Add support for forwarding provider's auth headers

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Sameer Kankute 2026-02-25 12:08:25 +05:30
parent 9b89c2e8cc
commit ccc4504445
3 changed files with 203 additions and 25 deletions

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@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ import litellm
from litellm._logging import verbose_logger, verbose_proxy_logger
from litellm._service_logger import ServiceLogging
from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_loads import safe_json_loads
from litellm.proxy._types import (AddTeamCallback, CommonProxyErrors,
LitellmDataForBackendLLMCall,
LitellmUserRoles, SpecialHeaders,
TeamCallbackMetadata, UserAPIKeyAuth)
from litellm.proxy._types import (
AddTeamCallback,
CommonProxyErrors,
LitellmDataForBackendLLMCall,
LitellmUserRoles,
SpecialHeaders,
TeamCallbackMetadata,
UserAPIKeyAuth,
)
from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import _safe_get_request_headers
# Cache special headers as a frozenset for O(1) lookup performance
@ -23,9 +28,12 @@ _SPECIAL_HEADERS_CACHE = frozenset(
from litellm.router import Router
from litellm.types.llms.anthropic import ANTHROPIC_API_HEADERS
from litellm.types.services import ServiceTypes
from litellm.types.utils import (LlmProviders, ProviderSpecificHeader,
StandardLoggingUserAPIKeyMetadata,
SupportedCacheControls)
from litellm.types.utils import (
LlmProviders,
ProviderSpecificHeader,
StandardLoggingUserAPIKeyMetadata,
SupportedCacheControls,
)
service_logger_obj = ServiceLogging() # used for tracking latency on OTEL
@ -228,7 +236,9 @@ def _get_dynamic_logging_metadata(
def clean_headers(
headers: Headers, litellm_key_header_name: Optional[str] = None
headers: Headers,
litellm_key_header_name: Optional[str] = None,
forward_llm_provider_auth_headers: bool = False,
) -> dict:
"""
Removes litellm api key from headers
@ -238,19 +248,25 @@ def clean_headers(
clean_headers = {}
litellm_key_lower = (
litellm_key_header_name.lower() if litellm_key_header_name is not None else None
)
)
for header, value in headers.items():
header_lower = header.lower()
# Preserve Authorization header if it contains Anthropic OAuth token (sk-ant-oat*)
# This allows OAuth tokens to be forwarded to Anthropic-compatible providers
# via add_provider_specific_headers_to_request()
verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"header: {header}")
if header_lower == "authorization" and is_anthropic_oauth_key(value):
verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"Adding Anthropic OAuth header: {header}")
clean_headers[header] = value
elif forward_llm_provider_auth_headers and header_lower in _SPECIAL_HEADERS_CACHE:
if litellm_key_lower and header_lower == litellm_key_lower:
continue
if header_lower == "authorization":
continue
clean_headers[header] = value
# Check if header should be excluded: either in special headers cache or matches custom litellm key
elif header_lower not in _SPECIAL_HEADERS_CACHE and (
litellm_key_lower is None or header_lower != litellm_key_lower
):
verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"Adding header and value: {header} {value}")
clean_headers[header] = value
return clean_headers
@ -654,7 +670,8 @@ class LiteLLMProxyRequestSetup:
return data
from litellm.proxy._types import (
LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields,
LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium)
LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium,
)
# ignore any special fields
added_metadata = {}
@ -826,6 +843,11 @@ async def add_litellm_data_to_request( # noqa: PLR0915
from litellm.types.proxy.litellm_pre_call_utils import SecretFields
_raw_headers: Dict[str, str] = _safe_get_request_headers(request)
forward_llm_auth = False
if general_settings:
forward_llm_auth = general_settings.get("forward_llm_provider_auth_headers", False)
_headers: Dict[str, str] = clean_headers(
request.headers,
litellm_key_header_name=(
@ -833,7 +855,10 @@ async def add_litellm_data_to_request( # noqa: PLR0915
if general_settings is not None
else None
),
forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=forward_llm_auth,
)
verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"Request Headers: {_headers}")
verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"Raw Headers: {_raw_headers}")
##########################################################
# Init - Proxy Server Request
@ -1479,8 +1504,7 @@ async def move_guardrails_to_metadata(
# Only check policy engine if no local config (avoid import + registry lookup)
if not (has_key_config or has_team_config or has_request_config):
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import \
get_policy_registry
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import get_policy_registry
if not get_policy_registry().is_initialized():
# Nothing configured anywhere - clean up request body fields and return
@ -1544,16 +1568,14 @@ async def move_guardrails_to_metadata(
def _is_policy_version_id(s: str) -> bool:
"""Return True if string is a policy version ID (starts with policy_<uuid> prefix)."""
