From 74e9fb23233c8d3bfeed73485bc0270da79370d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:07:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(passthrough): validate only the winning timeout value in
 the resolver

---
 litellm/passthrough/timeout_utils.py          | 36 +++++++++----------
 .../test_pass_through_endpoints.py            | 20 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/passthrough/timeout_utils.py b/litellm/passthrough/timeout_utils.py
index 9284f7143b0..fc67aa8c553 100644
--- a/litellm/passthrough/timeout_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/passthrough/timeout_utils.py
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 DEFAULT_PASS_THROUGH_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = 600.0
 
-
-class _TimeoutFields(BaseModel):
-    model_config = ConfigDict(frozen=True)
-
-    stream_timeout: float | None = None
-    timeout: float | None = None
-    request_timeout: float | None = None
+_SECONDS: Final = TypeAdapter(float)
+_NO_PARAMS: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = MappingProxyType({})
 
 
 def resolve_pass_through_request_timeout(
@@ -59,20 +55,24 @@ def resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout(
     any generic timeout, matching ``Router._get_stream_timeout`` on the completion route:
     kwargs stream_timeout -> litellm_params stream_timeout -> router_stream_timeout, then the
     non-streaming chain above.
+
+    Only the first set value is validated as seconds, so a value in a lower-precedence
+    field never fails the call.
     """
-    streaming: Final = bool((kwargs or {}).get("stream"))
-    request: Final = _TimeoutFields.model_validate(kwargs or {})
-    deployment: Final = _TimeoutFields.model_validate(litellm_params or {})
+    request: Final = kwargs if kwargs is not None else _NO_PARAMS
+    deployment: Final = litellm_params if litellm_params is not None else _NO_PARAMS
     stream_candidates: Final = (
-        (request.stream_timeout, deployment.stream_timeout, router_stream_timeout) if streaming else ()
+        (request.get("stream_timeout"), deployment.get("stream_timeout"), router_stream_timeout)
+        if request.get("stream")
+        else ()
     )
     candidates: Final = (
         *stream_candidates,
-        request.timeout,
-        request.request_timeout,
-        deployment.timeout,
-        deployment.request_timeout,
+        request.get("timeout"),
+        request.get("request_timeout"),
+        deployment.get("timeout"),
+        deployment.get("request_timeout"),
         router_timeout,
     )
-    resolved: Final = next((float(val) for val in candidates if val is not None), None)
-    return resolved if resolved is not None else resolve_pass_through_request_timeout()
+    winner: Final = next((val for val in candidates if val is not None), None)
+    return resolve_pass_through_request_timeout() if winner is None else _SECONDS.validate_python(winner)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
index abff897c4f5..13cd41278b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 import httpx
 import pytest
 from fastapi import Request, Response, UploadFile
+from pydantic import ValidationError
 from starlette.datastructures import FormData, Headers, QueryParams
 from starlette.datastructures import UploadFile as StarletteUploadFile
 
@@ -1189,6 +1190,25 @@ def test_resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout_reads_stream_by_truthiness(stream: obje
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "kwargs, litellm_params, expected",
+    [
+        ({"stream": True, "stream_timeout": 1800, "timeout": httpx.Timeout(30.0)}, {}, 1800.0),
+        ({"stream": False}, {"stream_timeout": httpx.Timeout(30.0), "timeout": 90}, 90.0),
+        ({"timeout": 45}, {"request_timeout": httpx.Timeout(30.0)}, 45.0),
+    ],
+)
+def test_resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout_validates_only_the_winning_value(
+    kwargs: dict[str, object], litellm_params: dict[str, object], expected: float
+):
+    assert resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout(kwargs=kwargs, litellm_params=litellm_params) == expected
+
+
+def test_resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout_rejects_a_non_numeric_winner():
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        resolve_llm_passthrough_timeout(kwargs={"timeout": httpx.Timeout(30.0)})
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_pass_through_request_uses_resolved_timeout():
     with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.proxy_logging_obj") as mock_proxy_logging: