fix(providers): add alwaysReasons metadata for reka-flash-3

.env.example

@@ -2204,9 +2204,9 @@ APP_LOG_TO_FILE=true
 # Also configurable from Dashboard > Settings > Feature Flags.
 # OMNIROUTE_CONTROL_PLANE_PROXY_DIRECT_FALLBACK=false
 
-# Rate limit maximum wait time before failing a request (ms).  Default: 15000 (15s)
+# Rate limit maximum wait time before failing a request (ms).  Default: 30000 (30s)
 # Used by: open-sse/services/rateLimitManager.ts
-# RATE_LIMIT_MAX_WAIT_MS=15000
+# RATE_LIMIT_MAX_WAIT_MS=30000
 
 # Limiter-managed execution backstop (Bottleneck `expiration`): bounds a job's
 # post-dispatch execution, never queue wait. Must stay ABOVE upstream

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run check:test-discovery
       - run: npm run check:radar-sentinels
       - run: npm run check:tracked-artifacts
+      # A test parked in vitest.config.ts's exclude list does not run, and looks like
+      # coverage to whoever reads the tree. 62 files accumulated behind a comment pointing
+      # at #8618 — closed in August while the list grew to 62; 51 of them passed when
+      # finally measured (#13204). This gate requires every exclusion to name a tracker and
+      # to appear in config/quality/vitest-exclusions.json, so the debt stays reviewable.
+      - run: npm run check:vitest-exclusions
       # (gap 30) Also lives in quality.yml's PR-only "Merge integrity" job — because the
       # CHANGELOG half of that job needs a base to diff against. This half does NOT: the
       # generator either reproduces the committed SKILL.md files or it does not.
@@ -515,6 +521,16 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref && format('origin/{0}', github.base_ref) || '' }}
         run: node scripts/i18n/check-ui-value-drift.mjs
+      # Sibling of the drift gate above. That one catches an English value that was
+      # REWRITTEN; this one catches an English key that was ADDED while some locales never
+      # got it. The coverage gate at the top of this job cannot: it is a percentage per
+      # locale, and 11 absent keys out of ~13,000 leaves coverage at 99.9%. Incident: the
+      # Phase 3 canvas keys were translated across the 42 locales that existed, then the EU
+      # batch (#13044) took the repo to 51 and the nine newcomers shipped untranslated.
+      - name: i18n new-key coverage (a new key must reach every locale)
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref && format('origin/{0}', github.base_ref) || '' }}
+        run: node scripts/i18n/check-new-key-coverage.mjs
 
   # #8038: cheap glossary/protected-terms consistency gate —
   # complements i18n-ui-coverage (key parity) and the ICU `i18n` job below

AGENTS.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Repository map and Reference Documentation sections below.
 
 ## Project at a Glance
 
-**OmniRoute** — unified AI proxy/router. One endpoint, 356 LLM providers, auto-fallback.
+**OmniRoute** — unified AI proxy/router. One endpoint, 358 LLM providers, auto-fallback.
 
 | Layer         | Location                | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | ------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Repository map and Reference Documentation sections below.
 | Translators   | `open-sse/translator/`  | Format conversion (OpenAI↔Claude↔Gemini)                                                                                                                                  |
 | Transformer   | `open-sse/transformer/` | Responses API ↔ Chat Completions                                                                                                                                          |
 | Services      | `open-sse/services/`    | Combo routing, rate limits, caching, etc                                                                                                                                  |
-| Database      | `src/lib/db/`           | SQLite domain modules (173 migrations)                                                                                                                                    |
+| Database      | `src/lib/db/`           | SQLite domain modules (175 migrations)                                                                                                                                    |
 | Domain/Policy | `src/domain/`           | Policy engine, cost rules, fallback logic                                                                                                                                 |
 | MCP Server    | `open-sse/mcp-server/`  | 110 tools (45 canonical + memory/skill/GitHub/pool/gamification/plugin/Notion/Obsidian/local-corpus/RTK modules), 3 transports (stdio / SSE / Streamable HTTP), 33 scopes |
 | A2A Server    | `src/lib/a2a/`          | JSON-RPC 2.0 agent protocol                                                                                                                                               |

