BerriAI/litellm · error · Timeout

Timeout Error: {exception_provider} - {error_str}

Error message

Timeout Error: {exception_provider} - {error_str}

What it means

Error "Timeout Error: {exception_provider} - {error_str}" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py:2106

            )
        elif original_exception.status_code == 401:
            raise AuthenticationError(
                message=f"AuthenticationError: {exception_provider} - {error_str}",
                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                model=model,
                response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
            )
        elif original_exception.status_code == 404:
            raise NotFoundError(
                message=f"NotFoundError: {exception_provider} - {error_str}",
                model=model,
                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
            )
        elif original_exception.status_code == 408:
            raise Timeout(
                message=f"Timeout Error: {exception_provider} - {error_str}",
                model=model,
                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
            )
        elif original_exception.status_code == 422:
            raise BadRequestError(
                message=f"BadRequestError: {exception_provider} - {error_str}",
                model=model,
                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
            )
        elif original_exception.status_code == 429:
            raise RateLimitError(
                message=f"RateLimitError: {exception_provider} - {error_str}",
                model=model,
                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,

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Solutions

1. Increase the timeout or check provider latency.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py:2106 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@6c2dcb801b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/00b5555affdbef39. Report an issue: GitHub.