BerriAI/litellm · error · ProxyException

You are not authorized to check another user's keys

Error message

You are not authorized to check another user's keys

What it means

Error "You are not authorized to check another user's keys" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5283

    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,
        )

    complete_user_info: Final = LiteLLM_UserTable.model_validate(complete_user_info_db_obj.model_dump())

    # internal user can only see their own keys
    if user_id:
        if complete_user_info.user_id != user_id:
            raise ProxyException(
                message="You are not authorized to check another user's keys",
                type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
                param="user_id",
                code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
            )

    if team_id:
        if team_id not in complete_user_info.teams:
            raise ProxyException(
                message="You are not authorized to check this team's keys",
                type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
                param="team_id",
                code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
            )

    if organization_id:
        if complete_user_info.organization_memberships is None or organization_id not in [
            membership.organization_id for membership in complete_user_info.organization_memberships

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Solutions

1. Query only your own keys, or authenticate with a proxy admin key.
2. Ask a proxy admin to check the other user's keys.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5283 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/bba23562d58f39d8. Report an issue: GitHub.