README.md

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 </div>
 
-> Stacking free tiers by hand is painful — dozens of SDKs, dozens of rate limits, and no idea how much you actually have. OmniRoute catalogs **444 free-tier entries across 34 recurring pool keys** and computes the token headline from the **16 pools with a published positive monthly budget plus five per-model Groq caps**, deduplicated by shared pool. Quotas that only open after a regional identity check (today: ModelScope) are shown apart, +~6M behind regional identity verification, and never summed into the headline. The result stays visible on the dashboard (`/dashboard/free-tiers`).
+> Stacking free tiers by hand is painful — dozens of SDKs, dozens of rate limits, and no idea how much you actually have. OmniRoute catalogs **443 free-tier entries across 34 recurring pool keys** and computes the token headline from the **16 pools with a published positive monthly budget plus five per-model Groq caps**, deduplicated by shared pool. Quotas that only open after a regional identity check (today: ModelScope) are shown apart, +~6M behind regional identity verification, and never summed into the headline. The result stays visible on the dashboard (`/dashboard/free-tiers`).
 
-<img src="./docs/diagrams/free-tier-budget.svg" width="100%" alt="OmniRoute free-tier budget card: ~1.47B free tokens per month steady, up to ~2.10B in the first month with signup credits, from 34 documented recurring pool keys covering 444 cataloged free-tier entries behind one endpoint. Honest pool-deduped math — each shared pool counted once, including 16 recurring pools with a published positive monthly token budget plus five per-model Groq caps; 13 providers are marked avoid in the terms-risk catalog so you decide. Budget bar includes Mistral 1B, Nara 210M, LLM7 150M, Groq 30M (five per-model caps) and smaller pools, plus first-month signup credits and permanently-free no-token-cap providers surfaced separately so they never inflate the headline. Live used/remaining on /dashboard/free-tiers."/>
+<img src="./docs/diagrams/free-tier-budget.svg" width="100%" alt="OmniRoute free-tier budget card: ~1.47B free tokens per month steady, up to ~2.07B in the first month with signup credits, from 34 documented recurring pool keys covering 443 cataloged free-tier entries behind one endpoint. Honest pool-deduped math — each shared pool counted once, including 16 recurring pools with a published positive monthly token budget plus five per-model Groq caps; 13 providers are marked avoid in the terms-risk catalog so you decide. Budget bar includes Mistral 1B, Nara 210M, LLM7 150M, Groq 30M (five per-model caps) and smaller pools, plus first-month signup credits and permanently-free no-token-cap providers surfaced separately so they never inflate the headline. Live used/remaining on /dashboard/free-tiers."/>
 
 > Animated summary of the live `/dashboard/free-tiers` page. Full methodology (pool dedupe, credit tiers, provider terms): **[docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md](docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md)**.
 >
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div align="center">
-  <b>🌐 In 51 languages</b>
+  <b>🌐 In 59 languages</b>
   <br/><br/>
   <a href="README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/us.svg" width="30" alt="English (en)" title="English (en)"></a>
   <a href="docs/i18n/pt-BR/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/br.svg" width="30" alt="Português — Brasil (pt-BR)" title="Português — Brasil (pt-BR)"></a>
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@
   <a href="docs/i18n/sl/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/si.svg" width="30" alt="Slovenščina (sl)" title="Slovenščina (sl)"></a>
   <a href="docs/i18n/mt/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/mt.svg" width="30" alt="Malti (mt)" title="Malti (mt)"></a>
   <a href="docs/i18n/ga/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/ie.svg" width="30" alt="Gaeilge (ga)" title="Gaeilge (ga)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/kn/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/in.svg" width="30" alt="ಕನ್ನಡ (kn)" title="ಕನ್ನಡ (kn)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/ml/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/in.svg" width="30" alt="മലയാളം (ml)" title="മലയാളം (ml)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/or/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/in.svg" width="30" alt="ଓଡ଼ିଆ (or)" title="ଓଡ଼ିଆ (or)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/pa/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/in.svg" width="30" alt="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pa)" title="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pa)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/ne/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/np.svg" width="30" alt="नेपाली (ne)" title="नेपाली (ne)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/si/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/lk.svg" width="30" alt="සිංහල (si)" title="සිංහල (si)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/my/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/mm.svg" width="30" alt="မြန်မာ (my)" title="မြန်မာ (my)"></a>
+  <a href="docs/i18n/km/README.md"><img src="docs/assets/flags/kh.svg" width="30" alt="ខ្មែរ (km)" title="ខ្មែរ (km)"></a>
 </div>
 
