I never use OPEN AI just use Open Router

Questions
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Describe the problem/error/question

My problem is OPENAI rate limit, but i am not use OPENAI, i am just using OPENROuter and use Z ai model free, after that try using another gptoss free 120b but getting rate limit the error below

What is the error message (if any)?

{
“errorMessage”: “OpenAI: Rate limit reached”,
“errorDescription”: “Rate limit exceeded: free-models-per-day. Add 10 credits to unlock 1000 free model requests per day”,
“errorDetails”: {},
“n8nDetails”: {
“time”: “3/9/2025, 05.17.16”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.109.1 (Self Hosted)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “default”
}
}

Please share your workflow

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Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.109.1
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker
  • Operating system: Debian
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Hey!

OpenRouter enforces its own daily free quota for each account. Even if you are calling gpt-oss-120b or z-ai-*, OpenRouter still counts those requests against your free-models-per-day allowance.

Check your OpenRouter account usage. Log into OpenRouter and it will show how many “free-models-per-day” requests are left. You can add tokens there as needed.

Please mark this as solved for others to see too if it helps :slight_smile: