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Is OpenRouter down right now?
Live OpenRouter status, checked every minute, plus reports from other users.
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OpenRouter uptime and outages
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Recent OpenRouter problems
No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.
Where OpenRouter problems are reported
Where people reported OpenRouter problems in the last 24 hours, by country, region and city.
0 in 24 hours0 in the last houras of Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC
Top regions
- No reports in the last 24 hours.
Top cities
- No city has 5 or more reports.
For privacy a city is listed only once 5 or more people there have reported in 24 hours.
Map of user reports in the last 24 hours, not OpenRouter's official outage map. Each report is one visitor to this site saying something is not working, placed by the approximate location of their connection. A region in the list means people there reported problems, not that an outage is confirmed.
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[](https://isitupordown.com/is-openrouter-down/)curl https://isitupordown.com/v1/status/openrouterWhat to do if OpenRouter is not working
- Check the status card at the top of this page. If OpenRouter reports an incident, the errors are on their side.
- Retry failed requests with exponential backoff (for example 1, 2, 4, 8 seconds, with some random jitter). Short 500, 502, 503 and 529 errors often clear within minutes.
- A 429 error means a rate limit or quota, not an outage: check your usage limits and tier, and slow down or batch requests.
- A 401 or 403 error usually means the API key is wrong, revoked or out of credit: check the key and your billing page.
- Check the model name: retired or renamed models return errors that look like an outage.
- Keep a fallback: route to another provider or model while OpenRouter is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.
OpenRouter outage questions
Is OpenRouter down right now?
OpenRouter has no status page we can read, so the card at the top of this page times OpenRouter's API from our servers every few minutes, and shows reports from other developers in the last 24 hours.
When was OpenRouter last down?
We have not recorded an OpenRouter outage or degraded period since we started tracking it on Oct 7, 2026. Its uptime and the full history are on the OpenRouter outage history page.
Why does OpenRouter return 500, 502 or 503 errors?
These are server-side errors: the request reached OpenRouter but it could not answer. They usually come in bursts during incidents or heavy load. Retry with exponential backoff, and check the status above.
What does a 429 error from OpenRouter mean?
429 means too many requests: you hit a rate limit or a usage quota. It is not an outage. Slow down, batch requests, or raise your limit in your OpenRouter account.
What can I use while OpenRouter is down?
Other inference platforms and routers include Groq, Together AI, Fireworks AI, Replicate, Hugging Face, DeepInfra. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.
Where is OpenRouter's official status page?
OpenRouter's official status page is https://status.openrouter.ai. The check at the top of this page is our own, timed against the API.