Applications call /v1/chat/completions while the adapter uses DeepSeek's documented unversioned API base. The current adapter rejects Responses, embeddings, and Messages rather than silently sending them to an unverified path.
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Separate workloads below the account ceiling
Every app receives a scoped gateway key, dollar ceiling, request pace, token pace, and concurrency cap. DeepSeek still combines traffic across API keys when it calculates account-level concurrency, so that upstream ceiling remains in force.
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Settle from returned usage
DeepSeek returns prompt, completion, cache-hit, cache-miss, and reasoning-token detail. Gateway receipts retain normalized usage and cost evidence without rounding a low-cost request down to zero; the DeepSeek account balance remains the upstream hard stop.
Current shared controls
What every supported connection includes
Encrypted BYOK credentials that remain hidden after setup Stable model aliases and compatible route targets Organization and key budgets, rate limits, and concurrency limits Observe, Shadow, and Enforce modes with metadata-only evidence
Test the exact DeepSeek model, Chat Completions payload, streaming keep-alives, returned usage, account concurrency, and fallback before production approval.
Each DeepSeek-backed application uses the gateway URL, its scoped workload key, and a stable model alias. Administrators can change an approved chat model, DeepSeek API key, or compatible fallback centrally. The current gateway adapter accepts Chat Completions only.
Implemented boundary
Supported protocols
Select DeepSeek and enter an API key. The connection check reads the model catalog without running inference. Then map an approved chat model to a stable alias; applications keep the gateway's /v1 client path while the adapter calls DeepSeek's unversioned API base.
POST /v1/chat/completions OpenAI-compatible streaming GET /models connection test
Compatibility follows the provider's current published interface. Review the provider documentation before approving DeepSeek for production.