From 99b4d17ee851187363e6d2f39097d8767d91caac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Mavik <179817126+themavik@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:15:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: guard against None litellm_metadata in batch logging
 (#20832)

When litellm_metadata is explicitly set to None in litellm_params,
`dict.get("litellm_metadata", {})` returns None (not the default {}),
because the key exists. The subsequent .get() call on None raises
`AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'`.

Use `or {}` instead, consistent with line 4924 in the same file.

Fixes #15836
---
 litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 82a7af64f97..80a333f52b6 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ class Logging(LiteLLMLoggingBaseClass):
             result, LiteLLMBatch
         ):
             litellm_params = self.litellm_params or {}
-            litellm_metadata = litellm_params.get("litellm_metadata", {})
+            litellm_metadata = litellm_params.get("litellm_metadata") or {}
             if (
                 litellm_metadata.get("batch_ignore_default_logging", False) is True
             ):  # polling job will query these frequently, don't spam db logs