diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
index 696abcd65a5..05ac672691e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
@@ -13277,6 +13277,26 @@ def test_router_deployment_ids_to_skip_on_retry(status_code, failed_deployment_i
     assert litellm.Router._deployment_ids_to_skip_on_retry(exception, already_skipped) == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value,expected",
+    [
+        (("first", "second"), ("first", "second")),
+        ((), ()),
+        (("first", 7, None, "second"), ("first", "second")),
+        (None, ()),
+        (7, ()),
+        ("first", ()),
+        (["first"], ()),
+        ({"first": True}, ()),
+        (object(), ()),
+    ],
+)
+def test_router_as_retry_skipped_deployment_ids_keeps_only_a_tuple_of_strings(value, expected):
+    from litellm.router import _as_retry_skipped_deployment_ids
+
+    assert _as_retry_skipped_deployment_ids(value) == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "deployment_ids,skipped,expected",
     [