diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_helicone_integration.py b/litellm/tests/test_helicone_integration.py
index 4b92c1bbdb4..8e1f0a94e93 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_helicone_integration.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_helicone_integration.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -15,56 +16,10 @@ from litellm import completion
 litellm.num_retries = 3
 litellm.success_callback = ["helicone"]
 os.environ["HELICONE_DEBUG"] = "True"
+os.environ['LITELLM_LOG'] = 'DEBUG'
 
 import pytest
 
-def search_logs(log_file_path, num_good_logs=1):
-    import re
-
-    print("\n searching logs")
-    bad_logs = []
-    good_logs = []
-    all_logs = []
-    try:
-        with open(log_file_path, "r") as log_file:
-            lines = log_file.readlines()
-            print(f"searching logslines: {lines}")
-            for line in lines:
-                all_logs.append(line.strip())
-                if "/v1/request/query" in line:
-                    print("Found log with /v1/request/query:")
-                    print(line.strip())
-                    print("\n\n")
-                    match = re.search(
-                        r'"POST /v1/request/query HTTP/1.1" (\d+) (\d+)',
-                        line,
-                    )
-                    if match:
-                        status_code = int(match.group(1))
-                        print("STATUS CODE", status_code)
-                        if status_code != 200:
-                            print("got a BAD log")
-                            bad_logs.append(line.strip())
-                        else:
-                            good_logs.append(line.strip())
-        print("\nBad Logs")
-        print(bad_logs)
-        if len(bad_logs) > 0:
-            raise Exception(f"bad logs, Bad logs = {bad_logs}")
-        assert (
-            len(good_logs) == num_good_logs
-        ), f"Did not get expected number of good logs, expected {num_good_logs}, got {len(good_logs)}. All logs \n {all_logs}"
-        print("\nGood Logs")
-        print(good_logs)
-        if len(good_logs) <= 0:
-            raise Exception(
-                f"There were no Good Logs from Helicone. No logs with /v1/request/query status 200. \nAll logs:{all_logs}"
-            )
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise e
-
-
 def pre_helicone_setup():
     """
     Set up the logging for the 'pre_helicone_setup' function.
@@ -83,8 +38,6 @@ def pre_helicone_setup():
 def test_helicone_logging_async():
     try:
         pre_helicone_setup()
-        litellm.set_verbose = True
-
         litellm.success_callback = []
         start_time_empty_callback = asyncio.run(make_async_calls())
         print("done with no callback test")
@@ -137,36 +90,35 @@ def create_async_task(**completion_kwargs):
     return asyncio.create_task(litellm.acompletion(**completion_args))
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    condition=not os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", False),
+    reason="Authentication missing for openai",
+)
 async def test_helicone_logging_metadata():
     import uuid
-
-    litellm.set_verbose = True
     litellm.success_callback = ["helicone"]
 
-    run_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-    request_id = f"litellm-test-session-{run_id}"
+    request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
     trace_common_metadata = {
         "Helicone-Property-Request-Id": request_id
     }
-    for request_num in range(1, 3):
-        metadata = copy.deepcopy(trace_common_metadata)
-        metadata["Helicone-Property-Conversation"] = "support_issue"
-        response = await create_async_task(
-            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
-            mock_response=f"{request_id}",
-            messages=[
-                {
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": f"{request_id}",
-                }
-            ],
-            max_tokens=100,
-            temperature=0.2,
-            metadata=copy.deepcopy(metadata),
-        )
-        print(response)
+  
+    metadata = copy.deepcopy(trace_common_metadata)
+    metadata["Helicone-Property-Conversation"] = "support_issue"
+    metadata["Helicone-Auth"] = os.getenv("HELICONE_API_KEY")
+    response = await create_async_task(
+        model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+        mock_response="Hey! how's it going?",
+        messages=[
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": f"{request_id}",
+            }
+        ],
+        max_tokens=100,
+        temperature=0.2,
+        metadata=copy.deepcopy(metadata),
+    )
+    print(response)
 
-        await asyncio.sleep(2)
-
-    # Check log file for entries
-    search_logs("helicone.log")
+    time.sleep(3)