Odd issue after changing to gemini 3.1 flash lite preview
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After updating primary to gemiini 3.1 flash lite, and fallback to gemini 3 flash. Restarted and did an openclaw models list the first line shows up as:
anthropic/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview - - - - default,missing
I do not have anthropic anywhere in my openclaw.json. All the models in the json show as Auth, yes and configured.
I just upgraded to v2026.3.7 before this change.
anthropic/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview - - - - default,missing
I do not have anthropic anywhere in my openclaw.json. All the models in the json show as Auth, yes and configured.
I just upgraded to v2026.3.7 before this change.
Solution
That
In current OpenClaw, if a model string doesn’t include
-
OpenClaw interprets it as:
-
Docs mention this explicitly: models should be
https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#what-is-the-default-model
anthropic/gemini-… default,missingIn current OpenClaw, if a model string doesn’t include
provider/…-
agents.defaults.model.primary: "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview"OpenClaw interprets it as:
-
anthropic/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewDocs mention this explicitly: models should be
provider/modelanthropichttps://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#what-is-the-default-model
Fix
Make sure everywhere you referenced Gemini you include the provider, e.g.:
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