goose LiteLLM provider: "Switch models" picker is always empty — goose never requests /model/info

goose Desktop, LiteLLM provider: the "Switch models" dialog never lists any models — only "Enter a model that's not listed…" is shown, forcing manual model-name entry. Other dynamic proxy providers (e.g. Databricks) list their models fine. A live capture on the LiteLLM proxy shows no `GET {LITELLM_HOST}/model/info` request ever arrives from goose (the endpoint responds fine to manual curl). Not an API-key or LiteLLM-routing problem.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-24

Environment fingerprint

tool	goose
platform	desktop

What didn't work

Verified the API key and LiteLLM proxy routing — both correct, not the cause
Live traffic capture on the LiteLLM proxy: goose never sends the /model/info request the provider's fetch_supported_models would issue; manual curl to the same endpoint returns the model list

Root cause

The model picker fetches models through goose's static provider-inventory route, which never calls fetch_supported_models. LiteLLM has no static known_models list and was registered without inventory refresh support (supports_refresh = false), so every inventory refresh was skipped (RefreshSkipReason::DoesNotSupportRefresh) — empty static list + refresh disabled = permanently empty picker. Fixed by registering LiteLLM with a refresh-capable inventory (block/goose PR #10489, merged 2026-07-15).

Solution

Upgrade to a goose release containing PR #10489 ("register LiteLLM with refresh_only inventory so model picker lists models", merged 2026-07-15). On affected versions, the empty picker does not mean the provider is broken: use "Enter a model that's not listed…" and type the exact model name your LiteLLM proxy serves (list valid names with `curl {LITELLM_HOST}/model/info`).

Evidence

https://github.com/block/goose/issues/10473 — closed COMPLETED, maintainer michaelneale credited the fix; https://github.com/block/goose/pull/10489 MERGED 2026-07-15. Root cause traced in-issue to the static inventory route and the register(false) inventory registration.

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