diff --git a/.github/scripts/test_native_routes.py b/.github/scripts/test_native_routes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f756eb9b0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/test_native_routes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import os
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import zipfile
+from http.client import HTTPMessage
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from pathlib import Path
+from socket import socket as Socket
+from typing import Final
+
+REQUEST_STARTED: Final = threading.Event()
+REQUEST_CANCELLED: Final = threading.Event()
+
+ANTHROPIC_RESPONSE: Final = (
+    b'{"id":"msg_native","type":"message","role":"assistant",'
+    b'"model":"claude-sonnet-4-5","content":[{"type":"text","text":"native-message"}],'
+    b'"stop_reason":"end_turn","stop_sequence":null,'
+    b'"usage":{"input_tokens":2,"output_tokens":3}}'
+)
+
+
+class NativeRouteHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    protocol_version = "HTTP/1.1"
+
+    def do_POST(self) -> None:
+        content_length: Final = int(self.headers.get("content-length", "0"))
+        body: Final = json.loads(self.rfile.read(content_length))
+        route: Final = self.headers.get("x-test-route")
+        outcome: Final = self.headers.get("x-test-outcome")
+        assert_native_request(route, outcome, self.path, self.headers, body)
+        if outcome == "hang":
+            REQUEST_STARTED.set()
+            self.connection.settimeout(5)
+            if connection_was_cancelled(self.connection):
+                REQUEST_CANCELLED.set()
+            return
+
+        status: Final = 429 if outcome == "429" else 200
+        response_body: Final = native_response(status, route)
+
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("content-type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("content-length", str(len(response_body)))
+        self.send_header("connection", "close")
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(response_body)
+
+    def log_message(self, _message_format: str, *_args: object) -> None:
+        pass
+
+
+def connection_was_cancelled(connection: Socket) -> bool:
+    try:
+        return connection.recv(1) == b""
+    except TimeoutError:
+        return False
+    except OSError:
+        return True
+
+
+def assert_native_request(
+    route: str | None,
+    outcome: str | None,
+    path: str,
+    headers: HTTPMessage,
+    body: object,
+) -> None:
+    if route not in {"ocr", "transcription", "messages", "chat_completions"}:
+        raise AssertionError(f"unexpected route marker: {route!r}")
+    if outcome not in {"success", "429", "hang"}:
+        raise AssertionError(f"unexpected outcome marker: {outcome!r}")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise TypeError(f"{route} sent {type(body).__name__}, expected a JSON object")
+    if route == "ocr":
+        assert path == "/v1/ocr"
+        assert headers.get("authorization") == "Bearer sk-native"
+        assert body["model"] == "mistral-ocr-latest"
+        assert body["document"]["document_url"] == "https://example.com/document.pdf"
+        assert body["include_image_base64"] is True
+        return
+    if route == "transcription":
+        assert path == "/model/mistral.voxtral-mini-3b-2507/converse"
+        assert headers.get("authorization", "").startswith("AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 ")
+        assert headers.get("x-amz-date")
+        assert body["messages"][0]["content"][0]["audio"]["source"]["bytes"] == "AQI="
+        assert "The audio language is en" in body["messages"][0]["content"][1]["text"]
+        return
+    assert path == "/v1/messages"
+    assert headers.get("x-api-key") == "sk-native"
+    assert body["model"] == "claude-sonnet-4-5"
+    if route == "messages":
+        assert body["max_tokens"] == 16
+        assert body["messages"][0]["content"] == "hello-from-messages"
+        return
+    assert body["max_tokens"] == 17
+    assert body["messages"][0]["content"] == [{"type": "text", "text": "hello-from-chat"}]
+
+
+def native_response(status: int, route: str | None) -> bytes:
+    if status == 429:
+        return b'{"error":"native-rate-limit"}'
+    if route == "ocr":
+        return b'{"pages":[{"index":0,"markdown":"native-ocr"}]}'
+    if route == "transcription":
+        return b'{"output":{"message":{"content":[{"text":"native-transcription"}]}}}'
+    return ANTHROPIC_RESPONSE
+
+
+def load_native(native_path: Path) -> object:
+    module_spec: Final = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("litellm.rust_bridge._native", native_path)