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import \
POLICY_VERSION_ID_PREFIX
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import POLICY_VERSION_ID_PREFIX
return isinstance(s, str) and s.startswith(POLICY_VERSION_ID_PREFIX)
def _extract_policy_id(s: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Extract raw UUID from policy_<uuid> string, or None if not a valid version ID."""
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import \
POLICY_VERSION_ID_PREFIX
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import POLICY_VERSION_ID_PREFIX
if not _is_policy_version_id(s):
return None
@ -1574,9 +1596,10 @@ def _match_and_track_policies(
"""
from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
from litellm.proxy.common_utils.callback_utils import (
add_policy_sources_to_metadata, add_policy_to_applied_policies_header)
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.attachment_registry import \
get_attachment_registry
add_policy_sources_to_metadata,
add_policy_to_applied_policies_header,
)
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.attachment_registry import get_attachment_registry
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_matcher import PolicyMatcher
# Get matching policies via attachments (with match reasons for attribution)
@ -1721,8 +1744,7 @@ async def add_guardrails_from_policy_engine(
user_api_key_dict: The user's API key authentication info
"""
from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import \
get_tags_from_request_body
from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import get_tags_from_request_body
from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import get_policy_registry
from litellm.types.proxy.policy_engine import PolicyMatchContext

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@ -334,6 +334,81 @@ def test_chat_completion_forward_headers(
pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception - {str(e)}")
@pytest.mark.parametrize("forward_llm_auth_headers", [True, False])
@mock_patch_acompletion()
def test_chat_completion_forward_llm_provider_auth_headers(
mock_acompletion, client_no_auth, forward_llm_auth_headers
):
"""
Test that LLM provider auth headers (x-api-key, x-goog-api-key) are forwarded
when forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True.
This allows clients to send their own LLM provider API keys through the proxy.
"""
try:
# Configure general settings
gs = getattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "general_settings")
gs["forward_client_headers_to_llm_api"] = True
gs["forward_llm_provider_auth_headers"] = forward_llm_auth_headers
setattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "general_settings", gs)
# Test data
test_data = {
"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "hello"},
],
"max_tokens": 10,
}
# Headers including LLM provider auth
request_headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer sk-proxy-auth-123", # Proxy auth (should be stripped)
"x-api-key": "sk-ant-api03-test-anthropic-key", # Anthropic API key
"x-goog-api-key": "google-api-key-123", # Google API key
"X-Custom-Header": "custom-value", # Custom header (should be forwarded)
}
# Make request
response = client_no_auth.post(
"/v1/chat/completions", json=test_data, headers=request_headers
)
assert response.status_code == 200
# Check forwarded headers
forwarded_headers = mock_acompletion.call_args.kwargs.get("headers", {})
if forward_llm_auth_headers:
# LLM provider auth headers should be forwarded
assert "x-api-key" in forwarded_headers
assert forwarded_headers["x-api-key"] == "sk-ant-api03-test-anthropic-key"
assert "x-goog-api-key" in forwarded_headers
assert forwarded_headers["x-goog-api-key"] == "google-api-key-123"
else:
# LLM provider auth headers should be stripped
assert "x-api-key" not in forwarded_headers
assert "x-goog-api-key" not in forwarded_headers
# Custom headers should always be forwarded (when forward_client_headers_to_llm_api=True)
assert "x-custom-header" in forwarded_headers
assert forwarded_headers["x-custom-header"] == "custom-value"
# Proxy Authorization should never be forwarded
assert "authorization" not in forwarded_headers
print(f"✓ Test passed with forward_llm_provider_auth_headers={forward_llm_auth_headers}")
print(f" Forwarded headers: {list(forwarded_headers.keys())}")
except Exception as e:
pytest.fail(f"Test failed with forward_llm_auth_headers={forward_llm_auth_headers}: {str(e)}")
finally:
# Clean up
gs = getattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "general_settings")
gs.pop("forward_llm_provider_auth_headers", None)
setattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "general_settings", gs)
@mock_patch_acompletion()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_team_disable_guardrails(mock_acompletion, client_no_auth):

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@ -363,6 +363,87 @@ class TestProxyOAuthHeaderForwarding:
assert "authorization" not in cleaned
assert cleaned["content-type"] == "application/json"
def test_clean_headers_forwards_anthropic_api_key_when_enabled(self):
"""clean_headers should preserve x-api-key when forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True."""
