{"record":{"id":"1ddf0a6af8bbe6b5","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"failed-to-get-file-metadata-for-file-path-e-1ddf0a","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to get file metadata for '{file_path}': {e}","messagePattern":"Failed to get file metadata for '(.+?)': (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Exception","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/integrations/gitlab/gitlab_client.py","lineNumber":286,"sourceCode":"        \"\"\"\n        url: Final = self._file_raw_url(file_path, ref=ref)\n        try:\n            headers: Final = dict(self.headers)\n            headers[\"Range\"] = \"bytes=0-0\"\n            resp: Final = self.http_handler.get(url, headers=headers)\n            if resp.status_code == 404:\n                return None\n            resp.raise_for_status()\n            return {\n                \"content_type\": resp.headers.get(\"content-type\"),\n                \"content_length\": resp.headers.get(\"content-length\"),\n                \"last_modified\": resp.headers.get(\"last-modified\"),\n            }\n        except Exception as e:\n            status: Final = getattr(getattr(e, \"response\", None), \"status_code\", None)\n            if status == 404:\n                return None\n            raise Exception(f\"Failed to get file metadata for '{file_path}': {e}\")\n\n    def close(self):\n        \"\"\"Close the HTTP handler to free resources.\"\"\"\n        if hasattr(self, \"http_handler\"):\n            self.http_handler.close()\n","sourceCodeStart":268,"sourceCodeEnd":292,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d/litellm/integrations/gitlab/gitlab_client.py#L268-L292","documentation":"Catch-all raised by GitLabClient.get_file_metadata when a HEAD/raw request for file headers fails with anything other than 404 (which returns None). It extracts status from the exception's .response.status_code, so pure network errors (no response attached) also fall through to this message.","triggerScenarios":"Calling get_file_metadata(path, ref=...) with an invalid ref name (400/404 depending on GitLab), insufficient permissions (403), auth failure (401), or a network timeout while performing the RAW-endpoint header request.","commonSituations":"Passing a branch/tag that doesn't exist (e.g. stale 'main' vs 'master'); LFS-pointer files returning unexpected headers; token scope missing read_api; proxied environments stripping HEAD requests.","solutions":["Check the embedded error for the status code","Verify the ref exists: git ls-remote or GET /repository/branches","Confirm the file path is relative to repo root without a leading slash","For permissions issues, raise the token role/scopes as for other 403s"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"def valid_ref(client, ref: str) -> bool:\n    return any(b[\"name\"] == ref for b in client.get_branches())","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    meta = client.get_file_metadata(path, ref=ref)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    if \"404\" in str(e):\n        meta = None\n    else:\n        raise","preventionTips":["Validate refs against get_branches() before use","Use file paths relative to repo root with no leading slash"],"tags":["gitlab","http","metadata","api-client"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T07:12:03.035Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}