From 27193c9460336d282466c45e7968242650de1b06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amarrtech <272048731+amarrtech@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:44:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(http): honor request timeout for parameterized sync
 clients

Signed-off-by: amarrtech <272048731+amarrtech@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py         |  6 +++++-
 tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index 312f46bb021..4b45181ea79 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -1796,7 +1796,11 @@ def _get_httpx_client(params: dict | None = None) -> HTTPHandler:
 
     if params is not None:
         # Filter out params that are only used for cache key, not for HTTPHandler.__init__
-        handler_params: Final = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if k != "disable_aiohttp_transport"}
+        configured_timeout: Final = params.get("timeout")
+        handler_params: Final = {
+            **{k: v for k, v in params.items() if k not in ("disable_aiohttp_transport", "timeout")},
+            "timeout": configured_timeout if configured_timeout is not None else _default_cached_client_timeout(),
+        }
         _new_client = HTTPHandler(**handler_params)
     else:
         _new_client = HTTPHandler(timeout=_default_cached_client_timeout())
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
index 8358d15d30e..99a34637269 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
@@ -741,6 +741,18 @@ class TestDefaultCachedClientTimeoutHonorsRequestTimeout:
         client = get_async_httpx_client(llm_provider=LlmProviders.BEDROCK)
         assert client.timeout.read == 300.0
 
+    def test_cached_sync_client_with_none_timeout_uses_explicit_request_timeout(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+        from litellm.caching.llm_caching_handler import LLMClientCache
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "request_timeout", 300)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "request_timeout_explicitly_set", True)
+        litellm.in_memory_llm_clients_cache = LLMClientCache()
+
+        client = _get_httpx_client(params={"timeout": None})
+        request = client.client.build_request("GET", "https://example.com")
+
+        assert request.extensions["timeout"]["read"] == 300.0
+
 
 async def _read_http_request(reader: asyncio.StreamReader) -> None:
     raw = b""

From 44838201ced9916097824025992c3086de6fcfd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amarrtech <272048731+amarrtech@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:50:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test(http): restore cached client state

Signed-off-by: amarrtech <272048731+amarrtech@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
index 99a34637269..f914da7765d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_http_handler.py
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class TestDefaultCachedClientTimeoutHonorsRequestTimeout:
 
         monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "request_timeout", 300)
         monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "request_timeout_explicitly_set", True)
-        litellm.in_memory_llm_clients_cache = LLMClientCache()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "in_memory_llm_clients_cache", LLMClientCache())
 
         client = _get_httpx_client(params={"timeout": None})
         request = client.client.build_request("GET", "https://example.com")