rdmsm4x-changelog-20260826-1958-openrouter-root-checkpoint

Confirmed the newly selected canonical OpenRouter project root and converted its empty, non-Git starting state into a truthful, compact-ready documentation and local Git checkpoint without touching any provider, credential, billing, runtime, network, or remote-host state.

Scope

• Host changed: rdmsm4x only.
• Canonical project root: /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter.
• Source Codex task: 01a0407b-58b7-7302-a5cf-f519f4b13758.
• Starting state: the directory existed, contained zero files, and was not inside a Git repository.
• Duplicate-root check: no other directory matching openrouter was found under /Users/richh/dev to a bounded depth of five.

Files and local state changed

• Created /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/.gitignore.
• Created /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/AGENTS.md.
• Created /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/README.md.
• Created /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/SESSION-STATE.md.
• Created /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/ISSUES.md.
• Initialized local Git metadata at /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/.git on branch main.
• Created ignored offline backup /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/backups/checkpoints/openrouter-root-checkpoint-0a94e39-20260826.bundle.
• Created coordination record /Users/richh/.agent-coordination/checkins/codex-openrouter-root-persistence-20260826.json.
• Created this archive file under /Users/richh/dev/LLM/Claude/changelogs/.
• Apple Notes target: folder rdmsm4x, note title matching this filename without the .md extension.

The operating project index was deliberately not edited: the active Buzz documentation checkpoint owned the shared PROJECTS.md path at closeout. ISSUES.md records that deferred additive update.

Commands and checks run

• Resolved host/root and attempted repository detection with scutil, pwd -P, and read-only git rev-parse commands.
• Inventoried directory entries, extended attributes, files, zero-byte files, timestamps, sizes, and hashes with ls, rg --files, find, stat, and shasum.
• Checked the operating project index, canonical developer-estate registries, memory registry, current Codex task history, peer mailbox, and fleet check-ins for OpenRouter ownership or prior state.
• Read the mandatory coordination and fleet policies; ran /Users/richh/dev/fleet/maintenance/scripts/fleet_checkin_sync.zsh before mutation.
• Initialized the repository with git init -b main; staged the five project files; ran git diff --cached --check; and committed with message Initialize OpenRouter project checkpoint.
• The first commit attempt stopped before commit because the whitespace check found extra blank lines at EOF. Those four trailing blanks were removed with a bounded patch, files were restaged, and the check then passed.
• Created and verified the complete Git bundle with git bundle create and git bundle verify.
• Ran Gitleaks 8.30.1 against both committed history and the working directory. An initial invocation used a removed --source flag and stopped without changing content; the corrected positional-repository invocations completed successfully.
• Ran git fsck --full, clean-status/HEAD checks, tracked-file SHA-256 hashing, and a zero-byte source-file check.
• Ran zsh /Users/richh/scripts/notes_changelog.zsh from the Aqua desktop session to persist the Apple Notes copy; the command outcome is also recorded in the coordination closeout.

Verification evidence

• Branch: main.
• Commit: 0a94e39972669af48644a7001fa7d872250e96b1.
• Commit time: 2026-08-26T19:57:16-04:00.
• Git status after commit: clean (## main).
• Gitleaks committed-history scan: one commit, no leaks found.
• Gitleaks working-directory scan: no leaks found.
• Bundle verification: complete history containing refs/heads/main and HEAD, both at 0a94e39972669af48644a7001fa7d872250e96b1.
• Bundle size: 6,660 bytes.
• Bundle SHA-256: 88e9d168d3b6697774b19ef09a4692ca5380df5e1536f189897f5d5fdf078e37.
• No zero-byte project source files were found outside .git and the ignored bundle.
• git fsck --full returned success; four harmless dangling blobs came from the pre-commit staged versions rejected by the whitespace gate and are not reachable from the committed history or verified bundle.

Tracked-file SHA-256 values at the checkpoint:

• .gitignore: 09ec254759ddf46a0d3e01f6f5b16902e27ab39f88c284d3a9de21e5a2fad336
• AGENTS.md: cb5693c96709ba2d99fbe88eb80c3c77b9418f0dc6508f988eced1a25a047073
• ISSUES.md: 7996ebd3a684b4e8aadd23df862074c9c18cdc3b039e8554db4f129157064ffa
• README.md: 8218896ba7e884cd21d5de1c604ff18b5389ebe2fbe1a0b0749f96884d1f05b3
• SESSION-STATE.md: 938e6a165730560219c54628d4bb49791abae25a6aef44ceb9b88b0c575abdb9

Backup and recovery

• Primary source checkpoint: local Git commit 0a94e39972669af48644a7001fa7d872250e96b1.
• Independent offline Git-history copy: /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/backups/checkpoints/openrouter-root-checkpoint-0a94e39-20260826.bundle.
• Verify recovery source with git bundle verify /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/backups/checkpoints/openrouter-root-checkpoint-0a94e39-20260826.bundle.
• Restore into a new directory with git clone /Users/richh/dev/localAI/openRouter/backups/checkpoints/openrouter-root-checkpoint-0a94e39-20260826.bundle <new-directory>; do not overwrite the canonical root during recovery.

Undo

The root was empty before this checkpoint. A safe undo is to retain the verified bundle outside the root, then move the entire OpenRouter directory to a named recoverable quarantine after confirming no newer work exists. Do not delete the directory or Git history in place. The Apple Notes changelog and this archive are additive audit records and should remain.

Outstanding owner actions

• Decide whether OpenRouter is part of the adjacent /Users/richh/dev/localAI/litellm gateway work or a separate OpenRouter-focused product/integration.
• State the intended outcome or familiar product archetype before research, architecture, or implementation.
• Add the OpenRouter milestone to the operating PROJECTS.md only after the active shared-file writer releases ownership and live state is rechecked.
• rdmpw3265m was unreachable during fleet check-in sync, so its host-local unpublished state was not freshly observable; no evidence suggested an OpenRouter writer elsewhere.