BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

Cannot move team to organization. Team has max_budget {team.

Error message

Cannot move team to organization. Team has max_budget {team.max_budget} that is greater than the organization's max_budget {organization.litellm_budget_table.max_budget}.

What it means

Error "Cannot move team to organization. Team has max_budget {team.max_budget} that is greater than the organization's max_budget {organization.litellm_budget_table.max_budget}." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:1813

                    "error": "Cannot move team to organization. Team has access to all proxy models, but the organization does not."
                },
            )
        else:
            for model in team.models:
                can_org_access_model(
                    model=model,
                    org_object=organization,
                    llm_router=llm_router,
                )

    # Check if the team's budget is less than the org's max_budget
    if (
        team.max_budget
        and organization.litellm_budget_table
        and organization.litellm_budget_table.max_budget
        and team.max_budget > organization.litellm_budget_table.max_budget
    ):
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=403,
            detail={
                "error": f"Cannot move team to organization. Team has max_budget {team.max_budget} that is greater than the organization's max_budget {organization.litellm_budget_table.max_budget}."
            },
        )

    # For non-proxy-admins, require all team members to already be org members.
    # This prevents a team admin from moving their team into an arbitrary org and
    # thereby injecting members into that org without org admin approval.
    if not is_proxy_admin:
        team_members: Final = [m.user_id for m in team.members_with_roles]
        org_members: Final = [m.user_id for m in organization.members] if organization.members else []
        not_in_org: Final = [
            m for m in team_members if m not in org_members and m != SpecialProxyStrings.default_user_id.value
        ]
        if len(not_in_org) > 0:
            raise HTTPException(
                status_code=403,

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Solutions

1. Lower the team's max_budget to fit within the organization's max_budget before moving.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:1813 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/dc820368a4785541. Report an issue: GitHub.