From 512df37a9721bfdd9d24058b8537849a40f67eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ege-arhan <egearhany@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:27:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(utils): narrow pyright ignore to the flagged line in
 allowed_tools guard

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

diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index f863d7c285e..9b9fb07fb7c 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -9059,7 +9059,7 @@ def validate_chat_completion_tool_choice(
             tool_choice.get("allowed_tools"),  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType, reportUnknownVariableType]  # raw dict payload
             dict,
         ):
-            return tool_choice
+            return tool_choice  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]  # narrowed raw dict payload
 
         # Standard OpenAI format: {"type": "function", "function": {...}}
         if tool_choice.get("type") is None or tool_choice.get("function") is None: