# 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 Catalog observation only — nothing here is a Z.ai announcement, and the listing may be withdrawn or turn out to be an alias.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Z.ai |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | unknown |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | model-support, pricing |

> **Note:** this classification is below our confidence threshold and is pending human review.

## What changed


- 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


## Sources

- [api_models_endpoint](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) — retrieved 2026-08-21


## Community

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