{"record":{"id":"ac67a1a980bda272","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"error-parsing-file-delete-response-e","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Error parsing file delete response: {e}","messagePattern":"Error parsing file delete response: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/llms/gemini/files/transformation.py","lineNumber":364,"sourceCode":"        try:\n            # Google AI Studio returns {} on successful deletion\n            if raw_response.status_code == 200:\n                # Extract file ID from the request URL if possible\n                file_id = \"deleted\"\n                if hasattr(raw_response, \"request\") and raw_response.request:\n                    url: Final = str(raw_response.request.url)\n                    if \"/files/\" in url:\n                        file_id = url.split(\"/files/\")[-1].split(\"?\")[0]\n                        # Add the files/ prefix if not present\n                        if not file_id.startswith(\"files/\"):\n                            file_id = f\"files/{file_id}\"\n\n                return FileDeleted(id=file_id, deleted=True, object=\"file\")\n            else:\n                raise ValueError(f\"Failed to delete file: {raw_response.text}\")\n        except Exception as e:\n            verbose_logger.exception(\"Error parsing file delete response: %s\", e)\n            raise ValueError(f\"Error parsing file delete response: {e}\")\n\n    def transform_list_files_request(\n        self,\n        purpose: str | None,\n        optional_params: dict,\n        litellm_params: dict,\n    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:\n        raise NotImplementedError(\"GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file listing\")\n\n    def transform_list_files_response(\n        self,\n        raw_response: httpx.Response,\n        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,\n        litellm_params: dict,\n    ) -> list[OpenAIFileObject]:\n        raise NotImplementedError(\"GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file listing\")\n\n    def transform_file_content_request(","sourceCodeStart":346,"sourceCodeEnd":382,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/llms/gemini/files/transformation.py#L346-L382","documentation":"Catch-all wrapper in GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler.transform_delete_file_response. Any exception raised while parsing the delete response — including the 'Failed to delete file: ...' ValueError for non-2xx statuses — is caught, logged with a traceback via verbose_logger.exception, and re-raised as this generic parse error. The original cause is in the '{e}' suffix and the verbose log, not the prefix.","triggerScenarios":"Any non-2xx delete response (the inner ValueError is re-wrapped here); attributes missing on the raw httpx response in mocked/test environments; AttributeError/KeyError while reading raw_response.request.url in the success branch.","commonSituations":"Test suites passing mock responses that lack .text or .request; production deletes of expired files where the 404 body error gets double-wrapped; debugging confusion because the outer message hides the real status.","solutions":["Enable verbose logging (litellm.set_verbose=True) — verbose_logger.exception prints the full traceback of the original error before the re-raise","Check str(e) suffix: 'Failed to delete file: ...' means an upstream HTTP error, not a local parse bug","Fix mocks in tests to provide .text, .status_code, and .request.url attributes","If the suffix shows a 404/not-found body, handle it as an idempotent success (see the delete-file error)"],"exampleFix":"# before\nlitellm.delete_file(file_id=fid, custom_llm_provider='gemini', api_key=KEY)\n# ValueError: Error parsing file delete response: Failed to delete file: {\"error\": ...404...}\n\n# after - match the inner cause and treat not-found as deleted\ntry:\n    litellm.delete_file(file_id=fid, custom_llm_provider='gemini', api_key=KEY)\nexcept ValueError as e:\n    msg = str(e).lower()\n    if 'not found' in msg or '404' in msg:\n        pass\n    else:\n        raise","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    litellm.delete_file(file_id=fid, custom_llm_provider='gemini', api_key=KEY)\nexcept ValueError as e:\n    inner = str(e)\n    # outer wrapper: real cause lives in the suffix after 'Error parsing file delete response: '\n    cause = inner.split('Error parsing file delete response: ', 1)[-1]\n    handle_delete_failure(cause)","preventionTips":["Enable verbose logging in dev so the pre-wrap traceback is visible","Match on the inner cause (e.g. 'Failed to delete file: ...404...') rather than the generic prefix","In tests, give mocked responses .text, .status_code, and .request.url so the parser never trips locally"],"tags":["gemini","files-api","response-parsing","delete-file"],"backgroundTag":"api-response-parsing-failed","analyzedSha":"77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T11:44:31.656Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}