Merge pull request #1735 from deepseek-harness/worktree/provider-credential-lifecycle

fix(web): recover provider credential lifecycle

packages/client/ui-models/README.i18n.yaml

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-models/README.md
-README.md: b55914197e472edec8a8b6d4d3e02036d1697728
-README.zh.md: ca93c3d5a2a85fffb22707f8389f1e979468e2ec
+README.md: 9d1fbdddd1ad9ec4c073dd1c0ca4ac7124c1b876
+README.zh.md: ff740bc6d1096901cbcc33772aff09deafeb53a4

packages/client/ui-models/README.md

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
 Models settings plugin: the provider configuration page and official-DeepSeek conditional onboarding step. It joins three wire domains into one shared snapshot — `llm.providers` (the configurable-provider directory with each route's live/dormant state), `settings.describe` (serialized schemas, layered redacted values, secret slots), and `credentials.describe` (value-free configured/source/writable badges) — and renders provider rows with one editor card at a time, without presenting route liveness as provider status.
 
-Rows are the *configured* providers (their profile resolves in the owning namespace); a whole-section provider whose key is not configured anywhere (the first-run DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup card instead of a row, and the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-directory provider select — a bare-mounted `llm-pi-ai` offers its whole installed catalog before any route exists. The pi-ai card additionally edits that route's **model list** and can ask the provider what it serves. The editor is a hand-written card per adapter family: the primary field is a single **API key** input — the page never asks for an environment-variable name; a typed key stores **write-only** through `credentials.set` under the profile's reference, deriving `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` when the profile has none, and the pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv`, so `settings.yaml` never carries a key value. The collapsed 自定义设置 fold carries the curated extras — `baseURL` for both families (the deepseek placeholder shows the public endpoint), `reasoningEffort` (deepseek) or `reasoning` (pi-ai), and the direct DeepSeek adapter's advisory model catalog. Each DeepSeek row edits `id`, optional display `name`, and optional `contextWindow`; existing fields outside that curated set survive edits, while every other profile field stays owned by `settings.yaml`. A row is deletable only when the user layer alone carries it (removal restores the composition base), and a localized confirmation dialog must complete before the page submits that destructive unset.
+Rows are the *configured* providers (their profile resolves in the owning namespace); a whole-section provider whose key is not configured anywhere (the first-run DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup card instead of a row, and the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-directory provider select — a bare-mounted `llm-pi-ai` offers its whole installed catalog before any route exists. The pi-ai card additionally edits that route's **model list** and can ask the provider what it serves. A row labels API-key state with a green solid dot only when a literal key or referenced credential is confirmed configured, and with a red solid dot only when a named reference is confirmed missing; reference-free provider-native authentication and unavailable credential enrichment remain unmarked. The editor is a hand-written card per adapter family: the primary field is a single **API key** input — the page never asks for an environment-variable name; a typed key stores **write-only** through `credentials.set` under the profile's reference, deriving `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` when the profile has none, and the pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv`, so `settings.yaml` never carries a key value. Leaving a new pi-ai provider's key blank saves a reference-free profile and therefore preserves provider-native authentication such as the Bedrock credential chain or Vertex ADC. A successful Apply emits a local accessible status message without echoing secret material. The collapsed 自定义设置 fold carries the curated extras — `baseURL` for both families (the deepseek placeholder shows the public endpoint), `reasoningEffort` (deepseek) or `reasoning` (pi-ai), and each adapter's model catalog. Each DeepSeek row edits `id`, optional display `name`, and optional `contextWindow`; existing fields outside that curated set survive edits, while every other profile field stays owned by `settings.yaml`. A row is deletable only when the user layer alone carries it (removal restores the composition base), and its localized confirmation dialog names the provider in the title, description, and final action.
 
 The DeepSeek step projects `deepseek-official` readiness from that same joined snapshot after earlier onboarding pages complete. It recognizes the official adapter through its `llm-deepseek` configurable-provider declaration, so an undeclared live route with the same provider id is not treated as repairable configuration. A configured literal `apiKey` secret sidecar or configured credential reference completes the step without rendering, including a read-only launch-environment credential. Only a mounted, active adapter with a missing writable reference shows the page that opens Settings on Models, whose existing setup card exclusively owns key input and `credentials.set`; the step never holds a secret. An absent adapter, inactive route, failed join, read-only deployment, or unusable settings or credential capability completes the step without rendering so onboarding cannot block the product; Models remains the diagnostic surface.
 
-Every edit lands as `settings.mutate` path ops against the stored section — a set per changed field, an unset per cleared one, and a single unset for a deleted provider row. The page only ever holds the REDACTED descriptor, so it names the fields it can see rather than rebuilding a section: a stored literal secret it never received is mentioned by no op and survives. DeepSeek's `models` is one replace-by-value array: the editor shows inherited effective rows until the first model edit materializes the complete array in the user layer, while reset unsets that override. A row carries the model id and display name; its context window and output cap sit behind the row's own disclosure, the same shape the pi-ai provider form uses. Either capacity is typed as a count with an optional decimal `K` or `M` suffix (`256K`, `1M`; `1M` is 1000K) and stored as the plain count, spelled back in the shortest form that round-trips. Empty ids, duplicate ids, empty explicit names, and unreadable, non-positive, or fractional capacities fail before any write. Each write carries the `revision` the card opened at, so a concurrent write from another tab or an external `settings.yaml` edit is refused as `settings-conflict` and the card asks the user to reopen instead of replaying its stale snapshot. The page refetches on the pushed invalidations (`settings/changed`, `credentials/changed`, `models/changed`, and `connection/reset`) once it has loaded, so an external `settings.yaml` edit, a second tab, or a settings-born route converges without polling.
+Every edit lands as `settings.mutate` path ops against the stored section — a set per changed field, an unset per cleared one, and a single unset for a deleted provider row. The page only ever holds the REDACTED descriptor, so it names the fields it can see rather than rebuilding a section: a stored literal secret it never received is mentioned by no op and survives. DeepSeek's `models` is one replace-by-value array: the editor shows inherited effective rows until the first model edit materializes the complete array in the user layer, while reset unsets that override. A row carries the model id and display name; its context window and output cap sit behind the row's own disclosure, the same shape the pi-ai provider form uses. Either capacity is typed as a count with an optional decimal `K` or `M` suffix (`256K`, `1M`; `1M` is 1000K) and stored as the plain count, spelled back in the shortest form that round-trips. Empty ids, duplicate ids, empty explicit names, and unreadable, non-positive, or fractional capacities fail before any write. Each settings write carries the card's current `revision`, so a concurrent write from another tab or an external `settings.yaml` edit is refused as `settings-conflict`; after settings commit, the card adopts the returned redacted user subtree and revision before storing the credential, which makes a failed credential stage retry only that stage. Deletion removes a configured, writable credential only when the profile names the page's derived `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` target, then unsets the profile; both operations are idempotent, and a partial failure remains in the identified confirmation dialog for retry. Environment credentials, custom references, and credentials whose target cannot be identified remain untouched. The page refetches on the pushed invalidations (`settings/changed`, `credentials/changed`, `models/changed`, and `connection/reset`) once it has loaded, so an external `settings.yaml` edit, a second tab, or a settings-born route converges without polling.
 
 ## Model list and endpoint interrogation
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ None; this package neither assembles nor sends a provider request.
 ## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
 
 - **Only the API key and curated fold fields are editable on the card** — the hand-written editor traded schema-generic field coverage for the mockup layout ([Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-30-web-config-plane.md)). DeepSeek exposes `baseURL`, `reasoningEffort`, and model `id`/`name`/`contextWindow`/`maxTokens`; pi-ai exposes `baseURL` and `reasoning`. Retry policy, timeouts, DeepSeek model descriptions, and other advanced fields remain in `settings.yaml`; existing model fields the editor does not show are preserved. A profile schema without the conventional fields renders the hint alone, and the two curated layouts key on the `llm-deepseek`/`llm-pi-ai` namespaces by name.
-- **Deleting a row leaves its stored key in `.env`** — removal unsets the settings profile but deliberately does not unset the derived credential; re-adding the provider finds the key already configured. An explicit key-removal control is deferred.
+- **Credential cleanup is intentionally narrow** — deleting a row removes the configured, writable credential only when its reference is the exact `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` target this page derives. Custom references, environment credentials, and unidentifiable targets are retained because the row cannot prove ownership of them.
 - **Only pi-ai routes can be hand-declared** — the custom-provider card writes into `llm-pi-ai`, the one namespace whose profiles describe a whole provider. A `llm-deepseek` route is a composition fact, not something this page can create.
 - **Interrogation covers OpenAI-compatible endpoints** — the adapter reads only that listing shape, so a gateway speaking another protocol reports that it cannot be asked and its models are entered by hand.
 - **Undeclared live routes render nowhere** — a route registered without a configurable-provider declaration has no settings address; it stays visible in pickers but not on this page's rows.

packages/client/ui-models/README.zh.md

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 模型设置插件：提供方配置页和按条件显示的 DeepSeek 官方首次使用引导步骤。它把三个协议领域汇聚为一个共享快照：`llm.providers`（可配置提供方目录，含每条路由的存活／休眠状态）、`settings.describe`（序列化 schema、分层脱敏值、secret 槽位）与 `credentials.describe`（不含值的 configured/source/writable 徽标）；页面据此渲染提供方行，一次只展开一张编辑卡片，且不把路由存活状态呈现为提供方状态。
 
-行是*已配置*的提供方（其 profile 在所属 namespace 中解析得出）；密钥未在任何地方配置的整分节提供方（DeepSeek 的首次运行姿态）会渲染为其展开的设置卡片而非一行，「新增」流程则是一张承载休眠目录提供方选择框的卡片——裸挂载的 `llm-pi-ai` 在任何路由存在之前就能提供其完整的已安装 catalog。pi-ai 卡片还会编辑该路由的**模型列表**，并可以询问提供方它服务什么。编辑器是每个适配器家族各一张的手写卡片：主字段是单独一个 **API 密钥**输入框——页面从不询问环境变量名；键入的密钥经 `credentials.set` 以**只写**方式存入 profile 的引用之下，profile 没有引用时便派生 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY`，pi-ai profile 会把这次派生记录为 `apiKeyEnv`，因此 `settings.yaml` 从不携带密钥值。收起的「自定义设置」折叠区承载精选的额外字段——两个家族都有 `baseURL`（deepseek 的占位符显示公共端点），另有 `reasoningEffort`（deepseek）或 `reasoning`（pi-ai），以及直接 DeepSeek 适配器的建议性模型目录。每条 DeepSeek 模型行可编辑 `id`、可选的显示名称 `name` 与可选的 `contextWindow`；精选集合以外的现有字段会在编辑后保留，其余每个 profile 字段仍归 `settings.yaml` 所有。只有当某行仅由用户层承载时它才可删除（删除会还原组合 base），而且必须先在本地化对话框中确认，页面才会提交这次破坏性的 unset。
+行是*已配置*的提供方（其 profile 在所属 namespace 中解析得出）；密钥未在任何地方配置的整分节提供方（DeepSeek 的首次运行姿态）会渲染为其展开的设置卡片而非一行，「新增」流程则是一张承载休眠目录提供方选择框的卡片——裸挂载的 `llm-pi-ai` 在任何路由存在之前就能提供其完整的已安装 catalog。pi-ai 卡片还会编辑该路由的**模型列表**，并可以询问提供方它服务什么。只有确认字面密钥或引用的凭据已配置时，行才会以绿色实心点标示 API 密钥状态；只有确认具名引用缺失时，才会以红色实心点标示。无引用的提供方原生认证以及无法取得凭据补充信息时都不显示状态点。编辑器是每个适配器家族各一张的手写卡片：主字段是单独一个 **API 密钥**输入框——页面从不询问环境变量名；键入的密钥经 `credentials.set` 以**只写**方式存入 profile 的引用之下，profile 没有引用时便派生 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY`，pi-ai profile 会把这次派生记录为 `apiKeyEnv`，因此 `settings.yaml` 从不携带密钥值。为新的 pi-ai 提供方留空密钥会保存一个不带引用的 profile，因此能保留提供方原生认证，例如 Bedrock 凭据链或 Vertex ADC。「应用」成功后会发出本地无障碍状态消息，且绝不回显任何机密内容。收起的「自定义设置」折叠区承载精选的额外字段——两个家族都有 `baseURL`（deepseek 的占位符显示公共端点），另有 `reasoningEffort`（deepseek）或 `reasoning`（pi-ai），以及各适配器自己的模型目录。每条 DeepSeek 模型行可编辑 `id`、可选的显示名称 `name` 与可选的 `contextWindow`；精选集合以外的现有字段会在编辑后保留，其余每个 profile 字段仍归 `settings.yaml` 所有。只有当某行仅由用户层承载时它才可删除（删除会还原组合 base），其本地化确认对话框会在标题、说明和最终操作中点名该提供方。
 
 前序首次使用引导页面完成后，DeepSeek 步骤会从同一个联接快照得出 `deepseek-official` 的就绪状态。它通过 `llm-deepseek` 的可配置提供方声明识别官方适配器，因此同 id 但未声明的存活路由不属于可修复配置。若 `apiKey` 字面量对应的 secret 槽位标记为已设置，或凭据引用已配置，该步骤会直接完成而不渲染，其中包括来自启动环境且只读的凭据。只有已挂载且活跃、引用可写但尚未配置的适配器才会显示前往「设置」Models 分区的页面；密钥输入和 `credentials.set` 仅由该分区已有的设置卡片负责，该步骤绝不持有 secret。适配器缺失、路由不活跃、联接失败、部署只读或设置／凭据能力不可用时，该步骤均不渲染并直接完成，以免首次使用引导阻塞产品；Models 页仍是诊断界面。
 
