Class RunnableWithFallbacks<RunInput, RunOutput>

A Runnable that can fallback to other Runnables if it fails. External APIs (e.g., APIs for a language model) may at times experience degraded performance or even downtime.

In these cases, it can be useful to have a fallback Runnable that can be used in place of the original Runnable (e.g., fallback to another LLM provider).

Fallbacks can be defined at the level of a single Runnable, or at the level of a chain of Runnables. Fallbacks are tried in order until one succeeds or all fail.

While you can instantiate a RunnableWithFallbacks directly, it is usually more convenient to use the withFallbacks method on an existing Runnable.

When streaming, fallbacks will only be called on failures during the initial stream creation. Errors that occur after a stream starts will not fallback to the next Runnable.

Type Parameters

  • RunInput
  • RunOutput

Hierarchy (view full)

Constructors

Properties

name?: string

Methods

  • Convert a runnable to a tool. Return a new instance of RunnableToolLike which contains the runnable, name, description and schema.

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    • fields: {
          schema: ZodType<T, ZodTypeDef, T>;
          description?: string;
          name?: string;
      }
      • schema: ZodType<T, ZodTypeDef, T>

        The Zod schema for the input of the tool. Infers the Zod type from the input type of the runnable.

      • Optionaldescription?: string

        The description of the tool. Falls back to the description on the Zod schema if not provided, or undefined if neither are provided.

      • Optionalname?: string

        The name of the tool. If not provided, it will default to the name of the runnable.

    Returns RunnableToolLike<ZodType<ToolCall | T, ZodTypeDef, ToolCall | T>, RunOutput>

    An instance of RunnableToolLike which is a runnable that can be used as a tool.

  • Default implementation of batch, which calls invoke N times. Subclasses should override this method if they can batch more efficiently.

    Parameters

    • inputs: RunInput[]

      Array of inputs to each batch call.

    • Optionaloptions: Partial<RunnableConfig> | Partial<RunnableConfig>[]

      Either a single call options object to apply to each batch call or an array for each call.

    • OptionalbatchOptions: RunnableBatchOptions & {
          returnExceptions?: false;
      }

    Returns Promise<RunOutput[]>

    An array of RunOutputs, or mixed RunOutputs and errors if batchOptions.returnExceptions is set

  • Default implementation of batch, which calls invoke N times. Subclasses should override this method if they can batch more efficiently.

    Parameters

    • inputs: RunInput[]

      Array of inputs to each batch call.

    • Optionaloptions: Partial<RunnableConfig> | Partial<RunnableConfig>[]

      Either a single call options object to apply to each batch call or an array for each call.

    • OptionalbatchOptions: RunnableBatchOptions & {
          returnExceptions: true;
      }

    Returns Promise<(Error | RunOutput)[]>

    An array of RunOutputs, or mixed RunOutputs and errors if batchOptions.returnExceptions is set

  • Default implementation of batch, which calls invoke N times. Subclasses should override this method if they can batch more efficiently.

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<(Error | RunOutput)[]>

    An array of RunOutputs, or mixed RunOutputs and errors if batchOptions.returnExceptions is set

  • Generate a stream of events emitted by the internal steps of the runnable.

    Use to create an iterator over StreamEvents that provide real-time information about the progress of the runnable, including StreamEvents from intermediate results.

    A StreamEvent is a dictionary with the following schema:

    • event: string - Event names are of the format: on_[runnable_type]_(start|stream|end).
    • name: string - The name of the runnable that generated the event.
    • run_id: string - Randomly generated ID associated with the given execution of the runnable that emitted the event. A child runnable that gets invoked as part of the execution of a parent runnable is assigned its own unique ID.
    • tags: string[] - The tags of the runnable that generated the event.
    • metadata: Record<string, any> - The metadata of the runnable that generated the event.
    • data: Record<string, any>

    Below is a table that illustrates some events that might be emitted by various chains. Metadata fields have been omitted from the table for brevity. Chain definitions have been included after the table.

    ATTENTION This reference table is for the V2 version of the schema.

