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@@ -298,7 +298,11 @@ _As of 2026-06-20:_
   `all-agents-local` key only serves granite chat, and granite-8b is too weak to be the
   P00 model-under-test (capability-confound). Operator said "full access" → minted
   `r22-brokkr-phaseA` LiteLLM key (scope **all-proxy-models**, incl PAID GLM), dropped
-  `~/.r22-gateway-key` (mode 600) for eitri. **P00 MUT = `qwen3.5-122-a10b` (alias
+  `~/.r22-gateway-key` (mode 600) for eitri — **re-minted PERSISTENT** after eitri's
+  stateless tool-env couldn't hold it in env + shredded the one-shot drop (old key
+  revoked); the live full-access key now lives at `/home/lkraven/.r22-gateway-key`,
+  read per-command, **don't delete** (cost surface — carries paid GLM). Lesson:
+  stateless consumers need a persistent mode-600 file read per-call, NOT shred-after-load. **P00 MUT = `qwen3.5-122-a10b` (alias
   `gen`)** — 122B, capable, FREE-LOCAL (no per-token cost); told them keep frozen
   calibration on it, NOT the paid GLM the key can now reach. **PHASE B** (raw-weights
   hooks: Dvalin activation-steering on hidden states + Regin ECM logit-injection on a