diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
index 5e3a3946604..1da141ec63b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ from litellm.redis.stores.mcp_agent_permission_links import (
     TransportMcpAgentPermissionLinkStore,
     agent_permission_link_key,
 )
+from litellm.redis.stores.mcp_per_user_token import (
+    McpPerUserTokenStore,
+    TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore,
+    per_user_token_key,
+)
 from litellm.redis.stores.mcp_user_permission_links import (
     USER_NO_MCP_PERMISSION_SENTINEL as _USER_NO_PERMISSION,
 )
@@ -412,6 +417,42 @@ async def fill_agent_permission_link(
             _ = await store.fill(agent_id, permission_id, ttl=timedelta(seconds=int(ttl)))
 
 
+async def get_mcp_per_user_token(cache: UserApiKeyCache, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str | None:
+    key: Final = per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id)
+    local: Final[object] = await cache.async_get_cache(key=key, local_only=True)
+    if local is not None:
+        return local if isinstance(local, str) else None
+    if cache.redis_cache is None:
+        return None
+    batch: Final = active_request_redis_batch(cache.redis_cache)
+    if batch is not None and batch.read_as_missing(key):
+        return None
+    store: Final[McpPerUserTokenStore] = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(cache.redis_cache.transport())
+    blob: Final = await store.get(user_id, server_id)
+    if blob is None or isinstance(blob, RedisFailure):
+        return None
+    await cache.async_set_cache(key=key, value=blob, local_only=True)
+    return blob
+
+
+async def set_mcp_per_user_token(
+    cache: UserApiKeyCache, user_id: str, server_id: str, blob: str, *, ttl: float
+) -> None:
+    await cache.async_set_cache(key=per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id), value=blob, ttl=ttl, local_only=True)
+    if cache.redis_cache is None:
+        return
+    store: Final[McpPerUserTokenStore] = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(cache.redis_cache.transport())
+    _ = await store.put(user_id, server_id, blob, ttl=timedelta(seconds=int(ttl)))
+
+
+async def delete_mcp_per_user_token(cache: UserApiKeyCache, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> None:
+    cache.in_memory_cache.delete_cache(per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id))
+    if cache.redis_cache is None:
+        return
+    store: Final[McpPerUserTokenStore] = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(cache.redis_cache.transport())
+    _ = await store.delete(user_id, server_id)
+
+
 #: Cached under ``tag_registry_cache_key`` when the table exceeds ``TAG_REGISTRY_MAX_SIZE``:
 #: registry unusable, fall back to the per-tag lookup.
 TAG_REGISTRY_OVERFLOW_SENTINEL: Final = "__tag_registry_overflow__"
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
index 1e6e83c0f4b..694fa9d55ce 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from litellm.constants import (
     MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS,
     MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_DEFAULT_TTL,
     MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS,
-    MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX,
 )
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_async_httpx_client
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import (
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.oauth_utils import (
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.oauth_token_store import OAuthToken
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.token_cache_codec import OAuthTokenCacheCodec
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.utils import MCP_OAUTH_TOKENS_TARGET
+from litellm.redis.stores.mcp_per_user_token import per_user_token_key
 from litellm.types.llms.custom_http import httpxSpecialProvider
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class MCPPerUserTokenCache:
     """
 
     def _cache_key(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str:
-        return f"{MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:{user_id}:{server_id}"
+        return per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id)
 
     def _codec(self) -> OAuthTokenCacheCodec:
         return OAuthTokenCacheCodec(
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ class MCPPerUserTokenCache:
     @with_service_target(MCP_OAUTH_TOKENS_TARGET)
     async def get_token(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> OAuthToken | None:
         try:
+            from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import get_mcp_per_user_token  # noqa: PLC0415
             from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache  # noqa: PLC0415
 
