fix(params): keep _litellm_* kwargs out of provider request bodies by construction

litellm/constants.py

@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@
 # e.g., 'x-pass-anthropic-beta: value' becomes 'anthropic-beta: value'
 # Works for all LLM pass-through endpoints (Vertex AI, Anthropic, Bedrock, etc.)
 PASS_THROUGH_HEADER_PREFIX: Final = "x-pass-"
+INTERNAL_KWARG_PREFIX: Final = "_litellm_"
 
 AZURE_SPEECH_CUSTOM_LLM_PROVIDER: Final = "azure_speech"
 AZURE_SPEECH_PASS_THROUGH_ROUTE_PREFIX: Final = "/azure_speech"

litellm/images/main.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 from litellm.types.utils import (
     LITELLM_IMAGE_VARIATION_PROVIDERS,
     LlmProviders,
-    all_litellm_params,
+    is_litellm_owned_kwarg,
 )
 from litellm.utils import (
     ImageResponse,
@@ -249,11 +249,9 @@ def image_generation(
             "size",
             "style",
         ]
-        litellm_params: Final = all_litellm_params
-        default_params: Final = openai_params + litellm_params
         non_default_params: Final = {
-            k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params
-        }  # model-specific params - pass them straight to the model/provider
+            k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in openai_params and not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k)
+        }
 
         image_generation_config: BaseImageGenerationConfig | None = None
         if custom_llm_provider is not None and custom_llm_provider in LlmProviders._member_map_.values():
@@ -757,11 +755,9 @@ def image_edit(
             "style",
             "async_call",
         ]
-        litellm_params_list: Final = all_litellm_params
-        default_params: Final = openai_params + litellm_params_list
         non_default_params: Final = {
-            k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params
-        }  # model-specific params - pass them straight to the model/provider
+            k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in openai_params and not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k)
+        }
         litellm_logging_obj: Final[LiteLLMLoggingObj] = kwargs.get("litellm_logging_obj")
         litellm_call_id: Final[str | None] = kwargs.get("litellm_call_id", None)
         model_info: Final = kwargs.get("model_info", None)

litellm/llms/bedrock/files/transformation.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     OpenAIFileObject,
     PathLike,
 )
-from litellm.types.utils import ExtractedFileData, LlmProviders, SpecialEnums, all_litellm_params
+from litellm.types.utils import ExtractedFileData, LlmProviders, SpecialEnums, is_litellm_owned_kwarg
 from litellm.utils import get_llm_provider, get_optional_params
 
 from ..base_aws_llm import BaseAWSLLM
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ def _map_openai_to_bedrock_params(
                     {
                         k: v
                         for k, v in optional_params.items()
-                        if k not in all_litellm_params or k in _LITELLM_PARAMS_THE_MAPPER_TAKES
+                        if not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k) or k in _LITELLM_PARAMS_THE_MAPPER_TAKES
                     }
                 ),
             )

litellm/llms/elevenlabs/text_to_speech/transformation.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     TextToSpeechRequestData,
 )
 from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret_str
-from litellm.types.utils import all_litellm_params
+from litellm.types.utils import is_litellm_owned_kwarg
 
 from ..common_utils import ElevenLabsException
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def _add_elevenlabs_specific_params(
                 continue
             mapped_params[key] = value
 
-        reserved_kwarg_keys: Final = set(all_litellm_params) | {
+        reserved_kwarg_keys: Final = {
             self.ELEVENLABS_QUERY_PARAMS_KEY,
             self.ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID_KEY,
             "voice",
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def _add_elevenlabs_specific_params(
                 mapped_params[key] = value
 
         for key in list(kwargs.keys()):
-            if key in reserved_kwarg_keys:
+            if key in reserved_kwarg_keys or is_litellm_owned_kwarg(key):
                 continue
             value = kwargs[key]
             if value is None:

litellm/main.py

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     LlmProviders,
     PromptTokensDetails,
     ProviderSpecificHeader,
-    all_litellm_params,
+    is_litellm_owned_kwarg,
 )
 
 ####### ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ###################
@@ -6351,15 +6351,10 @@ def embedding(
         "max_retries",
         "encoding_format",
     ]
-    litellm_params: Final = [
-        "aembedding",
-        "extra_headers",
-    ] + all_litellm_params
-
-    default_params: Final = openai_params + litellm_params
+    default_params: Final = [*openai_params, "aembedding", "extra_headers"]
     non_default_params: Final = {
-        k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params
-    }  # model-specific params - pass them straight to the model/provider
+        k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params and not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k)
+    }
 
     model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(
         model=model,

litellm/types/utils.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm._uuid import uuid
+from litellm.constants import INTERNAL_KWARG_PREFIX
 from litellm.types.llms.base import (
     BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject,
     CachedTokensDetails,
@@ -3923,6 +3924,10 @@ def pricing_override_fields(*sources: Mapping[str, object]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
 ]
 
