Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error · Error

Novita chat: ${this.model} is not valid for chat completion!

Error message

Novita chat: ${this.model} is not valid for chat completion!

What it means

getChatCompletion validates this.model via isValidChatCompletionModel before the Novita call; throws 'Novita chat: <model> is not valid...' when the model id is not in the resolved Novita model set.

Source

Thrown at server/utils/AiProviders/novita/index.js:224

    attachments = [],
  }) {
    const prompt = {
      role: "system",
      content: `${systemPrompt}${this.#appendContext(contextTexts)}`,
    };
    return [
      prompt,
      ...formatChatHistory(chatHistory, this.#generateContent),
      {
        role: "user",
        content: this.#generateContent({ userPrompt, attachments }),
      },
    ];
  }

  async getChatCompletion(messages = null, { temperature = 0.7 }) {
    if (!(await this.isValidChatCompletionModel(this.model)))
      throw new Error(
        `Novita chat: ${this.model} is not valid for chat completion!`
      );

    const result = await LLMPerformanceMonitor.measureAsyncFunction(
      this.openai.chat.completions
        .create({
          model: this.model,
          messages,
          temperature,
        })
        .catch((e) => {
          throw new Error(e.message);
        })
    );

    if (
      !result.output.hasOwnProperty("choices") ||
      result.output.choices.length === 0

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Solutions

1. Confirm the model id exists on Novita's platform (api.novita.ai).
2. Refresh the cached model list in storage/models/novita.
3. Correct the configured model to a valid Novita model id.
4. Ensure network access for the model-list fetch.

Example fix

// before
// model = 'gpt-4' (not a Novita model) -> throws

// after
// model = 'meta-llama/llama-3-70b' (valid Novita id)

const valid = await llm.isValidChatCompletionModel(llm.model);
if (!valid) {
  throw new Error(`Model '${llm.model}' not in Novita catalog — check the configured model id.`);
}

function isKnownNovitaModel(model, catalog) {
  return typeof model === 'string' && model.length > 0 && catalog.includes(model);
}

try {
  await llm.getChatCompletion(messages, { temperature });
} catch (e) {
  if (/Novita chat:.*not valid for chat completion/i.test(e.message)) {
    // reconfigure model id
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling getChatCompletion with a model id not present in Novita's model catalog — typo, a model id from another provider, or a deindexed Novita model.

Common situations: Wrong/typo model id in the provider config; copied a model id from OpenAI/another provider into Novita; Novita removed the model; stale cached model list under storage/models/novita.

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AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@526360e320 (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3f8380d7aab958d6. Report an issue: GitHub.