diff --git a/docs/formats.md b/docs/formats.md
index c70f594..124e3f5 100644
--- a/docs/formats.md
+++ b/docs/formats.md
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ cross-version compatibility boundary.
 
 The selected catalog modules, not this document, own their profile inventories:
 
-- [OpenRouter catalog v3.20260930.0 profiles](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/tag/v3.20260930.0/catalog/profiles)
-- [Rakestrawhome catalog v3.20260930.0 profiles](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/tag/v3.20260930.0/catalog/profiles)
+- [OpenRouter catalog v3.20261013.0 profiles](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/tag/v3.20261013.0/catalog/profiles)
+- [Rakestrawhome catalog v3.20261013.0 profiles](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/tag/v3.20261013.0/catalog/profiles)
 
 These are tested local data, not a promise of live provider availability.
 The [release policy](policy/release.md#catalog-profile-compatibility) owns
diff --git a/docs/internal/sources.md b/docs/internal/sources.md
index fe60043..8b3d6f9 100644
--- a/docs/internal/sources.md
+++ b/docs/internal/sources.md
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ change rendering behavior.
 
 ## Profiles And Built-Ins
 
-`internal/catalog` selects the released keyed OpenRouter and Rakestrawhome
-assets as one ConfigKit underlay and PromptKit-owned profiles as the next.
-It discovers YAML inputs and supplies passive filesystem context without
-parsing or pre-validating catalog definitions. The configuration loader
+`internal/catalog` selects the tagged OpenRouter `v3.20261013.0` and
+Rakestrawhome `v3.20261013.0` assets as one ConfigKit underlay and PromptKit-owned
+profiles as the next. The selected catalog tags are local candidates and may not
+be publicly available. It discovers YAML inputs, including each catalog's
+opt-in diagnostic root, and supplies passive filesystem context without parsing
+or pre-validating catalog definitions. The configuration loader
 validates only the final effective backend and profile values, including
 consumer overlays of maintained bases or backends. There is no catalog-only
 preflight, reserved source namespace, or replay of backend registration.
diff --git a/docs/oss/attribution.md b/docs/oss/attribution.md
index f28dbb2..253711d 100644
--- a/docs/oss/attribution.md
+++ b/docs/oss/attribution.md
@@ -41,32 +41,32 @@ License and notices: [LGPL 3.0](../../LICENSE) |
 ## Promptkit OpenRouter Catalog v3
 
 Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3`
-at `v3.20260930.0`.
+at `v3.20261013.0`.
 
 Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT.txt) |
-[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0/COPYRIGHT) |
-[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0/LICENSE).
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/2a69672b1bb220f1a730153341470f5ac67e15f4/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/2a69672b1bb220f1a730153341470f5ac67e15f4/LICENSE).
 
-[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0).
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/2a69672b1bb220f1a730153341470f5ac67e15f4).
 
 ## Promptkit Rakestrawhome Catalog v3
 
 Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3`
-at `v3.20260930.0`.
+at `v3.20261013.0`.
 
 Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT.txt) |
-[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d/COPYRIGHT) |
-[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d/LICENSE).
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/d40a8aad50111c15d279469170f7b5032ac22529/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/d40a8aad50111c15d279469170f7b5032ac22529/LICENSE).
 
-[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d).
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/d40a8aad50111c15d279469170f7b5032ac22529).
 
 ## jsonschema
 
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
index b22b184..b471f87 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@ the actual UTC publication date; if new version names are needed, retain the
 validated contents and update PromptKit's pins/checksums before its release.
 Publication and public module availability are not sprint completion gates.
 
+**Completed: 2026-10-13.** Adopted the local OpenRouter candidate
+`v3.20261013.0` at `2a69672b1bb220f1a730153341470f5ac67e15f4` and RakestrawHome
+candidate `v3.20261013.0` at `d40a8aad50111c15d279469170f7b5032ac22529`. Validation passed
+through a temporary filesystem module proxy: focused catalog/configuration
+tests, `go test ./...`, `go vet ./...`, `go mod verify`, exact module identity
+and version checks with no replacements, and `git diff --check`. No workspace or
+proxy artifacts were committed; the candidate tags remain local and unpublished.
+
 ## Stage 7: Capture Destination-Specific HTTP Evidence
 
