From 21b5eb64549749965bf7fdbc09c68f1780bc2029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:14:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(proxy): add future annotations import to guard middleware

The return annotation referenced the TYPE_CHECKING-only SecurityConfig
name, which raised NameError at import time and broke every proxy unit
test in CI.
---
 litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py b/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
index 4bf9a949513..c1183167237 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Design constraints honored here:
   envelope for 403/429 as for other proxy rejections.
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any