 
+def is_litellm_owned_kwarg(name: str) -> bool:
+    return name in all_litellm_params or name.startswith(INTERNAL_KWARG_PREFIX)
+
+
 class KeyGenerationConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
     required_params: list[str]  # specify params that must be present in the key generation request
 

litellm/utils.py

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def _get_cached_audio_utils():
     TextCompletionResponse,
     TranscriptionResponse,
     Usage,
-    all_litellm_params,
+    is_litellm_owned_kwarg,
 )
 
 _CALL_TYPE_ENUM_MAP: Final[dict] = {ct.value: ct for ct in CallTypes}
@@ -4161,26 +4161,8 @@ def _remove_unsupported_params(non_default_params: dict, supported_openai_params
     return non_default_params
 
 
-def filter_out_litellm_params(kwargs: dict) -> dict:
-    """
-    Filter out LiteLLM internal parameters from kwargs dict.
-
-    Returns a new dict containing only non-LiteLLM parameters that should be
-    passed to external provider APIs.
-
-    Args:
-        kwargs: Dictionary that may contain LiteLLM internal parameters
-
-    Returns:
-        Dictionary with LiteLLM internal parameters filtered out
-
-    Example:
-        >>> kwargs = {"query": "test", "shared_session": session_obj, "metadata": {}}
-        >>> filtered = filter_out_litellm_params(kwargs)
-        >>> # filtered = {"query": "test"}
-    """
-
-    return {key: value for key, value in kwargs.items() if key not in all_litellm_params}
+def filter_out_litellm_params(kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> dict:
+    return {key: value for key, value in kwargs.items() if not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(key)}
 
 
 def _provider_supports_vertex_params(custom_llm_provider: str) -> bool:
@@ -10122,10 +10104,9 @@ def get_standard_openai_params(params: Mapping[str, object]) -> dict:
 
 def get_non_default_completion_params(kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> dict:
     openai_params: Final = litellm.OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_PARAMS
-    default_params: Final = openai_params + all_litellm_params
     non_default_params: Final = {
-        k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params
-    }  # model-specific params - pass them straight to the model/provider
+        k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in openai_params and not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k)
+    }
 
     return non_default_params
 
@@ -10173,11 +10154,12 @@ def strip_reasoning_summary_aliases_from_optional_params(
     return op, rs_val
 
 
-def get_non_default_transcription_params(kwargs: dict) -> dict:
+def get_non_default_transcription_params(kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> dict:
     from litellm.constants import OPENAI_TRANSCRIPTION_PARAMS
 
-    default_params: Final = OPENAI_TRANSCRIPTION_PARAMS + all_litellm_params
-    non_default_params: Final = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in default_params}
+    non_default_params: Final = {
+        k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in OPENAI_TRANSCRIPTION_PARAMS and not is_litellm_owned_kwarg(k)
+    }
     return non_default_params
 
 

tests/integration/providers/test_stream_chunk_size_wire.py → tests/integration/providers/test_internal_params_wire.py

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def provider_wire_environment(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", PROVIDERS)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("asynchronous", [False, True])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("stream", [False, True])
-async def test_stream_chunk_size_never_reaches_provider_body(
+async def test_internal_params_never_reach_provider_body(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
     provider_wire_environment: None,
     provider: str,
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ async def test_stream_chunk_size_never_reaches_provider_body(
             **_request_parameters(provider, wire.url),
             "stream": stream,
             "stream_chunk_size": 64,
+            "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel": "internal",
             "extra_body": {"custom_provider_key": 1},
             "max_tokens": 16,
             "timeout": 5,
@@ -313,4 +314,5 @@ async def test_stream_chunk_size_never_reaches_provider_body(
         keys: Final = keys_at_every_depth(body)
         assert "stream_chunk_size" not in keys
         assert not INTERNAL_FIELDS.intersection(keys)
+        assert not frozenset(key for key in keys if key.startswith("_litellm_")), keys
         assert _custom_key(body, provider) == 1

tests/unit/images/test_image_edit_extra_params.py

@@ -58,6 +58,26 @@ def test_image_edit_forwards_provider_params_and_extra_body():
     assert response.data
 
 
+def test_image_edit_keeps_an_internal_prefixed_kwarg_out_of_the_provider_request():
+    captured = {}
+    client = HTTPHandler(client=httpx.Client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(_capture_image_edit_request(captured))))
+
+    litellm.image_edit(
+        model="openai/gpt-image-1",
+        image=PNG_BYTES,
+        prompt="add a hat",
+        api_key="sk-test",
+        api_base="https://edit.example/v1",
+        client=client,
+        seed=42,
+        _litellm_undeclared_sentinel="internal",
+    )
+
+    fields = _multipart_text_fields(captured["content_type"], captured["body"])
+    assert "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel" not in fields
+    assert fields["seed"] == "42"
+
+
 def test_image_edit_extra_body_takes_precedence_over_kwargs():
     captured = {}
     client = HTTPHandler(client=httpx.Client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(_capture_image_edit_request(captured))))

