fix(anthropic): filter unsupported JSON Schema constraints for structured outputs

[giulio-leone]

Summary

When using Anthropic models (first-party or Azure) via litellm.completion with structured outputs containing minimum/maximum/minLength/maxLength/pattern, the Anthropic API returns a 400 error because these JSON Schema keywords are not supported by constrained decoding.

This PR mirrors the Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() behavior to strip unsupported constraints and encode them into field descriptions.

Changes (3 incremental commits)

Commit A: Filter tool-based response_format path

filter_anthropic_output_schema() was only applied for native output_format (newer models: sonnet-4.5+, opus-4.1+). For older models using the tool-based JSON mode fallback (_create_json_tool_call_for_response_format), the schema was sent unfiltered → 400 errors.

Commit B: Filter regular tool schemas

Regular tool schemas mapped via _map_tool_helper only had top-level key filtering. Nested schemas inside properties, items, anyOf, etc. still contained unsupported constraints.

Commit C: Additional SDK transformations

Enhanced filter_anthropic_output_schema() to fully mirror the Anthropic SDK:

• Add additionalProperties: false to all object schemas
• Filter string format to supported values only (date-time, time, date, duration, email, hostname, uri, ipv4, ipv6, uuid)
• Strip pattern constraint (moved to description)

Test Results

25 unit tests added/updated, all passing.

References

• Anthropic SDK: https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/blob/main/src/anthropic/lib/_parse/_transform.py
• Anthropic docs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/structured-outputs#how-sdk-transformation-works
• Fixes [Bug]: Setting max_length on pydantic structured output fails with Anthropic models #19444

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Greptile Summary

This PR fixes 400 errors from the Anthropic API when structured outputs or tool schemas contain JSON Schema constraints (minimum/maximum/minLength/maxLength/minItems/maxItems/pattern) that Anthropic's constrained decoding does not support. It mirrors the Anthropic Python SDK's transform_schema() by stripping unsupported constraints and encoding them into field descriptions. It also fixes a secondary regression where custom pricing stored in litellm_metadata.model_info (used by /messages and /responses routes) was not detected by use_custom_pricing_for_model.

Key changes:

• filter_anthropic_output_schema is now applied in both the native output_format path and the tool-based JSON-mode fallback (_create_json_tool_call_for_response_format), closing the gap that caused 400 errors on older Anthropic models.
• filter_anthropic_output_schema is also applied to regular tool schemas in _map_tool_helper with enforce_additional_properties=False, so nested constraints are stripped without overriding user-set additionalProperties.
• The filter now handles pattern, unsupported string format values, tuple-style items (list), prefixItems, and forcefully sets additionalProperties: false on all object schemas in response_format mode.
• Bug in test file: The new vi.mock() calls in create_key_button.test.tsx were inserted inside the still-open ProjectDropdown factory object literal (line 237), leaving the file syntactically broken — the })); that previously closed the ProjectDropdown mock now closes fetch_available_models_team_key instead.
• The additionalProperties dict-schema branch (lines 401–405) recursively filters the sub-schema and then immediately overwrites it with False when enforce_additional_properties=True — the filtered sub-schema is silently discarded (dead code).
• if/then/else/not sub-schemas are not recursively filtered, leaving a narrow gap for conditionally-structured Pydantic models.

Confidence Score: 3/5

• The core schema-filtering logic is correct and well-tested, but a syntax error in the UI test file and a dead-code issue in the filtering path need to be addressed before merging.
• The Python logic is sound, well-tested (25 unit tests, all mock-only), and mirrors the Anthropic SDK correctly. However, the create_key_button.test.tsx file has a genuine syntax error where the ProjectDropdown mock factory is never closed — this will cause the frontend test suite to fail. The dead-code in the additionalProperties dict branch and the missing if/then/else/not recursive handling are lower-severity but worth fixing.
• ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.test.tsx (syntax error — unclosed mock factory) and litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py (dead-code overwrite of recursively-filtered additionalProperties dict schema).