+    if module_spec is None or module_spec.loader is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("cannot create native extension import specification")
+    native_module: Final = importlib.util.module_from_spec(module_spec)
+    module_spec.loader.exec_module(native_module)
+    return native_module
+
+
+def route_kwargs(route: str, api_base: str, outcome: str) -> dict[str, object]:
+    common: Final = {
+        "api_base": api_base,
+        "extra_headers": {"x-test-outcome": outcome, "x-test-route": route},
+        "timeout_seconds": 3.0,
+    }
+    if route == "ocr":
+        return common | {
+            "model": "mistral-ocr-latest",
+            "document": {"type": "document_url", "document_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"},
+            "api_key": "sk-native",
+            "custom_llm_provider": "mistral",
+            "optional_params": {"include_image_base64": True},
+        }
+    if route == "transcription":
+        return common | {
+            "model": "mistral.voxtral-mini-3b-2507",
+            "audio": {"data": "AQI=", "format": "wav", "filename": "audio.wav"},
+            "custom_llm_provider": "bedrock",
+            "optional_params": {
+                "aws_access_key_id": "native-access-key",
+                "aws_secret_access_key": "native-secret-key",
+                "aws_region_name": "us-east-1",
+                "language": "en",
+            },
+        }
+    if route == "messages":
+        return common | {
+            "model": "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+            "body": {
+                "model": "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+                "max_tokens": 16,
+                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello-from-messages"}],
+            },
+            "api_key": "sk-native",
+            "custom_llm_provider": "anthropic",
+        }
+    if route == "chat_completions":
+        return common | {
+            "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello-from-chat"}],
+            "optional_params": {"max_tokens": 17},
+            "api_key": "sk-native",
+        }
+    raise AssertionError(f"unknown route: {route}")
+
+
+def assert_success(route: str, response: object) -> None:
+    if not isinstance(response, dict):
+        raise TypeError(f"{route} returned {type(response).__name__}, expected dict")
+    actual: Final = success_value(route, response)
+    expected: Final = (
+        "native-ocr"
+        if route == "ocr"
+        else "native-transcription"
+        if route == "transcription"
+        else "native-message"
+    )
+    if actual != expected:
+        raise AssertionError(f"{route} returned {actual!r}, expected {expected!r}")
+
+
+def success_value(route: str, response: dict[object, object]) -> object:
+    if route == "ocr":
+        return response["pages"][0]["markdown"]
+    if route == "transcription":
+        return response["text"]
+    if route == "messages":
+        return response["content"][0]["text"]
+    return response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+
+
+def assert_rate_limit(native: object, route: str, error: BaseException) -> None:
+    if route in {"messages", "chat_completions"}:
+        upstream_error: Final = native.RustUpstreamError
+        if not isinstance(error, upstream_error) or error.args[0] != 429:
+            raise AssertionError(f"{route} returned the wrong 429 error: {error!r}")
+        return
+    if not isinstance(error, RuntimeError) or "429" not in str(error):
+        raise AssertionError(f"{route} returned the wrong 429 error: {error!r}")
+
+
+def exercise_sync(native: object, api_base: str) -> None:
+    for route in ("ocr", "transcription", "messages", "chat_completions"):
+        function: Final = getattr(native, route)
+        assert_success(route, function(**route_kwargs(route, api_base, "success")))
+        try:
+            function(**route_kwargs(route, api_base, "429"))
+        except (RuntimeError, native.RustUpstreamError) as error:
+            assert_rate_limit(native, route, error)
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError(f"{route} accepted a 429 response")
+
+
+async def exercise_async(native: object, api_base: str) -> None:
+    for route in ("ocr", "transcription", "messages", "chat_completions"):
+        function: Final = getattr(native, f"a{route}")
+        assert_success(route, await function(**route_kwargs(route, api_base, "success")))
+        try:
+            await function(**route_kwargs(route, api_base, "429"))
+        except (RuntimeError, native.RustUpstreamError) as error:
+            assert_rate_limit(native, route, error)
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError(f"a{route} accepted a 429 response")
+
+
+def exercise_routes(native_path: Path, api_base: str) -> object:
+    native: Final = load_native(native_path)
+    exercise_sync(native, api_base)
+    asyncio.run(exercise_async(native, api_base))
+    return native
+
+
+def exercise_signal(native: object, api_base: str) -> int:
+    try:
+        native.messages(
+            **route_kwargs("messages", api_base, "hang"),
+        )
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        sys.stdout.write("KeyboardInterrupt\n")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stdin.read(1)
+        return 0
+    raise AssertionError("sync native route ignored SIGINT")
+
+
+def test_sigint(native_path: Path, api_base: str) -> None:
+    REQUEST_STARTED.clear()
+    REQUEST_CANCELLED.clear()
+    process: Final = subprocess.Popen(
+        (sys.executable, __file__, "child", str(native_path), api_base),
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    try:
+        if not REQUEST_STARTED.wait(30):
+            process.kill()
+            stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=5)
+            raise AssertionError(
+                f"native route matrix did not reach the hanging upstream\nstdout:\n{stdout}\nstderr:\n{stderr}"
+            )
+        os.kill(process.pid, signal.SIGINT)
+        if not REQUEST_CANCELLED.wait(5):
+            raise AssertionError("interrupted native route did not cancel its upstream future")
+        if process.poll() is not None:
+            raise AssertionError("signal child exited before cancellation was observed")
+        stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input="\n", timeout=5)
+        if process.returncode != 0 or stdout != "KeyboardInterrupt\n":
+            raise AssertionError(
+                f"signal child exited with status {process.returncode}\nstdout:\n{stdout}\nstderr:\n{stderr}"
+            )
+    finally:
+        if process.poll() is None:
+            process.kill()
+            process.wait(timeout=5)
+
+
+def test_wheel(wheel: Path) -> int:
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary_directory, zipfile.ZipFile(wheel) as archive:
+        native_members: Final = tuple(
+            member
+            for member in archive.infolist()
+            if member.filename.startswith("litellm/rust_bridge/_native.") and member.filename.endswith(".so")
+        )
+        if len(native_members) != 1:
+            raise AssertionError(f"expected one native extension, found {len(native_members)}")
+        native_path: Final = Path(temporary_directory) / Path(native_members[0].filename).name
+        native_path.write_bytes(archive.read(native_members[0]))
+
+        server: Final = ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), NativeRouteHandler)
+        server_thread: Final = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+        server_thread.start()
+        api_base: Final = f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.server_address[1]}"
+        try:
+            test_sigint(native_path, api_base)
+        finally:
+            server.shutdown()
+            server.server_close()
+            server_thread.join(timeout=5)
+    return 0
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        return test_wheel(Path(sys.argv[1]))
+    if len(sys.argv) == 4 and sys.argv[1] == "child":
+        native: Final = exercise_routes(Path(sys.argv[2]), sys.argv[3])
+        return exercise_signal(native, sys.argv[3])
+    sys.stderr.write(f"usage: {Path(sys.argv[0]).name} WHEEL\n")
+    return 2
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/test-rust.yml
index aada0fcf239..1b6a7984b7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-rust.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - "pyproject.toml"
       - "rust-toolchain.toml"
       - ".github/scripts/smoke_test_native_wheel.py"
+      - ".github/scripts/test_native_routes.py"
       - ".github/scripts/verify_linux_native_wheel.py"
       - ".github/workflows/test-rust.yml"
   pull_request:
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ on:
       - "pyproject.toml"
       - "rust-toolchain.toml"
       - ".github/scripts/smoke_test_native_wheel.py"
+      - ".github/scripts/test_native_routes.py"
       - ".github/scripts/verify_linux_native_wheel.py"
       - ".github/workflows/test-rust.yml"
 
