Troubleshooting
Fixing API Key Validation Errors
Resolving 401 Unauthorized, rate-limiting, and credit exhaustion issues.
Common API Key Issues
- HTTP 401 Invalid Key: Verify that your API key string does not contain leading spaces.
- HTTP 402 Insufficient Credits: Top up your OpenRouter credits balance.
- HTTP 429 Rate Limited: Enable Smart Fallback to failover to local models.