-每一次编辑都以 `settings.mutate` 的路径 op 落到已存分节上——每个变更字段一条 set、每个清空字段一条 unset、删除提供方行则是单独一条 unset。页面自始至终只持有**脱敏后**的 descriptor，因此它点名自己看得见的字段，而不是重建分节：一个它从未收到过的已存字面机密不会被任何 op 提及，也就得以留存。DeepSeek 的 `models` 是一个按值整体替换的数组：编辑器会显示继承而来的生效模型行，直到第一次模型编辑将完整数组具化到用户层；重置则会取消该覆盖。每个模型行承载模型 ID 与显示名称，其上下文窗口与最大输出 token 数则收在该行自己的折叠区里，与 pi-ai 提供方表单采用的形态相同。两项容量都按数值键入，可带十进制的 `K` 或 `M` 后缀（`256K`、`1M`；`1M` 即 1000K），存储为纯数值，回显时写成能够往返的最短形式。空 ID、重复 ID、显式填写的空名称，以及无法读取、非正数或非整数的容量都会在写入前失败。每次写入都携带该卡片打开时的 `revision`，因此来自另一个标签页或对 `settings.yaml` 的外部编辑所产生的并发写入会以 `settings-conflict` 被拒绝，卡片会请用户重新打开，而不是把自己的陈旧快照重放上去。页面加载完成后会在推送的失效事件（`settings/changed`、`credentials/changed`、`models/changed` 与 `connection/reset`）上重拉，因此外部的 `settings.yaml` 编辑、第二个标签页或 settings 新生的路由都无需轮询即可收敛。
+每一次编辑都以 `settings.mutate` 的路径 op 落到已存分节上——每个变更字段一条 set、每个清空字段一条 unset、删除提供方行则是单独一条 unset。页面自始至终只持有**脱敏后**的 descriptor，因此它点名自己看得见的字段，而不是重建分节：一个它从未收到过的已存字面机密不会被任何 op 提及，也就得以留存。DeepSeek 的 `models` 是一个按值整体替换的数组：编辑器会显示继承而来的生效模型行，直到第一次模型编辑将完整数组具化到用户层；重置则会取消该覆盖。每个模型行承载模型 ID 与显示名称，其上下文窗口与最大输出 token 数则收在该行自己的折叠区里，与 pi-ai 提供方表单采用的形态相同。两项容量都按数值键入，可带十进制的 `K` 或 `M` 后缀（`256K`、`1M`；`1M` 即 1000K），存储为纯数值，回显时写成能够往返的最短形式。空 ID、重复 ID、显式填写的空名称，以及无法读取、非正数或非整数的容量都会在写入前失败。每次 settings 写入都携带卡片当前的 `revision`，因此来自另一个标签页或对 `settings.yaml` 的外部编辑所产生的并发写入会以 `settings-conflict` 被拒绝；settings 提交成功后，卡片会在存储凭据前采用响应返回的脱敏用户子树与 revision，因此凭据阶段失败时，重试只会重复该阶段。删除操作只会在 profile 指向页面派生的 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` 目标时清除已配置且可写的凭据，随后取消设置 profile；两项操作都具备幂等性，部分失败会停留在点名目标的确认对话框中供重试。环境凭据、自定义引用和无法识别目标的凭据保持不变。页面加载完成后会在推送的失效事件（`settings/changed`、`credentials/changed`、`models/changed` 与 `connection/reset`）上重拉，因此外部的 `settings.yaml` 编辑、第二个标签页或 settings 新生的路由都无需轮询即可收敛。
 
 ## 模型列表与端点询问
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pi-ai profile 的 `models` 列表就在卡片上编辑：一行一个模型，
 ## 已知限制与暂缓事项
 
 - **卡片上可编辑的只有 API 密钥与精选折叠区字段**：手写编辑器用 schema 通用的字段覆盖面换来了设计稿上的布局（[Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-30-web-config-plane.md)）。DeepSeek 公开 `baseURL`、`reasoningEffort` 与模型的 `id`/`name`/`contextWindow`/`maxTokens`；pi-ai 公开 `baseURL` 与 `reasoning`。重试策略、超时、DeepSeek 模型说明及其他进阶字段仍留在 `settings.yaml` 中；编辑器未展示的现有模型字段会予以保留。不带这些约定字段的 profile schema 只渲染该提示，两套精选布局则以 `llm-deepseek`/`llm-pi-ai` 这两个 namespace 的名字为键。
-- **删除一行会把它已存储的密钥留在 `.env` 里**：删除取消设置的是 settings profile，却刻意不清除那条派生凭据；重新添加该提供方时会发现密钥已配置。显式的密钥移除控件暂缓。
+- **凭据清理范围刻意保持狭窄**：删除一行时，仅当其引用与页面派生的 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` 目标完全一致，才会清除已配置且可写的凭据。自定义引用、环境凭据和无法识别的目标会保留，因为该行无法证明自己拥有它们。
 - **只有 pi-ai 路由可以手工声明**：自定义提供方卡片写入 `llm-pi-ai`——唯一一个其 profile 描述整个提供方的 namespace。`llm-deepseek` 路由是组合面的事实，不是本页能创建的东西。
 - **询问只覆盖 OpenAI 兼容端点**：适配器只读这一种列表形状，因此讲其他协议的网关会报告自己无法被询问，其模型需手工填写。
 - **未声明的存活路由无处渲染**：未附带可配置提供方声明即注册的路由没有 settings 地址；它在各选择器中仍然可见，但不会出现在本页的行里。

packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.module.css

@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
   color: var(--dsw-alias-state-warn-label);
 }
 
+.savedNotice {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 18px;
+  color: var(--dsw-alias-state-success-primary);
+}
+
 .rows {
   list-style: none;
   /* Extra air between the title/intro block and the first provider card. */
@@ -65,6 +72,13 @@
   gap: 10px;
 }
 
+.rowIdentity {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
 .rowName {
   font-size: 14px;
   line-height: 22px;
@@ -72,6 +86,23 @@
   color: var(--dsw-alias-label-primary);
 }
 
+.credentialDot {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  display: inline-block;
+  flex: none;
+  width: 8px;
+  height: 8px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+}
+
+.credentialDotConfigured {
+  background: var(--dsw-alias-state-success-primary);
+}
+
+.credentialDotMissing {
+  background: var(--dsw-alias-state-error-primary);
+}
+
 .rowActions {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;

packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * Models settings section: the provider rows joined from the configurable
  * directory, settings namespaces, and credential states, with one editor
- * card at a time. A whole-section provider without a configured key (the
- * unconfigured DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup card instead of a
- * row; the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-provider select. Every
- * mutation writes through the wire, while a provider removal first requires
+ * card at a time. Rows expose only confirmed API-key state through accessible
+ * solid configured or missing dots. A whole-section provider without a
+ * configured key (the unconfigured DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup
+ * card instead of a row; the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-provider
+ * select. Every mutation writes through the wire, while a provider removal first requires
  * confirmation; the page re-renders from pushed invalidations or the
  * post-apply reload.
  */
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ import type { IApiClient } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
 import { Button, IconPlusOutline16, Modal } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { SnapshotSelectorHook } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
 import { CustomProviderCard } from './CustomProviderCard.tsx'
-import { messageOf, protocolChoices } from './store.ts'
+import { deriveKeyRef, messageOf, protocolChoices } from './store.ts'
 import type { ModelsSettingsState, ModelsSettingsStore, ProviderRow } from './store.ts'
-import { ProviderEditor } from './ProviderEditor.tsx'
+import { ProviderEditor, type ProviderEditorProps } from './ProviderEditor.tsx'
 import type { en } from './locales.ts'
 import styles from './ModelsSection.module.css'
 
@@ -39,42 +40,73 @@ export interface ModelsSectionInjected {
  */
 export type ModelsSectionProps = Partial<ModelsSectionInjected>
 
