fix(proxy): strip public name from team.models on team BYOK delete (LIT-2120)

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Summary

Fixes LIT-2120 / GH #22594 — deleting a team-scoped BYOK model leaves its public name in /models as a "ghost" entry that admin keys + team keys keep seeing indefinitely (reported by Adobe, also reproduced by dibyom).

Root cause

In delete_model (litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py), the team-cleanup branch does:

removed_model_aliases = await delete_team_model_alias(
    public_model_name=model_params.model_name,  # ← wrong field for team BYOK
    prisma_client=prisma_client,
)

For team-scoped (BYOK) deployments, _add_team_model_to_db writes model_name = "model_name_{team_id}_{uuid}" (the internal unique name) and stores the user-visible name in model_info.team_public_model_name. team.models carries the public name.

So delete_team_model_alias searches litellm_modeltable.model_aliases.values() for the internal model_name_{team_id}_{uuid} string, never matches anything (the alias map is empty for BYOK models — _add_team_model_to_db never populates it, and any existing alias map only stores public names), and returns []. Then valid_team_model_aliases is empty, the filter if model not in valid_team_model_aliases keeps every entry, and the public name lives on in team.models → ghost.

Fix

In delete_model:

1. Resolve team_public_model_name = model_params.model_info.team_public_model_name. Use that (falling back to model_params.model_name) when calling delete_team_model_alias, so populated alias maps still match.
2. Build names_to_drop = set(valid_team_model_aliases) and unconditionally add(team_public_model_name) if set. This defensively strips the public name from team.models even when (a) the alias map was never populated (BYOK case) or (b) a prior team-update overwrote the alias entry (the secondary issue dibyom called out in [Bug]: Deleted team BYOK models persist in /models #22594). Backward-compatible with rows that do have an alias map — those entries still get removed.
3. Pass include={"object_permission": True} on the team update so the row we hand to the cache refresh below has the relations the auth layer reads off the cached object (matches the pattern from fix(team): refresh team cache on team_model_add/delete (LIT-3244) #28683 / LIT-3244).
4. After updating the team row, call _refresh_cached_team so subsequent /models requests stop seeing the ghost for the cache TTL window. Wrapped in a try/except — a Redis blip during the refresh must not undo the DB delete.

Evidence

Direct repro driving the actual delete_model endpoint handler against a mocked Prisma client (the team BYOK API is enterprise-gated; running the unmodified handler exercises the real code path).

Before the fix — team.models on clean main, after delete_model returns success:

$ python3 /home/user/repro_byok_ghost.py   # on main, pre-fix
BEFORE team.models: ['byok-public-model', 'always-allowed-model']
AFTER  team.models: ['byok-public-model', 'always-allowed-model']
OUTCOME: VULNERABLE -- public name 'byok-public-model' still in team.models (ghost)

The same repro after the fix in this PR strips the public name (team.models ends as ['always-allowed-model']).

Tests

tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_delete_team_byok_ghost_models.py — four pytest-asyncio cases:

• test_delete_team_byok_model_removes_public_name_from_team_models — BYOK shape (empty model_aliases): asserts the public name is removed from team.models and unrelated models are preserved.
• test_delete_team_byok_model_uses_team_public_name_for_alias_lookup — populated model_aliases shape: asserts the alias row is also updated.
• test_delete_team_byok_model_triggers_team_cache_refresh — asserts _refresh_cached_team is awaited once after the team update.
• test_delete_team_byok_model_resilient_to_cache_refresh_exception — flaky cache refresh: delete still reports success and the team row update still happens.

Each test drives the real delete_model endpoint handler with a mocked Prisma client, exercising the production code path.

Notes for the reviewer

• Same shape of fix as fix(team): refresh team cache on team_model_add/delete (LIT-3244) #28683 (LIT-3244) — team-cache-refresh on team row write to keep /models consistent across pods within the TTL window. Reused _refresh_cached_team from team_endpoints.py so behavior matches team_model_add/team_model_delete.
• Targeting litellm_internal_staging because that branch is where _refresh_cached_team lives; the same code merges cleanly into main once fix(team): refresh team cache on team_model_add/delete (LIT-3244) #28683 lands there.
• Customer reference: Adobe (Adobe Issue Tracker on LIT-2120). Original GH report and repro by dibyom in [Bug]: Deleted team BYOK models persist in /models #22594 / gist.

