BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. I

Error message

You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. If you have a license please set `LITELLM_LICENSE` in your env. Get a 7 day trial key here: https://www.litellm.ai/enterprise#trial. \nPricing: https://www.litellm.ai/#pricing

What it means

Error "You must be a LiteLLM Enterprise user to use this feature. If you have a license please set `LITELLM_LICENSE` in your env. Get a 7 day trial key here: https://www.litellm.ai/enterprise#trial. \nPricing: https://www.litellm.ai/#pricing" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py:1467

            raise HTTPException(
                status_code=403,
                detail={
                    "error": f"Team ID={team_id} does not match the API key's team ID={user_api_key_dict.team_id}, OR you are not the admin for this team. Check `/user/info` to verify your team admin status."
                },
            )
        return True

    @staticmethod
    async def allow_team_model_action(
        model_params: Deployment | updateDeployment,
        user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
        prisma_client: PrismaClient,
        premium_user: bool,
    ) -> Literal[True]:
        if model_params.model_info is None or model_params.model_info.team_id is None:
            return True
        if model_params.model_info.team_id is not None and premium_user is not True:
            raise HTTPException(
                status_code=403,
                detail={"error": CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user.value},
            )

        _existing_team_row: Final = await _repo_team_table(prisma_client).find_unique(
            where={"team_id": model_params.model_info.team_id}
        )

        if _existing_team_row is None:
            raise HTTPException(
                status_code=400,
                detail={"error": f"Team id={model_params.model_info.team_id} does not exist in db"},
            )
        existing_team_row: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable.model_validate(_existing_team_row.model_dump())

        ModelManagementAuthChecks.can_user_make_team_model_call(
            team_id=model_params.model_info.team_id,
            user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,

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Solutions

1. Set LITELLM_LICENSE in the environment with a valid enterprise license key.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py:1467 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/16ccaa16ca9e8e6a. Report an issue: GitHub.