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Docs for netbirdio/netbird#7246 (backend) and netbirdio/dashboard#767 (UI), which add a Load models from provider button to the Models tab: it asks the vendor which models the stored credential can reach and offers them in the model picker.

What changed

One new subsection, Load Models from the Provider, under Models and Pricing in agent-network/providers.mdx, plus a pointer to it from step 4 of Connect a Provider.

The section already there covers only the manual paths — pick from the catalog, or type an id NetBird doesn't know. Neither says where a live list would come from, and the parts that can catch an operator out aren't guessable from the UI:

  • Loading fills the picker, not the form. Nothing is written to the tab on its own; the loaded ids show up under Add More, and rows already on the form keep the rates you gave them.
  • Only a model the catalog already prices arrives priced. Anything else arrives with no rates, is outlined, and prompts for confirmation on save — usage against it is costed at $0, so it adds nothing to the spend cap, though its tokens still count toward the token cap. It's offered rather than hidden: the vendor listed it, so omitting it would hide a real model.
  • Not just gateways fall back to the catalog. Only OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock and Vertex declare a listing endpoint, so Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Kimi and custom endpoints report the same "no listing" result.
  • Editing a saved provider reuses the stored credential, because it never returns to the browser. Changing the vendor, the upstream URL, or the masked credential switches to what's on screen.
  • Bedrock ids keep their prefix (eu.anthropic.…) since that's the only form AWS accepts at invoke time, and only ACTIVE inference profiles are offered. That prefix is a cross-region geography rather than the configured region, and AWS offers the same model under several — so one model shows up as both an eu. and a global. entry. Pricing keys on the geography-stripped id, so the duplicates cost the same. The listing comes from the control plane, a different host from the configured runtime endpoint.
  • Vertex AI lists the Anthropic publisher's catalog, not what a project has enabled — a suggestion beside the catalog rather than a definitive list — and returns version-pinned ids.

There's also a note that the vendor call is made by the management service using the provider's credential, not from the browser and not over an agent's tunnel; that it dials only public endpoints and doesn't follow redirects; and that it's gated on the create-provider permission, since pressing the button spends the credential.

Not included

The API reference for POST /api/agent-network/catalog/providers/models is generated from openapi.yml on netbirdio/netbird@main via npm run gen, so it lands automatically. Hand-writing it here would be overwritten on the next regeneration.

No screenshot yet — the existing subsections each have one, and this should get a matching shot of the Models tab after a load (the loaded-count line, an outlined unpriced row, the warning callout). Happy to add it if someone can grab it, or to merge as-is and follow up.

Validation

  • The first commit was checked with npm run lint:mdx (293 files, no heading hierarchy violations) and a full npm run build.
  • The follow-up commit (cd20cdd), which corrects the prose against the merged backend and UI, has not been linted or built locally — it changes prose only, within the existing ### heading and <Note> structure, and adds no new components or links beyond one already used on the page.
  • Only src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx is touched; no navigation change needed since this adds a section rather than a page.

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  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for automatically loading available models from supported AI providers.
    • Documented provider-specific behavior, including gateway limitations and Bedrock and Vertex AI handling.
    • Clarified pricing fallbacks, credential reuse, preservation of manually configured models, and request security boundaries.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Clarified that model loading is optional and uses a provider-populated picker.
    • Documented picker disabled states, unsupported providers, pricing and token accounting.
    • Added guidance on credential reuse, manually configured models, Bedrock identifiers, and Vertex AI versioning.
    • Explained permission requirements and security boundaries for management-service requests.

Providers gained a "Load models from provider" button that asks the vendor
which models the stored credential can actually reach, and fills the Models
tab with editable rows priced from the table the proxy bills with.

The Models and Pricing section covered only the manual paths — pick from the
catalog, or type an id NetBird does not know. Neither explains where the live
list comes from, and the parts an operator can be caught out by are not
guessable from the UI: gateways have no listing endpoint at all; a model
NetBird cannot price arrives at $0 and is tracked at zero until rates are set;
editing a saved provider reuses the stored key rather than anything on screen;
Bedrock ids keep their region prefix because that is the only invocable form;
and Vertex lists what the publisher offers rather than what a project enabled.

Also notes that the vendor call is made by management with the provider's
credential — not from the browser, not over an agent's tunnel — since that is
a reasonable thing to want to know before handing over a key.

The API reference for the new endpoint is generated from the OpenAPI spec on
netbirdio/netbird@main, so it lands with the next `npm run gen` after the
backend merges and is deliberately not hand-written here.
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📝 Walkthrough

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The provider setup documentation now explains model picker behavior and provider-specific requirements for pricing, credentials, identifiers, and management-service permissions.

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Provider model loading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Document model loading behavior
src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx
The setup instructions describe adding vendor models to a picker. The expanded guidance covers unsupported providers, required fields, pricing, credential reuse, Bedrock profiles, Vertex AI identifiers, and vendor permissions.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cd20c

The documentation currently gives inaccurate Bedrock pricing guidance and unclear Vertex AI credential terminology, which could lead operators to misunderstand AWS costs or configure provider access incorrectly. Correct these localized passages before merging.

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With vendor names it cannot miss.
Credentials stay safely near,
Bedrock profiles now appear.
Vertex IDs line up in view—
Clear provider guidance, too.

