{"record":{"id":"ccde7a16ec0c20b4","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"failed-to-initialize-prompt","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to initialize prompt","messagePattern":"Failed to initialize prompt","errorType":"http","errorClass":"HTTPException","httpStatus":500,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py","lineNumber":804,"sourceCode":"                \"environment\": environment,\n                \"created_by\": user_api_key_dict.user_id,\n                \"litellm_params\": request.litellm_params.model_dump_json(),\n                \"prompt_info\": (\n                    request.prompt_info.model_dump_json()\n                    if request.prompt_info\n                    else PromptInfo(prompt_type=\"db\").model_dump_json()\n                ),\n            }\n        )\n\n        # Create versioned prompt spec\n        prompt_spec: Final = create_versioned_prompt_spec(db_prompt=prompt_db_entry)\n\n        # Initialize the prompt\n        initialized_prompt = IN_MEMORY_PROMPT_REGISTRY.initialize_prompt(prompt=prompt_spec, config_file_path=None)\n\n        if initialized_prompt is None:\n            raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=\"Failed to initialize prompt\")\n\n        return initialized_prompt\n\n    except Exception as e:\n        verbose_proxy_logger.exception(\"Error creating prompt: %s\", e)\n        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))\n\n\n@router.put(\n    \"/prompts/{prompt_id}\",\n    tags=[\"Prompt Management\"],\n    dependencies=[Depends(user_api_key_auth)],\n)\nasync def update_prompt(\n    prompt_id: str,\n    request: Prompt,\n    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),\n):","sourceCodeStart":786,"sourceCodeEnd":822,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py#L786-L822","documentation":"Post-create guard: the DB insert succeeded but InMemoryPromptRegistry.initialize_prompt returned None, meaning the new prompt could not be registered in memory (initialization hook failure), so creation is reported as failed with 500.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/proxy/prompts/prompt_endpoints.py:804 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check proxy logs for the initialization failure (DB write, invalid template); fix the prompt payload and retry."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"type-guard","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"}