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httpx maps it to httpx.UnsupportedProtocol (a TransportError/RequestError), which openai/anthropic catch as a request exception and re-raise as APIConnectionError('Connection error.').\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nLimitations:\n- Checked in httpcore 1.0.9; httpx2 uses httpcore2 (assumed same text).\n\nOther error fragments:\n- Request URL has an unsupported protocol '{scheme}://'.\n- Connection error.\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7e/f5/f66802a942d491edb555dd61e3a9961140fd64c90bce1eafd741609d334d/httpcore-1.0.9-py3-none-any.whl#httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): Raises UnsupportedProtocol for missing scheme ('Request URL is missing an ...') or unsupported scheme.\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/9c/6fe8931fd9f381042a9e4c7d5a7b4cbf7016b252bec0c99a49fce42c3326/httpx2-2.13.1-py3-none-any.whl#httpx2/_exceptions.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): UnsupportedProtocol subclasses TransportError -> RequestError.\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_base_client.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): request_exceptions() raised as APIConnectionError.\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_exceptions.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): APIConnectionError message 'Connection error.'.\n\nSearch phrasings: openai base_url without https Connection error; 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