-            key: Final = self._cache_key(user_id, server_id)
-            encrypted: Final = await user_api_key_cache.async_get_cache(key)
+            encrypted: Final = await get_mcp_per_user_token(user_api_key_cache, user_id, server_id)
             if encrypted is None:
                 return None
             return self._codec().decode(encrypted)
@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ class MCPPerUserTokenCache:
     ) -> None:
         """Store NaCl-encrypted access_token in Redis with the given TTL."""
         try:
+            from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import set_mcp_per_user_token  # noqa: PLC0415
             from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache  # noqa: PLC0415
 
-            key: Final = self._cache_key(user_id, server_id)
             encrypted: Final = self._codec().encode(
                 OAuthToken(access_token=access_token, identity_binding_proof=identity_binding_proof)
             )
-            await user_api_key_cache.async_set_cache(key, encrypted, ttl=ttl)
+            await set_mcp_per_user_token(user_api_key_cache, user_id, server_id, encrypted, ttl=ttl)
             verbose_logger.debug(
                 "MCPPerUserTokenCache.set: cached token for user=%s server=%s ttl=%ds",
                 user_id,
@@ -308,12 +308,13 @@ class MCPPerUserTokenCache:
         """Invalidate the cached token in Redis, here, and in every peer worker's in-memory layer."""
         try:
             from litellm.proxy.common_utils.auth_cache_invalidation_pubsub import (  # noqa: PLC0415  # proxy import cycle
-                evict_and_broadcast,
+                publish_auth_cache_invalidation,
             )
+            from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import delete_mcp_per_user_token  # noqa: PLC0415
             from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache  # noqa: PLC0415
 
-            key: Final = self._cache_key(user_id, server_id)
-            await evict_and_broadcast((key,), user_api_key_cache)
+            await delete_mcp_per_user_token(user_api_key_cache, user_id, server_id)
+            await publish_auth_cache_invalidation(cache_key=self._cache_key(user_id, server_id))
         except Exception as exc:
             verbose_logger.debug(
                 "MCPPerUserTokenCache.delete failed for user=%s server=%s: %s",
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/dual_cache_token_backend.py b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/dual_cache_token_backend.py
index b360b787962..babb0aa3e55 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/dual_cache_token_backend.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/dual_cache_token_backend.py
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ the other across the cutover). A missing or undecryptable entry reads as a miss.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from dataclasses import KW_ONLY, dataclass
-from typing import Final, Protocol
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Final
 
 from litellm._internal_context import with_service_target
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import (
+    UserApiKeyCache,
+    delete_mcp_per_user_token,
+    get_mcp_per_user_token,
+    set_mcp_per_user_token,
+)
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.oauth_token_store import (
     OAuthToken,
 )
@@ -23,16 +29,6 @@ from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.token_cache_codec import (
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.utils import MCP_OAUTH_TOKENS_TARGET
 
 
-class AsyncCache(Protocol):
-    """The slice of LiteLLM's ``DualCache`` this backend needs (Redis-backed, shared across workers)."""
-
-    async def async_get_cache(self, key: str) -> object | None: ...
-
-    async def async_set_cache(self, key: str, value: str, ttl: float | None = None) -> None: ...
-
-    async def async_delete_cache(self, key: str) -> None: ...
-
-
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class DualCacheTokenCacheBackend:
     """Every method degrades a cache or codec failure to its safe value - ``get`` to a miss
@@ -41,19 +37,14 @@ class DualCacheTokenCacheBackend:
     contract. The guarantee holds here regardless of whether the injected cache/codec also swallow.
     """
 
-    cache: AsyncCache
+    cache: UserApiKeyCache
     codec: OAuthTokenCacheCodec
-    _: KW_ONLY
-    key_prefix: str = "mcp:per_user_token:"
-
-    def _key(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str:
-        return f"{self.key_prefix}{user_id}:{server_id}"
 
