BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

Assigning team admins is a premium feature. You must be a Li

Error message

Assigning team admins is a premium feature. You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. If you have a license please set `LITELLM_LICENSE` in your env. Get a 7 day trial key here: https://www.litellm.ai/#trial. Pricing: https://www.litellm.ai/#pricing

What it means

Error "Assigning team admins is a premium feature. You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. If you have a license please set `LITELLM_LICENSE` in your env. Get a 7 day trial key here: https://www.litellm.ai/#trial. Pricing: https://www.litellm.ai/#pricing" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:3374

    http_request: Request,
    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),
):
    """
    [BETA]

    Update team member budgets and team member role
    """
    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import premium_user, prisma_client

    if prisma_client is None:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail={"error": "No db connected"})

    if data.team_id is None:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail={"error": "No team id passed in"})

    if data.role == "admin" and not premium_user:
        # exactly the same text your proxy throws for add:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail="Assigning team admins is a premium feature. You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. If you have a license please set `LITELLM_LICENSE` in your env. Get a 7 day trial key here: https://www.litellm.ai/#trial. Pricing: https://www.litellm.ai/#pricing",
        )
    if data.user_id is None and data.user_email is None:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail={"error": "Either user_id or user_email needs to be passed in"},
        )

    validate_budget_duration(data.budget_duration)

    _existing_team_row: Final = await _team_db(prisma_client).find_unique(where={"team_id": data.team_id})

    if _existing_team_row is None:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail={"error": f"Team id={data.team_id} does not exist in db"},
        )

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Solutions

1. Set LITELLM_LICENSE to a valid LiteLLM Enterprise license key to enable assigning team admins.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:3374 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/323ec02b502c6bcc. Report an issue: GitHub.