* test(proxy_behavior): scaffold session-scoped async ASGI client + liveness smoke
Slice 2 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. New top-level dir
tests/proxy_behavior/management/ outside every existing pytest glob.
conftest.py initialises the proxy app once per session against the DATABASE_URL
the harness boots Postgres at, wraps it in httpx.AsyncClient via in-process
ASGITransport. The one smoke test asserts /health/liveliness returns 200, which
exercises the full FastAPI middleware stack against a real app — no mocks.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): connect prisma via real lifespan; key/generate de-risk
Slice 3 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. The fixture now
enters the real FastAPI lifespan (proxy_startup_event) instead of just calling
initialize() — that is where prisma_client is connected, password migration is
kicked off, and the rest of the startup wiring runs.
Tests pin the loop to the session scope so the AsyncClient created in the
session fixture and the prisma connection opened in the lifespan share the
same loop as the test bodies.
New de-risk smoke: POST /key/generate with the master key returns 200, the
returned sk- token resolves to a hashed row in LiteLLM_VerificationToken, and
the cleartext token is never stored. Proves auth + handler + helper + prisma
all wire together end-to-end against a real Postgres.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): seed 8-actor read-world for the authz matrix
Slice 4 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. New
``actors.py`` defines the actor enum + seeds an immutable world (2 orgs,
2 teams, 8 users, 8 verification tokens) under the ``behavior-pin-``
prefix so the rows are identifiable in psql and ``_wipe_world`` is
targeted.
Each actor key is created with its cleartext form generated locally and
its hashed form (via ``litellm.proxy.utils.hash_token``) stored in
``LiteLLM_VerificationToken`` — so the real ``user_api_key_auth`` accepts
the cleartext bearer token. Roles, ``team_id``, ``organization_id``, and
the service-account metadata flag are all set on the seeded rows so the
auth layer resolves the same scopes a real proxy would.
The session-scoped ``world`` fixture re-seeds at session start (idempotent
via wipe-then-create), and the smoke test confirms each of the 8 actor
keys can call ``/key/info`` on itself and receive its own row back.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): per-test scratch namespace + targeted delete_many teardown
Slice 5 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. Adds the
``scratch`` function-scoped fixture: each test gets a uuid4-derived
namespace prefix, tags writes with it (``key_alias``, ``team_alias``,
``user_id``, ``budget_id``), and the fixture teardown ``delete_many``-s
any row whose namespace column starts with that prefix.
Cleanup uses Prisma model methods only (no raw SQL, per CLAUDE.md) and
orders deletes children-before-parents to avoid FK conflicts. The Slice 3
de-risk smoke is migrated onto the same fixture so it stops accumulating
untagged tokens across repeated local runs.
Smoke proves both halves of the contract: one test writes a scratch-tagged
key and asserts it lands; a second test runs after the first's teardown
and asserts no rows in the scratch namespace survived.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): codify G3 (strict-import grep) as a pytest item
Slice 6 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. Two new tests
walk every .py file under tests/proxy_behavior/ and assert:
* no ``from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints`` import — the suite is
deliberately constrained to the HTTP boundary so it survives handler
refactors;
* no ``mock``/``patch`` on ``user_api_key_auth`` — mocking auth is the
structural failure mode of the existing 11k-line mock suite, and the
point of this harness is that the real auth layer runs.
Codifying G3 as a CI test removes the "did someone forget to check the
PR-description checklist" failure mode.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* style(proxy_behavior): apply black to G3 grep test
Follow-up to 6f588c753b — line-length fixes only, no behavior change.
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/generate authz matrix (18 scenarios)
Slice 7 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. Parametrized
matrix across two axes: actor (8 seeded) × target scope (self, team_alpha
in org_a, team_beta in org_b). 18 scenarios after dropping non-applicable
combos. Whole-suite wall-time stays at ~4.7s (well under the 10-min G2
budget for the eventual CI job).
While pinning, the test surfaced one seed gap: ``_get_user_in_team`` reads
``members_with_roles`` (a JSON list of ``{user_id, role}``), not the plain
``members`` String[]. Both columns are now populated in the seed to match
what the real ``/team/new`` handler would produce.
Expected status codes are intentionally heterogeneous (200, 400, 401)
because the current handler emits different statuses depending on which
check fails first (role gate, team-member-perm gate, "not assigned"
check). Pinning the *observed* codes — not what they "should" be — is
exactly the regression signal we want.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/info authz matrix (24 scenarios)
Slice 8 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. 8 actors ×
3 target keys (own, OWNER's key in org_a, CROSS_ORG_USER's key in org_b)
covering self-read, same-team-peer read, and cross-org read.
