### Check for existing issues

- [x] I have searched the existing issues and checked that my issue is not a duplicate.

### What happened?

Deployment: - Kubernetes - PostgreSQL - LiteLLM Database Image

Configuration:

Environment: STORE_MODEL_IN_DB=True

config.yaml:

general_settings: store_model_in_db: true

Issue:

POST /model/new returns

Set 'STORE_MODEL_IN_DB=True'

Investigation:

LiteLLM_Config.general_settings contained

{ "store_model_in_db": false }

Updating the DB value to true immediately resolved the issue.

Expected:

Either: - Environment/config should override the persisted DB value

or

- The error message should indicate that LiteLLM_Config.general_settings.store_model_in_db is false.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. 2. 3.

### Relevant log output

```shell Failed to add model: ApiError: {'error': "Set `'STORE_MODEL_IN_DB='True'` in your env to enable this feature."} ```

### What part of LiteLLM is this about?

_No response_

### What LiteLLM version are you on ?

v1.90.1 , ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:v1.90.0 , v1.90.1

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