The official source reports this update: b11077: server : do not forward --api-key-file to router-spawned child instances. server : do not forward --api-key-file to router-spawned child instances ( #28938 ) In router mode, authentication belongs to the router. unset_reserved_args() already unset LLAMA_API_KEY, but did not unset LLAMA_ARG_API_KEY_FILE. When --api-key-file was passed, children re-validated against file keys only, causing clients using --api-key to 401 on chat completions ( #28820 ). In addition, router internal calls without auth headers (such as POST /v1/streams/lookup and DELETE /v1/stream) were silently rejected with 401.
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Llama.cpp router mode no longer forwards --api-key-file to child instances.
Router mode now prevents API key forwarding to child instances, resolving 401 errors on chat completions and internal stream calls.
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