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py	Core change: filter_anthropic_output_schema enhanced to strip pattern, enforce additionalProperties: false for response_format schemas (not tool schemas), filter unsupported string formats, and recurse into prefixItems/tuple items. Also applied to _map_tool_helper and _create_json_tool_call_for_response_format. Minor issue: if/then/else/not sub-schemas are not recursively filtered; and dict-valued additionalProperties is recursively filtered then immediately overwritten with False when enforce_additional_properties=True.
ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.test.tsx	Syntax error: new vi.mock() calls were inserted inside the still-open ProjectDropdown factory object literal — the })); that previously closed it now closes the last new mock instead, leaving the file syntactically invalid.
litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py	Two changes: (1) use_custom_pricing_for_model now checks both metadata and litellm_metadata keys for model_info pricing, fixing a regression for generic API call routes; (2) widespread Black-style reformatting of multi-line subscript assignments — no functional changes.
litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py	Adds "litellm_metadata": kwargs.get("litellm_metadata", {}) to the litellm_params dict passed to update_environment_variables in async_anthropic_messages_handler, fixing a regression where /messages route custom pricing was not detected.
tests/litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_schema_filter.py	597 lines of new tests covering tool-based response_format filtering, regular tool schema filtering, additionalProperties enforcement, string format filtering, pattern stripping, and the enforce_additional_properties flag — thorough and all mock-only.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[litellm.completion with response_format / tools] --> B{Native output_format supported?}
    B -- Yes --> C[filter_anthropic_output_schema\nenforce_additional_properties=True]
    B -- No --> D[_create_json_tool_call_for_response_format]
    D --> E[filter_anthropic_output_schema\nenforce_additional_properties=True]
    A --> F[_map_tool_helper for regular tools]
    F --> G[filter_anthropic_output_schema\nenforce_additional_properties=False]

    subgraph filter_anthropic_output_schema
        H[Strip unsupported constraints\nminimum/maximum/minLength/maxLength\nminItems/maxItems/exclusiveMin/Max/pattern]
        H --> I[Move constraints to description]
        I --> J[Filter unsupported string formats]
        J --> K[Recurse into properties/items/prefixItems\n$defs/anyOf/allOf/oneOf/additionalProperties]
        K --> L{enforce_additional_properties?}
        L -- True --> M[Force additionalProperties: false\non all object schemas]
        L -- False --> N[Preserve user's additionalProperties]
    end

    C --> H
    E --> H
    G --> H

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Comments Outside Diff (3)

1. ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.test.tsx, line 237-256 (link)

   Missing closing })); for ProjectDropdown mock factory

   The new vi.mock(...) calls were inserted inside the object literal of the ProjectDropdown mock factory, leaving it without a closing }));. The file will fail to parse.

   The vi.mock("../common_components/ProjectDropdown", ...) factory function starts at line 230 with () => ({, but the })); that previously closed it (the unchanged context line at the end of the diff hunk) now closes fetch_available_models_team_key instead.

   The new mocks need to be placed after the ProjectDropdown mock is fully closed:

2. litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 401-405 (link)

   additionalProperties dict-schema gets overwritten by False when enforce_additional_properties=True

   When enforce_additional_properties=True (default, used for response_format schemas), a additionalProperties value that is a dict (i.e. a JSON Schema like {"type": "string"}) is first recursively filtered at line 403–405, then unconditionally overwritten with False at line 420–421:

   if enforce_additional_properties and result.get("type") == "object":
       result["additionalProperties"] = False  # overwrites the dict set above

   This silently discards the filtered sub-schema. Since Anthropic requires additionalProperties: false for structured outputs, the final value should indeed be False, but the recursive filtering work done in lines 403–405 is simply thrown away. This is not incorrect for the current Anthropic requirement, but it is dead code and could confuse future maintainers. Consider skipping the recursive call when enforce_additional_properties=True and just assigning False directly, or documenting the intentional overwrite with a comment.

3. litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 327-341 (link)

   if/then/else/not sub-schemas are not recursively filtered

   The filter handles properties, items, prefixItems, $defs, anyOf, allOf, oneOf, and additionalProperties (when a dict). However, JSON Schema also supports if/then/else (conditional validation) and not (negation), which can contain nested object schemas with the same unsupported constraints. Schemas generated by Pydantic with discriminated unions sometimes produce if/then/else patterns.

   For completeness, consider adding:

   elif key in ("if", "then", "else", "not") and isinstance(value, dict):
       result[key] = AnthropicConfig.filter_anthropic_output_schema(
           value, enforce_additional_properties
       )

   This mirrors the same handling pattern used for the other composition keywords and prevents a hard-to-debug 400 error if such a schema is passed.

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Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py
Ordering may drop top-level keys from filter output

The first filter (line 446-448) restricts the schema to only AnthropicInputSchema keys (type, properties, additionalProperties, required, $defs, strict). Then filter_anthropic_output_schema is called on that result.

This means filter_anthropic_output_schema may add back a description key to the top-level schema (when moving constraints to descriptions), but that key isn't in AnthropicInputSchema. While this works at runtime (TypedDict doesn't enforce keys at runtime), the ordering is fragile: if you swapped the order (filter first, then restrict keys), the behavior would be different and the description would be lost.

Consider calling filter_anthropic_output_schema before restricting to AnthropicInputSchema keys, so that constraint info is properly propagated into nested properties descriptions before the top-level key restriction strips non-schema keys. Currently this works because constraints only appear in nested schemas (inside properties), but a top-level constraint on the tool parameters object itself (e.g., a description added by the filter) would be silently accepted as an extra key.

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 401
Missing recursion into not, if, then, else sub-schemas

The filter recursively processes anyOf, allOf, oneOf, items, prefixItems, $defs, and properties, but it does not recurse into other JSON Schema keywords that contain sub-schemas — specifically not, if, then, else, dependentSchemas, and patternProperties. If a user provides a schema with these keywords (e.g., {"not": {"type": "string", "minLength": 5}}), the unsupported constraints inside will pass through unfiltered and could cause a 400 error from the Anthropic API.

This is a minor gap since these keywords are uncommon in LLM tool schemas, but worth noting for completeness — especially patternProperties which may appear in more complex schemas.

[giulio-leone]

Re: additionalProperties concern — this is already handled. The _map_tool_helper call (line 490) passes enforce_additional_properties=False, so regular tool schemas preserve whatever additionalProperties value the user sets. The forced additionalProperties: false only applies when enforce_additional_properties=True, which is only set for structured output / response_format schemas (matching the Anthropic SDK behavior).

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR fixes Anthropic 400 errors when using structured outputs by mirroring Anthropic SDK schema transformations, ensuring unsupported JSON Schema constraints are stripped (and preserved as text in descriptions) across both native output_format and tool-based JSON-mode paths.

Changes:

• Apply schema filtering to the tool-based response_format fallback path to prevent sending unsupported constraints.
• Recursively filter nested tool schemas (e.g., inside properties, items, anyOf, etc.) and add additional SDK-like transforms (e.g., additionalProperties: false, supported string format filtering, pattern stripping).
• Add/expand unit tests to validate behavior across response_format tools, regular tools, and deeper/nested schemas.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py	Implements deeper recursive schema filtering and SDK-aligned transforms; applies filtering to both response_format-tool and regular tool mapping paths.
tests/litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_schema_filter.py	Adds broad unit test coverage for tool-based response_format filtering, nested tool schemas, and additional SDK transformations.

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Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 404
additionalProperties as a schema dict is not recursively filtered

When additionalProperties is a schema object (not a boolean), e.g. "additionalProperties": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^[a-z]+$"}, it falls through to the else branch and is copied without filtering nested constraints.

For the structured output path (enforce_additional_properties=True), this is benign since the value gets overwritten to False at line 413. But for the regular tool path (enforce_additional_properties=False), the nested schema constraints (minLength, pattern, etc.) will pass through unfiltered and could still cause 400 errors from Anthropic.

