Audit finds hidden prompt tokens in cheap LLM APIs

UplinkSwitch sent the same ~90-token prompt to 107 routes across four hosts on October 12, 2026. Some GPT routes reported 4,469 input tokens and two GLM routes reported 14,111, while clean routes report 76–127 tokens.

• The check covered 107 routes across four hosts on October 12, 2026
• GPT routes reported about 4,469 input tokens for a ~90-token prompt
• Two GLM routes on third-party builds reported 14,111 tokens each
• Clean Claude and Gemini routes stay within 76–127 tokens