From 17f7b338f0f10e05c4f6cbf2ec70562fff156b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:55:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chatgpt): fail fast instead of running device code login
 inside a running event loop

Co-Authored-By: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py         | 19 +++++++++++++
 .../chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py     | 27 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
index 563826c2b93..727622a452b 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import base64
 import json
 import os
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ def _optional_str(value: JsonValue | None) -> str | None:
     return value if isinstance(value, str) else None
 
 
+def _event_loop_is_running() -> bool:
+    try:
+        asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    except RuntimeError:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
 class Authenticator:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.token_dir = os.getenv(
@@ -66,6 +75,16 @@ class Authenticator:
                 except RefreshAccessTokenError as exc:
                     verbose_logger.warning("ChatGPT refresh token failed, re-login required: %s", exc)
 
+        if _event_loop_is_running():
+            raise GetAccessTokenError(
+                message=(
+                    "No usable cached ChatGPT credentials, and the interactive device code login cannot run inside "
+                    "a running event loop. Sign in once from a synchronous session (for example litellm.completion "
+                    "in a terminal) so the tokens are cached in CHATGPT_TOKEN_DIR, then retry."
+                ),
+                status_code=401,
+            )
+
         cooldown_remaining: Final = self._get_device_code_cooldown_remaining(auth_data)
         if cooldown_remaining > 0:
             token: Final = self._wait_for_access_token(cooldown_remaining)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
index a9ced2afcf9..d23e79f4923 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import base64
 import json
 import time
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ from unittest.mock import mock_open, patch
 import pytest
 
 from litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator import Authenticator
+from litellm.llms.chatgpt.common_utils import GetAccessTokenError
 
 
 def _make_jwt(payload: dict) -> str:
@@ -54,10 +56,29 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
             token = authenticator.get_access_token()
             assert token == "token-new"
 
+    def test_get_access_token_inside_event_loop_fails_fast_without_device_login(self, authenticator, tmp_path):
+        authenticator.auth_file = str(tmp_path / "missing.json")
+
+        async def _get_token_on_loop() -> str:
+            return authenticator.get_access_token()
+
+        with patch.object(authenticator, "_request_device_code") as mock_device_code:
+            with pytest.raises(GetAccessTokenError) as exc_info:
+                asyncio.run(_get_token_on_loop())
+            mock_device_code.assert_not_called()
+
+        assert exc_info.value.status_code == 401
+        assert "event loop" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+    def test_get_access_token_outside_event_loop_runs_device_login(self, authenticator, tmp_path):
+        authenticator.auth_file = str(tmp_path / "missing.json")
+
+        with patch.object(authenticator, "_login_device_code", return_value={"access_token": "token-dev"}) as login:
+            assert authenticator.get_access_token() == "token-dev"
+            login.assert_called_once()
+
     def test_get_account_id_from_id_token(self, authenticator):
-        id_token = _make_jwt(
-            {"https://api.openai.com/auth": {"chatgpt_account_id": "acct-123"}}
-        )
+        id_token = _make_jwt({"https://api.openai.com/auth": {"chatgpt_account_id": "acct-123"}})
         auth_data = json.dumps({"id_token": id_token})
 
         with (