Not sure why it's not connecting on paid models

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This request requires more credits, or fewer max_tokens. You requested up to 23032 tokens, but can only afford 7768. To increase, visit https://openrouter.ai/settings/credits and upgrade to a paid account

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Automated Response

The error "This request requires more credits, or fewer max_tokens. You requested up to 23032 tokens, but can only afford 7768" means your request's max_tokens is too large for the credits you have. To fix this, either add more credits to your OpenRouter account or reduce the max_tokens parameter in your request so it fits within your current credit balance.

Question

Why is the user seeing a connection failure on paid OpenRouter models with a message about requiring more credits or fewer max_tokens?

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I changed models and still the same issue

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is your API key on your personal account and not the org account?

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org

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how many credits does your personal account have?

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I created a new key and it seems to be working

If it stops, i'll pop back