OpenRouter launches rebuilt Auto Router and coding-focused Auto Code

On November 6, 2026, OpenRouter released the next generation of Auto Router, rebuilt on a new technical foundation, alongside Auto Code, a router specialized for coding work. According to the company's announcement, both routers weigh eleven factors per request — including live pricing, provider health, benchmarks, and cache state — to select a model and reasoning effort from the model pool that a customer's governance policies allow. The announcement was published on the company's own channels, so the descriptions above are the vendor's own claims and have not been independently verified. As of now, no further releases, follow-up posts, or third-party coverage providing additional details have appeared, and the story remains at the announcement stage.