abliteration.ai API errors - abliteration.ai

abliteration.ai returns HTTP status codes with an error body that matches the upstream API’s shape — OpenAI shape on /v1/chat/completions and /v1/responses, Anthropic shape on /v1/messages.

OpenAI shape

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Invalid API key",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "param": null,
    "code": "invalid_api_key"
  }
}

Anthropic shape

{
  "type": "error",
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "message": "Invalid API key",
    "code": "invalid_api_key"
  }
}

Anthropic streaming error frame

When a stream fails mid-flight, the server emits an event: error SSE frame:

event: error
data: {"type": "error", "error": {"type": "api_error", "message": "..."}}

The stream then closes. Accumulate content defensively — a partial response is valid.

Status codes

Status	Cause	Fix
`400`	Invalid request body, unsupported model, mixed `tools` + `web_search_options`	Check request shape
`401`	Missing or invalid API key	Send `Authorization: Bearer $ABLIT_KEY`
`402`	Insufficient credits	Top up in the console
`403`	Key lacks permission for this project	Scope check in the console
`429`	Rate limited	Back off, honor `Retry-After`
`5xx`	Upstream failure	Retry with exponential backoff

Policy-blocked requests

On /policy/* endpoints, a policy decision rides alongside the normal response. When enforcement_action: block fires in enforced mode, the status is 4xx and the body includes the upstream-shape error plus a policy object describing the decision. When the action is rewrite or summarize (decision rewrite / summary), the status stays 200 but the content is modified. See policy endpoints and streaming policy metadata.

​OpenAI shape

​Anthropic shape

​Anthropic streaming error frame

​Status codes

​Policy-blocked requests

OpenAI shape

Anthropic shape

Anthropic streaming error frame

Status codes

Policy-blocked requests