openai
#10021
token_limit_exceeded_error
The number of completion tokens provided exceeds the model"s limit of 4096. Adjust the max_tokens parameter to comply with this limit.
This error has been identified and solved.
Reason
The error you are encountering is due to a misunderstanding of how the max_tokens parameter works in the OpenAI API.
The
max_tokensparameter specifies the maximum number of tokens that the model can generate in the completion, not the total token limit including the prompt. Most models, including GPT-4o, have a maximum completion token limit of 4096 tokens, regardless of their larger context window size (e.g., 128,000 tokens for GPT-4o).The error message indicates that you provided a
max_tokensvalue of 32,000, which exceeds the model's maximum supported completion tokens of 4096. This limit is independent of the model's context window size, which can be much larger but is not relevant to themax_tokensparameter.
Solution
To fix the error, you need to adjust the max_tokens parameter to comply with the model's limit. Here are the steps:
Solution
Ensure that the total token count, including both the prompt and the completion, does not exceed the model's context length, but specifically focus on the max_tokens parameter for the completion.
Key Points
Set the
max_tokensparameter to a value that is 4096 or less.Ensure the total token count of the prompt plus the
max_tokensdoes not exceed the model's context length, though the error is specifically about the completion tokens.Avoid using values like 32,000, as they exceed the supported limit of 4096 completion tokens.