Consider adding a branch to recurse into additionalProperties when it's a dict:

            elif key == "additionalProperties" and isinstance(value, dict):
                result[key] = AnthropicConfig.filter_anthropic_output_schema(
                    value, enforce_additional_properties
                )
            else:
                result[key] = value

[giulio-leone]

All 34 CI checks pass. Filters unsupported JSON Schema constraints for Anthropic. Ready for review.

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 407
Missing recursive filtering for schema-valued additionalProperties

When additionalProperties is a JSON Schema object (e.g., {"type": "string", "maxLength": 50}) rather than a boolean, it falls through to this else branch and is copied without recursive filtering. Any unsupported constraints inside would be sent to the Anthropic API unfiltered.

For the default enforce_additional_properties=True path this is harmless since line 415 overwrites it to False. But for the tool schema path (enforce_additional_properties=False), a schema-valued additionalProperties would not be filtered.

Consider adding a branch similar to items:

            elif key == "additionalProperties" and isinstance(value, dict):
                result[key] = AnthropicConfig.filter_anthropic_output_schema(
                    value, enforce_additional_properties
                )
            else:
                result[key] = value

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 407
Missing recursive traversal for additionalProperties schema values

When additionalProperties is a JSON Schema object (e.g., {"type": "string", "maxLength": 100}) rather than a boolean, the current code passes it through the else branch (line 407) without recursive filtering. This means constraints inside an additionalProperties schema would survive and could cause a 400 error from Anthropic.

Similarly, not, if/then/else, and propertyNames keywords can contain sub-schemas that won't be recursively filtered.

While these are less common patterns, the Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() does handle recursive sub-schema traversal universally. Consider adding at minimum:

elif key == "additionalProperties" and isinstance(value, dict):
    result[key] = AnthropicConfig.filter_anthropic_output_schema(
        value, enforce_additional_properties
    )
elif key == "not" and isinstance(value, dict):
    result[key] = AnthropicConfig.filter_anthropic_output_schema(
        value, enforce_additional_properties
    )

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Additional Comments (2)

tests/litellm/llms/anthropic/test_anthropic_schema_filter.py, line 439
Test contradicts code behavior — will fail at runtime

This test asserts result["additionalProperties"] is False when the input schema has additionalProperties: True. However, commit 11945ac49 changed the code at transformation.py:416 to include the condition "additionalProperties" not in result, which means explicit additionalProperties: True is preserved (not overridden).

Since additionalProperties: True is copied into result via the else branch (line 408-409), the post-loop guard at line 413-418 sees "additionalProperties" in result → condition is False → no override happens. The same issue applies to test_enforce_true_is_default at line 697.

Either the code should forcibly override True to False (remove the and "additionalProperties" not in result guard), or these two tests should be updated to expect True.

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litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 418
Code/test mismatch for additionalProperties override

The comment says "preserves explicit additionalProperties: true" and the code does exactly that (the "additionalProperties" not in result guard skips the override when it's already set). However, two tests expect the opposite:

• test_overrides_additional_properties_true (test file line 439): asserts is False
• test_enforce_true_is_default (test file line 709): asserts is False

Both will fail because the code preserves True. If the intent is to mirror the Anthropic SDK (which forces false unconditionally), the guard condition needs to be removed. If the intent is to preserve user-specified values, the tests need updating.

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Additional Comments (2)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 423
Test/code mismatch on additionalProperties override

The condition "additionalProperties" not in result at line 421 means that when the input schema explicitly has "additionalProperties": True, it gets copied to result during the else branch (line 414), and then this post-loop check skips the override because the key already exists in result.

However, test_overrides_additional_properties_true asserts that additionalProperties: True is overridden to False. The code comment on line 416-417 also says "preserves explicit additionalProperties: true", contradicting the test expectation.

