diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 5ab7623aa3e..8c677fc7d63 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -8164,10 +8164,27 @@ class Router:
         every model group unconditionally rather than being keyed by one at all - self._get_fallback_model_group_for_lookup_groups
         checks neither, so using it here would report "nothing to fall back to" for a request
         that a real error would in fact retry.
+
+        Two more retry paths in the same dispatcher fire without any of `fallbacks` /
+        `context_window_fallbacks` / `content_policy_fallbacks` configured at all: order-based
+        fallback (deployments in the model group at more than one `order` level) and weighted
+        intra-group failover (`enable_weighted_failover`), both of which pick a different
+        deployment for the retry, not the one that already streamed lifecycle frames live.
         """
         fallbacks: Final = kwargs.get("fallbacks", self.fallbacks)
         if _check_non_standard_fallback_format(fallbacks=fallbacks):
             return True
+        if self.enable_weighted_failover:
+            return True
+        team_id: Final = (kwargs.get("metadata", {}) or {}).get("user_api_key_team_id")
+        all_deployments: Final = self.get_model_list(model_name=model_group, team_id=team_id) or []
+        order_values: Final = {
+            litellm.utils._get_deployment_order(d)
+            for d in all_deployments
+            if litellm.utils._get_deployment_order(d) is not None
+        }
+        if len(order_values) > 1:
+            return True
         lookup_groups: Final = fallback_lookup_groups(kwargs, model_group)
         candidate_fallback_lists: Final = (
             fallbacks,
diff --git a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_anthropic_messages_fallback.py b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_anthropic_messages_fallback.py
index 4eb4b8d9260..1e10c186571 100644
--- a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_anthropic_messages_fallback.py
+++ b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_anthropic_messages_fallback.py
@@ -544,6 +544,37 @@ def test_has_any_configured_fallback_matches_non_standard_client_fallbacks():
     assert router._has_any_configured_fallback("fable-tier", {"fallbacks": ["opus-target"]}) is True
 
 
+def test_has_any_configured_fallback_arms_on_order_based_deployments():
+    """Regression: async_function_with_fallbacks_common_utils retries against a higher-order
+    deployment in the same model group whenever more than one `order` level is present, even
+    with zero `fallbacks`/`context_window_fallbacks`/`content_policy_fallbacks` configured -
+    the gate must recognize that retry path too, or a mid-stream error can still trigger an
+    order-based retry that appends a second message_start onto a stream already forwarded live."""
+    router = Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "fable-tier",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "anthropic/claude-fable-5", "api_key": "sk-test", "order": 1},
+            },
+            {
+                "model_name": "fable-tier",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "anthropic/claude-opus-5", "api_key": "sk-test", "order": 2},
+            },
+        ]
+    )
+
+    assert router._has_any_configured_fallback("fable-tier", {}) is True
+
+
+def test_has_any_configured_fallback_arms_on_weighted_failover():
+    """Regression: enable_weighted_failover lets a retryable failure re-pick across the
+    model group's other deployments before any cross-group fallback runs, independent of
+    `fallbacks` config entirely - the gate must arm for it too."""
+    router = Router(model_list=[FABLE_TIER, OPUS_TARGET], enable_weighted_failover=True)
+
+    assert router._has_any_configured_fallback("fable-tier", {}) is True
+
+
 def test_get_fallback_model_group_for_lookup_groups_orders_tier_before_requested():
     router = _router(content_policy_fallbacks=None)
     fallbacks = [{"tier1": ["backup-a"]}, {"smart-router": ["backup-b"]}]