feat: Support requestMetadata in Bedrock Converse API

[timelfrink]

Title

feat: Support requestMetadata in Bedrock Converse API

Relevant issues

Fixes #14562

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Type

🆕 New Feature

Changes

What this PR does

Adds support for AWS Bedrock Converse API requestMetadata parameter in LiteLLM SDK, enabling users to attach arbitrary metadata to requests for logging, traceability, and cost attribution in multi-cloud environments.

Problem being solved

Currently, the requestMetadata field is ignored when sending Bedrock API requests through LiteLLM, preventing users from adding metadata for observability and operational use cases. This feature request (#14562) aims to provide the same functionality as labels in Vertex AI, allowing metadata that is not influenced by prompt content to be attached to requests for accurate traceability.

Core Implementation

• Type definitions (litellm/types/llms/bedrock.py:223): Added requestMetadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]] field to CommonRequestObject
• Parameter support (litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py:207): Added requestMetadata to get_supported_openai_params()
• Validation logic (litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py:123-195): Implemented comprehensive validation following AWS Bedrock constraints:
  • Maximum 16 key-value pairs
  • Key length: 1-256 characters
  • Value length: 0-256 characters
  • Character set validation: [a-zA-Z0-9\s:_@$#=/+,.-]
• Request transformation (litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py:517-520, 843-845): Maps requestMetadata parameter to top-level requestMetadata field in Bedrock API request

Testing

• Parameter support test (test_converse_transformation.py:1595-1601): Verifies requestMetadata appears in supported parameters
• Transformation test (test_converse_transformation.py:1604-1641): Ensures proper mapping to top-level requestMetadata field
• Validation tests (test_converse_transformation.py:1644-1734): Comprehensive validation of AWS constraints including:
  • Maximum item count (16)
  • Key/value length limits
  • Character set validation
  • Type validation (strings only)
  • Edge cases with empty values and special characters

How to verify it

Automated Verification

• Tests pass: All 9 request_metadata tests pass - poetry run pytest tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py -k "requestMetadata" -v
• Core functionality tests: test_request_metadata_parameter_support, test_request_metadata_transformation, test_request_metadata_validation ✅
• Edge case tests: Empty metadata, character validation, key/value constraints, integration with other params ✅
• Linting passes: poetry run ruff check litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py ✅
• Code refactored: Extracted helper methods to improve maintainability and resolve statement count issues
• Type checking: External dependency issue (botocore stubs) - not related to our changes, existing codebase issue
• Integration tests pass: Full bedrock integration test suite

Manual Verification

• Original issue scenario works correctly: Pass requestMetadata parameter and verify it appears in Bedrock API request
• Edge cases handle properly: Test validation with invalid metadata formats
• No regression in existing functionality: Ensure existing Bedrock Converse functionality works unchanged
• Performance acceptable under load: Validation overhead is minimal

Breaking changes

None - this is a purely additive feature that maintains full backward compatibility.

Migration required

None - existing code continues to work unchanged. Users can optionally start using the new requestMetadata parameter.

Usage Example

import litellm

response = litellm.completion(
    model="bedrock/anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
    requestMetadata={
        "cost_center": "engineering",
        "user_id": "user123",
        "session_id": "sess_abc123"
    }
)

The requestMetadata will be included in the Bedrock API request as a top-level requestMetadata field, enabling proper logging and traceability.

Related issues/PRs

• Fixes [Feature]: Support logging requestMetadata in LiteLLM SDK for Bedrock Converse #14562
• Related Spring AI issue: Enable passing of requestMetadata to the Bedrock Converse API. spring-projects/spring-ai#4109

Next Steps

1. Complete manual testing checklist
2. Address any failing automated checks
3. Request review from maintainers
4. Provide screenshot of local test execution

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Project	Deployment	Preview	Comments	Updated (UTC)
litellm	Error			Sep 22, 2025 4:27am

[krrishdholakia]

document this param @timelfrink

also ideally - shouldn't we have a consistent param for such values across gemini / bedrock?

[timelfrink]

I added to docs.
Not sure if you want to have one param for this. I think we should follow the provider's native API parameter names (like AWS's requestMetadata and Google's labels) rather than forcing artificial uniformity. What you think?

[krrishdholakia]

i trust your instinct