OpenRouter Rewrites Routing Algorithm, Cutting Errors 46%

OpenRouter shipped its biggest routing upgrade ever, replacing price-first routing with an algorithm balancing price, latency, throughput and error rates, cutting errors by 46% and improving TTFT by nearly 17%.

2026-10-30 ~ 2026-10-31 · 3 related posts

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