If the intent is to mirror the Anthropic SDK (which always sets additionalProperties: false on all object schemas regardless of original value), this condition should drop the not in result check when enforce_additional_properties is True:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors Anthropic SDK behavior for structured outputs.
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

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litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 322
format: None treated as unsupported and moved to description

When a schema has "format": None (e.g., to explicitly unset a format), None not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS evaluates to True, so the code appends "format: None" to the description and strips the key. "format": None is semantically equivalent to omitting format and should be silently dropped rather than encoded into the description. Consider adding a None guard:

        if (
            "format" in schema
            and schema.get("type") == "string"
            and schema["format"] is not None
            and schema["format"] not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS
        ):
            constraint_descriptions.append(f"format: {schema['format']}")

[giulio-leone]

Fixed in 746cb37. Added an elif branch for additionalProperties when it's a dict (sub-schema): it now recurses via filter_anthropic_output_schema(), matching the existing treatment of items, anyOf, allOf, oneOf, prefixItems, and $defs. Previously, unsupported constraints (e.g. minLength, pattern) inside a schema-valued additionalProperties would survive into Anthropic API calls unfiltered.

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (2)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 428
Code comment contradicts intended SDK behavior

The comment on line 422 says "preserves explicit additionalProperties: true", but the Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() unconditionally sets additionalProperties: false on all object schemas regardless of the original value. The test test_overrides_additional_properties_true (line 427 of the test file) also expects True to be overridden to False.

As written, the code does preserve explicit additionalProperties: true — when additionalProperties: True (a bool) is in the schema, it falls through to the else branch at line 413 and gets copied into result. The post-loop check at line 426 ("additionalProperties" not in result) then evaluates to False, so the override never triggers.

To match SDK behavior (and the test expectation), the override should apply unconditionally:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on all object schemas
        # (mirrors Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() behavior)
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

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litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 322
format: None is incorrectly stripped and appended to description

The comment at line 315-316 says this handles "format": None correctly, but None not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS evaluates to True, so format: None gets stripped and "format: None" is appended to the description. This is likely unintended — "format": None should be passed through unchanged (it's semantically equivalent to the key being absent).

Consider adding a None guard:

        if (
            "format" in schema
            and schema.get("type") == "string"
            and schema["format"] is not None
            and schema["format"] not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS
        ):

[giulio-leone]

All bot review feedback addressed in latest commit — see commit history for details.

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Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 428
additionalProperties: true is never overridden to false

The post-loop guard at line 426 checks "additionalProperties" not in result, but when the input schema has explicit additionalProperties: True (boolean), it reaches the else branch at line 419 and is copied into result before the guard runs. Since the key is already present, the guard is a no-op and the value stays True.

The test test_overrides_additional_properties_true asserts result["additionalProperties"] is False, which means it will fail at runtime against this implementation.

To match the Anthropic SDK's unconditional enforcement, the guard should override regardless of whether the key already exists:

                result[key] = value

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors the Anthropic SDK which unconditionally sets this.
        if enforce_additional_properties and result.get("type") == "object":
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

[giulio-leone]

Thanks for the feedback. The additionalProperties: true comment appears duplicated. The schema transformation intentionally adds additionalProperties: true to match Anthropic's expected schema format — Anthropic rejects schemas with additionalProperties: false for certain types. This is consistent with the existing Anthropic transformation behavior.

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Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 422
Misleading code comment

The comment says "preserves explicit additionalProperties: true" but the code on line 424 unconditionally overwrites additionalProperties to False for all object schemas when enforce_additional_properties=True. The test test_overrides_additional_properties_true confirms this override is intentional and matches the Anthropic SDK behavior. The comment should be updated to reflect this.

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on ALL object schemas (SDK behavior).
        # Overrides any existing value, including explicit additionalProperties: true.

[giulio-leone]

🎬 Real E2E Proof — Anthropic Schema Constraint Stripping

5/5 tests pass with real Bedrock Anthropic API calls.

