Custom endpoints do not show

[kata44]

What happened?

Custom endpoints like OpenRouter or ollama do not appear in the model list.
In fact, I do not think librechat.yaml is being parsed at all, since I can put the bible in there and there is no error.

I also experimented with setting
ENDPOINTS=custom
or
ENDPOINTS=OpenRouter

Then the model list just stays empty, but that is a separate bug.

Version Information

ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-dev latest c3d589761482 20 hours ago 1.57GB
ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat latest 7685945c760f 7 days ago 1.57GB
ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-rag-api-dev-lite latest d813432c9b0a 3 weeks ago 1.68GB

Steps to Reproduce

1. git clone https://github.com/danny-avila/LibreChat.git
2. Make .env file from .env.example, add key with OPENROUTER_KEY
3. Add docker-compose.override.yml file, following https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/custom_endpoints
4. Add librechat.yaml file, following https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/custom_endpoints
5. docker compose build && docker compose up -d

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

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Relevant log output

Nothing in the log, except for:
2025-09-20T12:41:09.533Z debug: [requireLocalAuth] Error: No user

Screenshots

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[danny-avila]

I also experimented with setting
ENDPOINTS=custom
or
ENDPOINTS=OpenRouter
Then the model list just stays empty, but that is a separate bug.

Not a bug, it's likely related to not cycling docker, as described below.

What you want is (if you only want the UI to show custom endpoints i.e. OpenRouter):

ENDPOINTS=custom

You should cycle docker, too, after making YAML changes.

docker compose down
docker compose up -d

If you're still having issues, can you share your configs?

Add docker-compose.override.yml file, following https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/custom_endpoints
Add librechat.yaml file, following https://www.librechat.ai/docs/quick_start/custom_endpoints

Can you also share the startup logs, to confirm everything is starting as configured?

2025-09-20T12:41:09.533Z debug: [requireLocalAuth] Error: No user

This error means you are not authenticated. Try logging out, and logging back in after making changes to your YAML and cycling docker.

[kata44]

I did cycle Docker in the way you described after making changes to any of the config files.
To start fresh, I saved the config files, deleted everything with "docker compose down --volumes --rmi all" and deleted the entire repo.
I do not know what changed, but after checking out the git repo again and adding ENDPOINTS=custom to the .env file, this time it works. Thank you for your help.

Can you also share the startup logs, to confirm everything is starting as configured?
Where can I find those? The debug and error file in the logs folder only contained that one line about authentication.

Also, I now have a different problem: as soon as I lose internet connection, the UI just shows a blank page, even though I am running it locally. Is that a known issue?