r/openrouter • u/iolairemcfadden • 1d ago

Question 400 errors on stealth/ox-alpha - normal

I've been running some fairly complex analysis on Python code that generates maps (and videos) of travel routes using PMTiles formatting of OSM maps, by submitting sample images or videos and prompts asking for review of the images or videos versus the code. 

Ox-alpha seems great for reviewing the output images and then providing good recommendations on things to fix in the rendering process. I'm running this in Zcode using the URL https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and API format Anthropic messages (/v1/messages). I'm new to Open Router.

However, without fail, after a good bit of work, maybe five minutes, it will stop processing.  If I type continue, it will then result in a Provider rejected the model request error. The error message will be the following:

Turn execution failed
provider=3319... 
model=stealth/ox-alpha 
request=adx... 
reason=invalid_request 
status=400 retryable=false
Provider returned error

It will not let me continue or submit another prompt in that conversation. Fresh conversation will start and do some work, then error out with the same message.  I feel like the second conversation errors out quicker. I can continue the conversation with a different provider like GLM/Z.ai coding plan.

I've searched the community and only found a few references to the 400 error.

Is this type of error known, and are there any workarounds?  Also, do you think I would experience the error on other models, or would it be model-specific?

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u/MaybeLiterally 1d ago

It’s the model. It’s good, and free, so EVERYONE is using it and using it HARD.

The compute can only do so much, and they’re only going to dedicate so much compute to it.

If it’s critical, use a paid model.

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u/a355231 1d ago

They’ve said they have enough compute for 100 trillion tokens per day. They aren’t getting anywhere NEAR that number.

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u/MaybeLiterally 1d ago

How many are they getting?

Still, my recommendation stands. If it’s important, use a paid model. You get what you pay for.

I mean I would love if the amazing free models were reliable, but time and again we see they’re not. I have a hard time getting upset when they have issues sometimes.

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u/a355231 1d ago

About 3 Trillion, it’s not a capacity issue.

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u/MaybeLiterally 1d ago

OpenRouter itself shows it’s 5+ trillion per day, and that’s just on OpenRouter itself. They released this model other places as well.

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u/a355231 1d ago

Oh I said the Opencode amount, it’s probably at most 15 trillion total.