Rate Limits by mistake? | OpenRouter | Page 1

thorny gyro Oct 23, 2025, 6:43 PM

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I am using Open router with Aider. I have configured my API key and set Aider to use openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free

I purchased openrouter credits to increase my free rate limits. The OpenRouter dashboard says I have made 6 requests today.

But aider is returning a rate limit error from openrouter:

"The API provider has rate limited you. Try again later or check your quotas.
Retrying in 2.0 seconds...
░litellm.RateLimitError: RateLimitError: OpenrouterException - {"error":{"message":"Provider
returned error","code":429,"metadata":{"raw":"deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free is temporarily
rate-limited upstream. Please retry shortly, or add your own key to accumulate your rate
limits:
https://openrouter.ai/settings/integrations","provider_name":"Chutes"}},"user_id":"redacted"}

runic quarry Oct 23, 2025, 8:12 PM

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thorny gyro I am using Open router with Aider. I have configured my API key and set Aider t...

That's a known issue and it's just a limitation of the free models

the providers that give the free models for free give open router low rate limits because they're free models

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Tldr: there's nothing you can do about it except retry your request

thorny gyro Oct 23, 2025, 8:13 PM

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So openrouter doesn't route to providers that are actually responding?

runic quarry Oct 23, 2025, 8:14 PM

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thorny gyro So openrouter doesn't route to providers that are actually responding?

No, this isn't an OpenRouter issue

thorny gyro Oct 23, 2025, 8:16 PM

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Thank you!

#Rate Limits by mistake?