Tip: With Fable 5/Mythos 5 Suspended, Verify Your Agent's Model Fallback Chain Now

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The sudden export-control suspension of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a live test of whether your coding stack degrades gracefully. Re-pin Claude Code and any API integrations to Opus 4.8, confirm auto-mode's fallback resolves to an available Opus model, and check that hardcoded model IDs in scripts/CI won't fail closed. The broader lesson: never hardcode a single model ID without a tested fallback.