From 24c39648f0d7aedbf2659c8e80702d3716d9a1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rahul dhanawade <rdhanawade56@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 23:24:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Use ProxyAuthenticationException in get_key_object for token
 not found

---
 litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 1638f93e75d..9f419bfad18 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ async def get_key_object(
     )
 
     if _valid_token is None:
-        raise ProxyException(
+        raise ProxyAuthenticationException(
             message="Authentication Error, Invalid proxy server token passed. key={}, not found in db. Create key via `/key/generate` call.".format(
                 hashed_token
             ),