     @with_service_target(MCP_OAUTH_TOKENS_TARGET)
     async def get(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> OAuthToken | None:
         try:
-            blob: Final = await self.cache.async_get_cache(self._key(user_id, server_id))
-            return self.codec.decode(blob) if isinstance(blob, str) else None
+            blob: Final = await get_mcp_per_user_token(self.cache, user_id, server_id)
+            return self.codec.decode(blob) if blob is not None else None
         except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             verbose_logger.debug("MCP per-user token cache get failed (miss): %s", exc)
             return None
@@ -63,17 +54,13 @@ class DualCacheTokenCacheBackend:
         if ttl_seconds <= 0:
             return
         try:
-            await self.cache.async_set_cache(
-                self._key(user_id, server_id),
-                self.codec.encode(token),
-                ttl=ttl_seconds,
-            )
+            await set_mcp_per_user_token(self.cache, user_id, server_id, self.codec.encode(token), ttl=ttl_seconds)
         except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             verbose_logger.debug("MCP per-user token cache set failed (ignored): %s", exc)
 
     @with_service_target(MCP_OAUTH_TOKENS_TARGET)
     async def delete(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> None:
         try:
-            await self.cache.async_delete_cache(self._key(user_id, server_id))
+            await delete_mcp_per_user_token(self.cache, user_id, server_id)
         except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             verbose_logger.debug("MCP per-user token cache delete failed (ignored): %s", exc)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/per_user_oauth_store.py b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/per_user_oauth_store.py
index f3748f99ba4..7c3df58ee6d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/per_user_oauth_store.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/per_user_oauth_store.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.authz_code_refresher import (
     AuthorizationCodeRefresher,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.dual_cache_token_backend import (
-    AsyncCache,
     DualCacheTokenCacheBackend,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.oauth_token_store import (
@@ -141,10 +140,7 @@ def _runtime_backend_and_coordinator() -> tuple[TokenCacheBackend | None, Refres
         encrypt_value_helper,
         lambda blob: decrypt_value_helper(blob, "mcp_per_user_token", exception_type="debug"),
     )
-    # user_api_key_cache satisfies the AsyncCache slice (DualCache types ttl via **kwargs) - an
-    # untyped-boundary cast.
-    cache: Final[AsyncCache] = user_api_key_cache  # pyright: ignore
-    backend: Final = DualCacheTokenCacheBackend(cache, codec)
+    backend: Final = DualCacheTokenCacheBackend(user_api_key_cache, codec)
     return backend, coordinator, True
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/redis/stores/mcp_per_user_token.py b/litellm/redis/stores/mcp_per_user_token.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..441e16d77c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/redis/stores/mcp_per_user_token.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import ast
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import timedelta
+from typing import Final, Protocol
+
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter
+
+from litellm.constants import MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX
+from litellm.redis.transport.contract import RedisFailure, RedisTransport
+
+_DECODED: Final = TypeAdapter(object)
+
+
+def per_user_token_key(user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str:
+    return f"{MCP_PER_USER_TOKEN_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:{user_id}:{server_id}"
+
+
+def _decode(raw: bytes) -> str | None | RedisFailure:
+    text: Final = raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+    try:
+        value: Final = _DECODED.validate_python(json.loads(text))
+    except ValueError:
+        try:
+            value_literal: Final = _DECODED.validate_python(ast.literal_eval(text))
+        except (ValueError, SyntaxError) as error:
+            return RedisFailure(kind="decode", message=str(error))
+        return value_literal if isinstance(value_literal, str) else None
+    return value if isinstance(value, str) else None
+
+
+class McpPerUserTokenStore(Protocol):
+    async def get(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str | None | RedisFailure: ...
+
+    async def put(self, user_id: str, server_id: str, blob: str, *, ttl: timedelta) -> bool | RedisFailure: ...
+
+    async def delete(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> int | RedisFailure: ...
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore:
+    transport: RedisTransport
+
+    async def get(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> str | None | RedisFailure:
+        raw: Final = await self.transport.get(per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id))
+        if raw is None or isinstance(raw, RedisFailure):
+            return raw
+        return _decode(raw)
+
+    async def put(self, user_id: str, server_id: str, blob: str, *, ttl: timedelta) -> bool | RedisFailure:
+        return await self.transport.set_seconds(per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id), json.dumps(blob), ttl=ttl)
+
+    async def delete(self, user_id: str, server_id: str) -> int | RedisFailure:
+        return await self.transport.delete(per_user_token_key(user_id, server_id))
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_dual_cache_token_backend.py b/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_dual_cache_token_backend.py
index 00db27a60b8..86081679bb8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_dual_cache_token_backend.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_dual_cache_token_backend.py
@@ -1,156 +1,114 @@
-"""Tests for the DualCache-backed token cache backend: encrypted round-trip, key, TTL, miss."""
+"""The shared per-user token backend: encrypted round trip, legacy wire bytes, TTL, misses and outages."""
 
