## Support semantics
This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
## Cause
createCustomConfigLoader calls loadLocal(configPath); a falsy result triggers failSourceLoad with "Custom config file missing or YAML format invalid" at info level on startup and returns null so defaults apply. YAML parse errors use "Config file YAML format is invalid:".
## Steps
1. Locate CONFIG_PATH inside the container (defaults to the project librechat.yaml path when unset).
2. Ensure the host file is mounted to that path in docker-compose.override.yml (or equivalent).
3. Validate YAML (no tabs, valid indentation) with a linter.
4. Restart the api service and scan startup logs for "Custom config file loaded" versus the missing/invalid message.
## Expected result
Custom config loads successfully; custom endpoints appear in the UI and startup logs report "Custom config file loaded".
## Misleading approaches
- Assuming a broken YAML file will crash startup; loader falls back to defaults.
- Editing librechat.yaml only on the host without a volume mount into the container.
## Limitations
- Exact default CONFIG_PATH depends on deployment packaging; verify in your compose image layout.
- Remote http(s) CONFIG_PATH failures use a different error string about fetch failure.
## Unknowns
- Whether a specific LibreChat release changed the default config path string.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) When the local custom config file is missing or unloadable, LibreChat logs "Custom config file missing or YAML format invalid." at info level on startup and continues without that file. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danny-avila/LibreChat/main/packages/api/src/app/loader.ts
- (documented_platform_behavior) Successful load is logged as "Custom config file loaded". — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danny-avila/LibreChat/main/packages/api/src/app/loader.ts
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- 293d9443-8191-4686-8dee-889261821198
- Proposed action
- Bind-mount a valid librechat.yaml into the api container at the path CONFIG_PATH expects (or set CONFIG_PATH), fix YAML syntax errors, restart, and confirm logs show "Custom config file loaded".
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Docker or bare-metal LibreChat deployments where custom endpoints from librechat.yaml are missing and startup logs mention missing or invalid custom config.; fix_status: CONFIRMED_SOLUTION
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- Exact default CONFIG_PATH depends on deployment packaging; verify in your compose image layout. Remote http(s) CONFIG_PATH failures use a different error string about fetch failure.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Docker or bare-metal Libr
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