    +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | event | name | chunk | input | output | +======================+==================+=================================+===============================================+=================================================+ | on_chat_model_start | [model name] | | {"messages": [[SystemMessage, HumanMessage]]} | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_chat_model_stream | [model name] | AIMessageChunk(content="hello") | | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_chat_model_end | [model name] | | {"messages": [[SystemMessage, HumanMessage]]} | AIMessageChunk(content="hello world") | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_llm_start | [model name] | | {'input': 'hello'} | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_llm_stream | [model name] | 'Hello' | | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_llm_end | [model name] | | 'Hello human!' | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_chain_start | some_runnable | | | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_chain_stream | some_runnable | "hello world!, goodbye world!" | | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_chain_end | some_runnable | | [Document(...)] | "hello world!, goodbye world!" | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_tool_start | some_tool | | {"x": 1, "y": "2"} | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_tool_end | some_tool | | | {"x": 1, "y": "2"} | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_retriever_start | [retriever name] | | {"query": "hello"} | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_retriever_end | [retriever name] | | {"query": "hello"} | [Document(...), ..] | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_prompt_start | [template_name] | | {"question": "hello"} | | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | on_prompt_end | [template_name] | | {"question": "hello"} | ChatPromptValue(messages: [SystemMessage, ...]) | +----------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+

    The "on_chain_*" events are the default for Runnables that don't fit one of the above categories.

    In addition to the standard events above, users can also dispatch custom events.

    Custom events will be only be surfaced with in the v2 version of the API!

    A custom event has following format:

    +-----------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Type | Description | +===========+======+===========================================================================================================+ | name | str | A user defined name for the event. | +-----------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | data | Any | The data associated with the event. This can be anything, though we suggest making it JSON serializable. | +-----------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

    Here's an example:

    Parameters

    • input: RunInput
    • options: Partial<RunnableConfig> & {
          version: "v1" | "v2";
      }
    • OptionalstreamOptions: Omit<EventStreamCallbackHandlerInput, "autoClose">

    Returns IterableReadableStream<StreamEvent>

    import { RunnableLambda } from "@langchain/core/runnables";
    import { dispatchCustomEvent } from "@langchain/core/callbacks/dispatch";
    // Use this import for web environments that don't support "async_hooks"
    // and manually pass config to child runs.
    // import { dispatchCustomEvent } from "@langchain/core/callbacks/dispatch/web";

    const slowThing = RunnableLambda.from(async (someInput: string) => {
    // Placeholder for some slow operation
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
    await dispatchCustomEvent("progress_event", {
    message: "Finished step 1 of 2",
    });
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
    return "Done";
    });

    const eventStream = await slowThing.streamEvents("hello world", {
    version: "v2",
    });

    for await (const event of eventStream) {
    if (event.event === "on_custom_event") {
    console.log(event);
    }
    }
  • Parameters

    • input: RunInput
    • options: Partial<RunnableConfig> & {
          encoding: "text/event-stream";
          version: "v1" | "v2";
      }
    • OptionalstreamOptions: Omit<EventStreamCallbackHandlerInput, "autoClose">

    Returns IterableReadableStream<Uint8Array>

  • Stream all output from a runnable, as reported to the callback system. This includes all inner runs of LLMs, Retrievers, Tools, etc. Output is streamed as Log objects, which include a list of jsonpatch ops that describe how the state of the run has changed in each step, and the final state of the run. The jsonpatch ops can be applied in order to construct state.

    Parameters

    Returns AsyncGenerator<RunLogPatch, any, unknown>

  • Bind lifecycle listeners to a Runnable, returning a new Runnable. The Run object contains information about the run, including its id, type, input, output, error, startTime, endTime, and any tags or metadata added to the run.

    Parameters

    • params: {
          onEnd?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>);
          onError?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>);
          onStart?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>);
      }

      The object containing the callback functions.

      • OptionalonEnd?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>)

        Called after the runnable finishes running, with the Run object.

          • (run, config?): void | Promise<void>
          • Parameters

            Returns void | Promise<void>

      • OptionalonError?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>)

        Called if the runnable throws an error, with the Run object.

          • (run, config?): void | Promise<void>
          • Parameters

            Returns void | Promise<void>

      • OptionalonStart?: ((run: Run, config?: RunnableConfig) => void | Promise<void>)

        Called before the runnable starts running, with the Run object.

          • (run, config?): void | Promise<void>
          • Parameters

            Returns void | Promise<void>

    Returns Runnable<RunInput, RunOutput, RunnableConfig>