BerriAI/litellm · error · ProxyException

You are not authorized to access this endpoint. No 'user_id'

Error message

You are not authorized to access this endpoint. No 'user_id' is associated with your API key.

What it means

Error "You are not authorized to access this endpoint. No 'user_id' is associated with your API key." thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5259

    except Exception as e:
        verbose_proxy_logger.exception("Error resetting key spend: %s", e)
        raise handle_exception_on_proxy(e)


async def validate_key_list_check(
    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
    user_id: str | None,
    team_id: str | None,
    organization_id: str | None,
    key_alias: str | None,
    key_hash: str | None,
    prisma_client: PrismaClient,
) -> LiteLLM_UserTable | None:
    if _user_has_admin_view(user_api_key_dict):
        return None

    if user_api_key_dict.user_id is None:
        raise ProxyException(
            message="You are not authorized to access this endpoint. No 'user_id' is associated with your API key.",
            type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
            param="user_id",
            code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
        )
    complete_user_info_db_obj: Final[BaseModel | None] = await _prisma_table(UserRepository(prisma_client)).find_unique(
        where={"user_id": user_api_key_dict.user_id},
        include={"organization_memberships": True},
    )

    if complete_user_info_db_obj is None:
        raise ProxyException(
            message="You are not authorized to access this endpoint. No 'user_id' is associated with your API key.",
            type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
            param="user_id",
            code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
        )

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Solutions

1. Use an API key that is bound to a user_id.
2. Create a user-bound virtual key and retry the request.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5259 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/eff5cc5db6c844cb. Report an issue: GitHub.