Update model configurations in backend and enhance error handling in OpenRouter. Adjusted council models to utilize free/cheaper options and updated the chairman model. Added error handling for specific HTTP status codes in the query_model function. Updated frontend package-lock.json to include peer dependencies for various packages.

backend/config.py

@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@
 OPENROUTER_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY")
 
 # Council members - list of OpenRouter model identifiers
+# Using free/cheaper models that work with current API credits
+# Note: Free models may have rate limits - if you see 429 errors, consider using paid models
 COUNCIL_MODELS = [
-    "openai/gpt-5.1",
-    "google/gemini-3-pro-preview",
-    "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5",
-    "x-ai/grok-4",
+    "mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct:free",
+    "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    "mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct:free",  # Using twice since Llama has rate limits
 ]
 
 # Chairman model - synthesizes final response
-CHAIRMAN_MODEL = "google/gemini-3-pro-preview"
+CHAIRMAN_MODEL = "openai/gpt-4o-mini"
 
 # OpenRouter API endpoint
 OPENROUTER_API_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions"

backend/openrouter.py

@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ async def query_model(
                 'reasoning_details': message.get('reasoning_details')
             }
 
+    except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+        # Only print errors that aren't rate limits (429) or payment issues (402)
+        # These are expected for free models and will be handled gracefully
+        if e.response.status_code not in [429, 402]:
+            print(f"Error querying model {model}: {e}")
+        return None
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Error querying model {model}: {e}")
         return None