BerriAI/litellm · error · NotImplementedError

BedrockFilesConfig does not support file retrieval

Error message

BedrockFilesConfig does not support file retrieval

What it means

Error "BedrockFilesConfig does not support file retrieval" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/bedrock/files/transformation.py:1117

            purpose="batch",  # Default purpose for Bedrock files
            id=file_id,
            filename=filename,
            created_at=int(time.time()),  # Current timestamp
            status="uploaded",
            bytes=int(content_length) if content_length.isdigit() else 0,
            object="file",
        )

    def get_error_class(self, error_message: str, status_code: int, headers: dict | Headers) -> BaseLLMException:
        return BedrockError(status_code=status_code, message=error_message, headers=headers)

    def transform_retrieve_file_request(
        self,
        file_id: str,
        optional_params: dict,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
        raise NotImplementedError("BedrockFilesConfig does not support file retrieval")

    def transform_retrieve_file_response(
        self,
        raw_response: httpx.Response,
        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> OpenAIFileObject:
        raise NotImplementedError("BedrockFilesConfig does not support file retrieval")

    def transform_delete_file_request(
        self,
        file_id: str,
        optional_params: dict,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
        raise NotImplementedError("BedrockFilesConfig does not support file deletion")

    def transform_delete_file_response(

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Solutions

1. Bedrock files do not support retrieval; download from S3 directly.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/bedrock/files/transformation.py:1117 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@6c2dcb801b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/526b4da7c70ea249. Report an issue: GitHub.