BerriAI/litellm · error · ValueError

Both 'sentinel_nodes' and 'service_name' are required for Re

Error message

Both 'sentinel_nodes' and 'service_name' are required for Redis Sentinel.

What it means

Error "Both 'sentinel_nodes' and 'service_name' are required for Redis Sentinel." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/_redis.py:529

    args: Final = _get_redis_kwargs()
    for arg in redis_kwargs:
        if arg in args:
            connection_kwargs[arg] = redis_kwargs[arg]

    return connection_kwargs


def _init_redis_sentinel(redis_kwargs) -> redis.Redis:
    sentinel_nodes: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_nodes")
    sentinel_password: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_password")
    service_name: Final = redis_kwargs.get("service_name")
    connection_kwargs: Final = _get_redis_sentinel_connection_kwargs(redis_kwargs)
    connection_kwargs.setdefault("socket_timeout", REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
    sentinel_kwargs: Final = dict(connection_kwargs)
    sentinel_kwargs["password"] = sentinel_password

    if not sentinel_nodes or not service_name:
        raise ValueError("Both 'sentinel_nodes' and 'service_name' are required for Redis Sentinel.")

    verbose_logger.debug("init_redis_sentinel: sentinel nodes are being initialized.")

    # Set up the Sentinel client
    sentinel: Final = redis.Sentinel(
        sentinel_nodes,
        sentinel_kwargs=sentinel_kwargs,
    )

    # Return the master instance for the given service

    return sentinel.master_for(service_name, **connection_kwargs)


def _init_async_redis_sentinel(redis_kwargs) -> async_redis.Redis:
    sentinel_nodes: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_nodes")
    sentinel_password: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_password")
    service_name: Final = redis_kwargs.get("service_name")

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Solutions

1. Provide both sentinel_nodes and service_name for Redis Sentinel configuration.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/_redis.py:529 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/e4a86ea683606a30. Report an issue: GitHub.