@@ -121,3 +123,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RELEASE_WHEEL_COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
         run: python .github/scripts/verify_linux_native_wheel.py dist/*.whl
+
+      - name: Test native route wheel
+        run: python .github/scripts/test_native_routes.py dist/*.whl
diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
index 6e461f394f1..5eba7d36442 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/messages/tests.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/messages/tests.rs
index 6a59b6c7061..2dfa8b409b7 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/messages/tests.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/messages/tests.rs
@@ -526,3 +526,43 @@ async fn messages_classifies_a_refused_connection_as_safe_to_fallback() {
 
     assert!(matches!(error, CoreError::Connect(_)));
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn messages_classifies_an_established_request_timeout_as_network_error() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("binds");
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("has an address");
+    let (request_received_tx, request_received_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+    let (release_server_tx, release_server_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+
+    let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (mut socket, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("accepts request");
+        let request = read_http_request(&mut socket).await;
+        request_received_tx.send(request).expect("reports request");
+        release_server_rx.await.expect("server is released");
+    });
+
+    let error = tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(2),
+        messages(MessagesRequest {
+            model: "claude-test",
+            body: json!({"model": "claude-test", "max_tokens": 8, "messages": []}),
+            api_key: Some("sk"),
+            api_base: Some(&format!("http://{addr}")),
+            custom_llm_provider: Some("anthropic"),
+            extra_headers: None,
+            timeout: Some(Duration::from_millis(100)),
+        }),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("client call completes")
+    .expect_err("established request times out");
+
+    let request = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), request_received_rx)
+        .await
+        .expect("server observes request")
+        .expect("server reports request");
+    assert!(request.starts_with("POST /v1/messages "), "{request}");
+    release_server_tx.send(()).expect("releases server");
+    server.await.expect("server task completes");
+    assert!(matches!(error, CoreError::Network(_)));
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/Cargo.toml
index c3cfb968d7e..e89f9cd9aa9 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.8.2"
+tokio-tungstenite.workspace = true
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "serialization"
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
index 9f2c471ef25..5fcdc145187 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ fn _native(module: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::ffi::CString;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+    use pyo3::types::PyDict;
+    use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+    use tokio_tungstenite::{accept_async, tungstenite::Message};
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -123,4 +131,69 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(public_names, expected);
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn responses_websocket_connection_round_trips_through_python() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        let runtime = pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::get_runtime();
+        let listener = runtime
+            .block_on(TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0"))
+            .expect("listener should bind");
+        let address = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener should have an address");
+        let server = runtime.spawn(async move {
+            let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("server should accept");
+            let mut socket = accept_async(stream)
+                .await
+                .expect("handshake should succeed");
+
+            let message = socket
+                .next()
+                .await
+                .expect("client should send a frame")
+                .expect("client frame should be valid");
+            assert_eq!(message, Message::Text("from-python".into()));
+            socket
+                .send(Message::Text("from-server".into()))
+                .await
+                .expect("server should reply");
+            assert!(matches!(socket.next().await, Some(Ok(Message::Close(_)))));
+        });
+
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let module = PyModule::new(py, "_native").expect("module should be created");
+            _native(&module).expect("module should register");
+            let locals = PyDict::new(py);
+            locals
+                .set_item("native", &module)
+                .expect("module should enter Python locals");
+            locals
+                .set_item("url", format!("ws://{address}"))
+                .expect("URL should enter Python locals");
+            let code = CString::new(
+                r#"
+import asyncio
+
+async def exercise():
+    connection = await native.ResponsesWebSocketConnection.connect(url)
+    assert type(connection) is native.ResponsesWebSocketConnection
+    await connection.send_text("from-python")
+    assert await connection.recv_text() == "from-server"
+    await connection.close()
+    assert await connection.recv_text() is None
+
+asyncio.run(asyncio.wait_for(exercise(), timeout=5))
+"#,
+            )
+            .expect("Python source should not contain null bytes");
+            py.run(&code, Some(&locals), Some(&locals))
+                .expect("Python WebSocket methods should round trip");
+        });
+
+        runtime
+            .block_on(async { tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), server).await })
+            .expect("server should finish")
+            .expect("server task should not panic");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/runtime.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/runtime.rs
index 4fc55d2965d..cbdbb7159cf 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/runtime.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/runtime.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ where
 