+import json
+
+import fakeredis
 import pytest
 
-from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.dual_cache_token_backend import (
-    DualCacheTokenCacheBackend,
-)
-from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.oauth_token_store import (
-    OAuthToken,
-)
-from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.token_cache_codec import (
-    OAuthTokenCacheCodec,
-)
+from litellm.caching.in_memory_cache import InMemoryCache
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import UserApiKeyCache
+from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.dual_cache_token_backend import DualCacheTokenCacheBackend
+from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.oauth_token_store import OAuthToken
+from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.token_cache_codec import OAuthTokenCacheCodec
+from tests._support.fake_redis import fake_redis_cache
+
+KEY = "mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"
+CODEC = OAuthTokenCacheCodec(encrypt=lambda s: f"enc:{s}", decrypt=lambda b: b[4:] if b.startswith("enc:") else None)
 
 
-class _FakeCache:
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.values = {}
-        self.ttls = {}
-
-    async def async_get_cache(self, key):
-        return self.values.get(key)
-
-    async def async_set_cache(self, key, value, ttl=None):
-        self.values[key] = value
-        self.ttls[key] = ttl
-
-    async def async_delete_cache(self, key):
-        self.values.pop(key, None)
+def _worker(server: fakeredis.FakeServer, namespace: str | None = None) -> UserApiKeyCache:
+    return UserApiKeyCache(in_memory_cache=InMemoryCache(), redis_cache=fake_redis_cache(server, namespace=namespace))
 
 
-def _backend(cache):
-    codec = OAuthTokenCacheCodec(
-        encrypt=lambda s: f"enc:{s}",
-        decrypt=lambda b: b[4:] if b.startswith("enc:") else None,
-    )
+def _backend(cache: UserApiKeyCache, codec: OAuthTokenCacheCodec = CODEC) -> DualCacheTokenCacheBackend:
     return DualCacheTokenCacheBackend(cache, codec)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_set_then_get_round_trips_encrypted_under_the_per_user_key():
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    backend = _backend(cache)
-    await backend.set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 120.0)
+async def test_a_token_one_worker_writes_reaches_another_with_the_legacy_wire_bytes() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    raw = fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server)
+    await _backend(_worker(server, "ns")).set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 120.9)
 
