Update backend/model_router.py

backend/model_router.py

@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ openrouter_keys = os.environ.get("OPENROUTER_KEYS", "").split(",")
 
 POLLINATIONS_URL = "https://text.pollinations.ai/"
 
-# Helper to create an AsyncOpenAI client that ignores environment proxies
+# Helper that creates an AsyncOpenAI client ignoring environment proxies
 def _make_client(base_url: str, api_key: str) -> AsyncOpenAI:
-    # Create an httpx client that explicitly disables proxies
-    http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
-        proxies=None,           # ← critical fix
-        transport=httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport(retries=1)
-    )
+    # trust_env=False prevents reading HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY from the environment
+    http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(trust_env=False)
     return AsyncOpenAI(
         base_url=base_url,
         api_key=api_key,