BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

Only proxy admins can bulk-update team permissions

Error message

Only proxy admins can bulk-update team permissions

What it means

Error "Only proxy admins can bulk-update team permissions" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:5574

async def bulk_update_team_member_permissions(
    data: BulkUpdateTeamMemberPermissionsRequest,
    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),
):
    """
    Append permissions to existing teams.

    Either pass team_ids to target specific teams, or set
    apply_to_all_teams=True to update every team. For each team,
    the provided permissions are merged with the team's existing
    permissions (duplicates are skipped).
    """
    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client

    if prisma_client is None:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail={"error": "No db connected"})

    if user_api_key_dict.user_role != LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN.value:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=403,
            detail={"error": "Only proxy admins can bulk-update team permissions"},
        )

    if not data.permissions:
        return {
            "message": "No permissions provided",
            "teams_updated": 0,
        }

    if not data.apply_to_all_teams and not data.team_ids:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail={"error": "Must provide team_ids or set apply_to_all_teams=true"},
        )

    if data.apply_to_all_teams and data.team_ids:
        raise HTTPException(

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Solutions

1. Call this endpoint with a PROXY_ADMIN key.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:5574 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/129c6a6a0fbc6ca5. Report an issue: GitHub.