From d4e94b32e1ba05e3e9b66a1bc7f242e7211bfe6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Brennan <accounts@rbren.io>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 20:57:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove missing user message check for REMOTE_API_KEY (#11164)

---
 openhands/server/routes/manage_conversations.py | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openhands/server/routes/manage_conversations.py b/openhands/server/routes/manage_conversations.py
index d996feecd9..08271a6152 100644
--- a/openhands/server/routes/manage_conversations.py
+++ b/openhands/server/routes/manage_conversations.py
@@ -226,19 +226,6 @@ async def new_conversation(
     if auth_type == AuthType.BEARER:
         conversation_trigger = ConversationTrigger.REMOTE_API_KEY
 
-    if (
-        conversation_trigger == ConversationTrigger.REMOTE_API_KEY
-        and not initial_user_msg
-    ):
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content={
-                'status': 'error',
-                'message': 'Missing initial user message',
-                'msg_id': 'CONFIGURATION$MISSING_USER_MESSAGE',
-            },
-            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-
     try:
         if repository:
             provider_handler = ProviderHandler(provider_tokens)