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Use the callback parameter on FallbackConfig to get notified when a fallback model is activated. This is useful for metrics, alerting, or logging which model actually served a request.
Anthropic retired claude-sonnet-4-20250514 on June 15, 2026. Replace it with claude-sonnet-4-6 before running. See Claude model deprecations.
fallback_callback.py

Run the Example

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Set up your virtual environment

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Install dependencies

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Export your API keys

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Update the Claude model

Replace claude-sonnet-4-20250514 with claude-sonnet-4-6 in the saved file.
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Run the example

Save the code above as fallback_callback.py, then run:
Full source: cookbook/02_agents/17_fallback_models/04_fallback_callback.py