-    key = "mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"
-    assert cache.ttls[key] == 120.0
-    # Stored via the codec (encrypted), not the bare token; the codec's own test proves real
-    # NaCl output hides the secret - here the fake encrypt just wraps, so we check it was applied.
-    assert cache.values[key] == "enc:at"
-
-    got = await backend.get("alice", "srv")
+    assert await raw.get(f"ns:{KEY}") == json.dumps("enc:at").encode()
+    assert await raw.ttl(f"ns:{KEY}") == 120
+    got = await _backend(_worker(server, "ns")).get("alice", "srv")
     assert got is not None and got.access_token == "at"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_missing_key_is_none():
-    assert await _backend(_FakeCache()).get("alice", "srv") is None
+async def test_a_token_an_old_pod_wrote_is_read_and_cached_locally() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    raw = fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server)
+    legacy = fake_redis_cache(server)
+    await legacy.async_set_cache(KEY, "enc:old", ttl=60)
+    reader = _worker(server)
+
+    got = await _backend(reader).get("alice", "srv")
+    await raw.delete(KEY)
+    cached = await _backend(reader).get("alice", "srv")
+
+    assert got is not None and got.access_token == "old"
+    assert cached is not None and cached.access_token == "old"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_non_str_cache_value_is_a_miss():
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    cache.values["mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"] = 12345  # corrupt / wrong type
-    assert await _backend(cache).get("alice", "srv") is None
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("stored", [b"12345", b'"not-our-ciphertext"', b"{not json"])
+async def test_wrong_type_undecryptable_or_malformed_entries_are_misses(stored: bytes) -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).set(KEY, stored)
+    assert await _backend(_worker(server)).get("alice", "srv") is None
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_undecryptable_blob_is_a_miss():
-    # e.g. a master-key rotation leaves an entry the codec can't decrypt; it must read as a miss so
-    # the store re-reads the DB, not raise (the decrypt helper here returns None for unknown blobs).
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    cache.values["mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"] = "not-our-ciphertext"
-    assert await _backend(cache).get("alice", "srv") is None
+async def test_non_positive_ttl_is_not_written() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    await _backend(_worker(server)).set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 0.0)
+    assert await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).keys("*") == []
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_non_positive_ttl_is_not_written():
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    await _backend(cache).set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 0.0)
-    assert cache.values == {}  # an already-expired token is not cached
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_delete_removes_the_entry():
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    backend = _backend(cache)
+async def test_delete_removes_the_entry_here_and_in_redis() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    backend = _backend(_worker(server))
     await backend.set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 60.0)
     await backend.delete("alice", "srv")
     assert await backend.get("alice", "srv") is None
+    assert await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).exists(KEY) == 0
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_keys_isolate_users_and_servers():
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    backend = _backend(cache)
+async def test_keys_isolate_users_and_servers() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    backend = _backend(_worker(server))
     await backend.set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="a"), 60.0)
     await backend.set("bob", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="b"), 60.0)
-    alice = await backend.get("alice", "srv")
-    bob = await backend.get("bob", "srv")
+    alice = await _backend(_worker(server)).get("alice", "srv")
+    bob = await _backend(_worker(server)).get("bob", "srv")
     assert alice is not None and alice.access_token == "a"
     assert bob is not None and bob.access_token == "b"
 
 
-class _RaisingCache(_FakeCache):
-    """A cache whose every op raises, e.g. a Redis outage tripping the circuit breaker."""
-
-    async def async_get_cache(self, key):
-        raise ConnectionError("redis down")
-
-    async def async_set_cache(self, key, value, ttl=None):
-        raise ConnectionError("redis down")
-
-    async def async_delete_cache(self, key):
-        raise ConnectionError("redis down")
-
-
-# A cache or codec failure must degrade to the safe value (miss / no-op), never propagate: otherwise a
-# Redis outage turns CachedOAuthTokenStore.fetch() into a 500 instead of a cache miss that re-reads the
-# DB (get/set) or issues the OAuth challenge (the unauthorized branch deletes before returning None).
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_is_a_miss_when_the_cache_raises():
-    assert await _backend(_RaisingCache()).get("alice", "srv") is None
+async def test_a_redis_outage_degrades_every_operation_to_its_safe_value() -> None:
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    backend = _backend(_worker(server))
+    server.connected = False
+    await backend.set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 60.0)
+    await backend.delete("alice", "srv")
+    assert await _backend(_worker(server)).get("alice", "srv") is None
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_set_is_swallowed_when_the_cache_raises():
-    await _backend(_RaisingCache()).set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 60.0)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_delete_is_swallowed_when_the_cache_raises():
-    await _backend(_RaisingCache()).delete("alice", "srv")
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_set_is_swallowed_when_the_codec_raises():
+async def test_codec_failures_degrade_to_a_miss_or_a_no_op() -> None:
     def _boom(_: str) -> str:
-        raise ValueError("encrypt unavailable")
+        raise ValueError("codec unavailable")
 
