fix(backend): allow configured local Qwen provider

backend/test/pi-process-manager.test.ts

@@ -289,26 +289,29 @@ test.each([["OpenAI", "openai"], ["gemini", "google"]])(
   },
 );
 
-test("local providers spawn without a model key and scrub ambient generic credentials", async () => {
-  vi.stubEnv("PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY", "ambient-secret");
-  vi.stubEnv("THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE", "/ambient/secret-path");
-  vi.stubEnv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "unselected-provider-secret");
-  const calls: any[][] = [];
-  const child = recordingChild();
-  child.stderr.resume = () => {};
-  const mgr = new PiProcessManager(loadConfig({ PI_BIN: "/usr/local/bin/pi" }), {
-    spawnFn: (...args: any[]) => { calls.push(args); return child as any; },
-  });
-  try {
-    await mgr.spawnFor("local-session", { provider: "ollama" });
-    expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY");
-    expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE");
-    expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("OPENAI_API_KEY");
-  } finally {
-    mgr.teardown("local-session");
-    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
-  }
-});
+test.each(["ollama", "local-qwen"])(
+  "local provider %s spawns without a model key and scrubs ambient credentials",
+  async (provider) => {
+    vi.stubEnv("PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY", "ambient-secret");
+    vi.stubEnv("THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE", "/ambient/secret-path");
+    vi.stubEnv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "unselected-provider-secret");
+    const calls: any[][] = [];
+    const child = recordingChild();
+    child.stderr.resume = () => {};
+    const mgr = new PiProcessManager(loadConfig({ PI_BIN: "/usr/local/bin/pi" }), {
+      spawnFn: (...args: any[]) => { calls.push(args); return child as any; },
+    });
+    try {
+      await mgr.spawnFor(`local-session-${provider}`, { provider });
+      expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY");
+      expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE");
+      expect(calls[0][2].env).not.toHaveProperty("OPENAI_API_KEY");
+    } finally {
+      mgr.teardown(`local-session-${provider}`);
+      vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    }
+  },
+);
 
 test.each(["amazon-bedrock", "azure-openai-responses", "cloudflare-workers-ai", "cloudflare-ai-gateway"])(
   "session spawn rejects compound provider %s before spawning Pi", async (provider) => {

backend/test/provider-credentials.test.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ test("single-key providers scrub ambient compound companions before injecting th
   expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID");
 });
 
+test("local-qwen is an explicit local provider and needs no generic key", () => {
+  const env = buildPiChildEnv({
+    ambient: {
+      PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY: "must-not-leak",
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: "must-not-leak",
+      THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE: "/must/not/leak",
+    },
+    provider: "local-qwen",
+  });
+  expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("PI_PROVIDER_API_KEY");
+  expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("OPENAI_API_KEY");
+  expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("THT_MODEL_API_KEY_FILE");
+});
+
 test("bundle value is injected without exposing bundle metadata to Pi", () => {
   const env = buildPiChildEnv({
     ambient: {