 Scope: shared transport helpers in `internal/llm`, independent of generation.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab32bb4..8ce3a18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20261013.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20261013.0
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4ab4f2c..39c092f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1 h1:q3HrX4WWCPt1WfMydqFEaAmCf9s6Dq+
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1/go.mod h1:C82sbyKHYMV1OwaD2GJanFrwTfcZfjlW2JsGze5b0kA=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit v0.4.1 h1:Qn+mdebYOzCVCEXgCbuGSO/WHmJtItwaQ8e3XwY3qtI=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit v0.4.1/go.mod h1:LVodqNQ3OIKv9NBq+fFeyMByd1lHY25YOmmpah/NaNI=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0 h1:lzfCDbzJQRGzIlRPRprnAV9hVVL5zUQy80VMQ0kbYa0=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0/go.mod h1:HjS0f+3q0IdHCTEz+VVAEgIwIWJFAZUjuKdAtvtqKdg=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0 h1:h12ZTRldAmpLAomj0oQRGteFxHLN1LPE6XDl9zJNbm8=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0/go.mod h1:OEFBeKdjTsLzqJwLmXI2O5gG3r64FktcVJVb3mBrRfg=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20261013.0 h1:zhqxVDpQETGzCxYMsVGSWQcjsG4Xw+ftjEL/rCeh0GY=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20261013.0/go.mod h1:HjS0f+3q0IdHCTEz+VVAEgIwIWJFAZUjuKdAtvtqKdg=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20261013.0 h1:J10u3x+/siHz5ASC+Is4rfYA/ohW6colBT/8OuCA4qQ=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20261013.0/go.mod h1:OEFBeKdjTsLzqJwLmXI2O5gG3r64FktcVJVb3mBrRfg=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0 h1:G/nrcoOa7ZXlpoa/91N3X7mM3r8eIlMBBJZvsz/mxKI=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=
diff --git a/internal/catalog/catalog.go b/internal/catalog/catalog.go
index ebd43a5..f543418 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/catalog.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/catalog.go
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ func Underlays() ([]configkit.Underlay, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	catalogInputs := append(openrouterInputs, rakestrawhomeInputs...)
+	openrouterSmokeTestInputs, err := assetInputs("OpenRouter smoke-test catalog", openrouter.FS(), openrouter.SmokeTestsRoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	rakestrawhomeSmokeTestInputs, err := assetInputs("Rakestrawhome smoke-test catalog", rakestrawhome.FS(), rakestrawhome.SmokeTestsRoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	catalogInputs = append(catalogInputs, openrouterSmokeTestInputs...)
+	catalogInputs = append(catalogInputs, rakestrawhomeSmokeTestInputs...)
 	owned := configkit.Input{Source: configkit.Mapping("PromptKit-owned profiles", map[string]any{
 		"profiles": map[string]any{
 			"promptkit-openrouter-standard": map[string]any{"extends": "gemini-flash-latest"},
diff --git a/internal/catalog/catalog_test.go b/internal/catalog/catalog_test.go
index 2513f5d..9308252 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/catalog_test.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/catalog_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/internal/configuration"
 )
 
-func TestPublishedCatalogsResolveThroughEffectiveConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSelectedCatalogsResolveThroughEffectiveConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	underlays, err := Underlays()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@ func TestPublishedCatalogsResolveThroughEffectiveConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil || openrouter.Endpoint != "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" || openrouter.ConcurrencyLimit != 16 || openrouter.QueueCapacity != 1024 {
 		t.Fatalf("OpenRouter backend: %+v, %v", openrouter, err)
 	}
+	if openrouter.SmokeTests == nil || openrouter.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile == nil ||
+		*openrouter.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile != "promptkit-openrouter-standard" ||
+		openrouter.SmokeTests.Authentication == nil || openrouter.SmokeTests.Authentication.Kind == nil ||
+		*openrouter.SmokeTests.Authentication.Kind != "openrouter_key" {
+		t.Fatalf("OpenRouter smoke-test defaults: %+v", openrouter.SmokeTests)
+	}
 	rakestrawhome, err := state.GetBackend("rakestrawhome")
 	if err != nil || rakestrawhome.Endpoint != "https://inference.ai.rakestrawhome.com/v1" || rakestrawhome.ConcurrencyLimit != 4 {
 		t.Fatalf("Rakestrawhome backend: %+v, %v", rakestrawhome, err)
 	}
+	if rakestrawhome.SmokeTests == nil || rakestrawhome.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile == nil ||
+		*rakestrawhome.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile != "rakestrawhome-gemma-4-31b" ||
+		rakestrawhome.SmokeTests.Authentication == nil || rakestrawhome.SmokeTests.Authentication.Kind == nil ||
+		*rakestrawhome.SmokeTests.Authentication.Kind != "none" {
+		t.Fatalf("Rakestrawhome smoke-test defaults: %+v", rakestrawhome.SmokeTests)
+	}
 	for id, want := range map[string]string{
 		"promptkit-openrouter-standard": "~google/gemini-flash-latest",
 		"promptkit-openrouter-auto":     "openrouter/auto",
@@ -38,6 +50,42 @@ func TestPublishedCatalogsResolveThroughEffectiveConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConsumerCanReplaceOrClearSmokeTestDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	underlays, err := Underlays()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	replacement := configkit.Input{Source: configkit.Mapping("operator replacement", map[string]any{
+		"backends": map[string]any{"openrouter": map[string]any{
+			"smoke_tests": map[string]any{
+				"default_profile": "operator-profile",
+				"authentication":  nil,
+			},
+		}},
+	})}
+	state, err := configuration.Load(replacement, underlays)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load replacement: %v", err)
+	}
+	backend, err := state.GetBackend("openrouter")
+	if err != nil || backend.SmokeTests == nil || backend.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile == nil ||
+		*backend.SmokeTests.DefaultProfile != "operator-profile" || backend.SmokeTests.Authentication != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("caller smoke-test replacement/null was not effective: %+v, %v", backend.SmokeTests, err)
+	}
+
+	cleared := configkit.Input{Source: configkit.Mapping("operator null", map[string]any{
+		"backends": map[string]any{"openrouter": map[string]any{"smoke_tests": nil}},
+	})}
+	state, err = configuration.Load(cleared, underlays)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load null smoke_tests: %v", err)
+	}
+	backend, err = state.GetBackend("openrouter")
+	if err != nil || backend.SmokeTests != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("caller null did not clear smoke-test defaults: %+v, %v", backend.SmokeTests, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConsumerOverlayReplacesCatalogDefaultsBeforeValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	underlays, err := Underlays()
 	if err != nil {