BerriAI/litellm · error · ScalewayAudioTranscriptionException

Scaleway API key not found. Pass `api_key=...` or set the SC

Error message

Scaleway API key not found. Pass `api_key=...` or set the SCW_SECRET_KEY environment variable.

What it means

Scaleway audio transcription credential guard: no API key was passed via api_key and the SCW_SECRET_KEY environment variable is unset/empty, so ScalewayAudioTranscriptionException is raised before any request is sent.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/scaleway/audio_transcription/transformation.py:85

            status_code=status_code,
            headers=headers,
        )

    def validate_environment(
        self,
        headers: dict,
        model: str,
        messages: list[AllMessageValues],
        optional_params: dict,
        litellm_params: dict,
        api_key: str | None = None,
        api_base: str | None = None,
    ) -> dict:
        if api_key is None:
            api_key = get_secret_str("SCW_SECRET_KEY")

        if not api_key:
            raise ScalewayAudioTranscriptionException(
                message=(
                    "Scaleway API key not found. Pass `api_key=...` or set the SCW_SECRET_KEY environment variable."
                ),
                status_code=401,
                headers={},
            )

        default_headers: Final = {
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
            "accept": "application/json",
        }
        default_headers.update(headers or {})
        return default_headers

    def transform_audio_transcription_request(
        self,
        model: str,
        audio_file: FileTypes,

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Solutions

1. Set the SCW_SECRET_KEY environment variable.
2. Or pass api_key=... to the transcription call.

Example fix

litellm.transcription(model="scaleway/...", api_key="<scw-secret>", file=...)

When it happens

Trigger: Triggered when calling Scaleway audio transcription without an API key: api_key not passed and SCW_SECRET_KEY unset.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@77b7c6c40c (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ef7d63c2cf1a1098. Report an issue: GitHub.