fix(app): keep models with unknown release dates visible (#60496)

Author: joe-ieta

packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.test.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ describe("normalizeAgentList", () => {
 })
 
 describe("normalizeProviderList", () => {
-  test("groups current models into the app provider catalog", () => {
+  test.each([
+    [0, ""],
+    [Date.UTC(2026, 8, 1), "2026-09-01"],
+  ])("groups models with release time %p into the app catalog", (released, release_date) => {
     const providers: ProviderListOutput["data"] = [
       { id: "openai", name: "OpenAI", activation: "auto", package: "@ai-sdk/openai" },
     ]
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ describe("normalizeProviderList", () => {
         name: "GPT-5",
         capabilities: { tools: true, input: ["text", "image"], output: ["text"] },
         variants: [{ id: "high" }],
-        time: { released: 1 },
+        time: { released },
         cost: [{ input: 1, output: 2, cache: { read: 0.1, write: 0.2 } }],
         status: "active",
         enabled: true,
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ describe("normalizeProviderList", () => {
     expect(result.all.get("openai")?.models["gpt-5"]).toMatchObject({
       id: "gpt-5",
       providerID: "openai",
+      release_date,
       capabilities: { toolcall: true, attachment: true, reasoning: true },
       cost: { input: 1, output: 2 },
       variants: { high: {} },

packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function normalizeProviderList(
       status: model.status,
       options: model.settings ?? {},
       headers: model.headers ?? {},
-      release_date: new Date(model.time.released).toISOString().slice(0, 10),
+      release_date: model.time.released === 0 ? "" : new Date(model.time.released).toISOString().slice(0, 10),
       variants: Object.fromEntries(model.variants.map((variant) => [variant.id, variant.settings ?? {}])),
     }
   }