diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
index 551f870aca9..396d59145ff 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/gpt_transformation.py
@@ -705,8 +705,14 @@ class OpenAIGPTConfig(BaseLLMModelInfo, BaseConfig):
         if api_key is None:
             api_key = get_secret_str("OPENAI_API_KEY")
 
+        # Strip api_base to just the base URL (scheme + host + port)
+        parsed_url = httpx.URL(api_base)
+        base_url = f"{parsed_url.scheme}://{parsed_url.host}"
+        if parsed_url.port:
+            base_url += f":{parsed_url.port}"
+
         response = litellm.module_level_client.get(
-            url=f"{api_base}/v1/models",
+            url=f"{base_url}/v1/models",
             headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"},
         )
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index af11bd8aa52..8a63ed7b1f7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 model_list:
-  - model_name: bedrock-claude-3.7-sonnet
+  - model_name: genai/test/*
     litellm_params:
-      model: bedrock/us.anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-v1:0
+      model: openai/*
+      api_base: https://api.openai.com
+      api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
 
+litellm_settings:
+  check_provider_endpoint: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
index 0f7fb95dac1..401963c301b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
@@ -75,16 +75,14 @@ async def get_mcp_server_ids(
     if prisma_client is None:
         return []
 
-
     if user_api_key_dict.object_permission_id is None:
         return []
 
-
     # Make a direct SQL query to get just the mcp_servers
     try:
 
         result = await prisma_client.db.litellm_objectpermissiontable.find_unique(
-                where={"object_permission_id": user_api_key_dict.object_permission_id},
+            where={"object_permission_id": user_api_key_dict.object_permission_id},
         )
         if result and result.mcp_servers:
             return result.mcp_servers
@@ -229,19 +227,30 @@ def get_known_models_from_wildcard(
         provider = wildcard_provider_prefix
 
     # get all known provider models
+
     wildcard_models = get_provider_models(
         provider=provider, litellm_params=litellm_params
     )
+
     if wildcard_models is None:
         return []
     if wildcard_suffix != "*":
+        ## CHECK IF PARTIAL FILTER e.g. `gemini-*`
         model_prefix = wildcard_suffix.replace("*", "")
-        filtered_wildcard_models = [
-            wc_model
-            for wc_model in wildcard_models
-            if wc_model.startswith(model_prefix)
-        ]
-        wildcard_models = filtered_wildcard_models
+
+        is_partial_filter = any(
+            wc_model.startswith(model_prefix) for wc_model in wildcard_models
+        )
+        if is_partial_filter:
+            filtered_wildcard_models = [
+                wc_model
+                for wc_model in wildcard_models
+                if wc_model.startswith(model_prefix)
+            ]
+            wildcard_models = filtered_wildcard_models
+        else:
+            # add model prefix to wildcard models
+            wildcard_models = [f"{model_prefix}{model}" for model in wildcard_models]
 
     suffix_appended_wildcard_models = []
     for model in wildcard_models:
@@ -298,18 +307,18 @@ def get_all_fallbacks(
 ) -> List[str]:
     """
     Get all fallbacks for a given model from the router's fallback configuration.
-    
+
     Args:
         model: The model name to get fallbacks for
         llm_router: The LiteLLM router instance
         fallback_type: Type of fallback ("general", "context_window", "content_policy")
-    
+
     Returns:
         List of fallback model names. Empty list if no fallbacks found.
     """
     if llm_router is None:
         return []
-    
+
     # Get the appropriate fallback list based on type
     fallbacks_config: list = []
     if fallback_type == "general":
@@ -321,20 +330,19 @@ def get_all_fallbacks(
     else:
         verbose_proxy_logger.warning(f"Unknown fallback_type: {fallback_type}")
         return []
-    
+
     if not fallbacks_config:
         return []
-    
+
     try:
         # Use existing function to get fallback model group
         fallback_model_group, _ = get_fallback_model_group(
-            fallbacks=fallbacks_config, 
-            model_group=model
+            fallbacks=fallbacks_config, model_group=model
         )
-        
+
         if fallback_model_group is None:
             return []
-        
+
         return fallback_model_group
     except Exception as e:
         verbose_proxy_logger.error(f"Error getting fallbacks for model {model}: {e}")
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index b51be7af1c1..94c5e1a1c83 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -5283,7 +5283,7 @@ def validate_environment(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 keys_in_environment = True
             else:
                 missing_keys.append("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
-                missing_keys.append("GEMINI_API_KEY") 
+                missing_keys.append("GEMINI_API_KEY")
         elif custom_llm_provider == "groq":
             if "GROQ_API_KEY" in os.environ:
                 keys_in_environment = True
@@ -5640,7 +5640,7 @@ def _calculate_retry_after(
     min_timeout: int = 0,
 ) -> Union[float, int]:
     retry_after = _get_retry_after_from_exception_header(response_headers)
-    
+
     # Add some jitter (default JITTER is 0.75 - so upto 0.75s)
     jitter = JITTER * random.random()
 
@@ -5654,8 +5654,8 @@ def _calculate_retry_after(
 
     # Make sure sleep_seconds is boxed between min_timeout and MAX_RETRY_DELAY
     sleep_seconds = max(sleep_seconds, min_timeout)
-    sleep_seconds = min(sleep_seconds, MAX_RETRY_DELAY)    
-    
+    sleep_seconds = min(sleep_seconds, MAX_RETRY_DELAY)
+
     return sleep_seconds + jitter