OpenRouter Caught Dropping Inference Parameters, Distorting Model Scores

Developers discovered that OpenRouter silently drops inference parameters during API routing, causing a performance drop on a 105-bug benchmark compared to the official API.

2026-08-07 ~ 2026-08-07 · 2 related posts

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