You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
4Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ModelsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.285,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
Claude Code now builds a list of fallback models, meaning other models to try in turn. When a request fails because access to a model was denied, it retries with the next model on the list. The list is not built when you have already set a fallback model or a small fast model.
Why
This could keep a session going when one model is not available to your account.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe purpose of the change is inferred, and what part of Claude Code uses this list is unclear.
