{"record":{"id":"b7c3382cd7014592","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"could-not-create-module-spec-for-local-file-path","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Could not create module spec for {local_file_path}","messagePattern":"Could not create module spec for (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ImportError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/proxy/types_utils/utils.py","lineNumber":164,"sourceCode":"            from litellm.proxy.common_utils.load_config_utils import (\n                download_python_file_from_s3,\n            )\n\n            success = download_python_file_from_s3(\n                bucket_name=bucket_name,\n                object_key=object_key,\n                local_file_path=local_file_path,\n            )\n        else:  # gcs\n            success = asyncio.run(_download_gcs_file_wrapper(bucket_name, object_key, local_file_path))\n\n        if not success:\n            raise ImportError(f\"Failed to download {object_key} from {storage_type} bucket {bucket_name}\")\n\n        # Load the module from the downloaded file using the actual module name\n        spec: Final = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_path, local_file_path)\n        if spec is None or spec.loader is None:\n            raise ImportError(f\"Could not create module spec for {local_file_path}\")\n\n        module: Final = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)\n        spec.loader.exec_module(module)\n\n        # Get the instance\n        instance: Final = getattr(module, instance_name)\n\n        # Clean up the temporary file\n        try:\n            os.remove(local_file_path)\n        except Exception as cleanup_error:\n            verbose_proxy_logger.warning(\"Could not clean up temporary file %s: %s\", local_file_path, cleanup_error)\n\n        verbose_proxy_logger.info(\"Successfully loaded custom logger from %s\", remote_url)\n        return instance\n\n    except Exception as e:\n        raise ImportError(f\"Failed to load custom logger from {remote_url}: {e}\") from e","sourceCodeStart":146,"sourceCodeEnd":182,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/proxy/types_utils/utils.py#L146-L182","documentation":"Import guard when loading a custom auth/plugin Python file: the file downloaded from S3/GCS exists but importlib.util.spec_from_file_location returned no module spec — the path is not a loadable .py module (wrong extension or unreadable file).","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/proxy/types_utils/utils.py:164 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Verify the downloaded file exists at the local path and is a valid Python module."],"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"}