feat: add custom requestHeaders support for custom OAI and Azure models in BYOK

package.json

@@ -2955,6 +2955,13 @@
 									"type": "boolean",
 									"default": false,
 									"description": "Whether the model supports thinking capabilities"
+								},
+								"requestHeaders": {
+									"type": "object",
+									"description": "Additional HTTP headers to include with requests to this model. These reserved headers are not allowed and ignored if present: ['api-key', 'authorization', 'content-type', 'openai-intent', 'x-github-api-version', 'x-initiator', 'x-interaction-id', 'x-interaction-type', 'x-onbehalf-extension-id', 'x-request-id', 'x-vscode-user-agent-library-version']",
+									"additionalProperties": {
+										"type": "string"
+									}
 								}
 							},
 							"required": [
@@ -3024,6 +3031,13 @@
 									"type": "boolean",
 									"default": false,
 									"description": "Whether the model supports thinking capabilities"
+								},
+								"requestHeaders": {
+									"type": "object",
+									"description": "Additional HTTP headers to include with requests to this model. These reserved headers are not allowed and ignored if present: ['api-key', 'authorization', 'content-type', 'openai-intent', 'x-github-api-version', 'x-initiator', 'x-interaction-id', 'x-interaction-type', 'x-onbehalf-extension-id', 'x-request-id', 'x-vscode-user-agent-library-version']",
+									"additionalProperties": {
+										"type": "string"
+									}
 								}
 							},
 							"required": [
@@ -4267,4 +4281,4 @@
 		"string_decoder": "npm:[email protected]",
 		"node-gyp": "npm:[email protected]"
 	}
-}
+}

src/extension/byok/common/byokProvider.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface BYOKModelCapabilities {
 	vision: boolean;
 	thinking?: boolean;
 	editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[];
+	requestHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 export interface BYOKModelRegistry {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export function resolveModelInfo(modelId: string, providerName: string, knownMod
 	}
 	const modelName = knownModelInfo?.name || modelId;
 	const contextWinow = knownModelInfo ? (knownModelInfo.maxInputTokens + knownModelInfo.maxOutputTokens) : 128000;
-	return {
+	const modelInfo: IChatModelInformation = {
 		id: modelId,
 		name: modelName,
 		version: '1.0.0',
@@ -141,6 +142,10 @@ export function resolveModelInfo(modelId: string, providerName: string, knownMod
 		is_chat_fallback: false,
 		model_picker_enabled: true
 	};
+	if (knownModelInfo?.requestHeaders && Object.keys(knownModelInfo.requestHeaders).length > 0) {
+		modelInfo.requestHeaders = { ...knownModelInfo.requestHeaders };
+	}
+	return modelInfo;
 }
 
 export function byokKnownModelsToAPIInfo(providerName: string, knownModels: BYOKKnownModels | undefined): LanguageModelChatInformation[] {

src/extension/byok/node/openAIEndpoint.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,52 @@ function hydrateBYOKErrorMessages(response: ChatResponse): ChatResponse {
 }
 
