From 27b2ed7e25982bcea3e25da138693588991cdd67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 13:18:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(prometheus): return the exhaustive-match fallback so
 every admission arm returns

---
 litellm/integrations/prometheus.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index ee6ce548ff7..7dda308c731 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class _LabeledMetric:
                     metric=self._metric, metric_name=self._metric_name, label_values=kept_values, limits=self._limits
                 )
             case _:
-                assert_never(self._tracker)
+                return assert_never(self._tracker)
 
     def _kept_values(self, values: tuple[object, ...]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
         return tuple(