BerriAI/litellm · error · ValueError

secret {secret_name} not found in Google Secret Manager

Error message

secret {secret_name} not found in Google Secret Manager

What it means

Follow-on guard after a successful Google Secret Manager response: the secret payload is absent from the response JSON (no 'payload.data' field), so the named secret exists but has no value to decode.

Source

Thrown at litellm/secret_managers/google_secret_manager.py:98

            raise ValueError(f"secret {secret_name} not found in Google Secret Manager. Error: {response.text}")

        verbose_logger.debug(
            "Google Secret Manager retrieval response status code: %s",
            response.status_code,
        )

        # Parse the JSON response and return the secret value
        secret_data: Final = response.json()
        _base64_encoded_value: Final = secret_data.get("payload", {}).get("data")

        # decode the base64 encoded value
        if _base64_encoded_value is not None:
            _decoded_value: Final = base64.b64decode(_base64_encoded_value).decode("utf-8")
            self.cache.set_cache(secret_name, _decoded_value)  # Cache the retrieved secret
            return _decoded_value

        self.cache.set_cache(secret_name, None)  # Cache that the secret was not found
        raise ValueError(f"secret {secret_name} not found in Google Secret Manager")

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Solutions

1. Create the secret {secret_name} in Google Secret Manager or fix the name being requested.
2. Verify the project id and IAM permissions for the accessor identity.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/secret_managers/google_secret_manager.py:98 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/31ed28b44cbec1c9. Report an issue: GitHub.