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# Project Status
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## Overview
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Status: pending as of 2026-06-19.
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`llmapikey` is paused until a provider can safely support a public free monthly
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API-key giveaway without unexpected pass-through costs.
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## Current Gate
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- `PROJECT_STATUS=pending` keeps the product pending and hides self-serve key
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minting/retrieval in the UI so spend-capable keys are not surfaced while the
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provider decision is unresolved.
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- `PROVISIONING_ENABLED=false` remains the lower-level minting kill switch.
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- Key creation requires both `PROJECT_STATUS=live` and
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`PROVISIONING_ENABLED=true`.
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## OpenRouter Finding
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Official OpenRouter docs confirm BYOK is not unbounded free usage through
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OpenRouter:
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- BYOK docs: the rendered page currently says custom provider keys cost 5% of
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what the same model/provider would cost normally on OpenRouter, deducted from
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OpenRouter credits, with the first 1M BYOK requests per month waived.
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- FAQ: the rendered page frames the waived unit as BYOK requests per month, not
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tokens.
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- Independent research confirmed the policy shape, but saw placeholders in
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OpenRouter's markdown docs for the exact threshold/percentage. Re-verify the
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rendered docs or ask OpenRouter support before setting `PROJECT_STATUS=live`.
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- Free model docs: free models and the free router can be zero cost, but they
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have low rate limits/availability and are not a fit for a public giveaway that
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promises stable model access.
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Sources:
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- https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/auth/byok
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- https://openrouter.ai/docs/faq
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- https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/routing/routers/free-router
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- https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/routing/model-variants/free
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## Reopen Criteria
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- Suitable provider found and accepted.
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- OpenRouter BYOK exact threshold/fee re-verified if OpenRouter remains in scope.
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- Billing behavior verified for public free-key usage.
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- Monthly and per-key caps verified against real provider controls.
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- `PROJECT_STATUS=live` and `PROVISIONING_ENABLED=true` set deliberately in
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runtime env.
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## Unresolved Questions
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- Which provider can support the same free monthly giveaway economics safely?
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- Whether any previously minted OpenRouter keys need manual revoke in the
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OpenRouter dashboard.
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