BerriAI/litellm · error · Exception

Failed to create File Search store: {response.text}

Error message

Failed to create File Search store: {response.text}

What it means

Non-200 response from the Gemini File Search create-store POST: the API rejected creating the file-search-capable store, and the full response body is embedded as '{response.text}'. Common causes are an invalid API key, quota limits, or an invalid display name; the response text distinguishes them.

Source

Thrown at litellm/rag/ingestion/gemini_ingestion.py:160

        request_body: Final = {"displayName": display_name}

        client: Final = get_async_httpx_client(
            llm_provider=httpxSpecialProvider.RAG,
            params={"timeout": 60.0},
        )
        response: Final = await client.post(
            url,
            json=request_body,
            headers={
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
                "x-goog-api-key": api_key,
            },
        )

        if response.status_code != 200:
            error_msg: Final = f"Failed to create File Search store: {response.text}"
            verbose_logger.error(error_msg)
            raise Exception(error_msg)

        response_data: Final = response.json()
        store_name: Final = response_data.get("name", "")

        verbose_logger.debug("Created File Search store: %s", store_name)
        return store_name

    async def _upload_to_file_search_store(
        self,
        api_key: str,
        base_url: str,
        vector_store_id: str,
        filename: str,
        file_content: bytes,
        content_type: str | None,
    ) -> str:
        """
        Upload a file to Gemini File Search store using resumable upload.

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Solutions

1. Check the response text for the API error, verify API key and quotas, and retry.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/rag/ingestion/gemini_ingestion.py:160 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/45b67751c97f1031. Report an issue: GitHub.