{
  "note": "Entries with date_precision 'observed' record the state we found on our first check; the exact date the provider changed it is not verified.",
  "entries": [
    {"id": "2026-10-21-cloudflare-paid-models", "date": "2026-10-20", "date_precision": "page-updated", "provider": "cloudflare-workers-ai", "type": "restricted", "title": "Cloudflare Workers AI: 8 frontier models now require a paid billing method", "detail": "Kimi K2.6 / K2.7-code, GLM-5.2 / 5.3 / 5.3-flash and three DeepSeek V4 variants can only be used with Workers Paid or prepaid AI Gateway credits. The 10,000 Neurons/day free allocation is unchanged.", "source": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/"},
    {"id": "2026-10-09-gemini-app", "date": "2026-10-09", "date_precision": "announced", "provider": "google-gemini", "type": "clarification", "title": "Gemini app goes Flash-Lite-only for free users — the API free tier is separate", "detail": "Google's consumer Gemini app limited free accounts to Flash-Lite from 9 Oct 2026. This does not change the Gemini API: on 21 Oct the API pricing page still lists Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash, 2.5 Pro and others as 'Free of charge' on the Free tier.", "source": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-gemini-argon", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "google-gemini", "type": "restricted", "title": "Gemini 4 Argon is not available on the Free tier", "detail": "The new flagship is paid-only ($2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens through Nov 30, 2026, doubling to $4/$20 from Dec 1). Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is also paid-only.", "source": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-gemini-25-legacy", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "google-gemini", "type": "restricted", "title": "Gemini 2.5 models limited to existing users", "detail": "Google says it is limiting access to the 2.5 models to users who actively used them before; new projects are told to use 3.5 Flash-Lite or 3.8 Flash.", "source": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations"},
    {"id": "2026-07-30-github-models", "date": "2026-07-30", "date_precision": "announced", "provider": "github-models", "type": "retired", "title": "GitHub Models fully retired", "detail": "The playground, model catalog, inference API and BYOK are no longer available to any customer. GitHub points to Azure AI Foundry or GitHub Copilot.", "source": "https://docs.github.com/en/github-models/use-github-models/prototyping-with-ai-models"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-cerebras-trial", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "cerebras", "type": "cut", "title": "Cerebras: no permanent free tier — $5 / 30-day trial, card required", "detail": "Official FAQ: credits are granted only after adding a verified payment method and expire after 30 days. Free Trial limits for gpt-oss-120b are 5 RPM, 30K uncached TPM, 1M tokens/day.", "source": "https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/rate-limits"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-together-no-trial", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "together-ai", "type": "cut", "title": "Together AI: no free trial, $15 minimum first purchase", "detail": "Docs state Together does not currently offer free trials and requires a minimum $15 credit purchase.", "source": "https://docs.together.ai/docs/billing"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-hf-free-none", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "hugging-face", "type": "cut", "title": "Hugging Face Inference Providers: free accounts get no monthly credits", "detail": "The billing table lists 'None' for Free users; PRO and Team/Enterprise seats get $2.00/month in compute credits.", "source": "https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-sambanova-conflict", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "sambanova", "type": "flag", "title": "SambaNova: official pages disagree on whether a card is needed", "detail": "Rate-limit docs define a Free Tier (20 RPM / 20 RPD / 200K TPD per model) 'when there is no payment method linked', but the Plans page says to add a payment method and buy credits to run your first requests. We mark card requirement as unverified.", "source": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/rate-limits"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-openrouter-free", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "openrouter", "type": "baseline", "title": "OpenRouter: 17 free models, 50 → 1,000 requests/day with ≥10 credits", "detail": "Public models API lists 17 ':free' variants (Nemotron 3, Gemma 4, North Mini Code, Laguna, Inkling…). Free usage limits: 20 RPM; 50 RPD under 10 purchased credits, 1,000 RPD at 10+.", "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api-reference/limits"},
    {"id": "2026-10-21-deepinfra-nofree", "date": "2026-10-21", "date_precision": "observed", "provider": "deepinfra", "type": "flag", "title": "DeepInfra: no sign-up credit (despite third-party claims)", "detail": "Pricing page: 'You have to add a card or pre-pay or you won't be able to use our services.' Lists claiming $5 free credits are not backed by an official source.", "source": "https://deepinfra.com/pricing"}
  ]
}