OpenRouter

On Oct 29, OpenRouter rebuilds provider routing for speed, reliability, and value—not price alone.

1. Oct 29
   Official

   OpenRouter rebuilds provider routing for speed, reliability, and value—not price alone

   OpenRouter published this on Oct 29, 2026 (source: openrouter.ai).

   OpenRouter’s Oct 28, 2026 blog says it replaced price-only default routing with an algorithm that blends realized price, latency, throughput, and error rates. Early results cite about 16.9% better TTFT, 16.3% higher throughput, 67% fewer capacity errors, and ~6% higher cost before providers optimize for the new router; no customer code changes required.

   Source: OpenRouter
2. Oct 28
   Official

   OpenRouter announces CSAM screening across its platform and clarifies ZDR retention exceptions

   OpenRouter published this on Oct 28, 2026 (source: openrouter.ai).

   OpenRouter says it is applying CSAM screening across the platform and updating docs/terms so Zero Data Retention still means prompts and responses are not kept after processing except when users opt into storage or retention is required for CSAM review, reporting, and legal preservation. Training-use prohibitions are restated.

   Source: OpenRouter