-/** The editor target: an existing row or a dormant directory entry. */
-interface EditorTarget {
+/** Provider identity shared by row actions and confirmation copy. */
+export interface ProviderIdentity {
+  /** Stable provider route id. */
   provider: string
+  /** Human-facing provider name. */
   displayName: string
+}
+
+/** One existing row or dormant directory entry addressed by an editor action. */
+interface EditorTarget extends ProviderIdentity {
   settingsNs: string
   settingsPath: readonly string[]
+  /** Writable credential identified under this page's conventional reference. */
+  credentialRef?: string
+}
+
+/** Values that vary around the shared provider-editor rendering. */
+interface ProviderEditorRenderProps extends Pick<
+  ProviderEditorProps,
+  'namespace' | 'api' | 't' | 'readOnly' | 'onClose'
+> {
+  target: EditorTarget
+}
+
+/** Render an editor for either the setup posture or an expanded provider row. */
+function renderProviderEditor({ target, ...props }: ProviderEditorRenderProps): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <ProviderEditor
+      provider={target.provider}
+      displayName={target.displayName}
+      settingsPath={target.settingsPath}
+      {...props}
+    />
+  )
 }
 
 /**
- * Remove one user-added provider profile by unsetting its path in the stored
- * user section, then reload. The removal names the profile rather than
- * rebuilding the section: this page only ever holds the redacted descriptor,
- * so a rebuilt section would drop every literal secret stored elsewhere in
- * the namespace along with the profile being removed.
- * @param api - settings wire face.
+ * Remove one user-added provider and its page-managed credential. Credential
+ * removal comes first so a second-step failure leaves the provider row visible
+ * and the whole operation safely retryable; both unsets are idempotent.
+ * The settings removal names the profile rather than rebuilding its redacted
+ * namespace, which would drop literal secrets stored elsewhere.
+ * @param api - settings and credential wire faces.
  * @param controller - the page store to refresh.
- * @param target - the provider's settings address.
+ * @param target - the provider's settings address and optional managed credential.
  * @returns the failure message, or undefined once the write and reload landed.
  */
 export async function removeProviderProfile(
-  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings'>,
+  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials'>,
   controller: ModelsSettingsStore,
-  target: { settingsNs: string; settingsPath: readonly string[] },
+  target: { settingsNs: string; settingsPath: readonly string[]; credentialRef?: string },
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
-  let response
   try {
-    response = await api.settings.mutate({
+    if (target.credentialRef !== undefined) {
+      const credential = await api.credentials.unset({ ref: target.credentialRef })
+      if (!credential.result.ok) return credential.result.error.message
+    }
+    const response = await api.settings.mutate({
       ns: target.settingsNs,
       ops: [{ op: 'unset', path: [...target.settingsPath] }],
     })
+    if (!response.result.ok) return response.result.error.message
   } catch (error) {
     // The transport rejected rather than answering; the caller must be able
-    // to say so instead of the row silently staying put.
+    // to retry the idempotent operation instead of the row silently staying.
     return messageOf(error)
   }
-  if (!response.result.ok) return response.result.error.message
   await controller.load()
   return undefined
 }
@@ -93,14 +125,33 @@ export function needsSetup(row: ProviderRow): boolean {
 }
 
 function targetOf(row: ProviderRow): EditorTarget {
+  const managedRef = deriveKeyRef(row.entry.provider)
+  const credentialRef = row.apiKeyEnv === managedRef
+    && row.credential?.configured === true
+    && row.credential.writable
+    ? managedRef
+    : undefined
   return {
     provider: row.entry.provider,
     displayName: row.entry.displayName,
     settingsNs: row.entry.settingsNs,
     settingsPath: row.entry.settingsPath,
+    ...credentialRef === undefined ? {} : { credentialRef },
   }
 }
 
+/** Stable visible and accessible identity for one provider target. */
+export function providerTargetLabel(target: ProviderIdentity): string {
+  return target.provider === target.displayName
+    ? target.provider
+    : `${target.displayName} (${target.provider})`
+}
+
+/** Replace the one provider placeholder in localized destructive-action copy. */
+export function providerCopy(template: string, target: ProviderIdentity): string {
+  return template.replace('{provider}', () => providerTargetLabel(target))
+}
+
 /**
  * Render the Models section content column.
  * @param props - slot-delivered injected dependencies.
@@ -119,28 +170,35 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
   const [adding, setAdding] = useState(false)
   const [deleteTarget, setDeleteTarget] = useState<EditorTarget | undefined>(undefined)
   const [deleting, setDeleting] = useState(false)
+  const [deleteFailure, setDeleteFailure] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [savedTarget, setSavedTarget] = useState<ProviderIdentity | undefined>(undefined)
   const [declaring, setDeclaring] = useState(false)
 
-  const closeEditor = (changed: boolean): void => {
+  const closeEditor = (changed: boolean, target: ProviderIdentity): void => {
     setEditing(undefined)
     setAdding(false)
     setDeclaring(false)
-    if (changed) void controller.load()
+    if (changed) {
+      setSavedTarget(target)
+      void controller.load()
+    }
   }
 
   const closeDelete = (): void => {
     if (deleting) return
     setDeleteTarget(undefined)
+    setDeleteFailure(undefined)
   }
 
