{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"tengu-quiet-larch-gate-adds-a-fallback-model-on-refusal","canonical_anchor":"tengu-quiet-larch-gate-adds-a-fallback-model-on-refusal","heading":"A refused request can switch to a default fallback model","tier":"soon","area":"Models","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/tengu-quiet-larch-gate-adds-a-fallback-model-on-refusal","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### A refused request can switch to a default fallback model\n\nWhen a model refuses a request and has no fallback set, a remote switch can now let Claude Code pick a default fallback model\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear which model is used as the default fallback.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen a model refuses a request and has no fallback model set, Claude Code used to have nothing to switch to. A remotely controlled switch can now let it pick a default fallback model instead.\n\n**Why**\n\nWhat happens after a refusal can be different: the request may go on with another model rather than stop.\n\n- Flag `tengu_quiet_larch`: Not enough to say (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.323; this account: no value returned, anonymous baseline: no value returned, compiled default: off) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.\n- Area: Models\n- Tier: Nothing to try yet\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}