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Greptile Summary

This PR fixes a ghost-model bug (GH #22594 / LIT-2120) where deleting a team-scoped BYOK model left its public name in team.models, causing it to keep appearing in /models responses. The fix resolves team_public_model_name from model_info and uses it both for the alias-map lookup and as a direct removal from team.models, with a follow-up cache refresh.

• Root-cause fix: Passes the user-visible public name (not the internal model_name_{team_id}_{uuid}) to delete_team_model_alias, matching what team.models actually stores, and unconditionally adds team_public_model_name to names_to_drop as a defense against rows with empty alias maps.
• Cache refresh: After the DB update, calls _refresh_cached_team so in-flight pods stop serving the ghost within the TTL window; wrapped in try/except so a Redis failure cannot roll back the completed DB delete.
• New tests: Four pytest-asyncio unit tests exercise the BYOK shape, alias-map shape, cache-refresh trigger, and cache-refresh resilience — all using mocked Prisma clients with no real network calls.

Confidence Score: 1/5

Not safe to merge: the module-level import of _refresh_cached_team from team_endpoints will raise ImportError on startup, taking down every model management endpoint.

The module-level from team_endpoints import _refresh_cached_team names a function that does not exist anywhere in the repository. Every endpoint in model_management_endpoints.py (model add, delete, list, update) will become unreachable the moment this import runs. The fix itself is logically sound and the tests are well-structured, but neither can be exercised until the blocking dependency (PR #28683, which defines _refresh_cached_team) lands on litellm_internal_staging.

litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py — the import on line 42 must be resolved before this PR can merge.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py	Fixes BYOK ghost-model bug by resolving team_public_model_name for alias lookup and defensively dropping it from team.models, but introduces a module-level import of _refresh_cached_team that does not exist in team_endpoints.py, which will cause an ImportError on any import of this module.
tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_delete_team_byok_ghost_models.py	New regression tests covering four BYOK ghost-model scenarios (empty alias map, populated alias map, cache-refresh trigger, cache-refresh resilience). Tests are mock-only, no real network calls, and correctly patch _refresh_cached_team at the module level. They will fail to collect due to the import error in the production module.

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Missing symbol causes ImportError at module load

_refresh_cached_team is imported from team_endpoints at module level, but the function does not exist anywhere in the codebase (grep -rn "def _refresh_cached_team" returns no matches). When any code imports model_management_endpoints, Python will immediately raise ImportError: cannot import name '_refresh_cached_team' from '...team_endpoints', making every endpoint defined in this module (model add, delete, list, etc.) unreachable.

The PR description says this symbol comes from PR #28683, which has not yet landed on litellm_internal_staging. This PR must be blocked or rebased on top of #28683 before it can merge safely.

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Medium: Cross-team alias deletion

A team admin can create/delete a BYOK model whose public name matches another team's model_aliases target, and this call will remove that alias from every team because delete_team_model_alias matches only on public_model_name across all LiteLLM_ModelTable rows. Scope the alias lookup/update to model_params.model_info.team_id before mutating model_aliases, or pass the team id into the helper and filter rows by the related team.

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PR overview

One security issue remains open: a team admin can trigger deletion of model aliases belonging to other teams when removing a BYOK model with a matching public name. This creates a cross-team integrity and availability risk by allowing one team’s action to disrupt another team’s model configuration. No issues have been addressed yet, so the PR still needs a scoped alias lookup/update before it is safe to merge.

Open issues (1)

• litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/model_management_endpoints.py:820 — Medium: Cross-team alias deletion A team admin can create/delete a BYOK model whose public name matches another team's model_aliases t

Fixed/addressed: 0 · PR risk: 6/10

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