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litellm - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: sk- prefix missing [1 participants]

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BerriAI/litellm#27849•Fetched 2026-05-14 03:30:12
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  1. {"error":{"message":"Authentication Error, LiteLLM Virtual Key expected. Received=d204****fd5c, expected to start with 'sk-'.","type":"auth_error","param":"None","code":"401"}}
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What happened?

If users created by bulk invite the given access tokens in the response csv doesn't have a sk- prefix and getting rejected on any call.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. create users by bulk invite csv upload
  2. Download the credentials file containing Virtual Keys and invitation links. Users will need these Virtual Keys to make LLM requests through LiteLLM.
  3. {"error":{"message":"Authentication Error, LiteLLM Virtual Key expected. Received=d204****fd5c, expected to start with 'sk-'.","type":"auth_error","param":"None","code":"401"}}

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What part of LiteLLM is this about?

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What LiteLLM version are you on ?

v1.83.10

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