Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error · Error

No SambaNova API key was set.

Error message

No SambaNova API key was set.

What it means

Thrown by the SambaNovaLLM constructor when process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY is falsy. SambaNova exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 and the constructor builds the client inline, so it fails fast without a key.

Source

Thrown at server/utils/AiProviders/sambanova/index.js:16

const { NativeEmbedder } = require("../../EmbeddingEngines/native");
const { isAbortError } = require("../../helpers/abortSignals");
const {
  LLMPerformanceMonitor,
} = require("../../helpers/chat/LLMPerformanceMonitor");
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require("uuid");
const {
  writeResponseChunk,
  clientAbortedHandler,
} = require("../../helpers/chat/responses");
const { MODEL_MAP } = require("../modelMap");

class SambaNovaLLM {
  constructor(embedder = null, modelPreference = null) {
    if (!process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY)
      throw new Error("No SambaNova API key was set.");
    this.className = "SambaNovaLLM";
    const { OpenAI: OpenAIApi } = require("openai");

    this.openai = new OpenAIApi({
      baseURL: "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1",
      apiKey: process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY,
    });
    this.model = modelPreference || process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_MODEL_PREF;
    this.limits = {
      history: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
      system: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
      user: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.7,
    };

    this.embedder = embedder ?? new NativeEmbedder();
    this.defaultTemp = 0.7;
    this.log(
      `Initialized ${this.model} with context window ${this.promptWindowLimit()}`

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Solutions

1. Generate a key in the SambaNova dashboard and set SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY in server/.env, then restart.
2. Verify with `node -e "console.log(Boolean(process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY))"` under the same env.
3. Pass the variable through in Docker (env_file / environment) and recreate the container.
4. Remove any surrounding quotes/whitespace.

Example fix

// before
// SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY unset -> throws
const llm = new SambaNovaLLM(embedder, "Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct");

// after
// server/.env
// SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY=<key from sambanova.ai>
const llm = new SambaNovaLLM(embedder, "Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct");

function assertSambanovaKey() {
  if (!process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY || !process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY.trim()) {
    throw new Error("SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY is missing — create one in the SambaNova console");
  }
}
assertSambanovaKey();
const llm = new SambaNovaLLM(embedder, modelPref);

function hasSambanovaKey(env = process.env) {
  return typeof env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY === "string" && env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY.trim().length > 0;
}

let llm;
try {
  llm = new SambaNovaLLM(embedder, modelPref);
} catch (e) {
  if (/No SambaNova API key/i.test(e.message)) {
    return { ok: false, reason: "missing-sambanova-key" };
  }
  throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling `new SambaNovaLLM(...)` while SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY is unset or empty. Selecting SambaNova in the UI before provisioning a key at sambanova.ai, or running the server with the variable missing.

Common situations: New SambaNova integration where the API key was not yet created in the SambaNova console; variable named SAMBANOVA_API_KEY instead of SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY; .env updated but server not restarted; container env not refreshed.

Related errors

• No Perplexity API key was set.
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AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@526360e320 (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f326b48cbd372edb. Report an issue: GitHub.