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OpenRouter’s dynamic routing supports fallback models. If the primary model fails due to rate limits, timeouts, or unavailability, OpenRouter tries fallback models in order.

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Prerequisites

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY environment variable. 

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openrouter import OpenRouterResponses

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenRouterResponses(
        id="openai/gpt-oss-20b",
        # Fallback models if primary fails
        models=[
            "openai/gpt-oss-20b",
            "openai/gpt-4o",
        ],
    ),
    markdown=True,
)

agent.print_response("Write a haiku about coding", stream=True)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

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Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/90_models/openrouter/responses

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

# Export relevant API keys
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="***"

python fallback.py