{"record":{"id":"77d6b391bd65ab8e","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"guardrail-is-not-pending-review-status-row-statu","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Guardrail is not pending review (status={row.status})","messagePattern":"Guardrail is not pending review \\(status=(.+?)\\)","errorType":"http","errorClass":"HTTPException","httpStatus":400,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_endpoints.py","lineNumber":1014,"sourceCode":"    guardrail_id: str,\n    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),\n):\n    \"\"\"Approve a pending guardrail submission: set status to active and initialize in memory (admin only).\"\"\"\n    from litellm.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_registry import IN_MEMORY_GUARDRAIL_HANDLER\n    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client\n\n    if user_api_key_dict.user_role != LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN:\n        raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail=\"Admin access required\")\n\n    if prisma_client is None:\n        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=\"Prisma client not initialized\")\n\n    try:\n        row: Final = await _guardrails_table(prisma_client).find_unique(where={\"guardrail_id\": guardrail_id})\n        if row is None:\n            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=\"Guardrail submission not found\")\n        if row.status != \"pending_review\":\n            raise HTTPException(\n                status_code=400,\n                detail=f\"Guardrail is not pending review (status={row.status})\",\n            )\n\n        now: Final = datetime.now(timezone.utc)\n        await _guardrails_table(prisma_client).update(\n            where={\"guardrail_id\": guardrail_id},\n            data={\"status\": \"active\", \"reviewed_at\": now, \"updated_at\": now},\n        )\n\n        litellm_params: Final = _parse_json_field(row.litellm_params)\n        guardrail_info: Final = _parse_json_field(row.guardrail_info)\n        if not litellm_params:\n            raise HTTPException(\n                status_code=500,\n                detail=\"Guardrail litellm_params is missing or invalid\",\n            )\n        guardrail_dict: Final = {","sourceCodeStart":996,"sourceCodeEnd":1032,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_endpoints.py#L996-L1032","documentation":"State check in the guardrail approval flow: the submission's status is not pending_review (its actual status is embedded), so it cannot be approved — it was already approved, rejected, or deactivated.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_endpoints.py:1014 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"The guardrail submission was already reviewed (approved/rejected).","solutions":["Only review submissions whose status is pending; check the current status first."],"exampleFix":"Fetch the submission to confirm status=pending before approving/rejecting.","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":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}