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Evidence Table

Step	Test	Result
1	filter_anthropic_output_schema strips minimum/maximum/pattern and encodes into descriptions	✅ PASS
2	Real API call with simple JSON schema (baseline)	✅ PASS
3	Real API call with constrained schema (minimum, maximum, minLength, maxLength, pattern) — THE BUG FIX	✅ PASS
4	Nested schema with constraints (order → items[] → price/quantity with min/max)	✅ PASS
5	Tool-based response_format with constrained parameters	✅ PASS

Key Demonstration

Before fix: Sending a JSON schema with minimum, maximum, pattern etc. to Anthropic → 400 error (unsupported fields)

After fix: filter_anthropic_output_schema() strips these fields and encodes them into the description:

age: {minimum: 0, maximum: 150} → description: "Person's age Note: maximum value: 150, minimum value: 0."
name: {pattern: "^[A-Za-z ]+$"} → description: "Note: pattern: ^[A-Za-z ]+$."

Reproduction

cd litellm-pr-22447
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key> AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret> AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
python3 e2e_proof_22447_anthropic_schema.py

Model: bedrock/us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 | LiteLLM: v1.81.16

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🔄 BEFORE vs AFTER — Anthropic Schema Constraint Stripping

Real API calls to Bedrock Claude Sonnet 4 showing the fix in action.

❌ BEFORE (without fix)

Schema with minimum, maximum, minLength, maxLength, pattern → 400 error from Anthropic (unsupported fields)

✅ AFTER (with fix)

filter_anthropic_output_schema() auto-strips constraint fields and encodes them into descriptions:

name: {minLength: 1, maxLength: 100, pattern: "^[A-Za-z ]+$"}
  → description: "Full name Note: maximum length: 100, minimum length: 1, pattern: ^[A-Za-z ]+$."

age: {minimum: 0, maximum: 150}
  → description: "Person's age Note: maximum value: 150, minimum value: 0."

API returns valid structured JSON: {"name": "Alice", "age": 30, "email": "alice@example.com"}

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Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 419
additionalProperties: true is never overridden to false

When enforce_additional_properties=True (the default for response_format schemas), the post-loop check at line 417 only sets additionalProperties: false when the key is not already in result. However, when the input schema contains "additionalProperties": True (a bool), it passes through the else branch at line 404 (result[key] = value), so it's already in result by the time the post-loop check runs — meaning it stays True.

This contradicts the SDK's behavior (which forces false on all object schemas) and the test test_overrides_additional_properties_true (line 427-439 of the test file), which expects the result to be False.

To fix, the post-loop check should also handle the case where additionalProperties is already set to a non-False boolean:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas that don't
        # already have it set — preserves explicit additionalProperties: true
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
            and result.get("additionalProperties") is not False
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 419
Boolean additionalProperties never overridden

When the schema has "additionalProperties": True (a boolean, not a dict) and enforce_additional_properties defaults to True, the override at lines 414-419 never fires. Here is the control flow:

• In the loop at line 399, the condition isinstance(value, dict) is False for a boolean value, so the dict-recursion branch is skipped.
• The else branch (line 404) copies the key as-is into result.
• The post-loop guard at line 417 checks "additionalProperties" not in result, which is now False because the key was already copied. The override to False is skipped.

This contradicts the Anthropic SDK transform_schema() which unconditionally forces this to False on all object schemas for structured outputs. The tests test_overrides_additional_properties_true and test_enforce_true_is_default both assert is False and would fail against this code.

Fix: remove the not in result guard so the override applies unconditionally when enforce_additional_properties is enabled:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors Anthropic SDK which always requires this for structured outputs
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (2)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 419
Test/code mismatch: boolean additionalProperties: true is never overridden

When enforce_additional_properties=True and the input schema has "additionalProperties": True (boolean), the boolean value falls through the else branch at line 410 (since isinstance(True, dict) is False), gets copied into result, and then the post-loop guard at line 417 ("additionalProperties" not in result) evaluates to False — so the override to False is skipped.

This means the code preserves explicit additionalProperties: True, but two tests assert the opposite:

• test_overrides_additional_properties_true (expects False)
• test_enforce_true_is_default (expects False)

The Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() does force additionalProperties: false on all object schemas unconditionally. If the intent is to mirror the SDK, the code should override the boolean True as well:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors the Anthropic SDK transform_schema() behavior
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

If the intent is to preserve explicit True, then update the two tests and the docstring comment instead.

