From 6befeb8a17f93bd65b028fdd0b8c4c3087c92a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:48:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(interactions): stop the cost poll loop instead of
 spinning on a non-positive interval

---
 litellm/interactions/background_cost_polling.py     |  2 +-
 .../interactions/test_background_cost_polling.py    | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/interactions/background_cost_polling.py b/litellm/interactions/background_cost_polling.py
index 262d8e3260d..f2957d08840 100644
--- a/litellm/interactions/background_cost_polling.py
+++ b/litellm/interactions/background_cost_polling.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async def _fetch_interaction(context: BackgroundInteractionPollContext) -> Inter
 def _poll_intervals(initial: float, maximum: float, timeout: float) -> Iterator[float]:
     elapsed = 0.0
     interval = initial
-    while elapsed + interval <= timeout:
+    while interval > 0 and elapsed + interval <= timeout:
         yield interval
         elapsed += interval
         interval = min(interval * 2, maximum)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/interactions/test_background_cost_polling.py b/tests/test_litellm/interactions/test_background_cost_polling.py
index 64436ebe4a7..7908e0e8f17 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/interactions/test_background_cost_polling.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/interactions/test_background_cost_polling.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import asyncio
 import time
+from itertools import islice
 from typing import Optional
 
 import pytest
 
 from litellm.interactions.background_cost_polling import (
     _SETTLED_KEY,
+    _poll_intervals,
     BackgroundInteractionPollContext,
     maybe_schedule_background_interaction_cost_polling,
     maybe_settle_background_interaction_before_delete,
@@ -92,6 +94,17 @@ def _fetch_sequence(*responses):
     return fetch, calls
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "initial, maximum",
+    [(0.0, 0.002), (0.001, 0.0), (-1.0, 0.002), (0.0, 0.0)],
+)
+def test_poll_intervals_stops_instead_of_looping_on_a_non_positive_interval(initial, maximum):
+    intervals = list(islice(_poll_intervals(initial=initial, maximum=maximum, timeout=3600.0), 10))
+
+    assert len(intervals) < 10
+    assert all(interval > 0 for interval in intervals)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_poller_bills_once_when_interaction_completes():
     logging_obj = _logging_obj()