diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
index 695312ee234..17cfb3ef84f 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import functools
+import threading
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from typing import Final
 
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ def is_event_loop_running() -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+def can_block_current_thread() -> bool:
+    return threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread() and not is_event_loop_running()
+
+
 def run_async_function(async_function, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Helper utility to run an async function in a sync context.
diff --git a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
index eb8a8aabdbc..c27bb83437e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import httpx
 from pydantic import JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import is_event_loop_running
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import can_block_current_thread
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import _get_httpx_client
 
 from .common_utils import (
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ class Authenticator:
                 except RefreshAccessTokenError as exc:
                     verbose_logger.warning("ChatGPT refresh token failed, re-login required: %s", exc)
 
-        if is_event_loop_running():
+        if not can_block_current_thread():
             raise GetAccessTokenError(
                 message=(
                     "ChatGPT device-code login needs a human and cannot run inside a running event loop "
-                    "(for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
+                    "or a worker thread (for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
                     '`python -c "from litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator import Authenticator; '
                     'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting auth.json into the proxy, '
                     "or set CHATGPT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory that already holds it."
diff --git a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
index 1a51fd88608..7821756bc16 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from typing import Any, Final
 import httpx
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import is_event_loop_running
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import can_block_current_thread
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import _get_httpx_client
 
 from .common_utils import (
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ class Authenticator:
         except OSError:
             verbose_logger.warning("No existing access token found or error reading file")
 
-        if is_event_loop_running():
+        if not can_block_current_thread():
             raise GetAccessTokenError(
                 message=(
                     "GitHub Copilot device-code login needs a human and cannot run inside a running event loop "
-                    "(for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
+                    "or a worker thread (for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
                     '`python -c "from litellm.llms.github_copilot.authenticator import Authenticator; '
                     'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting access-token file into '
                     "the proxy, or set GITHUB_COPILOT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory that already holds it."
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
index 6c3c8adc948..861404e9157 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import base64
 import json
 import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, mock_open, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -109,6 +110,22 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
         mock_login.assert_not_called()
         mock_wait.assert_not_called()
 
+    def test_get_access_token_refuses_device_code_login_in_worker_thread(self, authenticator):
+        with (
+            patch("builtins.open", side_effect=FileNotFoundError),
+            patch.object(authenticator, "_login_device_code") as mock_login,
+            patch.object(authenticator, "_wait_for_access_token") as mock_wait,
+        ):
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
+                with pytest.raises(GetAccessTokenError) as exc:
+                    pool.submit(authenticator.get_access_token).result()
+
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 401
+        assert "worker thread" in str(exc.value)
+        assert authenticator.auth_file not in str(exc.value)
+        mock_login.assert_not_called()
+        mock_wait.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_get_access_token_device_code_login_without_event_loop(self, authenticator):
         with (
             patch("builtins.open", side_effect=FileNotFoundError),
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
index 98914fa4840..a49a4b44b74 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, mock_open, patch
 
@@ -103,6 +104,20 @@ class TestGitHubCopilotAuthenticator:
         assert authenticator.access_token_file not in str(exc.value)
         mock_login.assert_not_called()
 
+    def test_get_access_token_refuses_device_code_login_in_worker_thread(self, authenticator):
+        with (
+            patch("builtins.open", side_effect=FileNotFoundError),
+            patch.object(authenticator, "_login") as mock_login,
+        ):
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
+                with pytest.raises(GetAccessTokenError) as exc:
+                    pool.submit(authenticator.get_access_token).result()
+
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 401
+        assert "worker thread" in str(exc.value)
+        assert authenticator.access_token_file not in str(exc.value)
+        mock_login.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_get_access_token_failure(self, authenticator):
         """Test that an exception is raised after multiple login failures."""
         with (