From d7a881c768f46279bcd77880dbd972b6840f654a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Turner <w_turner@orange.fr>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:45:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Cap=20OpenRouter=20max=5Ftokens=20=E2=80=94=20s?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ome=20models=20default=20to=20their=20full=20context=20window?=
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---
 agent/src/openrouter.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/agent/src/openrouter.js b/agent/src/openrouter.js
index 56ae82c..ee7c21f 100644
--- a/agent/src/openrouter.js
+++ b/agent/src/openrouter.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export async function askOpenRouter(model, prompt) {
     body: JSON.stringify({
       model: model || DEFAULT_MODEL,
       messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
+      // Some models default max_tokens to their full context window (e.g. 65536),
+      // which can exceed available credit balance before a single token is generated.
+      // This is a quick chat reply, not a long-form task — cap it.
+      max_tokens: 1024,
     }),
   });