feat(router): add order-based fallback so higher order deployments are tried on failure

When order=1 deployments fail, the router now automatically tries order=2,
then order=3, etc. before falling through to external fallbacks. This removes
the need for enable_pre_call_checks and makes order work as a true priority-based
fallback chain within a model group.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Sameer Kankute 2026-03-26 11:54:32 +05:30 • committed by Yuneng Jiang
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@ -5288,6 +5288,63 @@ class Router:
if "fallback_depth" not in input_kwargs:
input_kwargs["fallback_depth"] = 0
# ORDER-BASED FALLBACKS: prepend higher order levels to the fallback list
# Skip for error types that have their own dedicated fallback handlers
_skip_order_fallback = isinstance(
e,
(litellm.ContextWindowExceededError, litellm.ContentPolicyViolationError),
)
all_deployments = self._get_all_deployments(model_name=original_model_group)
_order_set: set = {
d.get("litellm_params", {}).get("order")
for d in all_deployments
if d.get("litellm_params", {}).get("order") is not None
}
order_values: list = sorted(_order_set)
if len(order_values) > 1 and not _skip_order_fallback:
# Determine which order levels have already been tried
current_target = kwargs.get("_target_order")
skip_up_to = (
current_target if current_target is not None else order_values[0]
)
# Build order-based fallback entries (skip already-tried levels)
order_fallback_entries: List = [
{"model": original_model_group, "_target_order": o}
for o in order_values
if o > skip_up_to
]
# Get external fallbacks — handle both standard and non-standard formats
external_fallback_group: Optional[List] = None
if fallbacks is not None and model_group is not None:
if _check_non_standard_fallback_format(fallbacks=fallbacks):
# Non-standard formats (e.g. ["claude-3-haiku"] or
# [{"model": "...", "messages": [...]}]) are passed through directly
external_fallback_group = fallbacks
else:
external_fallback_group, generic_idx = get_fallback_model_group(
fallbacks=fallbacks,
model_group=cast(str, model_group),
)
if external_fallback_group is None and generic_idx is not None:
external_fallback_group = fallbacks[generic_idx]["*"]
# Combined list: order fallbacks first, then external
combined_fallbacks = order_fallback_entries + (
external_fallback_group or []
)
if combined_fallbacks:
input_kwargs.update(
{
"fallback_model_group": combined_fallbacks,
"original_model_group": original_model_group,
}
)
response = await run_async_fallback(
*args,
**input_kwargs,
)
return response
try:
verbose_router_logger.info("Trying to fallback b/w models")

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"""
Tests for order-based fallback routing.
When deployments have `order` set in litellm_params, lower order deployments
should be tried first, and higher order deployments should be used as fallbacks
when lower order deployments fail.
"""
from typing import Optional
import pytest
from litellm import Router
from litellm.utils import _get_order_filtered_deployments
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Unit tests for _get_order_filtered_deployments
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestGetOrderFilteredDeployments:
def _make_deployment(self, order: Optional[int], dep_id: str) -> dict:
params: dict = {"model": "gpt-4o", "api_key": "key"}
if order is not None:
params["order"] = order
return {
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": params,
"model_info": {"id": dep_id},
}
def test_returns_min_order_group(self):
deps = [
self._make_deployment(1, "a"),
self._make_deployment(2, "b"),
self._make_deployment(1, "c"),
]
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments(deps)
assert len(result) == 2
assert all(d["model_info"]["id"] in ("a", "c") for d in result)
def test_target_order_filters_to_exact_level(self):
deps = [
self._make_deployment(1, "a"),
self._make_deployment(2, "b"),
self._make_deployment(3, "c"),
]
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments(deps, target_order=2)
assert len(result) == 1
assert result[0]["model_info"]["id"] == "b"
def test_target_order_no_match_returns_all(self):
deps = [
self._make_deployment(1, "a"),
self._make_deployment(2, "b"),
]
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments(deps, target_order=99)
assert len(result) == 2
def test_no_order_set_returns_all(self):
deps = [
self._make_deployment(None, "a"),
self._make_deployment(None, "b"),
]
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments(deps)
assert len(result) == 2
def test_empty_list(self):
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments([])
assert result == []
def test_single_order_returns_all_with_that_order(self):
deps = [
self._make_deployment(1, "a"),
self._make_deployment(1, "b"),
]
result = _get_order_filtered_deployments(deps)
assert len(result) == 2
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Integration tests for order-based fallback in Router
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_router_order_without_pre_call_checks():
"""Order filtering should work even when enable_pre_call_checks=False (default)."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "key",
"mock_response": "from order 1",
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "key",
"mock_response": "from order 2",
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
],
num_retries=0,
enable_pre_call_checks=False,
)
for _ in range(20):
response = router.completion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "1"
def test_router_order_no_fallback_when_healthy():
"""When order=1 is healthy, order=2 should never be used."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "key",
"mock_response": "from order 1",
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "key",
"mock_response": "from order 2",
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
],
num_retries=0,
)
for _ in range(50):
response = router.completion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "1"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_router_order_fallback_on_failure():
"""When order=1 fails, order=2 should be tried as fallback."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad-key",
"mock_response": Exception("connection error"),
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "good-key",
"mock_response": "success from order 2",
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
],
num_retries=0,
)
response = await router.acompletion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "2"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_router_order_fallback_three_levels():
"""When order=1 and order=2 both fail, order=3 should be tried."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail 1"),
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail 2"),
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "good",
"mock_response": "success from order 3",
"order": 3,
},
"model_info": {"id": "3"},
},
],
num_retries=0,
)
response = await router.acompletion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "3"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_router_order_fallback_then_external_fallback():
"""When all order levels fail, external fallbacks should be tried."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail order 1"),
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail order 2"),
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
{
"model_name": "fallback-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "good",
"mock_response": "success from external fallback",
},
"model_info": {"id": "fallback"},
},
],
fallbacks=[{"test-model": ["fallback-model"]}],
num_retries=0,
)
response = await router.acompletion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "fallback"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_router_order_fallback_with_non_standard_fallbacks():
"""Non-standard fallback formats (e.g. fallbacks=["model-name"]) passed
per-request should still be tried after all order levels are exhausted."""
router = Router(
model_list=[
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail order 1"),
"order": 1,
},
"model_info": {"id": "1"},
},
{
"model_name": "test-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "bad",
"mock_response": Exception("fail order 2"),
"order": 2,
},
"model_info": {"id": "2"},
},
{
"model_name": "fallback-model",
"litellm_params": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"api_key": "good",
"mock_response": "success from non-standard fallback",
},
"model_info": {"id": "fallback"},
},
],
num_retries=0,
)
response = await router.acompletion(
model="test-model",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
fallbacks=["fallback-model"], # non-standard format, passed per-request
)
assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "fallback"