   const confirmDelete = (): void => {
     /* v8 ignore next -- the action only renders with a target and is disabled while a deletion is pending */
     if (deleteTarget === undefined || deleting) return
     setDeleting(true)
+    setDeleteFailure(undefined)
     void removeProviderProfile(api, controller, deleteTarget)
       .then((failure) => {
         if (failure !== undefined) {
-          controller.fail(failure)
+          setDeleteFailure(failure)
           return
         }
         setDeleteTarget(undefined)
@@ -176,6 +234,13 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
       <h2 className={styles['title']}>{t('title')}</h2>
       <p className={styles['intro']}>{t('intro')}</p>
       {!state.writable && state.status === 'ready' ? <p className={styles['notice']}>{t('readOnly')}</p> : null}
+      {savedTarget === undefined
+        ? null
+        : (
+          <p className={styles['savedNotice']} role="status" aria-live="polite">
+            {providerCopy(t('savedProvider'), savedTarget)}
+          </p>
+        )}
       <ul className={styles['rows']}>
         {configured.map((row) => {
           const target = targetOf(row)
@@ -187,29 +252,54 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
             // setup card IS its presence on the page.
             return (
               <li key={row.entry.provider} className={styles['setupCard']}>
-                <ProviderEditor
-                  provider={target.provider}
-                  displayName={target.displayName}
-                  namespace={namespace}
-                  settingsPath={target.settingsPath}
-                  api={api}
-                  t={t}
-                  readOnly={!state.writable}
-                  onClose={closeEditor}
-                />
+                {renderProviderEditor({
+                  target,
+                  namespace,
+                  api,
+                  t,
+                  readOnly: !state.writable,
+                  onClose: (changed) => { closeEditor(changed, target) },
+                })}
               </li>
             )
           }
           const open = !adding && editing?.provider === row.entry.provider
+          const credentialConfigured = row.literalApiKeyConfigured || row.credential?.configured === true
+          const credentialMissing = !credentialConfigured
+            && row.apiKeyEnv !== undefined
+            && row.credential?.configured === false
           return (
             <li key={row.entry.provider} className={styles['rowCard']}>
               <div className={styles['rowHead']}>
-                <span className={styles['rowName']}>{row.entry.displayName}</span>
+                <span className={styles['rowIdentity']}>
+                  <span className={styles['rowName']}>{row.entry.displayName}</span>
+                  {credentialConfigured
+                    ? (
+                      <span
+                        className={`${styles['credentialDot']} ${styles['credentialDotConfigured']}`}
+                        role="img"
+                        aria-label={t('credentialConfigured')}
+                        title={t('credentialConfigured')}
+                      />
+                    )
+                    : credentialMissing
+                      ? (
+                        <span
+                          className={`${styles['credentialDot']} ${styles['credentialDotMissing']}`}
+                          role="img"
+                          aria-label={t('credentialMissing')}
+                          title={t('credentialMissing')}
+                        />
+                      )
+                      : null}
+                </span>
                 <span className={styles['rowActions']}>
                   <button
                     type="button"
                     className={styles['secondaryButton']}
+                    aria-label={providerCopy(t('editProvider'), target)}
                     onClick={() => {
+                      setSavedTarget(undefined)
                       // One card at a time: leaving `declaring` set would show
                       // the create card beside this editor, and closing either
                       // one discards the other's draft.
@@ -225,8 +315,13 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                       <button
                         type="button"
                         className={styles['dangerButton']}
+                        aria-label={providerCopy(t('removeProvider'), target)}
                         disabled={!state.writable}
-                        onClick={() => { setDeleteTarget(target) }}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setSavedTarget(undefined)
+                          setDeleteFailure(undefined)
+                          setDeleteTarget(target)
+                        }}
                       >
                         {t('remove')}
                       </button>
@@ -235,18 +330,14 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                 </span>
               </div>
               {open
-                ? (
-                  <ProviderEditor
-                    provider={target.provider}
-                    displayName={target.displayName}
-                    namespace={namespace}
-                    settingsPath={target.settingsPath}
-                    api={api}
-                    t={t}
-                    readOnly={!state.writable}
-                    onClose={closeEditor}
-                  />
-                )
+                ? renderProviderEditor({
+                  target,
+                  namespace,
+                  api,
+                  t,
+                  readOnly: !state.writable,
+                  onClose: (changed) => { closeEditor(changed, target) },
+                })
                 : null}
             </li>
           )
@@ -284,7 +375,7 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                 api={api}
                 t={t}
                 readOnly={!state.writable}
-                onClose={closeEditor}
+                onClose={(changed) => { closeEditor(changed, addTarget) }}
               />
             </div>
           )
@@ -299,7 +390,10 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                   api={api}
                   t={t}
                   readOnly={!state.writable}
-                  onClose={closeEditor}
+                  onClose={(changed) => {
+                    setDeclaring(false)
+                    if (changed) void controller.load()
+                  }}
                 />
               </div>
             )
@@ -317,6 +411,7 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                     const first = addable[0]
                     /* v8 ignore next -- the button is disabled while nothing is addable */
                     if (first === undefined) return
+                    setSavedTarget(undefined)
                     setDeclaring(false)
                     setAdding(true)
                     setEditing(targetOf(first))
@@ -330,7 +425,12 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                   type="button"
                   className={styles['addButton']}
                   disabled={protocols.length === 0 || !state.writable}
-                  onClick={() => { setAdding(false); setEditing(undefined); setDeclaring(true) }}
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setSavedTarget(undefined)
+                    setAdding(false)
+                    setEditing(undefined)
+                    setDeclaring(true)
+                  }}
                 >
                   <IconPlusOutline16 size={14} />
                   {t('customAdd')}
@@ -341,9 +441,16 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
       <Modal
         open={deleteTarget !== undefined}
         onClose={closeDelete}
-        title={t('deleteTitle')}
+        title={deleteTarget === undefined ? '' : providerCopy(t('deleteTitle'), deleteTarget)}
         closeLabel={t('close')}
-        description={t('deleteDescription')}
+        description={deleteTarget === undefined
+          ? ''
+          : providerCopy(
+            deleteTarget.credentialRef === undefined
+              ? t('deleteDescription')
+              : t('deleteDescriptionWithCredential'),
+            deleteTarget,
+          )}
         className={styles['deleteDialog'] as string}
         footer={(
           <>
@@ -356,11 +463,15 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
               disabled={deleting}
               onClick={confirmDelete}
             >
-              {deleting ? t('deleting') : t('deleteConfirm')}
+              {deleteTarget === undefined
+                ? ''
+                : providerCopy(deleting ? t('deleting') : t('deleteConfirm'), deleteTarget)}
             </Button>
           </>
         )}
-      />
+      >
+        {deleteFailure === undefined ? null : <p className={styles['error']}>{deleteFailure}</p>}
+      </Modal>
     </div>
   )
 }

packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
  * field is a single write-only **API key** input (the page never asks for an
  * environment-variable name — a typed key stores through `credentials.set`
  * under the profile's reference, deriving `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` when the profile
- * has none, and the pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv`);
+ * has none. The pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv` only when
+ * a key is entered; a blank key materializes a reference-free profile for
+ * provider-native authentication);
  * the collapsed 自定义设置 area carries the per-family extras (`baseURL` for
  * both families, `reasoningEffort` for deepseek / `reasoning` for pi-ai, and
  * DeepSeek's id/name/context-window model catalog). Everything else stays
@@ -133,10 +135,13 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
   const [keyState, setKeyState] = useState<CredentialView | undefined>(undefined)
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
   const [failure, setFailure] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
-  // The revision this card opened at. A write carrying it is refused if
-  // anything else — another tab, an external edit of settings.yaml — moved the
-  // namespace meanwhile, instead of silently overwriting that change.
-  const [openedAt] = useState(() => namespace.revision)
+  // A settings success advances both retry baselines immediately. Keeping the
+  // derived fields in the draft prevents a pushed namespace refresh from
+  // turning them into deletions when the following credential write is retried.
+  const [committedOriginal, setCommittedOriginal] = useState<unknown>(
+    () => getPath(namespace.user, settingsPath),
+  )
+  const [expectedRevision, setExpectedRevision] = useState(() => namespace.revision)
   const root = useMemo(() => rehydrateSchema(namespace.schema), [namespace.schema])
   const node = useMemo(() => nodeAtPath(root, settingsPath), [root, settingsPath])
   const fallback = getPath(namespace.value, settingsPath)
@@ -194,11 +199,11 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
    */
   const applyOnce = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
     const ns = namespace.ns
-    const original = getPath(namespace.user, settingsPath)
-    // The pi-ai profile must name the reference the key stores under, so a
-    // dormant add (or a legacy profile without one) records the derivation.
+    const normalizedKey = keyDraft.trim()
+    // A pi-ai profile names the conventional reference only when this page is
+    // about to store a key. Otherwise the provider keeps its native auth path.
     const next = layout === 'pi-ai' && stringAt(draft, 'apiKeyEnv') === undefined
-      && stringAt(fallback, 'apiKeyEnv') === undefined
+      && stringAt(fallback, 'apiKeyEnv') === undefined && normalizedKey.length > 0
       ? setPath(draft, ['apiKeyEnv'], keyRef)
       : draft
     {
@@ -217,17 +222,26 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
       const sectionError = validateDraft(node, next)
       if (sectionError !== undefined) return sectionError
     }
-    const ops = pathOps(settingsPath, original, next)
+    const materializesNativeProfile = layout === 'pi-ai'
+      && fallback === undefined
+      && committedOriginal === undefined
+      && Object.keys(next).length === 0
+    const ops: SettingsPathOpView[] = materializesNativeProfile
+      ? [{ op: 'set', path: [...settingsPath], value: {} }]
+      : pathOps(settingsPath, committedOriginal, next)
     if (ops.length > 0) {
-      const response = await api.settings.mutate({ ns, ops, expectedRevision: openedAt })
+      const response = await api.settings.mutate({ ns, ops, expectedRevision })
       if (!response.result.ok) {
         return response.result.error.code === 'settings-conflict'
           ? t('conflict')
           : response.result.error.message
       }
+      setCommittedOriginal(getPath(response.result.value.user, settingsPath))
+      setExpectedRevision(response.result.value.revision)
+      setDraft(next)
     }
-    if (keyDraft.length > 0) {
-      const stored = await api.credentials.set({ ref: keyRef, value: keyDraft })
+    if (normalizedKey.length > 0) {
+      const stored = await api.credentials.set({ ref: keyRef, value: normalizedKey })
       if (!stored.result.ok) return stored.result.error.message
     }
     setKeyDraft('')
@@ -286,6 +300,11 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
     const models = modelDrafts(modelsOverridden ? customModels : inheritedModels())
     const defaultContextWindow = getPath(fallback, ['defaultContextWindow'])
     const defaultMaxTokens = getPath(fallback, ['maxTokens'])
+    const keyPlaceholder = keyLocked
+      ? t('keyEnvLocked')
+      : keyState?.configured === true
+        ? t('keyStored')
+        : family === 'pi-ai' ? t('keyPlaceholderNative') : t('keyPlaceholder')
     /** What both family editors take: the rows, whose layer owns them, and the two writes. */
     const catalogProps = {
       models,
@@ -306,9 +325,7 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
             type="password"
             autoComplete="off"
             value={keyDraft}
-            placeholder={keyLocked
-              ? t('keyEnvLocked')
-              : keyState?.configured === true ? t('keyStored') : t('keyPlaceholder')}
+            placeholder={keyPlaceholder}
             aria-label={t('keyInput')}
             disabled={disabled || keyLocked}
             onChange={(event) => { setKeyDraft(event.target.value) }}

