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Grok 4.6 model ID appears in OpenRouter's catalog

The ID x-ai/grok-4.6 showed up in OpenRouter's public model-list API on 2026-08-21, listed at 500,000 context and named "SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6". This is a catalog observation only — no xAI announcement was checked or is claimed, and the entry could be a test, alias, or placeholder.

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OBSERVED2026-08-21
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  • Model ID: x-ai/grok-4.6
  • Catalog name: SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6
  • Listed context length: 500,000
  • Source endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
  • First seen 2026-08-21; absent from the prior read of the same endpoint
  • Not a vendor announcement — an ID in a third-party catalog can precede, follow, or never coincide with one
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