from starlette.datastructures import Headers
from litellm.proxy.litellm_pre_call_utils import clean_headers
raw_headers = Headers(
raw=[
(b"authorization", b"Bearer sk-proxy-auth"),
(b"x-api-key", b"sk-ant-api03-test-key"),
(b"content-type", b"application/json"),
]
)
cleaned = clean_headers(raw_headers, forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True)
# x-api-key should be preserved when flag is True
assert "x-api-key" in cleaned
assert cleaned["x-api-key"] == "sk-ant-api03-test-key"
# Authorization (proxy auth) should still be stripped
assert "authorization" not in cleaned
assert cleaned["content-type"] == "application/json"
def test_clean_headers_strips_anthropic_api_key_when_disabled(self):
"""clean_headers should strip x-api-key when forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=False (default)."""
from starlette.datastructures import Headers
from litellm.proxy.litellm_pre_call_utils import clean_headers
raw_headers = Headers(
raw=[
(b"x-api-key", b"sk-ant-api03-test-key"),
(b"content-type", b"application/json"),
]
)
cleaned = clean_headers(raw_headers, forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=False)
# x-api-key should be stripped by default
assert "x-api-key" not in cleaned
assert cleaned["content-type"] == "application/json"
def test_clean_headers_forwards_google_api_key_when_enabled(self):
"""clean_headers should preserve x-goog-api-key when forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True."""
from starlette.datastructures import Headers
from litellm.proxy.litellm_pre_call_utils import clean_headers
raw_headers = Headers(
raw=[
(b"x-goog-api-key", b"google-api-key-123"),
(b"content-type", b"application/json"),
]
)
cleaned = clean_headers(raw_headers, forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True)
assert "x-goog-api-key" in cleaned
assert cleaned["x-goog-api-key"] == "google-api-key-123"
assert cleaned["content-type"] == "application/json"
def test_clean_headers_preserves_oauth_regardless_of_forward_flag(self):
"""clean_headers should always preserve OAuth tokens regardless of forward_llm_provider_auth_headers."""
from starlette.datastructures import Headers
from litellm.proxy.litellm_pre_call_utils import clean_headers
raw_headers = Headers(
raw=[
(b"authorization", f"Bearer {FAKE_OAUTH_TOKEN}".encode()),
(b"content-type", b"application/json"),
]
)
# Should preserve OAuth even with flag=False
cleaned_without_flag = clean_headers(raw_headers, forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=False)
assert "authorization" in cleaned_without_flag
assert cleaned_without_flag["authorization"] == f"Bearer {FAKE_OAUTH_TOKEN}"
# Should also preserve OAuth with flag=True
cleaned_with_flag = clean_headers(raw_headers, forward_llm_provider_auth_headers=True)
assert "authorization" in cleaned_with_flag
assert cleaned_with_flag["authorization"] == f"Bearer {FAKE_OAUTH_TOKEN}"
def test_add_provider_specific_headers_forwards_oauth(self):
"""add_provider_specific_headers_to_request should forward OAuth Authorization
as a ProviderSpecificHeader scoped to Anthropic-compatible providers."""