packages/client/ui-models/src/client/locales.ts

@@ -6,23 +6,30 @@ export const en = {
   title: 'Models',
   intro: 'Enter your API keys to use models from the following providers.',
   edit: 'Edit',
+  editProvider: 'Edit {provider}',
   remove: 'Delete',
-  deleteTitle: 'Delete model provider?',
-  deleteDescription: 'Deleting this model provider removes its configuration. You will not be able to use its models until you add the provider again.',
-  deleteConfirm: 'Delete provider',
-  deleting: 'Deleting provider…',
+  removeProvider: 'Delete {provider}',
+  deleteTitle: 'Delete {provider}?',
+  deleteDescription: 'Deleting {provider} removes its configuration. Any credential it uses is managed elsewhere and will be kept.',
+  deleteDescriptionWithCredential: 'Deleting {provider} removes its configuration and stored API key.',
+  deleteConfirm: 'Delete {provider}',
+  deleting: 'Deleting {provider}…',
   add: 'Add provider',
   provider: 'Provider',
   close: 'Close',
   cancel: 'Cancel',
   apply: 'Apply',
   applying: 'Applying…',
+  savedProvider: 'Saved {provider}.',
+  credentialConfigured: 'API key configured',
+  credentialMissing: 'API key missing',
   readOnly: 'The settings document is read-only in this deployment.',
   loadFailed: 'Loading the provider directory failed',
   conflict: 'Someone else changed these settings while this card was open. Close it and reopen to edit the current values.',
   retry: 'Retry',
   keyInput: 'API key',
   keyPlaceholder: 'Enter your API key',
+  keyPlaceholderNative: 'Enter an API key, or leave blank to use environment authentication',
   keyStored: 'Configured — enter a new value to replace',
   keyEnvLocked: 'Provided by the launch environment (read-only)',
   customized: 'Customized settings',
@@ -90,23 +97,30 @@ export const zh: typeof en = {
   title: '模型',
   intro: '填入各提供方的 API 密钥即可使用其模型。',
   edit: '编辑',
+  editProvider: '编辑 {provider}',
   remove: '删除',
-  deleteTitle: '删除模型提供方？',
-  deleteDescription: '删除此模型提供方会移除其配置。在重新添加前，你将无法继续使用其模型。',
-  deleteConfirm: '删除提供方',
-  deleting: '正在删除提供方…',
+  removeProvider: '删除 {provider}',
+  deleteTitle: '删除 {provider}？',
+  deleteDescription: '删除 {provider} 会移除其配置；其使用的凭证（如有）由其他位置管理，将会保留。',
+  deleteDescriptionWithCredential: '删除 {provider} 会移除其配置和存储的 API 密钥。',
+  deleteConfirm: '删除 {provider}',
+  deleting: '正在删除 {provider}…',
   add: '添加提供方',
   provider: '提供方',
   close: '关闭',
   cancel: '取消',
   apply: '保存',
   applying: '保存中…',
+  savedProvider: '已保存 {provider}。',
+  credentialConfigured: 'API 密钥已配置',
+  credentialMissing: 'API 密钥缺失',
   readOnly: '当前部署的设置文档为只读。',
   loadFailed: '加载提供方目录失败',
   conflict: '这张卡片打开期间，这些设置已被其他地方改动。请关闭后重新打开，在当前值上编辑。',
   retry: '重试',
   keyInput: 'API 密钥',
   keyPlaceholder: '输入 API 密钥',
+  keyPlaceholderNative: '输入 API 密钥，或留空使用环境认证',
   keyStored: '已配置——输入新值可替换',
   keyEnvLocked: '由启动环境提供（只读）',
   customized: '自定义设置',

packages/client/ui-models/src/client/store.ts

@@ -125,18 +125,6 @@ export class ModelsSettingsStore {
    */
   constructor(private readonly api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials' | 'llm'>) {}
 
-  /**
-   * Surface a failure from an operation the page ran outside {@link load} —
-   * a row removal — on the same banner a load failure uses.
-   * @param message - the failure text to show.
-   */
-  fail(message: string): void {
-    this.store.update((s) => {
-      s.status = 'error'
-      s.error = message
-    })
-  }
-
   /**
    * Refresh the whole page snapshot: directory and namespaces in parallel,
    * then one batched credential describe over every referenced ref. A

packages/client/ui-models/tests/apply.spec.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('ui-models apply', () => {
     expect(resolveSlotLabel(entry.options.label)).toBe('模型')
     const injected = (entry.inject as unknown as () => import('../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx').ModelsSectionInjected)()
     expect(injected.t('nav')).toBe('模型')
-    expect(injected.t('deleteTitle')).toBe('删除模型提供方？')
+    expect(injected.t('deleteTitle')).toBe('删除 {provider}？')
     expect(typeof injected.controller.load).toBe('function')
     expect(typeof injected.useSnapshot).toBe('function')
     expect(injected.api).toBeDefined()
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ describe('ui-models apply', () => {
     b.locale.setLocale('en')
     expect(resolveSlotLabel(b.slots.entries('settings.section')[0]!.options.label)).toBe('Models')
     const injected = b.slots.entries('settings.section')[0]!.inject as unknown as () => import('../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx').ModelsSectionInjected
-    expect(injected().t('deleteTitle')).toBe('Delete model provider?')
+    expect(injected().t('deleteTitle')).toBe('Delete {provider}?')
     b.locale.setLocale('zh')
     expect(resolveSlotLabel(b.slots.entries('settings.section')[0]!.options.label)).toBe('模型')
-    expect(injected().t('deleteTitle')).toBe('删除模型提供方？')
+    expect(injected().t('deleteTitle')).toBe('删除 {provider}？')
   })
 
   it('locale change while the slot is undeclared stays a no-op', async () => {

packages/client/ui-models/tests/components.spec.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import Schema from 'schemastery'
 import { bindSnapshotSelector } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
 import type { RpcResponse, SettingsNamespaceView } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
-import { ModelsSection, needsSetup, removeProviderProfile } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
+import {
+  ModelsSection, needsSetup, providerCopy, providerTargetLabel, removeProviderProfile,
+} from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
 import type { ModelsSectionInjected, ModelsSectionProps } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
 import { pathOps } from '../src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx'
 import {
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ import { en } from '../src/client/locales.ts'
 afterEach(cleanup)
 
 const t: ModelsSectionInjected['t'] = key => en[key]
+const OPENAI_TARGET = { provider: 'openai', displayName: 'openai' }
+const openaiCopy = (template: string): string => providerCopy(template, OPENAI_TARGET)
 
