From 307ca1bcc74ac8815d054b8fce44684746bd3b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:53:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(redis): say when an async client drops an unusable
 connect func

A caller-supplied redis_connect_func has no way to run on an async
connection, so log it instead of dropping it in silence.
---
 litellm/_redis.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/_redis.py b/litellm/_redis.py
index 8c0ce1e7a3b..f6fd031142a 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis.py
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ def _async_credential_provider(redis_connect_func: object | None) -> CredentialP
     if azure_credential is not None:
         return AzureADCredentialProvider(azure_credential, username=os.environ.get("REDIS_USERNAME") or None)
 
+    if redis_connect_func is not None:
+        verbose_logger.warning(
+            "REDIS: dropping redis_connect_func, which an async connection cannot run. "
+            "Configure Azure AD or GCP IAM auth so a credential provider handles the token instead."
+        )
+
     return None