Cover Story — October 2026

LiteLLM Budget Limits: max_budget Needs Postgres

Dominic Plouffe · Oct 7, 2026 · 7 min read

A LiteLLM budget cap does nothing without a database. I tested v1.104.0, then set up per-agent keys and a team spend limit in ten minutes.

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