 /** Open one row's capacity disclosure (1-based, as the labels read). */
 function expandRow(position: number): void {
@@ -136,11 +140,13 @@ function scriptedFace(overrides: {
   replace?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
   mutate?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
   set?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  unset?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
 } = {}) {
   const update = overrides.update ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok(wireNamespaces()[2])))
   const replace = overrides.replace ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok(wireNamespaces()[2])))
   const mutate = overrides.mutate ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok(wireNamespaces()[2])))
   const set = overrides.set ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({})))
+  const unset = overrides.unset ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({})))
   const face = {
     llm: {
       providers: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({
@@ -170,16 +176,16 @@ function scriptedFace(overrides: {
         }])),
       }))),
       set,
-      unset: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({}))),
+      unset,
     },
   }
-  return { face, update, replace, mutate, set }
+  return { face, update, replace, mutate, set, unset }
 }
 
 type WireFace = ConstructorParameters<typeof ModelsSettingsStore>[0]
 
 async function mountSection(overrides: Parameters<typeof scriptedFace>[0] = {}) {
-  const { face, update, replace, mutate, set } = scriptedFace(overrides)
+  const { face, update, replace, mutate, set, unset } = scriptedFace(overrides)
   const controller = new ModelsSettingsStore(face as unknown as WireFace)
   await controller.load()
   const injected: ModelsSectionInjected = {
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ async function mountSection(overrides: Parameters<typeof scriptedFace>[0] = {})
     t,
   }
   const view = render(<ModelsSection {...injected} />)
-  return { view, face, update, replace, mutate, set, controller }
+  return { view, face, update, replace, mutate, set, unset, controller }
 }
 
 describe('ModelsSection', () => {
@@ -207,9 +213,36 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('openai')).toBeTruthy()
     expect(screen.queryByText('Active')).toBeNull()
     expect(screen.queryByText('Inactive')).toBeNull()
+    const configured = screen.getByRole('img', { name: en.credentialConfigured })
+    expect(configured.getAttribute('title')).toBe(en.credentialConfigured)
+    expect(configured.className).toContain('credentialDotConfigured')
+    expect(configured.closest('li')?.textContent).toContain('openai')
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('img', { name: en.credentialMissing })).toBeNull()
     expect(screen.getByText(en.add)).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
+  it('marks only a confirmed missing reference and leaves native or unavailable state unmarked', async () => {
+    const { face } = scriptedFace()
+    face.credentials.describe.mockImplementation((payload: { refs: string[] }) => Promise.resolve(ok({
+      credentials: Object.fromEntries(payload.refs.map(ref => [ref, { configured: false, writable: true }])),
+    })))
+    const controller = new ModelsSettingsStore(face as unknown as WireFace)
+    await controller.load()
+    render(<ModelsSection
+      controller={controller}
+      useSnapshot={bindSnapshotSelector(controller.store)}
+      api={face as never}
+      t={t}
+    />)
+
+    const missing = screen.getByRole('img', { name: en.credentialMissing })
+    expect(missing.getAttribute('title')).toBe(en.credentialMissing)
+    expect(missing.className).toContain('credentialDotMissing')
+    expect(missing.closest('li')?.textContent).toContain('openai')
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('img', { name: en.credentialConfigured })).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.getByText('zombie').closest('li')?.querySelector('[role="img"]')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('turns the setup card into a row once the credential reports configured', async () => {
     const { face } = await mountSection()
     face.credentials.describe.mockImplementation((payload: { refs: string[] }) => Promise.resolve(ok({
@@ -254,6 +287,13 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     expect(deriveKeyRef('minimax-cn')).toBe('MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY')
   })
 
+  it('uses one stable provider identity in action copy', () => {
+    const target = { provider: 'deepseek-official', displayName: 'DeepSeek' }
+    expect(providerTargetLabel(target)).toBe('DeepSeek (deepseek-official)')
+    expect(providerCopy(en.deleteTitle, target)).toBe('Delete DeepSeek (deepseek-official)?')
+    expect(providerTargetLabel(OPENAI_TARGET)).toBe('openai')
+  })
+
   it('names only the fields the card can see, so an unseen secret survives', () => {
     // `before` is the REDACTED subtree: a stored literal apiKey is in neither
     // side, so no op mentions it and the seam leaves it alone.
@@ -268,11 +308,16 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
   it('stores a typed key write-only from the setup card without touching settings', async () => {
     const { set, update, face } = await mountSection()
     const key = screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(en.keyInput)
-    fireEvent.change(key, { target: { value: 'sk-live' } })
+    fireEvent.change(key, { target: { value: '  sk-live  ' } })
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
     await waitFor(() => { expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ref: 'DEEPSEEK_API_KEY', value: 'sk-live' }) })
     expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     await waitFor(() => { expect(face.settings.describe.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(1) })
+    expect((await screen.findByRole('status')).textContent).toBe(
+      providerCopy(en.savedProvider, { provider: 'deepseek-official', displayName: 'DeepSeek' }),
+    )
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.add))
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('status')).toBeNull()
   })
 
   it('applies customized deepseek fields as path ops', async () => {
@@ -777,6 +822,7 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     expect((urls[1] as HTMLInputElement).placeholder).toBe(en.baseUrlDefault)
     const keys = screen.getAllByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(en.keyInput)
     const addKey = keys[keys.length - 1] as HTMLInputElement
+    expect(addKey.placeholder).toBe(en.keyPlaceholderNative)
     fireEvent.change(addKey, { target: { value: 'sk-ant' } })
     fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.apply)[1] as HTMLElement)
     await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) })
@@ -788,6 +834,59 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     await waitFor(() => { expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ref: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY', value: 'sk-ant' }) })
   })
 
