From a9d0e2cf91663a5bcc7ddfffaf8b4683b3ee5c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harshit28j <Harshitjain0562@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:33:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: req changes

---
 litellm/proxy/_types.py                       | 10 ++-------
 .../management_endpoints/project_endpoints.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../test_project_tags_pydantic.py             | 16 +++++---------
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 8713f54a3e..28311ab1b3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -2599,10 +2599,7 @@ class NewProjectRequest(LiteLLM_BudgetTable):
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"tags must be a list of strings, got {type(values['tags']).__name__}"
                 )
-        for field in (
-            LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields
-            + LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium
-        ):
+        for field in LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields:
             if values.get(field) is not None:
                 if values.get("metadata") is None:
                     values.update({"metadata": {}})
@@ -2635,10 +2632,7 @@ class UpdateProjectRequest(LiteLLM_BudgetTable):
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"tags must be a list of strings, got {type(values['tags']).__name__}"
                 )
-        for field in (
-            LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields
-            + LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium
-        ):
+        for field in LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields:
             if values.get(field) is not None:
                 if values.get("metadata") is None:
                     values.update({"metadata": {}})
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/project_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/project_endpoints.py
index c825802f31..8f48f9def7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/project_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/project_endpoints.py
@@ -358,6 +358,16 @@ async def new_project(
                 },
             )
 
+        # ADD METADATA FIELDS
+        for field in LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium:
+            if getattr(data, field, None) is not None:
+                _set_object_metadata_field(
+                    object_data=data,
+                    field_name=field,
+                    value=getattr(data, field),
+                )
+                delattr(data, field)
+
         if prisma_client is None:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=500,
@@ -473,7 +483,7 @@ async def new_project(
     response_model=LiteLLM_ProjectTable,
 )
 @management_endpoint_wrapper
-async def update_project(
+async def update_project(  # noqa: PLR0915
     data: UpdateProjectRequest,
     http_request: Request,
     user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),
@@ -543,6 +553,16 @@ async def update_project(
                 },
             )
 
+        # ADD METADATA FIELDS
+        for field in LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium:
+            if getattr(data, field, None) is not None:
+                _set_object_metadata_field(
+                    object_data=data,
+                    field_name=field,
+                    value=getattr(data, field),
+                )
+                delattr(data, field)
+
         if prisma_client is None:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=500,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_project_tags_pydantic.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_project_tags_pydantic.py
index ed3b29fe7b..b3f58df232 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_project_tags_pydantic.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_project_tags_pydantic.py
@@ -3,26 +3,20 @@ from litellm.proxy._types import NewProjectRequest, UpdateProjectRequest
 
 
 def test_new_project_request_tags():
-    # Test tags are correctly moved to metadata["tags"]
+    # Test tags correctly stay top level initially
     req = NewProjectRequest(
         project_id="test_proj", team_id="team_1", tags=["tag1", "tag2"]
     )
 
-    # After validation, tags should be inside metadata
-    assert req.metadata is not None
-    assert "tags" in req.metadata
-    assert req.metadata["tags"] == ["tag1", "tag2"]
-    assert req.tags is None  # Or removed dependending on pydantic version
+    # tags should be top level initially
+    assert req.tags == ["tag1", "tag2"]
 
 
 def test_update_project_request_tags():
-    # Test tags are correctly moved to metadata["tags"]
+    # Test tags correctly stay top level initially
     req = UpdateProjectRequest(project_id="test_proj", tags=["new_tag"])
 
-    assert req.metadata is not None
-    assert "tags" in req.metadata
-    assert req.metadata["tags"] == ["new_tag"]
-    assert req.tags is None
+    assert req.tags == ["new_tag"]
 
 
 def test_new_project_request_invalid_tags_type():