Notable pinned behaviors (intentionally surfaced for review, not "fixed"):
* ORG_ADMIN gets 403 on individual key info even within their own org
— visibility is scoped to "your own keys" + "your team's keys", not
"your org's keys".
* Same-team peers (INTERNAL_USER, UNRELATED_SAME_ORG, SERVICE_ACCOUNT)
DO see each other's keys. Whether that is desired is for the team
to decide; this PR only pins the existing behavior so unintentional
changes flip the matrix red.
Wall-time is unchanged (~4.3s for the slice on its own).
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/list default-visibility matrix (8 scenarios)
Slice 9 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. For /key/list
the response IS the matrix: each of the 8 seeded actors calls the endpoint
with default filters and the test asserts set-equality between the returned
visible-token set (filtered to seeded tokens only, so unrelated rows can't
flap the assertion) and a pinned expected actor-set.
Pinned default visibility:
* PROXY_ADMIN sees all 8 actors' keys.
* Every other actor sees only their own key — including ORG_ADMIN
(which had broader expectations going in but currently behaves
same-as-internal-user for /key/list defaults) and TEAM_ADMIN (no
team-aggregation without include_team_keys=true).
Future changes that broaden or narrow any single actor's default
visibility will turn this matrix red — exactly the regression signal we
want. Parameter-driven views (include_team_keys, filters) are deferred to
Slice 13 / PR2 follow-up.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/update authz matrix + mutation re-read (21 scenarios)
Slice 10 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. 8 actors ×
3 target shapes (self-owned, OWNER-scoped in org_a/team_alpha,
CROSS_ORG_USER-scoped in org_b/team_beta) = 21 applicable scenarios.
Each test:
1. Master-key-seeds a fresh scratch key with the target's (user_id,
team_id) scope (so the read-world stays untouched).
2. Has the actor under test POST /key/update flipping ``models`` to
a known marker list.
3. Asserts the status code AND the DB row's ``models`` field — present
when 200, unchanged otherwise — so a handler that silently mutates
on a denied response surfaces red.
Observed gating (pinned, not endorsed):
* PROXY_ADMIN bypasses every check.
* ORG_ADMIN is blocked by an early role gate, always 401.
* Every other (INTERNAL_USER-rolesed) actor hits one of three failure
modes — 403 "user can only create keys for themselves", 403
"only proxy admins, team admins, or org admins", or 401
"team_member_permission_error" — depending on whether they own the
target and whether they're a team admin / member of its team.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/regenerate authz matrix + rotation contract (22 scenarios)
Slice 11 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. 21 matrix
scenarios (8 actors × 3 target shapes, minus the cross_org/owner combo
that exists in the seed but isn't applicable) plus one smoke for the
``/key/{key:path}/regenerate`` route registration.
On 200 outcomes the test verifies the full rotation contract:
* the regenerate response key differs from the old cleartext,
* the OLD cleartext returns 401 on a follow-up ``/key/info``,
* the NEW cleartext returns 200 on a follow-up ``/key/info``.
On denied outcomes the test verifies the OLD cleartext still works —
catching any handler that mutates the token row on a failed call.
Pinned authz divergence vs /key/update: regenerate routes most denials
through the team-member-perm 401 path rather than the role-gate 403
path. The matrices for both endpoints are now in tree side-by-side, so
any future refactor that "harmonises" the codes will turn one of the two
red.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* test(proxy_behavior): pin /key/delete authz matrix + post-delete contract (21 scenarios)
Slice 12 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. Mirrors
slices 10/11. On success: cleartext can no longer authenticate
(handles both hard-delete and soft-delete to LiteLLM_DeletedVerificationToken).
On denial: row survives and cleartext still authenticates.
Notable behavior gap with /key/update: same-team peers (internal_user,
unrelated_same_org, etc.) get 403 on /key/delete for OWNER's key — i.e.
cannot delete each other's keys — whereas they CAN read each other's
keys (Slice 8). Delete is stricter than read. Pinned as-is.
Cumulative whole-suite wall-time is 5.9s for all 128 tests on the local
runner — well under the 10-min G2 budget for the CI job in Slice 13.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* ci(proxy-mgmt-behavior): add PR-triggered workflow for the behavior suite
Slice 13 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. New
workflow ``test-unit-proxy-mgmt-behavior.yml`` fires ``on: pull_request``
for the same branch set every other proxy unit-test workflow watches
(main, litellm_internal_staging, litellm_oss_branch, litellm_**).
