BerriAI/litellm · error · Exception

Only draft versions can be published. Current status: '{curr

Error message

Only draft versions can be published. Current status: '{current}'.

What it means

Status-transition guard in the policy registry: publishing (setting published_at) is only allowed from the draft status, but the row's current version_status is something else (already published or production).

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/policy_engine/policy_registry.py:895

        Returns:
            PolicyDBResponse for the updated version
        """
        try:
            if new_status not in ("published", "production"):
                raise Exception(f"Invalid status '{new_status}'. Use 'published' or 'production'.")

            row: Final = await _policy_table(prisma_client).find_unique(where={"policy_id": policy_id})
            if row is None:
                raise Exception(f"Policy with ID {policy_id} not found")

            current: Final = getattr(row, "version_status", "production")
            policy_name: Final = row.policy_name
            now: Final = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            if new_status == "published":
                if current != "draft":
                    raise Exception(f"Only draft versions can be published. Current status: '{current}'.")
                updated = await _policy_table(prisma_client).update(
                    where={"policy_id": policy_id},
                    data={
                        "version_status": "published",
                        "published_at": now,
                        "updated_at": now,
                        "updated_by": updated_by,
                    },
                )
                return _row_to_policy_db_response(updated)

            # new_status == "production"
            if current not in ("draft", "published"):
                raise Exception(
                    f"Only draft or published versions can be promoted to production. Current: '{current}'."
                )
            # Plan: "draft -> production" NOT allowed
            if current == "draft":

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Solutions

1. Only draft versions can be published; create a new draft from the current version and publish that.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/policy_engine/policy_registry.py:895 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/ec67ce8985a24f64. Report an issue: GitHub.