-    codec = OAuthTokenCacheCodec(encrypt=_boom, decrypt=lambda b: None)
-    backend = DualCacheTokenCacheBackend(_FakeCache(), codec)
-    await backend.set("alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 60.0)  # must not raise
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_is_a_miss_when_decrypt_raises():
-    # A blob the decrypt rejects with an exception (e.g. bad ciphertext after key rotation) must read
-    # as a miss, not propagate the error out of get() and abort fetch().
-    def _boom(_: str) -> str | None:
-        raise ValueError("bad ciphertext")
-
-    codec = OAuthTokenCacheCodec(encrypt=lambda s: f"enc:{s}", decrypt=_boom)
-    cache = _FakeCache()
-    cache.values["mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"] = "whatever"
-    assert await DualCacheTokenCacheBackend(cache, codec).get("alice", "srv") is None
+    server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+    await _backend(_worker(server), OAuthTokenCacheCodec(encrypt=_boom, decrypt=_boom)).set(
+        "alice", "srv", OAuthToken(access_token="at"), 60.0
+    )
+    await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).set(KEY, json.dumps("whatever"))
+    assert (
+        await _backend(_worker(server), OAuthTokenCacheCodec(encrypt=_boom, decrypt=_boom)).get("alice", "srv") is None
+    )
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/test_per_user_oauth_cache.py b/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/test_per_user_oauth_cache.py
index c0e23319566..a68d454eaca 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/test_per_user_oauth_cache.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/mcp_server/test_per_user_oauth_cache.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Unit tests for per-user MCP OAuth token storage:
 
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ for _mod in ("orjson",):
 from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache import (  # noqa: E402
     MCPPerUserTokenCache,
     compute_per_user_token_ttl,
-    mcp_per_user_token_cache,
 )
 from litellm.types.mcp import MCPAuth, MCPTransport  # noqa: E402
 from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer  # noqa: E402
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def _import_validate():
 
 
 def _make_server(**kwargs) -> MCPServer:
-    defaults: Dict[str, Any] = {
+    defaults: dict[str, Any] = {
         "server_id": "slack-test",
         "name": "Slack",
         "server_name": "slack",
@@ -294,45 +293,55 @@ class TestMCPPerUserTokenCache:
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_set_encrypts_before_storing(self, cache, mock_dual_cache):
-        fake_encrypted = "encrypted_blob_xyz"
+    async def test_set_encrypts_before_storing_under_the_per_user_key(self, cache):
+        import json
+
+        import fakeredis
+
+        from litellm.caching.in_memory_cache import InMemoryCache
+        from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import UserApiKeyCache
+        from tests._support.fake_redis import fake_redis_cache
+
+        server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+        shared = UserApiKeyCache(in_memory_cache=InMemoryCache(), redis_cache=fake_redis_cache(server))
         with (
             patch(
                 "litellm.proxy.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.encrypt_value_helper",
-                return_value=fake_encrypted,
+                return_value="encrypted_blob_xyz",
             ) as mock_encrypt,
-            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_dual_cache),
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", shared),
         ):
-            await cache.set("alice", "slack-test", "xoxb-token", ttl=3540)
+            await cache.set("bob", "github-server", "ghp_token", ttl=3540)
 
