Dashboardopencode-loreLocalProvider remote fallback

LocalProvider remote fallback

Category: preference
Confidence: 1.00
ID: 01a0a117-6839-7e38-98b9-72848a07f12e
Project ID: 6f4be9ff-ed84-4cca-a9e7-732a0b0b8677
Cross-project: No
Recalled in other projects: 0
Source session: 0IiwozJmFR9A6QyFo
Created: 2026-09-02 10:15:42
Updated: 2026-09-14 18:04:20

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Never automatically switch a failed local embedding provider to Voyage or OpenAI; remote embeddings require explicit search.embeddings.provider opt-in. Automatic fallback looks resilient but silently changes privacy, credential, cost, and provider boundaries. If the local model fails, keep remote calls at zero, emit the one-time informational notice, and degrade recall to FTS-only; related worker safety is in [[01a0a078-b779-72fc-8a9a-4c48ffb2cf62]].

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