CHANGES/THE BOARD/LEADER CHANGE

Best coding model overall: stealth/ox-alpha overtook deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731

The top-ranked model for Best coding model overall changed from deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 to stealth/ox-alpha, measured on token volume through OpenRouter.

model id deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731model id stealth/ox-alpha

OCCURRED: 26 August 2026
OBSERVED: 26 August 2026
SEVERITY: MEDIUM
CONFIDENCE: HIGH

LEADER CHANGEENTRY 302SOURCE auto

WHAT CHANGED~~was, and is now~~

WAS	model id deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
IS NOW	model id stealth/ox-alpha
WHAT IT MEANS	The top-ranked model for Best coding model overall changed from deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 to stealth/ox-alpha, measured on token volume through OpenRouter.
OCCURRED	26 August 2026the day the change took effect, where the vendor said so
OBSERVED	2026-08-26 09:51:13 UTCthe night this site read it and saw a difference
EVIDENCE	openrouter.ai

HOW THIS WAS FOUND~~high confidence~~

Derived from an API, a repository status or an ownership record, not a reading of a marketing page. Source: auto. Medium severity says how much it changes what the tool costs or what you get free.

EVERY BOARD, IN FULL ALL CHANGES

ALSO FROM THE BOARD~~6 more~~

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM26 SEP 2026Best coding model, Free: stealth/space-bunny-alpha overtook nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freemodel id nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freemodel id stealth/space-bunny-alphaCONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY611

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM23 SEP 2026Best coding model, Above $5 / M: moonshotai/kimi-k3 overtook anthropic/claude-opus-5model id anthropic/claude-opus-5model id moonshotai/kimi-k3CONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY579

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM21 SEP 2026Best coding model, Free: nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free overtook poolside/laguna-s-2.1:freemodel id poolside/laguna-s-2.1:freemodel id nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freeCONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY555

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM21 SEP 2026Best coding model, $1 to $5 / M: nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b overtook tencent/hy4-previewmodel id tencent/hy4-previewmodel id nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55bCONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY511

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM20 SEP 2026Best coding model, Above $5 / M: anthropic/claude-opus-5 overtook moonshotai/kimi-k3:batchmodel id moonshotai/kimi-k3:batchmodel id anthropic/claude-opus-5CONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY545

The boardLEADER CHANGEMEDIUM20 SEP 2026Best coding model, Free: poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free overtook deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731:freemodel id deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731:freemodel id poolside/laguna-s-2.1:freeCONFIDENCEhighSOURCEautoENTRY544

THE ENTRY

ID	302
KIND	Leader change
ABOUT	The board
SEVERITY	Medium
CONFIDENCE	Highfrom an API

THE DATA, NO KEY

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SEVERITY

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Medium7
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HOW SURE

High7
Medium0
Low0

WHAT COUNTS AS A CHANGE

The rules the nightly applies are on the method page, and every entry it has ever written is in the feed.