From 8fa1194c2322a82ce1215724d3856a3bb5e5d314 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristina Poncela Cubeiro
 <140309543+cristinaponcela@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 11:23:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: no fallback for apiKey

---
 packages/ai/src/providers/images/openrouter.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/ai/src/providers/images/openrouter.ts b/packages/ai/src/providers/images/openrouter.ts
index 8a7f91d3..70c95a8c 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/providers/images/openrouter.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/providers/images/openrouter.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ export const generateImagesOpenRouter: ImagesFunction<"openrouter-images", Image
 	};
 
 	try {
-		const apiKey = options?.apiKey || getEnvApiKey(model.provider) || "";
+		const apiKey = options?.apiKey || getEnvApiKey(model.provider);
+		if (!apiKey) {
+			throw new Error(`No API key available for provider: ${model.provider}`);
+		}
 		const client = createClient(model, apiKey, options?.headers);
 		let params = buildParams(model, context);
 		const nextParams = await options?.onPayload?.(params, model);