 export class OpenAIEndpoint extends ChatEndpoint {
+	// Reserved headers that cannot be overridden for security and functionality reasons
+	private static readonly _reservedHeaders: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
+		// Authentication & Authorization
+		'api-key',
+		'authorization',
+		'cookie',
+		'set-cookie',
+		// Content & Protocol
+		'content-type',
+		'content-length',
+		'transfer-encoding',
+		'host',
+		// Routing & Proxying
+		'proxy-authorization',
+		'proxy-authenticate',
+		'x-forwarded-for',
+		'x-forwarded-host',
+		'x-forwarded-proto',
+		'forwarded',
+		// Security & CORS
+		'origin',
+		'referer',
+		'sec-fetch-site',
+		'sec-fetch-mode',
+		'sec-fetch-dest',
+		// Application-specific
+		'openai-intent',
+		'x-github-api-version',
+		'x-initiator',
+		'x-interaction-id',
+		'x-interaction-type',
+		'x-onbehalf-extension-id',
+		'x-request-id',
+		'x-vscode-user-agent-library-version',
+		'user-agent',
+	]);
+
+	// RFC 7230 compliant header name pattern: token characters only
+	private static readonly _validHeaderNamePattern = /^[!#$%&'*+\-.0-9A-Z^_`a-z|~]+$/;
+
+	// Maximum limits to prevent abuse
+	private static readonly _maxHeaderNameLength = 256;
+	private static readonly _maxHeaderValueLength = 8192;
+	private static readonly _maxCustomHeaderCount = 20;
+
+	private readonly _customHeaders: Record<string, string>;
 	constructor(
 		protected readonly modelMetadata: IChatModelInformation,
 		protected readonly _apiKey: string,
@@ -58,7 +104,7 @@ export class OpenAIEndpoint extends ChatEndpoint {
 		@IInstantiationService protected instantiationService: IInstantiationService,
 		@IConfigurationService configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@IExperimentationService expService: IExperimentationService,
-		@ILogService logService: ILogService
+		@ILogService protected logService: ILogService
 	) {
 		super(
 			modelMetadata,
@@ -74,6 +120,87 @@ export class OpenAIEndpoint extends ChatEndpoint {
 			expService,
 			logService
 		);
+		this._customHeaders = this._sanitizeCustomHeaders(modelMetadata.requestHeaders);
+	}
+
+	private _sanitizeCustomHeaders(headers: Readonly<Record<string, string>> | undefined): Record<string, string> {
+		if (!headers) {
+			return {};
+		}
+
+		const entries = Object.entries(headers);
+
+		if (entries.length > OpenAIEndpoint._maxCustomHeaderCount) {
+			this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' has ${entries.length} custom headers, exceeding limit of ${OpenAIEndpoint._maxCustomHeaderCount}. Only first ${OpenAIEndpoint._maxCustomHeaderCount} will be processed.`);
+		}
+
+		const sanitized: Record<string, string> = {};
+		let processedCount = 0;
+
+		for (const [rawKey, rawValue] of entries) {
+			if (processedCount >= OpenAIEndpoint._maxCustomHeaderCount) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			const key = rawKey.trim();
+			if (!key) {
+				this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' has empty header name, skipping.`);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (key.length > OpenAIEndpoint._maxHeaderNameLength) {
+				this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' has header name exceeding ${OpenAIEndpoint._maxHeaderNameLength} characters, skipping.`);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (!OpenAIEndpoint._validHeaderNamePattern.test(key)) {
+				this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' has invalid header name format: '${key}', Skipping.`);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			const lowerKey = key.toLowerCase();
+			if (OpenAIEndpoint._reservedHeaders.has(lowerKey)) {
+				this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' attempted to override reserved header '${key}', skipping.`);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			const sanitizedValue = this._sanitizeHeaderValue(rawValue);
+			if (sanitizedValue === undefined) {
+				this.logService.warn(`[OpenAIEndpoint] Model '${this.modelMetadata.id}' has invalid value for header '${key}': '${rawValue}', skipping.`);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			sanitized[key] = sanitizedValue;
+			processedCount++;
+		}
+
+		return sanitized;
+	}
+
+	private _sanitizeHeaderValue(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+		if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		const trimmed = value.trim();
+
+		if (trimmed.length > OpenAIEndpoint._maxHeaderValueLength) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		// Disallow control characters including CR, LF, and others (0x00-0x1F, 0x7F)
+		// This prevents HTTP header injection and response splitting attacks
+		if (/[\x00-\x1F\x7F]/.test(trimmed)) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		// Additional check for potential Unicode issues
+		// Reject headers with bidirectional override characters or zero-width characters
+		if (/[\u200B-\u200D\u202A-\u202E\uFEFF]/.test(trimmed)) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		return trimmed;
 	}
 
 	override createRequestBody(options: ICreateEndpointBodyOptions): IEndpointBody {
@@ -149,6 +276,9 @@ export class OpenAIEndpoint extends ChatEndpoint {
 		} else {
 			headers['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${this._apiKey}`;
 		}
+		for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(this._customHeaders)) {
+			headers[key] = value;
+		}
 		return headers;
 	}
 

src/extension/byok/vscode-node/customOAIModelConfigurator.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ interface ModelConfig {
 	editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[];
 	requiresAPIKey?: boolean;
 	thinking?: boolean;
+	requestHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 interface ModelQuickPickItem extends QuickPickItem {

src/extension/byok/vscode-node/customOAIProvider.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export function resolveCustomOAIUrl(modelId: string, url: string): string {
 interface CustomOAIModelInfo extends LanguageModelChatInformation {
 	url: string;
 	thinking: boolean;
+	requestHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIModelInfo> {
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIMo
 		return resolveCustomOAIUrl(modelId, url);
 	}
 