 <br/>
@@ -529,7 +537,7 @@ Pix copia-e-cola:
 
 The main free-tier headline remains **~1.47B tokens/month** from the documented,
 pool-deduplicated catalog above. Temporary provider signup credits can separately lift the first
-month to **~2.10B**. Radar is an optional, signed catalog overlay for people who want fresher
+month to **~2.07B**. Radar is an optional, signed catalog overlay for people who want fresher
 free-model availability between OmniRoute releases; the community catalog and every existing free
 feature remain free.
 
@@ -657,7 +665,7 @@ of your shell history. → [CLI Integrations](docs/guides/CLI-INTEGRATIONS.md)
 
 </div>
 
-> **352 registered providers** across the canonical chat, media, search, local, cloud-agent and system collections, including **152 carrying `hasFree: true` discovery metadata**. The chat model registry covers **229 providers / 2,554 distinct provider-model pairs / 1,283 raw model IDs**; the separate free-budget catalog has **444 per-model rows**, **34 recurring pools** and **52 recurring/keyless free-forever providers**. These are different denominators by design; definitions and pool-deduped calculations live in the [Provider Reference](docs/reference/PROVIDER_REFERENCE.md) and [Free Tiers](docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md).
+> **352 registered providers** across the canonical chat, media, search, local, cloud-agent and system collections, including **152 carrying `hasFree: true` discovery metadata**. The chat model registry covers **229 providers / 2,554 distinct provider-model pairs / 1,283 raw model IDs**; the separate free-budget catalog has **443 per-model rows**, **34 recurring pools** and **52 recurring/keyless free-forever providers**. These are different denominators by design; definitions and pool-deduped calculations live in the [Provider Reference](docs/reference/PROVIDER_REFERENCE.md) and [Free Tiers](docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md).
 
 <div align="center">
 
@@ -1253,7 +1261,7 @@ Métricas canônicas em 2026-08-24: **1.029 vídeos únicos** · **11.132.922 vi
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Runtime</b></td><td>Node.js 22.x / 24.x LTS — <code>&gt;=22.22.2 &lt;23 || &gt;=24.0.0 &lt;27</code></td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Language</b></td><td>TypeScript 6.0 — <b>100% TypeScript</b> across <code>src/</code> and <code>open-sse/</code> (zero <code>any</code> in core since v2.0)</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Framework</b></td><td>Next.js 16 + React 19 + Tailwind CSS 4</td></tr>
-  <tr><td nowrap><b>Database</b></td><td>better-sqlite3 (SQLite, WAL journaling) + LowDB (JSON legacy) — 122 domain modules, 173 migrations</td></tr>
+  <tr><td nowrap><b>Database</b></td><td>better-sqlite3 (SQLite, WAL journaling) + LowDB (JSON legacy) — 122 domain modules, 175 migrations</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Memory</b></td><td>SQLite FTS5 full-text + int8-quantized vector embeddings, typed decay</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Schemas</b></td><td>Zod 4 — MCP tool I/O validation + API contracts</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b>Protocols</b></td><td>MCP (stdio / HTTP / SSE) + A2A v0.3 (JSON-RPC 2.0 + SSE)</td></tr>
@@ -1316,7 +1324,7 @@ Métricas canônicas em 2026-08-24: **1.029 vídeos únicos** · **11.132.922 vi
   <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/architecture/RESILIENCE_GUIDE.md">Resilience Guide</a></b></td><td>Circuit breakers, cooldowns, queue, anti-thundering herd, TLS spoofing</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/routing/AUTO-COMBO.md">Auto-Combo Engine</a></b></td><td>16-factor scoring, mode packs, self-healing</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/ops/PROXY_GUIDE.md">Proxy Guide</a></b></td><td>3-level proxy system, 1proxy marketplace, registry CRUD</td></tr>
-  <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md">Free Tiers</a></b></td><td>Consolidated directory: 34 documented recurring pools / 444 cataloged free-tier entries</td></tr>
+  <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/reference/FREE_TIERS.md">Free Tiers</a></b></td><td>Consolidated directory: 34 documented recurring pools / 443 cataloged free-tier entries</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/guides/FEATURES.md">Features Gallery</a></b></td><td>Visual dashboard tour with screenshots</td></tr>
   <tr><td nowrap><b><a href="docs/architecture/CODEBASE_DOCUMENTATION.md">Codebase Documentation</a></b></td><td>Beginner-friendly codebase walkthrough</td></tr>
 </table>

