[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64818: Fatal error with AI Connectors

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#64818: Fatal error with AI Connectors
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 Reporter:  clifgriffin   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  AI            |    Version:
 Severity:  critical      |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Installed WP 7.0 beta3 and got this fatal as soon as I installed the
 Google/Gemini connector.

 This doesn't seem specific to the Google AI connector as the the Anthropic
 and OpenAI providers do not have a {{{getAuthenticationMethod}}} method
 either.

 Stacktrace:
 {{{
 [05-Mar-2026 22:03:58 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to
 undefined method
 WordPress\AiClient\Providers\DTO\ProviderMetadata::getAuthenticationMethod()
 in /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/connectors.php:164
 Stack trace:
 #0 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/connectors.php(285):
 _wp_connectors_get_connector_settings()
 #1 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(341):
 _wp_register_default_connector_settings('')
 #2 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(365):
 WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
 #3 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/plugin.php(522):
 WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
 #4 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-settings.php(774):
 do_action('init')
 #5 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-config.php(114):
 require_once('/Users/cliftong...')
 #6 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-load.php(50):
 require_once('/Users/cliftong...')
 #7 /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(22):
 require_once('/Users/cliftong...')
 #8 /Applications/Herd.app/Contents/Resources/valet/server.php(167):
 require('/Users/cliftong...')
 #9 {main}
   thrown in /Users/cliftongriffin/Sites/cfwdev/wp-includes/connectors.php
 on line 164
 }}}

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