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I followed the guide on genkit-angular-starter-kit/README.md but GEMINI_API_KEY env var doesn't work. As the error says, the correct var name is now GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY.

Non-streaming request failed with error: Please pass in the API key or set the GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable.
For more details see https://firebase.google.com/docs/genkit/plugins/google-genai
Error: Please pass in the API key or set the GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable.
For more details see https://firebase.google.com/docs/genkit/plugins/google-genai
    at defineGoogleAIModel2 (/Users/lacolaco/works/angular/examples/genkit-angular-starter-kit/.angular/cache/19.2.5/app/vite/deps_ssr/@genkit-ai_googleai.js:2699:15)

I confirmed it works with GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY on my machine.

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devchas commented Apr 29, 2025

Thank you for this PR @lacolaco. I connected with some folks on the Genkit team, and it looks like they added support for GEMINI_API_KEY env var in 1.0.5, and that this will be the preferred env var going forward. Upgrading your Genkit version should resolve the issue.

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