{"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":1604,"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":1586,"sourceCodeEnd":1622,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py#L1586-L1622","documentation":"afile_content iterates every (model_id -> provider_file_id) mapping for the unified file, injects each deployment's server-side credentials, and collects per-model failures into exception_dict. When all provider attempts fail it raises this aggregate naming the models checked and each underlying error, so the real causes are in the embedded dict.","triggerScenarios":"GET /v1/files/{id}/content where every provider copy is unavailable: files expired or deleted provider-side on all mapped deployments, invalid credentials for each mapped model, or provider-wide 5xx.","commonSituations":"Multi-model uploads left past provider retention (OpenAI ~1h default expiry); enterprise-wide key rotation breaking every deployment; a single cloud outage taking out all copies at once.","solutions":["Parse the Errors dict in the message and fix the dominant cause (401/403 = credentials, 404 = expired/deleted copy, 5xx = transient)","Re-upload the file via POST /v1/files to mint fresh provider copies on all models","For partial failures, fix credentials on failing deployments and retry — other mappings may already work","Retry with backoff when every entry is 5xx/network class"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    content = await proxy.files.content(file_id)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    msg = str(e)\n    if \"Checked model id's\" in msg:\n        errors = msg.split(\"Errors: \", 1)[1]  # per-model dict of causes\n        if all(code in errors for code in (\"401\", \"403\")):\n            fix_credentials()\n        elif \"404\" in errors:\n            reupload_file()\n        else:\n            retry_with_backoff()\n    else:\n        raise","preventionTips":["Download file content soon after upload, before provider expiry windows lapse","Keep credentials for every mapped deployment healthy — one mapping succeeding is enough"],"tags":["litellm","managed-files","files-api","provider-error","aggregated-errors"],"backgroundTag":"upstream-api-error","analyzedSha":"77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T11:44:31.656Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}