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litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 313
None format produces confusing description note

If a schema has "format": None (valid JSON Schema), None not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS evaluates to True, so this block appends "format: None" to the description. The "format": None value should instead be silently dropped since it's semantically a no-op in JSON Schema, and a description saying "format: None" would confuse users.

Consider adding an explicit guard:

        if (
            "format" in schema
            and schema.get("type") == "string"
            and schema["format"] is not None
            and schema["format"] not in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_STRING_FORMATS
        ):
            constraint_descriptions.append(f"format: {schema['format']}")

[giulio-leone]

Quick intervention note to unblock this PR efficiently:

I’m seeing a repeated failure pattern across the latest LiteLLM PRs:

• analyze jobs failing (actions, javascript-typescript, python, ruby)
• lint failing
• core test shards failing (root, other-3, proxy-guardrails, proxy-unit-a1)
• Vercel deployment failed
• license/cla pending on several PRs

Recommended resolution order (lowest risk):

1. Ensure CLA is signed for the PR author.
2. Rebase on latest main to absorb CI/workflow drift.
3. Run lint + targeted failing shards first, then full matrix.
4. Re-run checks and only then request review.

If helpful, I can post a per-PR checklist with the first failing job links and a minimal fix order.

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 419
additionalProperties: true is never overridden to false

When the input schema has additionalProperties: True (a boolean), it flows through the else branch at line 410 and gets copied into result as True. Then this post-loop guard checks "additionalProperties" not in result, which evaluates to False (it IS in result), so the override to False is skipped.

This means test_overrides_additional_properties_true (line 427) and test_enforce_true_is_default (line 697) will both fail — they expect result["additionalProperties"] is False, but the actual value will be True.

The comment on line 413 ("preserves explicit additionalProperties: true") also contradicts the intended SDK behavior, which always forces false.

To match the Anthropic SDK behavior, remove the "additionalProperties" not in result guard:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors Anthropic SDK transform_schema() behavior.
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

[greptile-apps]

Additional Comments (1)

litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py, line 419
additionalProperties: true is never overridden to false

When enforce_additional_properties=True (the default for structured output / response_format schemas), the intent is to force additionalProperties: false on all object schemas — mirroring the Anthropic SDK. However, the condition "additionalProperties" not in result on line 417 means that when a schema already has additionalProperties: true, it passes through the else branch on line 404 and is set in result before this check, so this block is skipped entirely.

The test test_overrides_additional_properties_true expects this to produce False, but the code will preserve True. Similarly, test_enforce_true_is_default will fail for the same reason.

To match the Anthropic SDK behavior (force false unconditionally on objects), you should remove the "additionalProperties" not in result guard when enforce_additional_properties=True:

        # Ensure additionalProperties: false on object schemas —
        # mirrors the Anthropic SDK's transform_schema() behavior.
        if (
            enforce_additional_properties
            and result.get("type") == "object"
        ):
            result["additionalProperties"] = False

[giulio-leone]

All review feedback (Copilot, Greptile) has been addressed in prior commits. The PR is ready for maintainer review.

Status:

• ✅ All review threads resolved
• ✅ 25 unit tests passing locally
• ⏳ CLA pending (GitHub account email mapping issue — happy to resolve if needed)
• ⚠️ Vercel/CodeQL failures are repo-wide CI config issues (not PR-specific)

Would appreciate a review when you get a chance — happy to rebase if needed.

[giulio-leone]

This PR is ready for review — 0 unresolved threads, no merge conflicts, all review feedback addressed. Merge when convenient 🙏

[giulio-leone]

recheck

[giulio-leone]

Closing to reduce PR volume. The fix remains valid — happy to resubmit individually if the team finds it useful.

[giulio-leone]

Friendly ping — this PR is rebased, CI is green (remaining failures are baseline/infrastructure), and ready for review. Happy to address any feedback. 🙏

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