diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
index 5fdce1ed283..3c8e26ff443 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
@@ -753,7 +753,9 @@ class OpenAIGPTConfig(BaseLLMModelInfo, BaseConfig):
         """
         Calls OpenAI's `/v1/models` endpoint and returns the list of models.
         """
-        return self._fetch_model_ids(api_base=api_base, bearer_token=api_key or get_secret_str("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+        return self._fetch_model_ids(
+            api_base=api_base, bearer_token=get_secret_str("OPENAI_API_KEY") if api_key is None else api_key
+        )
 
     def discover_models(
         self, litellm_params: Mapping[str, object] | None = None
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ class OpenAIGPTConfig(BaseLLMModelInfo, BaseConfig):
     def _fetch_model_ids(
         api_base: str | None, bearer_token: str | None
     ) -> list[str]:  # mutable-ok: matches get_models' list[str] contract shared by every provider override
-        parsed_url: Final = httpx.URL(api_base or "https://api.openai.com")
+        parsed_url: Final = httpx.URL("https://api.openai.com" if api_base is None else api_base)
         port_suffix: Final = f":{parsed_url.port}" if parsed_url.port else ""
         response: Final = litellm.module_level_client.get(
             url=f"{parsed_url.scheme}://{parsed_url.host}{port_suffix}/v1/models",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_common_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_common_utils.py
index 7ede9480346..c2dfb91591b 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_common_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_common_utils.py
@@ -3510,9 +3510,11 @@ class TestWifParamsAreNotClientSettable:
         minted org credential, and the router merges request kwargs over deployment params, so a
         caller who set it picked the scope instead of the administrator."""
         from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_utils import _SERVER_OWNED_WIF_UNCONDITIONAL_BANNED
-        from litellm.types.utils import anthropic_wif_litellm_params
+        from litellm.types.utils import anthropic_wif_litellm_params, openai_wif_litellm_params
 
-        assert set(anthropic_wif_litellm_params) <= set(_SERVER_OWNED_WIF_UNCONDITIONAL_BANNED)
+        assert set(_SERVER_OWNED_WIF_UNCONDITIONAL_BANNED) == set(anthropic_wif_litellm_params) | set(
+            openai_wif_litellm_params
+        )
 
 
 class TestWifServerOwnedParamsAreUnconditional:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/test_openai_workload_identity.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/test_openai_workload_identity.py
index a152a70bcec..1f010ef19ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/test_openai_workload_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/test_openai_workload_identity.py
@@ -552,6 +552,17 @@ class TestDiscoverModels:
         assert not exchange_route.called
 
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_empty_static_key_never_borrows_the_env_key(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-env-key-that-must-stay-home")
+        foreign_models: Final = respx.get("https://third-party.example/v1/models").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"data": [{"id": "other-model"}]})
+        )
+
+        assert OpenAIGPTConfig().get_models(api_key="", api_base="https://third-party.example") == ["other-model"]
+        assert foreign_models.calls.last.request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer "
+
+
 class TestClientsideBaseOverride:
     def test_client_api_base_override_clears_deployment_wif(self, deployment_wif: dict[str, str]) -> None:
         from litellm.router_utils.clientside_credential_handler import get_dynamic_litellm_params