bin/cli/commands/env.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const OMNIROUTE_ENV_VARS = [
   "OMNIROUTE_API_KEY",
   "OMNIROUTE_BASE_URL",
   "OMNIROUTE_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS",
+  "OMNIROUTE_READY_TIMEOUT_MS",
 ];
 
 const ENV_DEFAULTS = {

bin/cli/commands/serve.mjs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { platform, totalmem } from "node:os";
 import { t } from "../i18n.mjs";
-import { writePidFile, cleanupPidFile, waitForServer } from "../utils/pid.mjs";
+import { writePidFile, cleanupPidFile, waitForServer, resolveReadyTimeoutMs } from "../utils/pid.mjs";
 import {
   ServerSupervisor,
   detectMitmCrash,
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ export function registerServe(program) {
     .option("--max-restarts <n>", t("serve.max_restarts"), parseInt, 2)
     .option("--tray", t("serve.tray") || "Start in the system tray (desktop only)")
     .option("--no-tray", t("serve.no_tray") || "Disable system tray icon")
+    .option(
+      "--ready-timeout <ms>",
+      t("serve.ready_timeout") ||
+        "Readiness probe timeout in ms (also OMNIROUTE_READY_TIMEOUT_MS, default 60000)"
+    )
     .option(
       "--tls-cert <path>",
       t("serve.tls_cert") ||
@@ -452,7 +457,8 @@ async function runWithSupervisor(
   });
 
   if (!showLog) {
-    waitForServer(dashboardPort, 60000).then(async (up) => {
+    const readyTimeoutMs = resolveReadyTimeoutMs({ timeoutMs: opts.readyTimeout });
+    waitForServer(dashboardPort, readyTimeoutMs).then(async (up) => {
       if (up) {
         if (useTray) {
           const trayReady = await maybeStartTray(dashboardPort, apiPort, supervisor);
@@ -489,10 +495,15 @@ async function runWithSupervisor(
 // reachable directly while the CLI still looks hung). Surface a clear diagnostic
 // plus whatever stdout/stderr the child buffered instead of going silent.
 export function reportReadinessTimeout(dashboardPort, supervisor) {
+  const readyTimeoutMs = resolveReadyTimeoutMs();
+  const seconds = Math.round(readyTimeoutMs / 1000);
   console.error(
-    `\n\x1b[33m⚠ Server did not respond within 60s.\x1b[0m It may still be starting, or may` +
+    `\n\x1b[33m⚠ Server did not respond within ${seconds}s.\x1b[0m It may still be starting, or may` +
       ` have failed silently.`
   );
+  console.error(
+    `  Tip:  set OMNIROUTE_READY_TIMEOUT_MS=${readyTimeoutMs * 2} or --ready-timeout ${readyTimeoutMs * 2} for slower cold starts.`
+  );
   console.error(`  Try:  curl -I http://localhost:${dashboardPort}/api/monitoring/health`);
   console.error(`  Or:   rerun with \x1b[36m--log\x1b[0m to see live server output.\n`);