diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_retry_breadcrumbs.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_retry_breadcrumbs.py
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index b5507467d5b..00000000000
--- a/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_retry_breadcrumbs.py
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@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-"""Retry breadcrumbs must stay small: they are stored on the request record."""
-
-from litellm.router import RETRY_BREADCRUMB_EXCEPTION_LIMIT, Router
-
-
-def _record_for(error: Exception) -> dict:
-    kwargs = {"model": "gpt-4o", "metadata": {}}
-    Router.log_retry(object(), kwargs, error)
-    return kwargs["metadata"]["previous_models"][-1]
-
-
-def test_large_exception_message_is_truncated_in_the_breadcrumb():
-    """Litellm exceptions embed the upstream body, so str(e) can be hundreds of KB.
-
-    The release-gate test test_failing_requests_do_not_grow_rss_or_stored_request
-    saw the proxy RSS grow 86.8 MB over 300 failing requests against a 48 MB budget.
-    """
-    error = Exception("Error code: 500 - " + "x" * 200_000)
-
-    record = _record_for(error)
-
-    assert len(record["exception_string"]) < RETRY_BREADCRUMB_EXCEPTION_LIMIT + 100
-    assert record["exception_string"].startswith("Error code: 500 - ")
-    assert "truncated" in record["exception_string"]
-    assert record["exception_type"] == "Exception"
-
-
-def test_short_exception_message_is_kept_whole():
-    record = _record_for(ValueError("bad request"))
-
-    assert record["exception_string"] == "bad request"
-    assert record["exception_type"] == "ValueError"
-
-
-def test_breadcrumb_metadata_stays_bounded_across_requests():
-    error = Exception("Error code: 500 - " + "x" * 200_000)
-
-    total = 0
-    for _ in range(50):
-        kwargs = {"model": "gpt-4o", "metadata": {}}
-        for _ in range(6):
-            Router.log_retry(object(), kwargs, error)
-        total += len(repr(kwargs["metadata"]))
-
-    assert total < 500_000