diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 622a29b24b9..a8ce367420c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -586,6 +586,8 @@ jobs:
       - test-pypi-publish
       - pre-release-checks
       - publish
+    # Run if all needed jobs succeeded or were skipped (test-dependents only runs for core/langchain_v1)
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       # This permission is needed by `ncipollo/release-action` to
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_diffs.yml b/.github/workflows/check_diffs.yml
index d1c17333c37..6edd852ddf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_diffs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_diffs.yml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ jobs:
           MISTRAL_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MISTRAL_API_KEY }}
           NOMIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NOMIC_API_KEY }}
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+          OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENROUTER_API_KEY }}
           PPLX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PPLX_API_KEY }}
           XAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.XAI_API_KEY }}
         with:
diff --git a/libs/partners/openrouter/langchain_openrouter/chat_models.py b/libs/partners/openrouter/langchain_openrouter/chat_models.py
index 10602199311..5ea9943786d 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openrouter/langchain_openrouter/chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/partners/openrouter/langchain_openrouter/chat_models.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ChatOpenRouter(BaseChatModel):
     """
 
     route: str | None = None
-    """Route preference for OpenRouter. E.g. `'fallback'`."""
+    """Route preference for OpenRouter, e.g. `'fallback'`."""
 
     plugins: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None
     """Plugins configuration for OpenRouter."""