What You See
For each provider:Status Definitions
All of the above is measured over a rolling 5-minute window, so status reflects recent behavior, not a long-term average.
Startup Validation
When Routor restarts, it pings every configured provider using their free/models endpoint. Providers that fail this check are marked as down immediately and removed from the routing pool before any traffic is accepted.
This is why a misconfigured API key surfaces as a provider being down on this page, not as an error on your users’ requests.
What Happens When a Provider Goes Down
Routor does not wait for you to notice. When a provider’s error rate crosses the threshold, it starts routing around that provider automatically using the fallback chain. You will see:- The provider status badge turn red on this page
- Fallback activity in the dashboard’s request logs (and
X-Routor-Fallback: trueon responses, if your deployment hasDEBUG_ROUTING=1set)