I'm trying to understand how subagent model assignment works within a single chat session.

Scenario:

• Main chat session is running Claude Opus 4.8.
• In that same chat, I ask it to deploy 5 subagents using different OpenRouter models.

Instead of using the requested OpenRouter models, the subagents fail with a 429 error.

However, if the main chat itself is using an OpenRouter model, then in that same chat session it can successfully deploy subagents using other OpenRouter models.

So my question is:

Within a single chat session, is the main model restricted to spawning subagents from the same provider?

For example:

• ✅ Opus → Sonnet/Haiku (Anthropic)
• ❌ Opus → OpenRouter/OpenAI models

Or is this likely a Hermes configuration/implementation issue rather than a provider limitation?

Has anyone successfully used Claude (Anthropic) as the main model and OpenRouter/OpenAI models for subagents within the same chat session?

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand how the MiniMax M3 Token Plan actually counts usage.

The Plus ($20/month) plan advertises:~1.7B tokens / month of M3 usage

But I can't find any documentation explaining whether this 1.7B quota includes cache reads or if cached tokens are discounted like they are in the PAYG API pricing.

My observation

I'm using an agent (Hermes/OpenCode-style workflow) with a very high cache hit rate.

After only 2–3 prompts, my dashboard shows:

• 43.56M total tokens
• 43.03M peak tokens
• Cache hit: 95.5%

Despite the cache hit being 95.5%, it still appears that around 43M tokens were counted against my usage.

My question

If the cache hit rate is 95.5%, should those cached tokens still consume the monthly 1.7B token quota?

Or is the dashboard simply showing processed tokens, while the subscription quota is reduced by a much smaller amount?

If anyone from MiniMax or anyone who has tested this extensively knows how the quota is actually calculated, I'd really appreciate the clarification.

Thanks!