fix: allow users to disable aiohttp transport

litellm/__init__.py

@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ priority_reservation: Optional[Dict[str, float]] = None
 
 
 ######## Networking Settings ########
-use_aiohttp_transport: bool = True
+use_aiohttp_transport: bool = True  # Older variable, aiohttp is now the default. use disable_aiohttp_transport instead.
+disable_aiohttp_transport: bool = False  # Set this to true to use httpx instead
 force_ipv4: bool = False  # when True, litellm will force ipv4 for all LLM requests. Some users have seen httpx ConnectionError when using ipv6.
 module_level_aclient = AsyncHTTPHandler(
     timeout=request_timeout, client_alias="module level aclient"

litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py

@@ -505,20 +505,30 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
     @staticmethod
     def _should_use_aiohttp_transport() -> bool:
         """
-        This is feature flagged for now and is opt in as we roll out to all users.
+        AiohttpTransport is the default transport for litellm.
 
-        Controlled by either
-        - litellm.use_aiohttp_transport or os.getenv("USE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT") = "True"
+        Httpx can be used by the following
+            - litellm.disable_aiohttp_transport = True
+            - os.getenv("DISABLE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT") = "True"
         """
+        import os
+
         from litellm.secret_managers.main import str_to_bool
 
+        #########################################################
+        # Check if user disabled aiohttp transport
+        ########################################################
         if (
-            str_to_bool(os.getenv("USE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT", "False"))
-            or litellm.use_aiohttp_transport
+            litellm.disable_aiohttp_transport is True
+            or str_to_bool(os.getenv("DISABLE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT", "False")) is True
         ):
-            verbose_logger.debug("Using AiohttpTransport...")
-            return True
-        return False
+            return False
+
+        #########################################################
+        # Default: Use AiohttpTransport
+        ########################################################
+        verbose_logger.debug("Using AiohttpTransport...")
+        return True
 
     @staticmethod
     def _create_aiohttp_transport(