diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index 36ec055048..86172ae269 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ model_list:
     
 litellm_settings:
   num_retries: 0
-  callbacks: ["otel"]
 
 router_settings:
   routing_strategy: usage-based-routing-v2 # 👈 KEY CHANGE
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
index 1cc31a8849..43d8273dee 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
@@ -737,13 +737,16 @@ async def user_update(
             existing_user_row = await prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_first(
                 where={"user_id": data.user_id}
             )
-            if existing_user_row is None:
-                raise Exception(f"User not found, passed user_id={data.user_id}")
-            existing_user_row = LiteLLM_UserTable(
-                **existing_user_row.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
-            )
+            if existing_user_row is not None:
+                existing_user_row = LiteLLM_UserTable(
+                    **existing_user_row.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
+                )
 
-        existing_metadata = cast(Dict, getattr(existing_user_row, "metadata", {}) or {})
+        existing_metadata = (
+            cast(Dict, getattr(existing_user_row, "metadata", {}) or {})
+            if existing_user_row is not None
+            else {}
+        )
 
         non_default_values = prepare_metadata_fields(
             data=data,