BerriAI/litellm · error · AnthropicError

CountTokens processing error: {e}

Error message

CountTokens processing error: {e}

What it means

Error "CountTokens processing error: {e}" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py:119

            verbose_logger.debug("Anthropic response: %s", anthropic_response)

            # Return Anthropic response directly - no transformation needed
            return anthropic_response

        except AnthropicError:
            # Re-raise Anthropic exceptions as-is
            raise
        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
            # HTTP errors - preserve the actual status code
            verbose_logger.error("HTTP error in CountTokens handler: %s", e)
            raise AnthropicError(
                status_code=e.response.status_code,
                message=e.response.text,
            )
        except Exception as e:
            verbose_logger.error("Error in CountTokens handler: %s", e)
            raise AnthropicError(
                status_code=500,
                message=f"CountTokens processing error: {e}",
            )

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Solutions

1. Check the count-tokens request payload; see the wrapped exception.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py:119 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/b431d83db54541b3. Report an issue: GitHub.