usebruno/bruno · error · Error

Unknown AI provider: ${providerId}

Error message

Unknown AI provider: ${providerId}

What it means

Error "Unknown AI provider: ${providerId}" thrown in usebruno/bruno.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/ai/index.js:97

  return getModel(modelId, {
    aiPreferences: getAiPrefs(),
    getApiKey: (providerId) => aiKeyStore.getKey(providerId)
  });
};

const pickDefaultModelId = () => {
  const aiPreferences = getAiPrefs();
  const hasApiKey = (providerId) => aiKeyStore.hasKey(providerId);
  const available = getAvailableModels({ aiPreferences, hasApiKey });
  if (available.length === 0) return null;
  const preferred = aiPreferences.defaultModel;
  if (preferred && available.some((m) => m.id === preferred)) return preferred;
  return available[0].id;
};

const assertKnownProvider = (providerId) => {
  if (!isKnownProviderId(providerId, getAiPrefs())) {
    throw new Error(`Unknown AI provider: ${providerId}`);
  }
};

const registerAiIpc = (mainWindow) => {
  const broadcastStatus = (status) => {
    if (mainWindow?.webContents && !mainWindow.webContents.isDestroyed()) {
      mainWindow.webContents.send('main:ai-status-changed', status);
    }
  };

  ipcMain.handle('renderer:get-ai-status', async () => buildStatus());

  ipcMain.handle('renderer:set-ai-api-key', async (_event, { providerId, apiKey }) => {
    assertKnownProvider(providerId);
    const trimmed = typeof apiKey === 'string' ? apiKey.trim() : '';
    if (!trimmed) {
      if (isOpenAiCompatibleProviderId(providerId)) {
        aiKeyStore.clearKey(providerId);

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Solutions

1. Select one of the supported AI providers in Preferences > AI.
2. Update Bruno if the provider was added in a newer version.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/ai/index.js:97 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of usebruno/bruno@9bdd81c7bd (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ee3070922633a801. Report an issue: GitHub.