BerriAI/litellm · error · Exception

\033[91mAzure Content-Safety not installed, try running 'pip

Error message

\033[91mAzure Content-Safety not installed, try running 'pip install azure-ai-contentsafety' to fix this error: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}\033[0m

What it means

Error "\033[91mAzure Content-Safety not installed, try running 'pip install azure-ai-contentsafety' to fix this error: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}\033[0m" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/hooks/azure_content_safety.py:33

class _PROXY_AzureContentSafety(
    CustomLogger
):  # https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/observability/custom_callback#callback-class
    # Class variables or attributes

    def __init__(self, endpoint, api_key, thresholds=None):
        try:
            from azure.ai.contentsafety.aio import ContentSafetyClient
            from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import (
                AnalyzeTextOptions,
                AnalyzeTextOutputType,
                TextCategory,
            )
            from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
            from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
        except Exception as e:
            raise Exception(
                f"\033[91mAzure Content-Safety not installed, try running 'pip install azure-ai-contentsafety' to fix this error: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}\033[0m"
            )
        self.endpoint = endpoint
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.text_category = TextCategory
        self.analyze_text_options = AnalyzeTextOptions
        self.analyze_text_output_type = AnalyzeTextOutputType
        self.azure_http_error = HttpResponseError

        self.thresholds = self._configure_thresholds(thresholds)

        self.client = ContentSafetyClient(self.endpoint, AzureKeyCredential(self.api_key))

    def _configure_thresholds(self, thresholds=None):
        default_thresholds: Final = {
            self.text_category.HATE: 4,
            self.text_category.SELF_HARM: 4,
            self.text_category.SEXUAL: 4,

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Solutions

1. Install the Azure Content Safety SDK: pip install azure-ai-contentsafety.
2. Restart the proxy after installing the package.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/hooks/azure_content_safety.py:33 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@77b7c6c40c (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f62e6deea79b90d7. Report an issue: GitHub.