BerriAI/litellm · error · ProxyRateLimitError

Max budget limit reached.

Error message

Max budget limit reached.

What it means

Error "Max budget limit reached." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/hooks/max_budget_limiter.py:73

            from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import get_current_spend

            curr_spend: Final = await get_current_spend(
                counter_key=user_counter_key,
                fallback_spend=user_api_key_dict.user_spend or 0.0,
            )

            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                "MaxBudgetLimiter: user_id=%s, spend=%.6f, max=%.6f",
                user_id,
                curr_spend,
                max_budget,
            )

            # CHECK IF REQUEST ALLOWED
            if curr_spend >= max_budget:
                resolved_model, llm_provider = resolve_llm_provider_for_rate_limit(data.get("model") if data else None)
                raise ProxyRateLimitError(
                    detail="Max budget limit reached.",
                    rate_limit_type=RateLimitType.BUDGET,
                    model=resolved_model,
                    llm_provider=llm_provider,
                )
        except HTTPException as e:
            raise e
        except Exception as e:
            verbose_logger.exception(
                "litellm.proxy.hooks.max_budget_limiter.py::async_pre_call_hook(): Exception occured - %s", e
            )

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Solutions

1. Increase max_budget for the key, user, or team.
2. Reset or wait out the budget period.
3. Review spend to find unexpected usage.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/hooks/max_budget_limiter.py:73 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/67cc6088ed99d35f. Report an issue: GitHub.