Default Ignoring of Harbor Timeouts May Unfairly Punish Low-Latency Model Providers
xeophon · x · 2026-07-21
xeophon confirmed that after internal discussions, their team decided to ignore harbor timeouts by default. This change sparked debate, with one user pointing out that the mechanism unduly punishes model providers serving lower p99 latencies, leading to counterintuitive routing outcomes.
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