{"record":{"id":"765c573f9f212a0c","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"only-proxy-admins-can-create-prompts","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Only proxy admins can create prompts","messagePattern":"Only proxy admins can create prompts","errorType":"http","errorClass":"HTTPException","httpStatus":403,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py","lineNumber":761,"sourceCode":"                \"prompt_directory\": \"/path/to/dotprompt/folder\",\n                \"prompt_data\": {\"json_prompt\": {\"content\": \"This is a prompt\", \"metadata\": {\"model\": \"gpt-4\"}}}\n            },\n            \"prompt_info\": {\n                \"prompt_type\": \"config\"\n            }\n        }'\n    ```\n    \"\"\"\n\n    from litellm.proxy.prompts.prompt_registry import IN_MEMORY_PROMPT_REGISTRY\n    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client\n\n    # Only allow proxy admins to create prompts\n    if user_api_key_dict.user_role is None or (\n        user_api_key_dict.user_role != LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN\n        and user_api_key_dict.user_role != LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN.value\n    ):\n        raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail=\"Only proxy admins can create prompts\")\n\n    if prisma_client is None:\n        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=CommonProxyErrors.db_not_connected_error.value)\n\n    try:\n        # Extract environment from request\n        environment: Final = (\n            request.prompt_info.environment\n            if request.prompt_info and request.prompt_info.environment\n            else \"development\"\n        )\n\n        # Get next version number\n        new_version: Final = await get_next_version_for_prompt(\n            prisma_client=prisma_client,\n            prompt_id=request.prompt_id,\n            environment=environment,\n        )","sourceCodeStart":743,"sourceCodeEnd":779,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py#L743-L779","documentation":"Authorization gate on prompt creation: the caller's user_api_key_dict does not have a PROXY_ADMIN role, so prompt writes are rejected before any registry or database mutation. Only proxy admins may create prompts.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py:761 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Use a proxy admin key to create prompts."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T11:44:31.656Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}