diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index 87200905c80..d32e997cd10 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -1175,8 +1175,21 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3(CustomLogger):
         return RateLimitResponse(overall_code=overall_code, statuses=statuses)
 
     async def _read_replica_counters(self, replica: RedisCache, keys: Sequence[str]) -> Mapping[str, object]:
-        """`RedisCache` logs and swallows its own failures, so an unreachable replica comes back empty."""
-        return await replica.async_batch_get_cache(key_list=list(keys))
+        """
+        `async_batch_get_cache` swallows read failures itself, but its circuit-breaker
+        guard raises `RedisCircuitBreakerOpenError` before the body runs once the
+        replica's breaker opens. A replica must never fail the request either way.
+        """
+        try:
+            return await replica.async_batch_get_cache(key_list=list(keys))
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001  # any replica failure degrades to local-only enforcement, never a 500
+            log_redis_failure(
+                verbose_proxy_logger,
+                logging.WARNING,
+                "rate_limit_remote_replicas: replica read failed, enforcing against local counters only",
+                e,
+            )
+            return {}
 
     async def _remote_counter_offsets(
         self,
@@ -1186,8 +1199,8 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3(CustomLogger):
         """
         Sum each counter's value across the remote replicas, counting a replica
         only while its copy of that counter's window is still current. A replica
-        that reads back empty contributes nothing, so a region whose replica link
-        is down falls back to the per-region enforcement it has today.
+        that reads back empty or fails contributes nothing, so a region whose
+        replica link is down falls back to the per-region enforcement it has today.
         """
         if not self.remote_replica_caches or not probes:
             return _NO_REMOTE_OFFSETS
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index bba6a412e44..47c6ff256f9 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1002,6 +1002,9 @@ async def proxy_shutdown_event(worker_heartbeat: ProxyWorkerHeartbeat | None = N
     if litellm.cache is not None:
         await litellm.cache.disconnect()
 
+    for replica in rate_limit_remote_replica_caches:
+        await replica.disconnect()
+
     await jwt_handler.close()
 
     if db_writer_client is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index af91874f76e..69357630ec2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -6547,6 +6547,20 @@ class _ReplicaRedis:
         return {key: self.snapshot[key] for key in key_list if key in self.snapshot}
 
 
+class _OpenBreakerReplicaRedis:
+    """Replica whose circuit breaker has opened: the guard raises before the read body runs."""
+
+    async def async_batch_get_cache(self, key_list, parent_otel_span=None):
+        from litellm.caching.redis_cache import RedisCircuitBreakerOpenError
+
+        raise RedisCircuitBreakerOpenError("Redis circuit breaker is open")
+
+
+class _ExplodingReplicaRedis:
+    async def async_batch_get_cache(self, key_list, parent_otel_span=None):
+        raise ConnectionError("replica unreachable")
+
+
 class _LuaFailurePrimaryRedis:
     """
     Primary Redis whose Lua calls fail. That is how production reaches the in-memory
@@ -6755,6 +6769,36 @@ async def test_a_replica_that_reads_back_empty_fails_open(time_controller):
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_replica_whose_breaker_is_open_fails_open(time_controller):
+    """`async_batch_get_cache` swallows its own read failures, but the circuit-breaker guard
+    wrapping it raises before the body once the replica's breaker opens, which is the state a
+    replica outage settles into after a few failed reads. That must not fail the request."""
+    handler, descriptors = _rpm_handler([_OpenBreakerReplicaRedis()], time_controller, 100)
+
+    response = await handler.should_rate_limit(descriptors=descriptors)
+
+    assert response["overall_code"] == "OK"
+    assert response["statuses"][0]["limit_remaining"] == 99
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_replica_read_that_raises_fails_open_and_warns(time_controller, caplog):
+    handler, descriptors = _rpm_handler([_ExplodingReplicaRedis()], time_controller, 100)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="LiteLLM Proxy"):
+        response = await handler.should_rate_limit(descriptors=descriptors)
+
+    assert response["overall_code"] == "OK"
+    assert response["statuses"][0]["limit_remaining"] == 99
+    replica_warnings = [
+        record.getMessage()
+        for record in caplog.records
+        if record.levelno >= logging.WARNING and "replica read failed" in record.getMessage()
+    ]
+    assert len(replica_warnings) == 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_replica_read_missing_the_window_key_contributes_nothing(time_controller):
     """A read that returns the counter but not its window cannot say which window that
@@ -6917,6 +6961,20 @@ async def test_reserve_tpm_without_replicas_allows_a_request_that_fits_locally(
     assert response["statuses"][0]["limit_remaining"] == 800
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_an_open_replica_breaker_on_the_reservation_path_enforces_local_limits_only(
+    time_controller,
+):
+    handler, descriptors = _tpm_handler([_OpenBreakerReplicaRedis()], time_controller, 1000)
+
+    response = await handler.reserve_tpm_tokens(
+        descriptors=descriptors, estimated_tokens=200
+    )
+
+    assert response["overall_code"] == "OK"
+    assert response["statuses"][0]["limit_remaining"] == 800
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_an_empty_replica_read_on_the_reservation_path_enforces_local_limits_only(
     time_controller,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
index deb7289d2d1..26d4c2c408a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
@@ -130,6 +130,29 @@ async def test_proxy_shutdown_event_disconnects_prisma_and_resets(monkeypatch):
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_proxy_shutdown_event_closes_rate_limit_remote_replicas(monkeypatch):
+    fake_replicas = (MagicMock(), MagicMock())
+    for replica in fake_replicas:
+        replica.disconnect = AsyncMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "rate_limit_remote_replica_caches", fake_replicas, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "prisma_client", None, raising=False)
+
+    fake_jwt = MagicMock()
+    fake_jwt.close = AsyncMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "jwt_handler", fake_jwt, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "db_writer_client", None, raising=False)
+
+    import litellm
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "cache", None, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "success_callback", [], raising=False)
+
+    await proxy_shutdown_event()
+
+    assert [replica.disconnect.await_count for replica in fake_replicas] == [1, 1]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_proxy_shutdown_drains_gateway_requests_before_disconnecting(monkeypatch):
     """