---
title: "How we rebuilt provider routing for better, faster inference"
source: "OpenRouter：Announcements（RSS）"
source_tier: "t1"
url: "https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/how-we-rebuilt-provider-routing/"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_bb6e8fb971d79cbcadf68e3c"
published: "2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z"
score: 56
channel: "tech"
tags: ["推理效率","Our","OpenRouter","Measured"]
---

# How we rebuilt provider routing for better, faster inference

## At a glance

Our default routing used to send most traffic to the cheapest provider for a model. The new routing algorithm constantly monitors the performance of every provider endpoint to optimize the balance of cost, speed, and re…

## Key points

- OpenRouter's new default provider routing scores each provider on effective price, throughput, reliability, availability, and output quality for every request instead of ranking mostly by prompt token price.
- Measured with a switchback experiment against the old router.

## Full text

OpenRouter's new default provider routing scores each provider on effective price, throughput, reliability, availability, and output quality for every request instead of ranking mostly by prompt token price. Measured with a switchback experiment against the old router.

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