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GLM 5.2 free-tier ID appears in OpenRouter's catalog

The ID z-ai/glm-5.2:free showed up in OpenRouter's public model-list API on 2026-08-21 at 256,000 listed context. Catalog observation only — nothing here is a Z.ai announcement, and the listing may be withdrawn or turn out to be an alias.

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OBSERVED2026-08-21
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  • Model ID: z-ai/glm-5.2:free
  • Catalog name: Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)
  • Listed context length: 256,000
  • Source endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
  • First seen 2026-08-21; absent from the prior read
  • The :free suffix is what the catalog lists; no pricing terms beyond that name were checked
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