BerriAI/litellm · error · HTTPException

You must be a proxy admin or team admin to reset key spend

Error message

You must be a proxy admin or team admin to reset key spend

What it means

Error "You must be a proxy admin or team admin to reset key spend" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5096

) -> None:
    if user_api_key_dict.user_role == LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN.value:
        return

    if key_in_db.team_id is not None:
        team_table: Final = await get_team_object(
            team_id=key_in_db.team_id,
            prisma_client=prisma_client,
            user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
            check_db_only=True,
        )
        if team_table is not None:
            if _is_user_team_admin(
                user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
                team_obj=team_table,
            ):
                return

    raise HTTPException(
        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
        detail={"error": "You must be a proxy admin or team admin to reset key spend"},
    )


def _validate_reset_spend_value(reset_to: object, key_in_db: LiteLLM_VerificationToken) -> float:
    if not isinstance(reset_to, (int, float)):
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
            detail={"error": "reset_to must be a float"},
        )

    reset_to = float(reset_to)

    if reset_to < 0:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
            detail={"error": "reset_to must be >= 0"},

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Solutions

1. Authenticate with a proxy admin or team admin key.
2. Ask an admin to reset the key spend.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py:5096 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/eb44743542d4ea62. Report an issue: GitHub.