BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

Team tpm_limit ({data.tpm_limit}) exceeds organization's tpm

Error message

Team tpm_limit ({data.tpm_limit}) exceeds organization's tpm_limit ({org_table.litellm_budget_table.tpm_limit}). Organization: {org_table.organization_id}

What it means

Direct TPM comparison: the team's requested tpm_limit alone exceeds the organization's tpm_limit (independent of sibling allocation), so the org limits validator raises 400 naming both values and the org id.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:973

            pass
        else:
            for m in data.models:
                if m not in org_table.models:
                    raise HTTPException(
                        status_code=400,
                        detail={
                            "error": f"Model '{m}' not in organization's allowed models. Organization allowed models={org_table.models}. Organization: {org_table.organization_id}"
                        },
                    )

    # Validate team TPM/RPM against organization's TPM/RPM limits (direct comparison)
    if (
        data.tpm_limit is not None
        and org_table.litellm_budget_table is not None
        and org_table.litellm_budget_table.tpm_limit is not None
        and data.tpm_limit > org_table.litellm_budget_table.tpm_limit
    ):
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail={
                "error": f"Team tpm_limit ({data.tpm_limit}) exceeds organization's tpm_limit ({org_table.litellm_budget_table.tpm_limit}). Organization: {org_table.organization_id}"
            },
        )

    if (
        data.rpm_limit is not None
        and org_table.litellm_budget_table is not None
        and org_table.litellm_budget_table.rpm_limit is not None
        and data.rpm_limit > org_table.litellm_budget_table.rpm_limit
    ):
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=400,
            detail={
                "error": f"Team rpm_limit ({data.rpm_limit}) exceeds organization's rpm_limit ({org_table.litellm_budget_table.rpm_limit}). Organization: {org_table.organization_id}"
            },
        )

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Solutions

1. Set the team tpm_limit at or below the organization's tpm_limit.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py:973 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/62870a2ba3e93d9a. Report an issue: GitHub.