     let result = release_gil(py, move || runtime.block_on(wait_for_sync_result(future)))?;
     let result = map_core_result(result, map_error)?;
-    to_py(py, &result)
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(|| to_py(py, &result))).map_err(panic_to_pyerr)?
 }
 
 pub(super) fn run_async<T, F>(
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ where
 mod tests {
     use std::ffi::CString;
     use std::future::poll_fn;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+    use std::sync::{Arc, mpsc};
     use std::task::Poll;
+    use std::thread;
+    use std::time::Instant;
 
     use pyo3::panic::PanicException;
     use pyo3::types::{PyDict, PyModule};
@@ -127,12 +131,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     struct PanickingOutput;
 
+    static ASYNC_PROBE_COMPLETED: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
     impl Serialize for PanickingOutput {
         fn serialize<S>(&self, _serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
         where
             S: Serializer,
         {
-            panic!("async serializer panicked")
+            panic!("serializer panicked")
         }
     }
 
@@ -141,6 +147,42 @@ mod tests {
         run_async(py, async { Ok(PanickingOutput) }, runtime_error)
     }
 
+    #[pyfunction]
+    fn async_runtime_probe(py: Python<'_>) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
+        run_async(
+            py,
+            async {
+                ASYNC_PROBE_COMPLETED.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                Ok(true)
+            },
+            runtime_error,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[pyfunction]
+    fn runtime_worker_count() -> usize {
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::get_runtime()
+            .metrics()
+            .num_workers()
+    }
+
+    #[pyfunction]
+    fn runtime_is_responsive(_py: Python<'_>, expected_completions: usize) -> bool {
+        let completion_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(2);
+        while ASYNC_PROBE_COMPLETED.load(Ordering::SeqCst) < expected_completions {
+            if Instant::now() >= completion_deadline {
+                return false;
+            }
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1));
+        }
+
+        let (heartbeat_tx, heartbeat_rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::get_runtime().spawn(async move {
+            let _ = heartbeat_tx.send(());
+        });
+        heartbeat_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(2)).is_ok()
+    }
+
     fn extract_bool(py: Python<'_>, result: PyResult<Py<PyAny>>) -> bool {
         result
             .expect("route should complete")
@@ -259,6 +301,51 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sync_runner_surfaces_serializer_panics() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let error = run_sync(py, async { Ok(PanickingOutput) }, runtime_error)
+                .expect_err("serializer panic should become a Python exception");
+
+            assert!(error.is_instance_of::<PanicException>(py));
+            assert_eq!(error.to_string(), "PanicException: serializer panicked");
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sync_runner_supports_concurrent_callers_on_the_shared_runtime() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        let barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(2));
+        let callers: Vec<_> = (0..2)
+            .map(|_| {
+                let barrier = Arc::clone(&barrier);
+                thread::spawn(move || {
+                    Python::attach(|py| {
+                        extract_bool(
+                            py,
+                            run_sync(
+                                py,
+                                async move {
+                                    Ok(tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), barrier.wait())
+                                        .await
+                                        .is_ok())
+                                },
+                                runtime_error,
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    })
+                })
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let results: Vec<_> = callers
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|caller| caller.join().expect("caller should not panic"))
+            .collect();
+
+        assert_eq!(results, vec![true, true]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn async_runner_surfaces_serializer_panics() {
         Python::initialize();
@@ -283,7 +370,7 @@ async def exercise():
         await runtime.async_serialization_panic()
     except BaseException as error:
         assert type(error).__name__ == "PanicException"
-        assert str(error) == "async serializer panicked"
+        assert str(error) == "serializer panicked"
     else:
         raise AssertionError("serializer panic was not raised")
 
@@ -295,4 +382,42 @@ asyncio.run(exercise())
                 .expect("serializer panic should reach the Python awaiter");
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn async_result_delivery_does_not_stall_tokio_workers() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        ASYNC_PROBE_COMPLETED.store(0, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let module = PyModule::new(py, "runtime").expect("module should be created");
+            for function in [
+                wrap_pyfunction!(async_runtime_probe, &module).expect("function should wrap"),
+                wrap_pyfunction!(runtime_worker_count, &module).expect("function should wrap"),
+                wrap_pyfunction!(runtime_is_responsive, &module).expect("function should wrap"),
+            ] {
+                module
+                    .add_function(function)
+                    .expect("function should register");
+            }
+            let locals = PyDict::new(py);
+            locals
+                .set_item("runtime", &module)
+                .expect("module should enter Python locals");
+            let code = CString::new(
+                r#"
+import asyncio
+
+async def exercise():
+    worker_count = runtime.runtime_worker_count()
+    awaitables = [runtime.async_runtime_probe() for _ in range(worker_count)]
+    assert runtime.runtime_is_responsive(worker_count)
+    assert await asyncio.gather(*awaitables) == [True] * worker_count
+
+asyncio.run(exercise())
+"#,
+            )
+            .expect("Python source should not contain null bytes");
+            py.run(&code, Some(&locals), Some(&locals))
+                .expect("result delivery should leave Tokio workers responsive");
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/anthropic_interface/test_rust_bridge_messages.py b/tests/test_litellm/anthropic_interface/test_rust_bridge_messages.py
index 688028ba933..ae1f6331b49 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/anthropic_interface/test_rust_bridge_messages.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/anthropic_interface/test_rust_bridge_messages.py
@@ -294,6 +294,20 @@ async def test_gate_surfaces_an_upstream_failure_without_fallback(monkeypatch):
     assert bridge.calls == 1
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_gate_maps_statusless_upstream_failure_to_500_without_fallback(monkeypatch):
+    _install_fake_bridge_exceptions(monkeypatch)
+    bridge = RaisingAsyncMessages(FakeUpstreamError(0, "request timed out"))
+    litellm.use_litellm_rust(True, amessages=bridge)
+
+    with pytest.raises(APIError) as exc_info:
+        await _gate()
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 500
+    assert "request timed out" in str(exc_info.value)
+    assert bridge.calls == 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_gate_reraises_an_unknown_bridge_failure():
     bridge = RaisingAsyncMessages(RuntimeError("unknown bridge failure"))