diff --git a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
index b1531e299d0..5ed739b5d10 100644
--- a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
@@ -1799,16 +1799,11 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
 
     @_redis_circuit_breaker_guard
     async def async_refresh_ttl(self, key: str, ttl: int | None = None) -> bool:
-        """EXPIRE an existing key without touching its value. False when the key is absent or Redis failed."""
+        """EXPIRE an existing key without touching its value. False when the key is absent."""
         _used_ttl: Final = self.get_ttl(ttl=ttl)
         if _used_ttl is None:
             return False
-        try:
-            return await self._async_commands().expire(self.check_and_fix_namespace(key=key), _used_ttl)
-        except Exception as e:
-            verbose_logger.debug("Redis EXPIRE Error: %s", e)
-            _record_swallowed_redis_failure(self._circuit_breaker, e)
-            return False
+        return await self._async_commands().expire(self.check_and_fix_namespace(key=key), _used_ttl)
 
     @_redis_circuit_breaker_guard
     async def async_rpush(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 33f099540b4..476eda3d081 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -3225,7 +3225,11 @@ async def increment_spend_counter(counter_key: str, increment: float):
 async def refresh_spend_counter_ttl(counter_key: str) -> bool:
     if spend_counter_cache.redis_cache is None:
         return False
-    return await spend_counter_cache.redis_cache.async_refresh_ttl(key=counter_key)
+    try:
+        return await spend_counter_cache.redis_cache.async_refresh_ttl(key=counter_key)
+    except Exception as e:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.debug("spend counter TTL refresh skipped for %s: %s", counter_key, e)
+        return False
 
 
 async def _increment_spend_counter_cache(counter_key: str, increment: float):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_budget_reservation.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_budget_reservation.py
index 2812be2c53e..3c33ca11c91 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_budget_reservation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_budget_reservation.py
@@ -2202,11 +2202,13 @@ async def test_release_non_numeric_counter_reseeds_from_db(spend_counter_state):
 class _ExpiringRedisCache:
     """In-memory stand-in for RedisCache with real wall-clock key expiry."""
 
-    def __init__(self, default_ttl: float = 60.0) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, default_ttl: float = 60.0, fail_first_refresh: bool = False) -> None:
         self.default_ttl = default_ttl
         self.store: dict[str, float] = {}
         self.expires_at: dict[str, float] = {}
+        self.refresh_attempts = 0
         self.refresh_count = 0
+        self.fail_first_refresh = fail_first_refresh
 
     def _evict_expired(self, key: str) -> None:
         if self.expires_at.get(key, float("inf")) <= time.monotonic():
@@ -2239,6 +2241,9 @@ class _ExpiringRedisCache:
         self.expires_at.pop(key, None)
 
     async def async_refresh_ttl(self, key: str, ttl: int | None = None) -> bool:
+        self.refresh_attempts += 1
+        if self.fail_first_refresh and self.refresh_attempts == 1:
+            raise ConnectionError("Redis circuit breaker is open")
         self._evict_expired(key)
         if key not in self.store:
             return False
@@ -2279,6 +2284,26 @@ async def test_reservation_survives_redis_counter_ttl_while_request_in_flight(
     assert await redis_cache.async_get_cache(key=counter_key) is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_reservation_lease_keeps_renewing_after_transient_redis_failure(
+    spend_counter_state,
+):
+    """One failed EXPIRE (Redis blip, open circuit breaker) must not end renewal for the
+    rest of the request."""
+    counter_cache, key_cache = spend_counter_state
+    redis_cache = _ExpiringRedisCache(default_ttl=0.2, fail_first_refresh=True)
+    counter_cache.redis_cache = redis_cache
+    proxy_logging_obj = ProxyLogging(user_api_key_cache=key_cache)
+    valid_token = UserAPIKeyAuth(token="key-lease-blip", spend=0.0, max_budget=1.0)
+
+    reservation = await _reserve(valid_token, 0.6, key_cache, proxy_logging_obj)
+    assert reservation is not None
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+    assert redis_cache.refresh_attempts >= 3
+    await release_budget_reservation(reservation)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_reconcile_after_redis_counter_expiry_keeps_request_cost_enforced(
     spend_counter_state,