OpenRouter experienced a major incident on July 5, 2026 affecting Clerk (UI account auth) (Clerk Auth Backend API) and Clerk (UI account auth) (Clerk Auth Webhooks), lasting 29m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 02, 2026, 06:58 PM UTC
We will be conducting scheduled database maintenance on Sunday, July 5 6:00AM to 6:30AM UTC. All inference endpoints will continue to work as normal. What will continue as normal: All inference endpoints (Chat Completions(opens in new tab), Embeddings(opens in new tab), etc.) will continue to work. OpenRouter will continue to service your API requests as before. Budget enforcement Logs and analytics pages will continue to update Read-only dashboard capabilities (viewing API keys, usage, workspaces, guardrails, settings, etc.) What will not be available: Credit purchases Edits, creations, and deletions of account settings, API keys, budgets, workspaces, and guardrails New OAuth connections Account registration and deletion During this period, auto top-up and low-balance notifications may be delayed until the end of the maintenance window. If you frequently exceed your top-up threshold, consider increasing your top-up amount or preemptively purchasing additional credits to avoid potential interruption.
- investigating Jul 05, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress.
- investigating Jul 05, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
Scheduled maintenance has been completed.