BerriAI/litellm · error · BedrockError

Timeout error occurred.

Error message

Timeout error occurred.

What it means

Error "Timeout error occurred." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_handler.py:226

                    timeout = httpx.Timeout(timeout)
                _params["timeout"] = timeout
            client = get_async_httpx_client(params=_params, llm_provider=litellm.LlmProviders.BEDROCK)
        else:
            client = client

        try:
            response: Final = await client.post(
                url=api_base,
                headers=headers,
                data=data,
                logging_obj=logging_obj,
            )
            response.raise_for_status()
        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as err:
            error_code: Final = err.response.status_code
            raise BedrockError(status_code=error_code, message=err.response.text)
        except httpx.TimeoutException:
            raise BedrockError(status_code=408, message="Timeout error occurred.")

        return litellm.AmazonConverseConfig()._transform_response(
            model=model,
            response=response,
            model_response=model_response,
            stream=stream if isinstance(stream, bool) else False,
            logging_obj=logging_obj,
            api_key="",
            data=data,
            messages=messages,
            optional_params=optional_params,
            encoding=encoding,
        )

    def completion(
        self,
        model: str,
        messages: list,

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Solutions

  1. Increase the timeout or check Bedrock Converse latency/connectivity.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_handler.py:226 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@6c2dcb801b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e6aa89d43d4055af. Report an issue: GitHub.