Service eligibility and regional restrictions
PuppyIP serves only compliant overseas businesses and their authorized personnel. Proxy services are not available in mainland China. The service may only be used for lawful business activities outside mainland China. Use of this service within mainland China is prohibited.
Hosting a proxy IP or server overseas does not change these restrictions. The service must not be provided to end users in mainland China through relaying, forwarding, sharing or resale. Before use, read the Terms of Service.
Key Takeaways
- The primary model handles the main task; fallback models handle degraded operation or temporary unavailability.
- Routing should account for cost, speed, context length and output quality.
- Set rate and budget limits in advance to prevent abnormal loops from draining the balance.
Step 1: Classify the tasks
Simple summaries, support drafts, code reviews, long-document analysis, image understanding and complex reasoning have different capability and cost requirements. Do not send every task to the most expensive or fastest model.
Separate low-cost, important and high-risk tasks before selecting primary and fallback models. This controls costs and makes differences in results easier to investigate.
Step 2: Set fallback and failure policies
More fallback models are not necessarily better. Record the suitable use cases, cost, context limit and possible output differences for each fallback.
Do not retry indefinitely after failures. Set maximum retries, daily budgets, per-user rate limits and error alerts. Pause retries when the proxy network is unstable, too, so failed loops do not consume the balance.
Step 3: Keep the runtime environment and records consistent
Run a multi-model relay on a stable server or overseas workstation, and record its proxy exit, endpoint, model routing, key source and person responsible for billing.
To prepare a stable proxy exit for a relay service, visit the PuppyIP website to find available resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a fallback model fully replace the primary model?
Not necessarily. Models may differ in output style, context length and tool capabilities. Test with real tasks before using a fallback.
Why set budget limits?
They prevent software errors, network retries and looping tasks from continuously consuming the balance, especially when a team shares a key.