BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

Violated content safety policy

Error message

Violated content safety policy

What it means

Error "Violated content safety policy" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai.py:105

                    if typed_cat_scores["jailbreak"] >= self.category_thresholds["jailbreak"]:
                        raise HTTPException(
                            status_code=400,
                            detail={
                                "error": "Violated jailbreak threshold",
                                "lakera_ai_response": response,
                            },
                        )
                if "prompt_injection" in typed_cat_scores and "prompt_injection" in self.category_thresholds:
                    if typed_cat_scores["prompt_injection"] >= self.category_thresholds["prompt_injection"]:
                        raise HTTPException(
                            status_code=400,
                            detail={
                                "error": "Violated prompt_injection threshold",
                                "lakera_ai_response": response,
                            },
                        )
        elif flagged is True:
            raise HTTPException(
                status_code=400,
                detail={
                    "error": "Violated content safety policy",
                    "lakera_ai_response": response,
                },
            )

        return

    async def _check(
        self,
        data: dict,
        user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
        call_type: Literal[
            "completion",
            "text_completion",
            "embeddings",
            "image_generation",

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Solutions

1. Modify the request to remove content that violates the configured content safety policy.
2. Review the enabled moderation categories and thresholds in the guardrail configuration.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai.py:105 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/8348b1f26332f936. Report an issue: GitHub.