OpenRouter Outage History
OpenRouter is up right nowPingoru has recorded 16 incidents for OpenRouter: 16 in the last 12 months and 11 in the last 90 days.
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| Month | Incidents | Hours with an open incident |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 1 | 11 of 744 (1%) |
| June 2026 | 0 | 13 of 720 (2%) |
| July 2026 | 3 | 1 of 744 (0%) |
| August 2026 | 4 | 16 of 744 (2%) |
| September 2026 | 4 | 5 of 720 (1%) |
| October 2026 | 3 | 45 of 556 (8%) |
Incidents, newest first
Minor October 15, 2026 The issue is now resolved. 1d 13h Web & Application Services
Started Oct 15, 2026, 02:50 PM UTC· resolved Oct 17, 2026, 04:43 AM UTC
- investigating Oct 15, 2026, 02:50 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue.
- investigating Oct 15, 2026, 06:20 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate the issue. Inference is not affected.
- identified Oct 15, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC
We have identified the issue and are deploying remediations. Inference is not affected.
- identified Oct 16, 2026, 05:44 AM UTC
We have identified the issue and are deploying remediations. Inference is not affected.
- identified Oct 16, 2026, 09:45 AM UTC
We have identified the issue and are deploying remediations. Inference is not affected.
- identified Oct 16, 2026, 07:26 PM UTC
Logs latency has been significantly reduced, though is still elevated. Inference is not affected.
- identified Oct 17, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC
Logs latency continues to be elevated. Inference is not affected.
- monitoring Oct 17, 2026, 01:15 AM UTC
Logs and usage metrics are now up to date in almost all cases. A small fraction are still delayed.
- resolved Oct 17, 2026, 04:43 AM UTC
The issue is now resolved.
Minor October 14, 2026 The issue is now resolved. Cloudflare moved traffic to nearby locations. Other locations were not affected, and no change on our side caused it. 42m Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
Started Oct 14, 2026, 04:12 AM UTC· resolved Oct 14, 2026, 04:54 AM UTC
- investigating Oct 14, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue. Requests that reached OpenRouter through Portland were slow or failed.
- resolved Oct 14, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC
The issue is now resolved. Cloudflare moved traffic to nearby locations. Other locations were not affected, and no change on our side caused it.
Minor September 24, 2026 The issue is now resolved. Root cause was identified as an authentication issue on the Meta Developer API Platform impacting all Managed Meta Accounts including OpenRouter's. 1h 37m Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions), TTS (/api/v1/audio/speech), STT (/api/v1/audio/transcriptions)
Started Sep 24, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC· resolved Sep 25, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC
- investigating Sep 24, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
The Meta team has been pinged and is investigating.
- identified Sep 24, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
The Meta team is continuing to investigate and is beginning work on remediation. Root cause is still unknown.
- monitoring Sep 24, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC
The Meta team has begun applying remediations and success rate is improving. Root cause is still unknown.
- monitoring Sep 24, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC
Meta Provider API calls are operational again. We are continuing to monitor.
- resolved Sep 25, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC
The issue is now resolved. Root cause was identified as an authentication issue on the Meta Developer API Platform impacting all Managed Meta Accounts including OpenRouter's.
Minor September 23, 2026 This incident is resolved. Between approximately 11:50 and 17:11 UTC, a portion of sign-in and sign-up attempts on openrouter.ai were incorrectly blocked with the message "This action was detected as suspicious and has been blocked." The cause was an infrastructure issue at our authentication provider that made one of its bot-protection checks fail, which in turn triggered a blocking rule. The provider disabled the rule at 17:11 UTC and sign-ins have succeeded normally since then. Existing ses 26m Web & Application Services
Started Sep 23, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC· resolved Sep 23, 2026, 05:38 PM UTC
- investigating Sep 23, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue. Since approximately 11:50 UTC, a portion of sign-in and sign-up attempts on openrouter.ai are failing with the message "This action was detected as suspicious and has been blocked." This affects all login methods. Workaround: Retrying the sign-in usually succeeds within a few attempts.
- identified Sep 23, 2026, 05:19 PM UTC
We have identified the cause. An infrastructure issue at our authentication provider caused one of its bot-protection checks to fail, which incorrectly blocked a portion of sign-in and sign-up attempts.
- monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 05:25 PM UTC
The provider has disabled the affected rule and new sign-ins, we are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Sep 23, 2026, 05:38 PM UTC
This incident is resolved. Between approximately 11:50 and 17:11 UTC, a portion of sign-in and sign-up attempts on openrouter.ai were incorrectly blocked with the message "This action was detected as suspicious and has been blocked." The cause was an infrastructure issue at our authentication provider that made one of its bot-protection checks fail, which in turn triggered a blocking rule. The provider disabled the rule at 17:11 UTC and sign-ins have succeeded normally since then. Existing sessions and API keys were not affected at any point, and there was no security breach or exposure of account data. If you were unable to sign in earlier, please try again. We apologize for the disruption.
Major September 4, 2026 Degraded video generation and batch jobs APIs 2h 44m
Started Sep 04, 2026, 06:27 PM UTC· resolved Sep 04, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
- investigating Sep 04, 2026, 06:27 PM UTC
We are investigating degraded availability for our video generation and batch jobs APIs.
- monitoring Sep 04, 2026, 07:45 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Sep 04, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Minor September 4, 2026 This incident has been resolved. 2h 45m Video (/api/v1/videos)
Started Sep 04, 2026, 06:27 PM UTC· resolved Sep 04, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
- investigating Sep 11, 2026, 02:34 AM UTC
We are investigating degraded availability for our video generation and batch jobs APIs.
- resolved Sep 11, 2026, 02:34 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Major August 28, 2026 Web application degraded 2h 42m
Started Aug 28, 2026, 07:50 PM UTC· resolved Aug 28, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC
- investigating Aug 28, 2026, 07:50 PM UTC
We are investigating an issue that is causing certain parts of the web application to be unavailable. We will update when we have more information. Inference is unaffected.
- monitoring Aug 28, 2026, 09:47 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Aug 28, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Major August 28, 2026 Elevated 429s on Anthropic and OpenAI – Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
Started Aug 28, 2026, 02:15 AM UTC· resolved Aug 28, 2026, 02:15 AM UTC
- resolved Aug 28, 2026, 02:15 AM UTC
Between 1:20 and 1:24 UTC, Anthropic and OpenAI models responded with 429s at an elevated rate.
Minor August 28, 2026 Issue is resolved 4m Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
Started Aug 28, 2026, 02:15 AM UTC· resolved Aug 28, 2026, 02:19 AM UTC
- investigating Sep 11, 2026, 02:38 AM UTC
Anthropic and OpenAI models responded with 429s at an elevated rate.
- resolved Sep 11, 2026, 02:38 AM UTC
Issue is resolved
Major July 23, 2026 Erroneous outage status – Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
Started Jul 23, 2026, 09:17 PM UTC· resolved Jul 23, 2026, 09:17 PM UTC
- resolved Jul 23, 2026, 09:17 PM UTC
We briefly reported a major service outage on our Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions) and other inference endpoints. This was in error. We apologize for the notification!
Major July 23, 2026 [Automated] Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions) is inaccessible 10m Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
Started Jul 23, 2026, 08:57 PM UTC· resolved Jul 23, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC
- investigating Jul 23, 2026, 08:57 PM UTC
Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions) cannot be reached by our automated monitoring.
Major July 5, 2026 Scheduled Database Maintenance 29m Clerk (UI account auth) (Clerk Auth Backend API), Clerk (UI account auth) (Clerk Auth Webhooks)
Started Jul 05, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC· resolved Jul 05, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
- investigating Jul 02, 2026, 06:58 PM UTC
We will be conducting scheduled database maintenance on Sunday, July 5 6:00AM to 6:30AM UTC. All inference endpoints will continue to work as normal. What will continue as normal: All inference endpoints (Chat Completions(opens in new tab), Embeddings(opens in new tab), etc.) will continue to work. OpenRouter will continue to service your API requests as before. Budget enforcement Logs and analytics pages will continue to update Read-only dashboard capabilities (viewing API keys, usage, workspaces, guardrails, settings, etc.) What will not be available: Credit purchases Edits, creations, and deletions of account settings, API keys, budgets, workspaces, and guardrails New OAuth connections Account registration and deletion During this period, auto top-up and low-balance notifications may be delayed until the end of the maintenance window. If you frequently exceed your top-up threshold, consider increasing your top-up amount or preemptively purchasing additional credits to avoid potential interruption.
- investigating Jul 05, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress.
- investigating Jul 05, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
Scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Major April 14, 2026 [Automated] Generation (/api/v1/generation) was inaccessible 1h 4m Data API (Generation (/api/v1/generation))
Started Apr 14, 2026, 05:02 PM UTC· resolved Apr 14, 2026, 06:07 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 14, 2026, 05:02 PM UTC
Generation (/api/v1/generation) cannot be reached by our automated monitoring.
- resolved Apr 14, 2026, 06:07 PM UTC
Generation (/api/v1/generation) is operational again.