-	private getUserModelConfig(): Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey: boolean; thinking?: boolean; editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[] }> {
-		const modelConfig = this._configurationService.getConfig(this.getConfigKey()) as Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey: boolean; thinking?: boolean; editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[] }>;
+	private getUserModelConfig(): Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey: boolean; thinking?: boolean; editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[]; requestHeaders?: Record<string, string> }> {
+		const modelConfig = this._configurationService.getConfig(this.getConfigKey()) as Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey: boolean; thinking?: boolean; editTools?: EndpointEditToolName[]; requestHeaders?: Record<string, string> }>;
 		return modelConfig;
 	}
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIMo
 				maxOutputTokens: modelInfo.maxOutputTokens,
 				thinking: modelInfo.thinking,
 				editTools: modelInfo.editTools,
+				requestHeaders: modelInfo.requestHeaders ? { ...modelInfo.requestHeaders } : undefined
 			};
 		}
 		return models;
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIMo
 				editTools: capabilities.editTools
 			},
 			thinking: capabilities.thinking || false,
+			requestHeaders: capabilities.requestHeaders,
 		};
 		return baseInfo;
 	}
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIMo
 			url: model.url,
 			thinking: model.thinking,
 			editTools: model.capabilities.editTools?.filter(isEndpointEditToolName),
+			requestHeaders: model.requestHeaders,
 		});
 		const openAIChatEndpoint = this._instantiationService.createInstance(OpenAIEndpoint, modelInfo, apiKey ?? '', model.url);
 		return this._lmWrapper.provideLanguageModelResponse(openAIChatEndpoint, messages, options, options.requestInitiator, progress, token);
@@ -196,7 +200,8 @@ export class CustomOAIBYOKModelProvider implements BYOKModelProvider<CustomOAIMo
 			vision: !!model.capabilities?.imageInput || false,
 			name: model.name,
 			url: model.url,
-			thinking: model.thinking
+			thinking: model.thinking,
+			requestHeaders: model.requestHeaders
 		});
 		const openAIChatEndpoint = this._instantiationService.createInstance(OpenAIEndpoint, modelInfo, apiKey ?? '', model.url);
 		return this._lmWrapper.provideTokenCount(openAIChatEndpoint, text);

src/platform/configuration/common/configurationService.ts

@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ export namespace ConfigKey {
 	/** BYOK  */
 	export const OllamaEndpoint = defineSetting<string>('chat.byok.ollamaEndpoint', 'http://localhost:11434');
 	export const AzureModels = defineSetting<Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey?: boolean; thinking?: boolean }>>('chat.azureModels', {});
-	export const CustomOAIModels = defineSetting<Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey?: boolean; thinking?: boolean }>>('chat.customOAIModels', {});
+	export const CustomOAIModels = defineSetting<Record<string, { name: string; url: string; toolCalling: boolean; vision: boolean; maxInputTokens: number; maxOutputTokens: number; requiresAPIKey?: boolean; thinking?: boolean; requestHeaders?: Record<string, string> }>>('chat.customOAIModels', {});
 	export const AutoFixDiagnostics = defineSetting<boolean>('chat.agent.autoFix', true);
 	export const NotebookFollowCellExecution = defineSetting<boolean>('chat.notebook.followCellExecution.enabled', false);
 	export const UseAlternativeNESNotebookFormat = defineExpSetting<boolean>('chat.notebook.enhancedNextEditSuggestions.enabled', false);

src/platform/endpoint/common/endpointProvider.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export interface IModelAPIResponse {
 export type IChatModelInformation = IModelAPIResponse & {
 	capabilities: IChatModelCapabilities;
 	urlOrRequestMetadata?: string | RequestMetadata;
+	requestHeaders?: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
 };
 
 export function isChatModelInformation(model: IModelAPIResponse): model is IChatModelInformation {