BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

API key has no associated user_id; cannot resolve 'me' for t

Error message

API key has no associated user_id; cannot resolve 'me' for team membership.

What it means

Error "API key has no associated user_id; cannot resolve 'me' for team membership." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:4277

    ```
    curl --location 'http://localhost:4000/team/your_team_id/members/me' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here'
    ```
    """
    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client, user_api_key_cache

    if prisma_client is None:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
            detail={
                "error": "Database not connected. Connect a database to your proxy - https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/simple_proxy#managing-auth---virtual-keys"
            },
        )

    caller_user_id: Final = user_api_key_dict.user_id
    if caller_user_id is None:
        # Team keys / service-account keys without a user_id can't resolve "me".
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
            detail={"error": "API key has no associated user_id; cannot resolve 'me' for team membership."},
        )

    team_table: Final = await get_team_object(
        team_id=team_id,
        prisma_client=prisma_client,
        user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
    )

    caller_user_email: Final = user_api_key_dict.user_email
    member_role: str | None = None
    for m in team_table.members_with_roles:
        # Match by user_id when present, else fall back to email — members
        # added by email may have user_id=None on the stored entry.
        if (m.user_id is not None and m.user_id == caller_user_id) or (
            m.user_email is not None and caller_user_email is not None and m.user_email == caller_user_email
        ):

View on GitHub (pinned to 77b7c6c40c)

Solutions

1. Use an explicit user_id instead of 'me', or use a key that has an associated user_id.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:4277 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/181fb5241cf5d97b. Report an issue: GitHub.