BerriAI/litellm · error · ProxyException

You are not authorized to check this organization's keys

Error message

You are not authorized to check this organization's keys

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5303

                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
        ]:
            raise ProxyException(
                message="You are not authorized to check this organization's keys",
                type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
                param="organization_id",
                code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
            )

    if key_hash:
        try:
            key_info: Final[LiteLLM_VerificationToken] = await VerificationTokenRepository(
                prisma_client
            ).table.find_unique(
                where={"token": key_hash},
            )
        except Exception:
            raise ProxyException(
                message="Key Hash not found.",
                type=ProxyErrorTypes.bad_request_error,
                param="key_hash",

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Solutions

1. Query only organizations you administer, or authenticate with a proxy admin key.
2. Ask an org admin or proxy admin to check the organization's keys.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5303 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/47059c2390a88951. Report an issue: GitHub.