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What

Drop the --base-url global flag and the MINIMAX_BASE_URL env var. baseUrl is now sourced only from config.json's base_url field (or, after OAuth login, the oauth.resource_url field stored alongside it).

Why

An external tool was setting MINIMAX_BASE_URL in the user's shell, expecting mmx to leave it alone. mmx was intercepting it and breaking that tool's own routing. base_url is also fully redundant with mmx config set --key base_url --value <url>, so the explicit overrides are removed.

Changes

  • src/command.ts — drop --base-url from GLOBAL_OPTIONS
  • src/registry.ts — drop --base-url line from help text
  • src/types/flags.ts — drop baseUrl? field from GlobalFlags
  • src/config/loader.ts — shorten baseUrl chain to file.base_url || file.oauth?.resource_url || REGIONS[region] || REGIONS.global
  • src/args.ts — explicitly reject --base-url with a CLIError(USAGE) pointing at mmx config set --key base_url, so users no longer see their input silently dropped
  • src/errors/handler.ts — refresh stale MINIMAX_BASE_URL example in the fetch failed branch comment

Tests

  • test/config/loader.test.ts — 7 new cases for the baseUrl source chain (file wins, region fallback, env ignored, malformed URL fallback). Uses MMX_CONFIG_DIR for cross-platform isolation.
  • test/args.test.ts — 3 new cases for the --base-url rejection (space form, = form, and a happy-path smoke test).

bun test: 358/358 non-SDK tests pass. The 14 SDK failures are pre-existing and unrelated (live API integration tests that need network + a valid key).
bun run lint: clean.
bun run typecheck: clean.

Side effects

  • mmx search query --base-url https://... now errors with Flag --base-url was removed. and a migration hint.
  • export MINIMAX_BASE_URL=... is silently ignored — the user's ~/.mmx/config.json (or region default) wins. No warning by design.
  • To set a custom base URL: mmx config set --key base_url --value <url>.

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baseUrl is now sourced from config.json's base_url field (or, after
OAuth login, the oauth.resource_url field stored alongside it). The
--base-url global flag and the MINIMAX_BASE_URL env var are no longer
honored.

Background: an external tool setting MINIMAX_BASE_URL was getting
intercepted by mmx and breaking its own routing. base_url is also
fully redundant with mmx config set --key base_url, so the explicit
overrides are removed.

- src/command.ts: drop --base-url from GLOBAL_OPTIONS
- src/registry.ts: drop --base-url line from help text
- src/types/flags.ts: drop baseUrl? field from GlobalFlags
- src/config/loader.ts: shorten baseUrl chain to file.base_url ||
  file.oauth?.resource_url || REGIONS[region] || REGIONS.global
- src/args.ts: explicitly reject --base-url with a CLIError(USAGE)
  pointing at `mmx config set --key base_url`, so users no longer
  see their input silently dropped
- src/errors/handler.ts: refresh stale MINIMAX_BASE_URL example in
  the "fetch failed" branch comment
- test/config/loader.test.ts: add 7 cases for the baseUrl source
  chain (file wins, region fallback, env ignored, malformed URL
  fallback). Uses MMX_CONFIG_DIR for cross-platform isolation.
- test/args.test.ts: add 3 cases for the --base-url rejection
  (space form, = form, and a happy-path smoke test)

Verified: 358 non-SDK tests pass; 14 pre-existing SDK failures are
unrelated (network-dependent integration tests). bun run lint and
bun run typecheck both clean.

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@RyanLee-Dev 元鹤兄, 麻烦review . (drop --base-url flag and MINIMAX_BASE_URL) 谢谢.

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@NianJiuZst NianJiuZst self-assigned this Aug 4, 2026

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Thanks for the PR. I do not recommend merging it in its current form.

The main blocker is that removing flags.baseUrl from loadConfig() also breaks the public SDK override. new MiniMaxSDK({ apiKey, baseUrl }) still forwards baseUrl through Client, but the loader now discards it and falls back to the configured or default production endpoint. This is what causes the SDK test failures: their mock-server URLs are ignored, so requests reach the live MiniMax API and fail authentication. On the latest main, the targeted SDK suite passes 63/63; with this commit applied, 19 tests fail. Therefore the PR description's claim that these failures are pre-existing and unrelated is not accurate.

The PR also silently removes the documented MINIMAX_BASE_URL contract and rejects the existing --base-url workflow. That can redirect CI, mocks, proxies, or private-gateway traffic to https://api.minimax.io. Persisting base_url in the config file is not equivalent to a per-process or per-command override.

Please preserve the explicit SDK baseUrl behavior. For the CLI/env conflict, I suggest retaining the current overrides or introducing a namespaced replacement with a deprecation and migration path. If removal is intentional, it should be handled as a documented breaking change rather than silently ignoring the environment variable. Until those issues are addressed, this PR should not be merged.

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