BerriAI/litellm · error · ValueError

Cloud storage object name contains an invalid path segment

Error message

Cloud storage object name contains an invalid path segment

What it means

Error "Cloud storage object name contains an invalid path segment" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/litellm_core_utils/cloud_storage_security.py:82

        return fallback
    return "/".join(segments)


def build_managed_cloud_object_name(prefix: str, filename: str | None, fallback_filename: str = "file") -> str:
    safe_filename: Final = sanitize_cloud_object_component(filename, fallback=fallback_filename)
    return f"{prefix}{uuid.uuid4().hex}-{safe_filename}"


def _validate_cloud_object_path(object_name: str) -> None:
    if not object_name:
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage object name is required")
    if object_name.startswith("/"):
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage object name must be relative")
    if any(ord(char) < 32 or ord(char) == 127 for char in object_name):
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage object name contains control characters")
    segments: Final = object_name.split("/")
    if any(segment in {".", ".."} for segment in segments):
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage object name contains an invalid path segment")
    if "" in segments[:-1]:
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage object name contains an invalid path segment")


def split_configured_cloud_bucket_name(bucket_name: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
    if not isinstance(bucket_name, str) or not bucket_name.strip():
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage bucket name is required")

    bucket_name = bucket_name.strip()
    if "://" in bucket_name or "?" in bucket_name or "#" in bucket_name:
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage bucket name must not include a URI scheme or query")
    if any(ord(char) < 32 or ord(char) == 127 for char in bucket_name):
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage bucket name contains control characters")

    bucket, _, prefix = bucket_name.partition("/")
    if not bucket:
        raise ValueError("Cloud storage bucket name is required")
    if "\\" in bucket:

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Solutions

1. Remove invalid path segments (e.g. '..') from the object name.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/litellm_core_utils/cloud_storage_security.py:82 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/a9b8c6dbf126fd99. Report an issue: GitHub.