tests/unit/images/test_main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import json
+from typing import Final
+
+import httpx
+import respx
+
+import litellm
+
+
+def test_image_generation_keeps_an_internal_prefixed_kwarg_out_of_the_provider_request(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter,
+) -> None:
+    api_base: Final = "http://localhost:12346/v1"
+    mock_route: Final = respx_mock.post(url__regex=rf"{api_base}/images/generations.*").mock(
+        return_value=httpx.Response(status_code=200, json={"created": 1712697600, "data": [{"b64_json": "aW1n"}]})
+    )
+
+    litellm.image_generation(
+        model="openai/gpt-image-1",
+        prompt="a red circle",
+        api_base=api_base,
+        api_key="fake_openai_api_key",
+        _litellm_undeclared_sentinel="internal",
+    )
+
+    assert mock_route.called
+    sent: Final = json.loads(respx_mock.calls[0].request.content)
+    assert "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel" not in sent, sent
+    assert sent["prompt"] == "a red circle"

tests/unit/llms/bedrock/files/test_bedrock_files_transformation.py

@@ -84,6 +84,29 @@ def test_transform_openai_jsonl_content_to_bedrock_jsonl_content(self):
                     "max_tokens" in model_input
                 ), f"Record {i+1} should have max_tokens"
 
+    def test_batch_keeps_an_internal_prefixed_key_out_of_the_bedrock_model_input(self):
+        from litellm.llms.bedrock.files.transformation import BedrockFilesConfig
+
+        result: Final = BedrockFilesConfig()._transform_openai_jsonl_content_to_bedrock_jsonl_content(
+            [
+                {
+                    "custom_id": "internal-key-1",
+                    "method": "POST",
+                    "url": "/v1/chat/completions",
+                    "body": {
+                        "model": "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0",
+                        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+                        "max_tokens": 10,
+                        "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel": "internal",
+                    },
+                }
+            ]
+        )
+
+        model_input: Final = json.dumps(result[0]["modelInput"])
+        assert "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel" not in model_input, model_input
+        assert result[0]["modelInput"]["max_tokens"] == 10
+
     def test_nova_text_only_uses_converse_format(self):
         """
         Test that Nova models produce Converse API format in batch modelInput.

tests/unit/llms/elevenlabs/test_elevenlabs_text_to_speech_transformation.py

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+import json
+from typing import Final
+
+import httpx
 import pytest
+import respx
 
+import litellm
 from litellm.llms.elevenlabs.text_to_speech.transformation import (
     ElevenLabsTextToSpeechConfig,
 )
@@ -16,10 +22,7 @@ def test_should_encode_elevenlabs_voice_id_path_segment():
         },
     )
 
-    assert (
-        url
-        == "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/voice%2F..%2F..%2Fmodels%3Fx%3D1%23frag"
-    )
+    assert url == "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/voice%2F..%2F..%2Fmodels%3Fx%3D1%23frag"
 
 
 def test_should_reject_dot_segment_elevenlabs_voice_id():
@@ -31,3 +34,24 @@ def test_should_reject_dot_segment_elevenlabs_voice_id():
             api_base="https://api.elevenlabs.io",
             litellm_params={config.ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID_KEY: ".."},
         )
+
+
+def test_speech_keeps_an_internal_prefixed_kwarg_out_of_the_elevenlabs_request(respx_mock: respx.MockRouter) -> None:
+    api_base: Final = "http://localhost:12346"
+    mock_route: Final = respx_mock.post(url__regex=rf"{api_base}/v1/text-to-speech/.*").mock(
+        return_value=httpx.Response(status_code=200, content=b"audio", headers={"content-type": "audio/mpeg"})
+    )
+
+    litellm.speech(
+        model="elevenlabs/eleven_multilingual_v2",
+        input="hi",
+        voice="21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM",
+        api_base=api_base,
+        api_key="fake_elevenlabs_api_key",
+        _litellm_undeclared_sentinel="internal",
+    )
+
+    assert mock_route.called
+    sent: Final = json.loads(respx_mock.calls[0].request.content)
+    assert "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel" not in sent, sent
+    assert sent["text"] == "hi"

tests/unit/test_main.py

@@ -295,6 +295,34 @@ def test_completion_strips_eager_input_streaming_before_openai(respx_mock: respx
     assert sent_tool["function"]["name"] == "write_file"
 
 
+def test_embedding_keeps_an_internal_prefixed_kwarg_out_of_the_provider_request(respx_mock: respx.MockRouter) -> None:
+    api_base: Final = "http://localhost:12346/v1"
+    mock_route: Final = respx_mock.post(url__regex=rf"{api_base}/embeddings.*").mock(
+        return_value=httpx.Response(
+            status_code=200,
+            json={
+                "object": "list",
+                "data": [{"object": "embedding", "index": 0, "embedding": [0.1, 0.2]}],
+                "model": "text-embedding-3-small",
+                "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1, "total_tokens": 1},
+            },
+        )
+    )
+
+    litellm.embedding(
+        model="openai/text-embedding-3-small",
+        input="hi",
+        api_base=api_base,
+        api_key="fake_openai_api_key",
+        _litellm_undeclared_sentinel="internal",
+    )
+
+    assert mock_route.called
+    sent: Final = json.loads(respx_mock.calls[0].request.content)
+    assert "_litellm_undeclared_sentinel" not in sent, sent
+    assert sent["model"] == "text-embedding-3-small"
+
+
 def test_custom_provider_with_extra_headers():
 
     with patch.object(