[Bug]: How do I stop import litellm from loading .env?

[paul-gauthier]

What happened?

The proxy docs mention LITELLM_MODE=PRODUCTION will stop loading .env. But that doesn't seem to stop import litellm from loading a .env file.

I also can't determine which .env file is being loaded when I don't have a .env in the current dir or in my home dir. It's loading one of my .env files, but I don't know which one for sure.

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import os
from pathlib import Path

dotenv = Path(".env")
if dotenv.exists():
    dotenv.unlink()

print(os.environ.get("FROM_DOT_ENV")) # None

dotenv.write_text("FROM_DOT_ENV=True")

os.environ["LITELLM_MODE"] = "PRODUCTION"
import litellm
print(os.environ.get("FROM_DOT_ENV")) # True

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[krrishdholakia]

hey @paul-gauthier i haven't run your script yet - but the only place the module should be running 'load_dotenv' is in init.py and that's behind the LITELLM_MODE flag - https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/0fd9033502c8da8759f26693298ce6d07555f1ac/litellm/__init__.py#L30

Will investigate further with your script - thanks for that