diff --git a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
index 8dbc2142c41..5c2f12cb1d4 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import re
 import threading
 from base64 import b64encode
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, wait
 from contextvars import ContextVar
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from hashlib import sha256
 from importlib.metadata import version
 from itertools import chain
-from time import sleep
+from time import monotonic, sleep
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final, Literal
 
@@ -605,6 +604,19 @@ def acquire_langfuse_tracing(
         return created
 
 
+class _FlushWorker(threading.Thread):
+    """Daemon, so a channel still blocked at the deadline cannot hold up interpreter exit."""
+
+    def __init__(self, channel: LangfuseTracing, timeout_millis: int) -> None:
+        super().__init__(name="langfuse-flush", daemon=True)
+        self.channel: Final = channel
+        self.timeout_millis: Final = timeout_millis
+        self.flushed = False
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.flushed = self.channel.flush(self.timeout_millis)
+
+
 def flush_langfuse_tracing(timeout_millis: int = 30_000) -> bool:
     """Force-flush every export channel this process acquired, all within one ``timeout_millis`` deadline.
 
@@ -613,13 +625,13 @@ def flush_langfuse_tracing(timeout_millis: int = 30_000) -> bool:
     """
     with _TRACING_LOCK:
         channels: Final = tuple(_TRACING.values())
-    if not channels:
-        return True
-    pool: Final = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(channels), thread_name_prefix="langfuse-flush")
-    futures: Final = tuple(pool.submit(channel.flush, timeout_millis) for channel in channels)
-    done, pending = wait(futures, timeout=timeout_millis / 1000)
-    pool.shutdown(wait=False)
-    return not pending and all(future.result() for future in done)
+    workers: Final = tuple(_FlushWorker(channel, timeout_millis) for channel in channels)
+    deadline: Final = monotonic() + timeout_millis / 1000
+    for worker in workers:
+        worker.start()
+    for worker in workers:
+        worker.join(max(0.0, deadline - monotonic()))
+    return all(not worker.is_alive() and worker.flushed for worker in workers)
 
 
 def build_langfuse_tracing(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
index 9d5005a7876..b22a3f8be8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import opentelemetry.trace as otel_trace
 import pytest
 from langfuse import LangfuseOtelSpanAttributes as A
 from langfuse.api import UnauthorizedError
-from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import SpanProcessor, TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SpanExporter, SpanExportResult
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import InMemorySpanExporter
 
@@ -558,6 +558,26 @@ def test_flush_langfuse_tracing_flushes_channels_concurrently_under_one_deadline
     assert second_exported.is_set()
 
 
+def test_flush_langfuse_tracing_leaves_an_overrunning_channel_on_a_daemon_thread():
+    """A channel whose flush outlives the deadline is reported as failed and must not be able to
+    hold up interpreter exit, so the thread still flushing it has to be a daemon."""
+    release = threading.Event()
+
+    class BlocksUntilReleased(SpanProcessor):
+        def force_flush(self, timeout_millis: int = 30_000) -> bool:
+            return release.wait(timeout=10.0)
+
+    _acquire(public_key="pk-overrunning-flush", mock_mode=True, flush_interval=600.0).provider.add_span_processor(
+        BlocksUntilReleased()
+    )
+    try:
+        assert flush_langfuse_tracing(timeout_millis=200) is False
+        stuck = [thread for thread in threading.enumerate() if thread.name.startswith("langfuse-flush")]
+        assert stuck and all(thread.daemon for thread in stuck)
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+
+
 def test_a_changed_sample_rate_rebuilds_the_channel(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("LANGFUSE_SAMPLE_RATE", "0.25")
     quarter = _acquire(public_key="pk-resample-test")