[mem0 / OpenRouter] OpenRouter models fallback option makes every LLM call raise TypeError
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [mem0 / OpenRouter] OpenRouter models fallback option makes every LLM call raise TypeError
## Observed symptom
bug(llms/openai): the OpenRouter models fallback option makes every LLM call raise TypeError
### Component
Python SDK
### Description
### Summary
With `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` set and the documented `models` fallback option configured (`docs/components/llms/config.mdx`), every OpenAI LLM call raises `TypeError` before a request is sent, so `Memory.add` (fact extraction), updates and procedural memory all fail.
Root cause: `OpenAILLM.generate_response` (`mem0/llms/openai.py:114-127`) does `params.pop("model")` and passes `models=` and `route=` as keyword arguments to `client.chat.completions.create()`. The OpenAI SDK requires `model` and has no `models`/`route` parameters; OpenRouter-specific fields have to go in `extra_body`.
### Steps to Reproduce
```python
import os
from mem0 i
## Literal error text
```
TypeError OpenRouter models fallback
```
## Environment
GitHub issue mem0ai/mem0 #7469
## Trigger / context
### Component
Python SDK
### Description
### Summary
With `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` set and the documented `models` fallback option configured (`docs/components/llms/config.mdx`), every OpenAI LLM call raises `TypeError` before a request is sent, so `Memory.add` (fact extraction), updates and procedural memory all fail.
Root cause: `OpenAILLM.generate_response` (`mem0/llms/openai.py:114-127`) does `params.pop("model")` and passes `models=` and `route=` as keyword arguments to `client.chat.completions.create()`. The OpenAI SDK requires `model` and has no `models`/`route` parameters; OpenRouter-specific fields have to go in `extra_body`.
### Steps to Reproduce
```python
import os
from mem0 import Memory
os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"] = "sk-or-..."
m = Memory.from_config({
"llm": {"provider": "openai", "config": {"models": ["openai/gpt-4o-mini", "anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku"]}},
})
m.add("I like tea", user_id="u")
```
### Expected Behavior
The request goes to OpenRouter with `model` = the first entry, and `models`/`route: "fallback"` in the JSON body.
### Actual Behavior
```
TypeError: Missing required arguments; Expected either ('messages' and 'model') or ('messages', 'mo
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/issues/7469 (2026-09-30T15:01:13Z) — #7469
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:46:06.809152Z
- scout_id: Cefcc240034
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
bug(llms/openai): the OpenRouter models fallback option makes every LLM call raise TypeError
### Component
Python SDK
### Description
### Summary
With `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` set and the documented `models` fallback option configured (`docs/components/llms/config.mdx`), every OpenAI LLM call raises `TypeError` before a request is sent, so `Memory.add` (fact extraction), updates and procedural memory all fail.
Root cause: `OpenAILLM.generate_response` (`mem0/llms/openai.py:114-127`) does `params.pop("model")` and passes `models=` and `route=` as keyword arguments to `client.chat.completions.create()`. The OpenAI SDK requires `model` and has no `models`/`route` parameters; OpenRouter-specific fields have to go in `extra_body`.
### Steps to Reproduce
```python
import os
from mem0 i
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