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OpenRouter inception/mercury-2 model retirement

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On November 8, 2026, the model inception/mercury-2 will stop working on OpenRouter. Any requests specifying model inception/mercury-2 after that day will fail.


The error you get from November 8, 2026

What OpenRouter answers a call to inception/mercury-2 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:

HTTP 404
{"error":{"message":"No endpoints found for inception/mercury-2.","code":404}}

What to use instead of inception/mercury-2

OpenRouter stops serving it, so you must move to another model it lists.


Facts

API
OpenRouter openrouter.ai
Model
inception/mercury-2
Released
February 24, 2026 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
November 8, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Model list
Last updated
Verified
, against OpenRouter's own pages

Questions

When does inception/mercury-2 shut down?

Calls to the model inception/mercury-2 on OpenRouter stop working on November 8, 2026.

What happens to calls after November 8, 2026?

They fail from that day.

What error does inception/mercury-2 return once it is shut down?

OpenRouter answers HTTP 404: "No endpoints found for inception/mercury-2.". Send another model to fix it.

When was inception/mercury-2 released?

inception/mercury-2 was released on February 24, 2026, according to models.dev.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before November 8, 2026.

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