diff --git a/crates/semantic_index/src/embedding.rs b/crates/semantic_index/src/embedding.rs
index b0124bf7df2664f1b3f237edd601a8e59b196fbd..2b6e94854e2c0e8e21f9df11874f45d35dca8a59 100644
--- a/crates/semantic_index/src/embedding.rs
+++ b/crates/semantic_index/src/embedding.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct OpenAIEmbeddingUsage {
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait EmbeddingProvider: Sync + Send {
+    fn is_authenticated(&self) -> bool;
     async fn embed_batch(&self, spans: Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<Embedding>>;
     fn max_tokens_per_batch(&self) -> usize;
     fn truncate(&self, span: &str) -> (String, usize);
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ pub struct DummyEmbeddings {}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl EmbeddingProvider for DummyEmbeddings {
+    fn is_authenticated(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
     fn rate_limit_expiration(&self) -> Option<Instant> {
         None
     }
@@ -229,6 +233,9 @@ impl OpenAIEmbeddings {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl EmbeddingProvider for OpenAIEmbeddings {
+    fn is_authenticated(&self) -> bool {
+        OPENAI_API_KEY.as_ref().is_some()
+    }
     fn max_tokens_per_batch(&self) -> usize {
         50000
     }
diff --git a/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index.rs b/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index.rs
index b6ad75a34ea9db1c2fea0a2a55bcfd86c6902a29..1ba0001cfda9c6be7128e1378bc75750cd1842da 100644
--- a/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index.rs
+++ b/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index.rs
@@ -281,12 +281,8 @@ impl SemanticIndex {
         settings::get::<SemanticIndexSettings>(cx).enabled
     }
 
-    pub fn has_api_key(&self) -> bool {
-        OPENAI_API_KEY.as_ref().is_some()
-    }
-
     pub fn status(&self, project: &ModelHandle<Project>) -> SemanticIndexStatus {
-        if !self.has_api_key() {
+        if !self.embedding_provider.is_authenticated() {
             return SemanticIndexStatus::NotAuthenticated;
         }
 
@@ -980,8 +976,8 @@ impl SemanticIndex {
         project: ModelHandle<Project>,
         cx: &mut ModelContext<Self>,
     ) -> Task<Result<()>> {
-        if !self.has_api_key() {
-            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("no open ai key present")));
+        if !self.embedding_provider.is_authenticated() {
+            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("user is not authenticated")));
         }
 
         if !self.projects.contains_key(&project.downgrade()) {
diff --git a/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index_tests.rs b/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index_tests.rs
index 9035327b2e8d910312ebb2f7c117a51d300f5d6a..f386665915b1d9b9314c7246da93daec6624900e 100644
--- a/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/semantic_index/src/semantic_index_tests.rs
@@ -1267,6 +1267,9 @@ impl FakeEmbeddingProvider {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl EmbeddingProvider for FakeEmbeddingProvider {
+    fn is_authenticated(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
     fn truncate(&self, span: &str) -> (String, usize) {
         (span.to_string(), 1)
     }