs
index 9b3d6d67..8204fa6c 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/SelfHosted/ProviderSelfHosted.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/SelfHosted/ProviderSelfHosted.cs	
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public sealed class ProviderSelfHosted(Host host, string hostname) : BaseProvide
     /// <inhertidoc />
     public override async Task<IReadOnlyList<IReadOnlyList<float>>> EmbedTextAsync(Provider.Model embeddingModel, SettingsManager settingsManager, CancellationToken token = default, params List<string> texts)
     {
-        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, SecretStoreType.EMBEDDING_PROVIDER);
-        return await this.PerformStandardTextEmbeddingRequest(requestedSecret, embeddingModel, token: token, texts: texts);
+        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, SecretStoreType.EMBEDDING_PROVIDER, isTrying: true);
+        return await this.PerformStandardTextEmbeddingRequest(requestedSecret, embeddingModel, host, token: token, texts: texts);
     }
     
     public override async Task<IEnumerable<Provider.Model>> GetTextModels(string? apiKeyProvisional = null, CancellationToken token = default)
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/RustService.APIKeys.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/RustService.APIKeys.cs
index abc06b03..e2a8b88e 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/RustService.APIKeys.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/RustService.APIKeys.cs	
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ public sealed partial class RustService
         if (!secret.Success && !isTrying)
             this.logger!.LogError($"Failed to get the API key for '{prefix}::{secretId.SecretId}::{secretId.SecretName}::api_key': '{secret.Issue}'");
 
-        this.logger!.LogDebug($"Successfully retrieved the API key for '{prefix}::{secretId.SecretId}::{secretId.SecretName}::api_key'.");
+        if (secret.Success)
+            this.logger!.LogDebug($"Successfully retrieved the API key for '{prefix}::{secretId.SecretId}::{secretId.SecretName}::api_key'.");
+        else if (isTrying)
+            this.logger!.LogDebug($"No API key configured for '{prefix}::{secretId.SecretId}::{secretId.SecretName}::api_key' (try mode): '{secret.Issue}'");
+
         return secret;
     }