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In `@src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx`:
- Around line 163-166: Update the saved-provider editing documentation to use
provider-neutral “provider credential” wording instead of “stored key” and “API
key,” while identifying the credential as a service account key where discussing
Vertex AI.
- Around line 147-149: Update the “Load models from provider” descriptions to
limit reachability claims to account-scoped discovery, including the repeated
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Comment on lines +163 to +166
- **Editing a saved provider reuses the stored key.** The API key never returns to your
browser, so the refresh runs against the credential already on the record. Change the
provider, or type a replacement key over the masked one, and the values on screen are used
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use provider-neutral credential wording.

Line 163 calls the value a stored key, and Line 164 calls it an API key. Vertex AI uses a service account key. Use provider credential instead, and name provider-specific credential types where required.

The related Vertex AI setup identifies the credential as a service account key.

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In `@src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx` around lines 163 - 166, Update the
saved-provider editing documentation to use provider-neutral “provider
credential” wording instead of “stored key” and “API key,” while identifying the
credential as a service account key where discussing Vertex AI.

The section was written before netbird#7246/#7250 and dashboard#767 merged,
and describes behaviour neither shipped.

- Loading fills the model picker; it does not write rows. Say so, and point
  at Add More, which is how a loaded model reaches the form.
- Only a model the catalog already prices arrives priced. Drop the claim
  that every loaded model is pre-filled with the rate NetBird would bill.
- "Gateways have no listing endpoint" is not the boundary: only OpenAI,
  Anthropic, Bedrock and Vertex declare one, so Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Kimi
  and custom endpoints fall back to the catalog too.
- A $0 model adds nothing to the spend cap, but its tokens still count
  toward the token cap. The old text implied it escaped limits entirely.
- The Bedrock prefix is a cross-region geography, not the configured region,
  and AWS offers the same model under several — an operator sees eu. and
  global. rows for one model and reads it as a bug. Pricing keys on the
  geography-stripped id (shared/llm/model.go), so the duplicates cost the
  same. Example id replaced with one the code attests.
- Vertex lists the Anthropic publisher's catalog specifically, and returns
  version-pinned ids.
- Credential wording made provider-neutral, naming the Vertex service
  account key, and the upstream URL added to what invalidates stored-key
  reuse. Discovery is gated on the create-provider permission.

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In `@src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx`:
- Around line 173-181: Update the Bedrock inference-profile documentation to
remove the claim that geography-prefixed and global profiles cost the same;
state that AWS pricing is based on the source Region and may differ, including
potentially lower rates for Global profiles, while noting that NetBird may apply
a single catalog rate if that is its product behavior.
- Around line 147-150: Update the Models tab description near “Load models from
provider” to explicitly state that NetBird uses the provider credential to query
the vendor for available models, while preserving the existing explanation about
adding models and retaining their rates.
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Comment on lines +147 to +150
On the **Models** tab, **Load models from provider** asks the vendor which models it offers
this provider's credential, and adds the answer to the model picker. Nothing is written to
the form on its own: the models already listed keep the rates you gave them, and you pick
the ones you want from **Add More**.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify how the vendor query uses the provider credential.

The phrase “asks the vendor which models it offers this provider's credential” is incomplete. State that NetBird uses the provider credential to query the vendor.

Proposed fix
-On the **Models** tab, **Load models from provider** asks the vendor which models it offers
-this provider's credential, and adds the answer to the model picker. Nothing is written to
+On the **Models** tab, **Load models from provider** uses this provider's credential to ask
+the vendor which models it offers, and adds the answer to the model picker. Nothing is written to
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On the **Models** tab, **Load models from provider** asks the vendor which models it offers
this provider's credential, and adds the answer to the model picker. Nothing is written to
the form on its own: the models already listed keep the rates you gave them, and you pick
the ones you want from **Add More**.
On the **Models** tab, **Load models from provider** uses this provider's credential to ask
the vendor which models it offers, and adds the answer to the model picker. Nothing is written to
the form on its own: the models already listed keep the rates you gave them, and you pick
the ones you want from **Add More**.
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In `@src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx` around lines 147 - 150, Update the
Models tab description near “Load models from provider” to explicitly state that
NetBird uses the provider credential to query the vendor for available models,
while preserving the existing explanation about adding models and retaining
their rates.

Comment on lines +173 to +181
- **Bedrock ids are registered exactly as AWS issues them**, prefix included
(`eu.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0`), because that is the only form that works
at invoke time. The prefix is a cross-region geography (`us.`, `eu.`, `apac.`, `global.`,
and so on) rather than the region you configured, and AWS routinely offers the same model
under more than one — so expect both an `eu.anthropic.…` and a `global.anthropic.…` entry
for it. Both are genuine, and both cost the same, since pricing keys on the model and not
the geography. Only `ACTIVE` inference profiles are offered. The listing comes from the
Bedrock control plane, which is a different host from the runtime endpoint you configured —
NetBird derives it from your upstream URL.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the Bedrock pricing statement.

Do not state that geography-prefixed and global. inference profiles cost the same. AWS prices inference profiles from the source Region, and AWS documents lower pricing for some Global profiles than for geographic profiles. Explain that NetBird may use one catalog rate if that is the product behavior, but actual AWS charges can differ. (docs.aws.amazon.com)

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@src/pages/agent-network/providers.mdx` around lines 173 - 181, Update the
Bedrock inference-profile documentation to remove the claim that
geography-prefixed and global profiles cost the same; state that AWS pricing is
based on the source Region and may differ, including potentially lower rates for
Global profiles, while noting that NetBird may apply a single catalog rate if
that is its product behavior.

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