diff --git a/scripts/daily-infra-report.py b/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
index 15200c5..a2b52be 100755
--- a/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
+++ b/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ try:
     with open(LITELLM_KEY_FILE) as f:
         SYNTHETIC_API_KEY = f.read().strip()
 except:
-    SYNTHETIC_API_KEY = "sk-U_ydi3B-wfGU-_xESkoU1Q"
+    SYNTHETIC_API_KEY = None  # Fail loudly: report "no-key-file" in check
 
 NOW = datetime.datetime.now()
 DATE_STR = NOW.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
@@ -253,9 +253,13 @@ def collect():
     report["litellm"]["checks"].append({"name": "oidc-auth", "status": "pass" if auth_code in ("200","302") else "fail", "code": auth_code})
     
     # Check 5: Synthetic API call through LiteLLM
-    api_check = http_get(f"{LITELLM_PUBLIC}/v1/models", auth=SYNTHETIC_API_KEY)
-    report["litellm"]["api_models"] = api_check
-    report["litellm"]["checks"].append({"name": "api-endpoint", "status": "pass" if api_check == "200" else "fail", "code": api_check})
+    if SYNTHETIC_API_KEY is None:
+        report["litellm"]["api_models"] = None
+        report["litellm"]["checks"].append({"name": "api-endpoint", "status": "fail", "code": "no-key-file"})
+    else:
+        api_check = http_get(f"{LITELLM_PUBLIC}/v1/models", auth=SYNTHETIC_API_KEY)
+        report["litellm"]["api_models"] = api_check
+        report["litellm"]["checks"].append({"name": "api-endpoint", "status": "pass" if api_check == "200" else "fail", "code": api_check})
     
     # ── NFS Mounts ──
     nfs = ssh("192.168.68.7", "df -h /media/storage /media/mediastore 2>/dev/null | tail -n +2")