+  it('keeps pi-ai provider-native authentication when no key is entered', async () => {
+    const { mutate, set } = await mountSection()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.add))
+    await screen.findByLabelText(en.provider)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.apply)[1] as HTMLElement)
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
+    expect(mutate.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual({
+      ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      ops: [{ op: 'set', path: ['providers', 'anthropic'], value: {} }],
+      expectedRevision: 0,
+    })
+    expect(set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('retries only the credential after refreshed settings already committed', async () => {
+    const committed = wireNamespaces()[2]!
+    const afterSettings: SettingsNamespaceView = {
+      ...committed,
+      value: { providers: {
+        ...(committed.value as { providers: object }).providers,
+        anthropic: { apiKeyEnv: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY' },
+      } },
+      user: { providers: {
+        ...(committed.user as { providers: object }).providers,
+        anthropic: { apiKeyEnv: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY' },
+      } },
+      revision: 1,
+    }
+    const mutate = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok(afterSettings)))
+    const set = vi.fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(fail('credential store unavailable', 'credential-rejected'))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({}))
+    const { face, controller } = await mountSection({ mutate, set })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.add))
+    await screen.findByLabelText(en.provider)
+    const keys = screen.getAllByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(en.keyInput)
+    fireEvent.change(keys[keys.length - 1] as HTMLInputElement, { target: { value: 'sk-ant' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.apply)[1] as HTMLElement)
+    await screen.findByText('credential store unavailable')
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    face.settings.describe.mockResolvedValue(ok({
+      writable: true,
+      hasDocument: false,
+      namespaces: wireNamespaces().map(namespace => namespace.ns === 'llm-pi-ai' ? afterSettings : namespace),
+    }))
+    await act(async () => { await controller.load() })
+    expect(controller.store.getSnapshot().namespaces.get('llm-pi-ai')?.revision).toBe(1)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.apply)[1] as HTMLElement)
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) })
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(set).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ ref: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY', value: 'sk-ant' })
+  })
+
   it('switches the add card target and degrades unknown or broken targets loudly', async () => {
     await mountSection()
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.add))
@@ -876,6 +975,7 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     fireEvent.change(key, { target: { value: 'sk-live' } })
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
     await screen.findByText(/shadowed by the read-only environment/)
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('status')).toBeNull()
   })
 
   it('locks the key input when the launch environment provides the credential', async () => {
@@ -898,34 +998,37 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.edit)[0] as HTMLElement)
     const keys = await screen.findAllByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(en.keyInput)
     const editorKey = keys[keys.length - 1] as HTMLInputElement
-    expect(editorKey.placeholder).toBe(en.keyPlaceholder)
+    expect(editorKey.placeholder).toBe(en.keyPlaceholderNative)
     fireEvent.change(editorKey, { target: { value: 'sk-live' } })
     fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.apply)[1] as HTMLElement)
     await waitFor(() => { expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) })
   })
 
   it('requires confirmation before removing a user-added provider', async () => {
-    const { replace, mutate } = await mountSection()
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.remove)[0] as HTMLElement)
-    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })
-    expect(dialog.textContent).toContain(en.deleteDescription)
+    const { replace, mutate, unset } = await mountSection()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.removeProvider) }))
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })
+    expect(dialog.textContent).toContain(openaiCopy(en.deleteDescriptionWithCredential))
     expect(document.activeElement).toBe(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: en.cancel }))
+    expect(unset).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: en.cancel }))
-    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBeNull()
     expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
 
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.remove)[0] as HTMLElement)
-    fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle }))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.removeProvider) }))
+    fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) }))
       .getByRole('button', { name: en.close }))
-    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBeNull()
     expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
 
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.remove)[0] as HTMLElement)
-    fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle }))
-      .getByRole('button', { name: en.deleteConfirm }))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.removeProvider) }))
+    fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) }))
+      .getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteConfirm) }))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(unset).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ref: 'OPENAI_API_KEY' }) })
     await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) })
-    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })).toBeNull()
+    expect(unset.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(mutate.mock.invocationCallOrder[0] as number)
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBeNull()
     expect(replace).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(mutate.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual({
       ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
@@ -939,20 +1042,22 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
       resolveRemoval = resolve
     }))
     await mountSection({ mutate })
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.remove)[0] as HTMLElement)
-    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })
-    const confirm = within(dialog).getByRole<HTMLButtonElement>('button', { name: en.deleteConfirm })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.removeProvider) }))
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })
+    const confirm = within(dialog).getByRole<HTMLButtonElement>('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteConfirm) })
     fireEvent.click(confirm)
     fireEvent.click(confirm)
-    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
     expect(confirm.disabled).toBe(true)
     expect(within(dialog).getByRole<HTMLButtonElement>('button', { name: en.cancel }).disabled).toBe(true)
-    expect(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: en.deleting })).toBe(confirm)
+    expect(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleting) })).toBe(confirm)
     fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: en.close }))
-    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })).toBe(dialog)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBe(dialog)
     expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
     await act(async () => { resolveRemoval(ok(wireNamespaces()[2]!)) })
-    await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle })).toBeNull() })
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBeNull()
+    })
   })
 
   it('renders the load failure with a retry control', async () => {
@@ -1057,15 +1162,58 @@ describe('ModelsSection', () => {
     expect(controller.store.getSnapshot().rows).toBe(before)
   })
 
-  it('shows a failed removal on the page banner, including a non-Error rejection', async () => {
-    // The whole click path: the row's Remove button, the transport rejecting
-    // with a non-Error value, and the store surfacing it where a load failure
-    // would appear — rather than the row silently staying put.
-    await mountSection({ mutate: vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error('the host refused'))) })
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByText(en.remove)[0] as HTMLElement)
-    fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: en.deleteTitle }))
-      .getByRole('button', { name: en.deleteConfirm }))
-    await screen.findByText(`${en.loadFailed}: the host refused`)
+  it('keeps a failed identified deletion recoverable in its confirmation dialog', async () => {
+    const mutate = vi.fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(fail('the host refused'))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(ok(wireNamespaces()[2]!))
+    const { unset } = await mountSection({ mutate })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.removeProvider) }))
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })
+    const confirm = within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteConfirm) })
+    fireEvent.click(confirm)
+    await within(dialog).findByText('the host refused')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBe(dialog)
+    expect(unset).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    fireEvent.click(confirm)
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(unset).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) })
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) })
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: openaiCopy(en.deleteTitle) })).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('retains credentials that are not identified as page-managed', async () => {
+    const { unset, mutate } = await mountSection()
+    const target = { provider: 'zombie', displayName: 'zombie' }
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: providerCopy(en.removeProvider, target) }))
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: providerCopy(en.deleteTitle, target) })
+    expect(dialog.textContent).toContain(providerCopy(en.deleteDescription, target))
+    fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: providerCopy(en.deleteConfirm, target) }))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
+    expect(unset).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mutate.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual({
+      ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      ops: [{ op: 'unset', path: ['providers', 'zombie'] }],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does not remove provider settings when its managed credential removal is refused', async () => {
+    const { face, controller, mutate } = await mountSection({
+      unset: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(fail('credential is read-only', 'credential-rejected'))),
+    })
+    const failure = await removeProviderProfile(
+      face as unknown as Parameters<typeof removeProviderProfile>[0],
+      controller,
+      {
+        settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+        settingsPath: ['providers', 'openai'],
+        credentialRef: 'OPENAI_API_KEY',
+      },
+    )
+    expect(failure).toBe('credential is read-only')
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
   it('reports a transport rejection instead of failing the removal silently', async () => {

packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ async function mountSection(options: Parameters<typeof scriptedFace>[0] = {}) {
     t,
   }
   render(<ModelsSection {...injected} />)
-  return scripted
+  return { ...scripted, controller }
 }
 
 /** Open the editor of one configured row and expand its customized fold. */
@@ -862,4 +862,20 @@ describe('hand-declared providers', () => {
     await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByText(en.customTitle)).toBeNull() })
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.customAdd })).toBeTruthy()
   })
+
+  it('reloads the section after creating a hand-declared provider', async () => {
+    const { controller, mutate } = await mountSection()
+    const load = vi.spyOn(controller, 'load')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.customAdd }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
+    expect(screen.queryByText(en.customTitle)).toBeNull()
+  })
 })