It delegates to the existing reusable ``_test-unit-services-base.yml``
with ``enable-postgres: true``, which already provisions a postgres:14
service container and runs ``prisma db push`` against it before pytest
collects. ``reruns: 0`` because a behavior-pinning matrix that needs
reruns is itself a regression — flakes are signal.
``timeout-minutes: 15`` gives generous headroom over the local 5.9s
whole-suite wall-time; the binding G2 budget is 10 min.
Plan: https://www.notion.so/36643b8acdab8128a581ced0f6a4744d
* docs(proxy_behavior): G4 regression-replay table for Key Tier-1
Slice 14 of the management-endpoints behavior-pinning effort. Documents
the regression-replay verification methodology + a 12-row table mapping
recent fix-PRs touching key_management_endpoints.py to the catching
scenarios in the PR1 matrix.
One canonical RED→GREEN cycle is captured verbatim —
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🚅 LiteLLM
LiteLLM AI Gateway
Open Source AI Gateway for 100+ LLMs. Self-hosted. Enterprise-ready. Call any LLM in OpenAI format.
LiteLLM Proxy Server (AI Gateway) | Hosted Proxy | Enterprise Tier | Website
What is LiteLLM
LiteLLM is an open source AI Gateway that gives you a single, unified interface to call 100+ LLM providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Azure, and more — using the OpenAI format.
Use it as a Python SDK for direct library integration, or deploy the AI Gateway (Proxy Server) as a centralized service for your team or organization.
Jump to LiteLLM Proxy (LLM Gateway) Docs
Jump to Supported LLM Providers
Why LiteLLM
Managing LLM calls across providers gets complicated fast — different SDKs, auth patterns, request formats, and error types for every model. LiteLLM removes that friction:
- Unified API — one interface for 100+ LLMs, no provider-specific SDK juggling
- Drop-in OpenAI compatibility — swap providers without rewriting your code
- Production-ready gateway — virtual keys, spend tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and an admin dashboard out of the box
- 8ms P95 latency at 1k RPS (benchmarks)
OSS Adopters
Netflix |
Features
LLMs - Call 100+ LLMs (Python SDK + AI Gateway)
All Supported Endpoints - /chat/completions, /responses, /embeddings, /images, /audio, /batches, /rerank, /a2a, /messages and more.
Python SDK
uv add litellm
from litellm import completion
import os
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "your-openai-key"
os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = "your-anthropic-key"
# OpenAI
response = completion(model="openai/gpt-4o", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}])
# Anthropic
response = completion(model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}])
AI Gateway (Proxy Server)
Getting Started - E2E Tutorial - Setup virtual keys, make your first request
uv tool install 'litellm[proxy]'
litellm --model gpt-4o
import openai
client = openai.OpenAI(api_key="anything", base_url="http://0.0.0.0:4000")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
Agents - Invoke A2A Agents (Python SDK + AI Gateway)
Supported Providers - LangGraph, Vertex AI Agent Engine, Azure AI Foundry, Bedrock AgentCore, Pydantic AI
Python SDK - A2A Protocol
from litellm.a2a_protocol import A2AClient
from a2a.types import SendMessageRequest, MessageSendParams
from uuid import uuid4
client = A2AClient(base_url="http://localhost:10001")
request = SendMessageRequest(
id=str(uuid4()),
params=MessageSendParams(
message={
"role": "user",
"parts": [{"kind": "text", "text": "Hello!"}],
"messageId": uuid4().hex,
}
)
)
response = await client.send_message(request)
AI Gateway (Proxy Server)
Step 1. Add your Agent to the AI Gateway
Step 2. Call Agent via A2A SDK
from a2a.client import A2ACardResolver, A2AClient
from a2a.types import MessageSendParams, SendMessageRequest
from uuid import uuid4
import httpx
base_url = "http://localhost:4000/a2a/my-agent" # LiteLLM proxy + agent name
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer sk-1234"} # LiteLLM Virtual Key
async with httpx.AsyncClient(headers=headers) as httpx_client:
resolver = A2ACardResolver(httpx_client=httpx_client, base_url=base_url)
agent_card = await resolver.get_agent_card()
client = A2AClient(httpx_client=httpx_client, agent_card=agent_card)
request = SendMessageRequest(
id=str(uuid4()),
params=MessageSendParams(
message={
"role": "user",
"parts": [{"kind": "text", "text": "Hello!"}],
"messageId": uuid4().hex,
}
)
)
response = await client.send_message(request)
MCP Tools - Connect MCP servers to any LLM (Python SDK + AI Gateway)
Python SDK - MCP Bridge
from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
from litellm import experimental_mcp_client
import litellm
server_params = StdioServerParameters(command="python", args=["mcp_server.py"])
async with stdio_client(server_params) as (read, write):
async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
await session.initialize()
# Load MCP tools in OpenAI format
tools = await experimental_mcp_client.load_mcp_tools(session=session, format="openai")
# Use with any LiteLLM model
response = await litellm.acompletion(