-        mock_encrypt.assert_called_once_with("xoxb-token")
-        mock_dual_cache.async_set_cache.assert_called_once()
-        call_kwargs = mock_dual_cache.async_set_cache.call_args
-        assert call_kwargs[0][1] == fake_encrypted  # encrypted value stored
-        assert call_kwargs[1]["ttl"] == 3540
+        raw = fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server)
+        mock_encrypt.assert_called_once_with("ghp_token")
+        assert await raw.get("mcp:per_user_token:bob:github-server") == json.dumps("encrypted_blob_xyz").encode()
+        assert await raw.ttl("mcp:per_user_token:bob:github-server") == 3540
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_set_uses_correct_cache_key(self, cache, mock_dual_cache):
+    async def test_delete_drops_the_token_here_and_in_redis_and_tells_peers(self, cache):
+        import fakeredis
+
+        from litellm.caching.in_memory_cache import InMemoryCache
+        from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import UserApiKeyCache
+        from tests._support.fake_redis import fake_redis_cache
+
+        server = fakeredis.FakeServer()
+        shared = UserApiKeyCache(in_memory_cache=InMemoryCache(), redis_cache=fake_redis_cache(server))
         with (
+            patch("litellm.proxy.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.encrypt_value_helper", return_value="enc"),
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", shared),
             patch(
-                "litellm.proxy.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.encrypt_value_helper",
-                return_value="enc",
-            ),
-            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_dual_cache),
+                "litellm.proxy.common_utils.auth_cache_invalidation_pubsub.publish_auth_cache_invalidation",
+                new=AsyncMock(),
+            ) as publish,
         ):
-            await cache.set("bob", "github-server", "ghp_token", ttl=3600)
-
-        key_used = mock_dual_cache.async_set_cache.call_args[0][0]
-        assert key_used == "mcp:per_user_token:bob:github-server"
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_delete_calls_async_delete_cache(self, cache, mock_dual_cache):
-        mock_dual_cache.async_delete_cache = AsyncMock()
-        with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_dual_cache):
+            await cache.set("alice", "slack-test", "token", ttl=60)
             await cache.delete("alice", "slack-test")
 
-        mock_dual_cache.async_delete_cache.assert_called_once_with(key="mcp:per_user_token:alice:slack-test")
-        mock_dual_cache.async_set_cache.assert_not_called()
+        assert shared.in_memory_cache.get_cache("mcp:per_user_token:alice:slack-test") is None
+        assert await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).exists("mcp:per_user_token:alice:slack-test") == 0
+        publish.assert_awaited_once_with(cache_key="mcp:per_user_token:alice:slack-test")
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_get_returns_none_on_decrypt_failure(self, cache, mock_dual_cache):
diff --git a/tests/unit/redis/stores/test_mcp_per_user_token.py b/tests/unit/redis/stores/test_mcp_per_user_token.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad9bb9e8de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/redis/stores/test_mcp_per_user_token.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import json
+from datetime import timedelta
+from typing import Final
+
+import fakeredis
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.redis.stores.mcp_per_user_token import TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore
+from litellm.redis.transport.contract import RedisFailure
+from tests._support.fake_redis import fake_redis_cache
+
+KEY: Final = "ns:mcp:per_user_token:alice:srv"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_blob_bytes_ttl_and_namespace_match_the_legacy_dual_cache_writer(server: fakeredis.FakeServer) -> None:
+    store: Final = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(fake_redis_cache(server, namespace="ns").transport())
+    raw: Final = fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server)
+
+    assert await store.put("alice", "srv", 'enc "\u96ea"', ttl=timedelta(seconds=90.9)) is True
+    assert await raw.get(KEY) == json.dumps('enc "\u96ea"').encode()
+    assert await raw.ttl(KEY) == 90
+    assert await store.get("alice", "srv") == 'enc "\u96ea"'
+    assert await store.delete("alice", "srv") == 1
+    assert await store.get("alice", "srv") is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("stored", "expected"), [(b"'legacy-literal'", "legacy-literal"), (b"12345", None)])
+async def test_legacy_literal_and_non_string_values_decode_like_the_dual_cache(
+    server: fakeredis.FakeServer, stored: bytes, expected: str | None
+) -> None:
+    await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).set(KEY, stored)
+    store: Final = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(fake_redis_cache(server, namespace="ns").transport())
+    assert await store.get("alice", "srv") == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_malformed_values_are_decode_failures_and_outages_are_transport_failures(
+    server: fakeredis.FakeServer,
+) -> None:
+    await fakeredis.FakeAsyncRedis(server=server).set(KEY, b"{not json")
+    store: Final = TransportMcpPerUserTokenStore(fake_redis_cache(server, namespace="ns").transport())
+    malformed: Final = await store.get("alice", "srv")
+    server.connected = False
+    outage: Final = await store.get("alice", "srv")
+
+    assert isinstance(malformed, RedisFailure) and malformed.kind == "decode"
+    assert isinstance(outage, RedisFailure) and outage.kind == "transport"