BerriAI/litellm · error · ValueError

No secret found in Hashicorp Secret Manager for {secret_name

Error message

No secret found in Hashicorp Secret Manager for {secret_name}

What it means

Post-fetch check in the Hashicorp Vault branch of get_secret: sync_read_secret returned None for secret_name, i.e. the path exists in configuration but Vault has no value at that path (wrong path prefix or deleted secret).

Source

Thrown at litellm/secret_managers/secret_manager_handler.py:129

                primary_secret_name=primary_secret_name,
            )
            print_verbose(f"get_secret_value_response: [set={secret is not None}]")

    elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.GOOGLE_SECRET_MANAGER.value:
        try:
            secret = client.get_secret_from_google_secret_manager(secret_name)
            print_verbose(f"secret from google secret manager: [set={secret is not None}]")
            if secret is None:
                raise ValueError(f"No secret found in Google Secret Manager for {secret_name}")
        except Exception as e:
            print_verbose(f"An error occurred - {e}")
            raise e

    elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.HASHICORP_VAULT.value:
        try:
            secret = client.sync_read_secret(secret_name=secret_name)
            if secret is None:
                raise ValueError(f"No secret found in Hashicorp Secret Manager for {secret_name}")
        except Exception as e:
            print_verbose(f"An error occurred - {e}")
            raise e

    elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.CYBERARK.value:
        try:
            secret = client.sync_read_secret(secret_name=secret_name)
            if secret is None:
                raise ValueError(f"No secret found in CyberArk Secret Manager for {secret_name}")
        except Exception as e:
            print_verbose(f"An error occurred - {e}")
            raise e

    elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.CUSTOM.value:
        # Check if client is a CustomSecretManager instance
        from litellm.integrations.custom_secret_manager import CustomSecretManager

        if isinstance(client, CustomSecretManager):

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Solutions

  1. Verify the secret path {secret_name} exists in Vault (correct mount and key).
  2. Check Vault token/AppRole permissions for read access to that path.
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/secret_managers/secret_manager_handler.py:129 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.


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