{"record":{"id":"f719f6f606d5d64b","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"litellm-managed-file-object-with-id-file-id-not-f719f6","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"LiteLLM Managed File object with id={file_id} not found. Checked model id's: {specific_model_file_id_mapping.keys()}. Errors: {exception_dict}","messagePattern":"LiteLLM Managed File object with id=(.+?) not found\\. Checked model id's: (.+?)\\. Errors: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Exception","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py","lineNumber":1583,"sourceCode":"        specific_model_file_id_mapping = model_file_id_mapping.get(file_id)\n\n        if specific_model_file_id_mapping:\n            exception_dict = {}\n            for model_id, provider_file_id in specific_model_file_id_mapping.items():\n                try:\n                    # Cloud-storage providers (e.g. Bedrock S3) validate file ids\n                    # against the deployment's configured bucket, which they only\n                    # trust from this immutable server-side snapshot, never from\n                    # request params.\n                    credentials = llm_router.get_deployment_credentials_with_provider(model_id=model_id)\n                    if credentials is not None:\n                        data[\"_litellm_internal_model_credentials\"] = cast(Dict, MappingProxyType(dict(credentials)))\n                    else:\n                        data.pop(\"_litellm_internal_model_credentials\", None)\n                    return await llm_router.afile_content(model=model_id, file_id=provider_file_id, **data)  # type: ignore\n                except Exception as e:\n                    exception_dict[model_id] = str(e)\n            raise Exception(\n                f\"LiteLLM Managed File object with id={file_id} not found. Checked model id's: {specific_model_file_id_mapping.keys()}. Errors: {exception_dict}\"\n            )\n        else:\n            raise Exception(f\"LiteLLM Managed File object with id={file_id} not found\")\n\n    async def _convert_storage_files_to_base64(\n        self,\n        messages: List[AllMessageValues],\n        file_ids: List[str],\n        litellm_parent_otel_span: Optional[Span],\n    ) -> None:\n        \"\"\"\n        Convert files stored in storage backends to base64 format for Vertex AI/Gemini.\n\n        This method checks if any managed files are stored in storage backends,\n        downloads them, and converts them to base64 format in the messages.\n        \"\"\"\n        # Check each file_id to see if it's stored in a storage backend","sourceCodeStart":1565,"sourceCodeEnd":1601,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py#L1565-L1601","documentation":"afile_content iterates the managed file's model_mappings, calls llm_router.afile_content per model with server-side deployment credentials, and collects per-model failures into exception_dict. If every model fails (or all provider file ids are unusable), it raises Exception listing the unified id, the model ids checked, and each per-model error string — the inner messages are the real diagnosis.","triggerScenarios":"Provider-side files expired or deleted on all mapped deployments (e.g. OpenAI's ~30-day file expiry); rotated/invalid credentials on every deployment; using an output file before the provider finished materializing it; provider outages across all models.","commonSituations":"Downloading batch output files days after completion; credential rotation not applied to router config; multi-provider setups where all providers reject the same stale id.","solutions":["Inspect the Errors dict per model_id to classify the root cause (404 expiry vs 401 auth vs 5xx)","For expired provider files, re-run the batch/upload to recreate provider copies under a fresh unified id","Fix deployment credentials in the router and retry if auth errors appear for every model","Retry with backoff for transient provider failures"],"exampleFix":"# before\ncontent = await hook.afile_content(file_id, span, router)\n\n# after: classify from the aggregated error\ntry:\n    content = await hook.afile_content(file_id, span, router)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    if \"Errors:\" in str(e) and \"404\" in str(e):\n        raise FileNotFoundError(f\"provider copy expired: {file_id}\") from e\n    raise","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    content = await hook.afile_content(file_id, span, router)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    msg = str(e)\n    if \"Checked model id's\" in msg:\n        if \"404\" in msg:\n            raise FileNotFoundError(\"provider copies expired; recreate file\") from e\n        if any(c in msg for c in (\"401\", \"403\")):\n            raise RuntimeError(\"provider auth failed on all deployments\") from e\n        raise  # possibly transient: retryable","preventionTips":["Fetch file content soon after batch completion, within provider retention","Keep router deployment credentials current","Parse the per-model Errors dict to distinguish expiry from auth from outage"],"tags":["files","provider","batch","credentials"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T07:12:03.035Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}