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What's 3 + 5?"}],
tools=tools
)
AI Gateway - MCP Gateway
Step 1. Add your MCP Server to the AI Gateway
Step 2. Call MCP tools via /chat/completions
curl -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-1234' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-4o",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the latest open PR"}],
"tools": [{
"type": "mcp",
"server_url": "litellm_proxy/mcp/github",
"server_label": "github_mcp",
"require_approval": "never"
}]
}'
Use with Cursor IDE
{
"mcpServers": {
"LiteLLM": {
"url": "http://localhost:4000/mcp/",
"headers": {
"x-litellm-api-key": "Bearer sk-1234"
}
}
}
}
Supported Providers (Website Supported Models | Docs)
Get Started
You can use LiteLLM through either the Proxy Server or Python SDK. Both give you a unified interface to access multiple LLMs (100+ LLMs). Choose the option that best fits your needs:
| LiteLLM AI Gateway | LiteLLM Python SDK | |
|---|---|---|
| Use Case | Central service (LLM Gateway) to access multiple LLMs | Use LiteLLM directly in your Python code |
| Who Uses It? | Gen AI Enablement / ML Platform Teams | Developers building LLM projects |
| Key Features | Centralized API gateway with authentication and authorization, multi-tenant cost tracking and spend management per project/user, per-project customization (logging, guardrails, caching), virtual keys for secure access control, admin dashboard UI for monitoring and management | Direct Python library integration in your codebase, Router with retry/fallback logic across multiple deployments (e.g. Azure/OpenAI) - Router, application-level load balancing and cost tracking, exception handling with OpenAI-compatible errors, observability callbacks (Lunary, MLflow, Langfuse, etc.) |
Stable Release: Use docker images with the -stable tag. These have undergone 12 hour load tests, before being published. More information about the release cycle here
Support for more providers. Missing a provider or LLM Platform, raise a feature request.
Run in Developer Mode
Services
- Setup .env file in root
- Run dependant services
docker-compose up db prometheus
Backend
- (In root) create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv - Activate virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate - Install dependencies
uv sync --all-extras --group proxy-dev uv run prisma generateprisma generate- Start proxy backend
python litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
Frontend
- Navigate to
ui/litellm-dashboard - Install dependencies
npm install - Run
npm run devto start the dashboard
Verify Docker Image Signatures
All LiteLLM Docker images published to GHCR are signed with cosign. Every release is signed with the same key introduced in commit 0112e53.
Verify using the pinned commit hash (recommended):
A commit hash is cryptographically immutable, so this is the strongest way to ensure you are using the original signing key:
cosign verify \
--key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm/0112e53046018d726492c814b3644b7d376029d0/cosign.pub \
ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:<release-tag>
Verify using a release tag (convenience):
Tags are protected in this repository and resolve to the same key. This option is easier to read but relies on tag protection rules:
cosign verify \
--key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm/<release-tag>/cosign.pub \
ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:<release-tag>
Replace <release-tag> with the version you are deploying (e.g. v1.83.0-stable).
Enterprise
For companies that need better security, user management and professional support
Get an Enterprise License Talk to founders
This covers:
- ✅ Features under the LiteLLM Commercial License:
- ✅ Feature Prioritization
- ✅ Custom Integrations
- ✅ Professional Support - Dedicated discord + slack
- ✅ Custom SLAs
- ✅ Secure access with Single Sign-On
Contributing
We welcome contributions to LiteLLM! Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, we appreciate your help.
Quick Start for Contributors
This requires uv to be installed.
git clone https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git
cd litellm
make install-dev # Install development dependencies
make format # Format your code
make lint # Run all linting checks
make test-unit # Run unit tests
make format-check # Check formatting only
For detailed contributing guidelines, see CONTRIBUTING.md.
📖 Contributing to documentation? The LiteLLM docs have moved to a separate repository: BerriAI/litellm-docs. Please open doc PRs there. Docs are served at docs.litellm.ai.
Code Quality / Linting
LiteLLM follows the Google Python Style Guide.
Our automated checks include:
- Black for code formatting
- Ruff for linting and code quality
- MyPy for type checking
- Circular import detection
- Import safety checks
All these checks must pass before your PR can be merged.
Support / talk with founders
- Schedule Demo 👋
- Community Discord 💭
- Community Slack 💭
- Our emails ✉️ ishaan@berri.ai / krrish@berri.ai