From 6377efd63eb74a079218af6debdf56146c04f1f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krrish Dholakia <krrishdholakia@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:42:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fix linting error

---
 litellm/integrations/custom_guardrail.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/integrations/custom_guardrail.py b/litellm/integrations/custom_guardrail.py
index af6d651803e..0b7b95e7bbc 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/custom_guardrail.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/custom_guardrail.py
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
     LLMResponseTypes,
     StandardLoggingGuardrailInformation,
 )
-from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
+
+try:
+    from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
+except ImportError:
+    HTTPException = None  # type: ignore
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObj
@@ -664,7 +668,11 @@ class CustomGuardrail(CustomLogger):
 
         if isinstance(e, ModifyResponseException):
             return True
-        if isinstance(e, HTTPException) and e.status_code == 400:
+        if (
+            HTTPException is not None
+            and isinstance(e, HTTPException)
+            and e.status_code == 400
+        ):
             return True
         return False