diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-memory/src/cache.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-memory/src/cache.rs
index 45c638f5178..54d831378e4 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-memory/src/cache.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-memory/src/cache.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ impl<V: Clone> InMemoryCache<V> {
         self.max_size_in_memory
     }
 
+    pub fn max_entry_bytes(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.max_entry_bytes
+    }
+
     pub fn expires_at(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<Duration>, Error> {
         Ok(self
             .state
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/config.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..637bdab4055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,586 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use pyo3::{
+    exceptions::{PyOverflowError, PyTypeError, PyValueError},
+    prelude::*,
+    types::{PyAny, PyDict},
+};
+
+use super::{native::NativeResponseCache, request::duration};
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct CachePolicy {
+    pub(super) mode: String,
+    pub(super) ttl: Option<Duration>,
+    pub(super) namespace: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) supported_call_types: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub(super) redis_flush_size: Option<usize>,
+    pub(super) semantic_cache_scope: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct MemoryCacheConfig {
+    pub(super) default_ttl: Duration,
+    pub(super) capacity: usize,
+    pub(super) max_entry_bytes: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub(super) enum RedisProtocol {
+    Resp2,
+    Resp3,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub(super) enum CertificateRequirement {
+    None,
+    Optional,
+    Required,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct RedisTlsConfig {
+    pub(super) certificate_requirement: CertificateRequirement,
+    pub(super) check_hostname: bool,
+    pub(super) ca_certificate: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) ca_data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    pub(super) client_certificate: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) client_key: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct RedisConnectionConfig {
+    pub(super) host: String,
+    pub(super) port: u16,
+    pub(super) database: i64,
+    pub(super) username: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) password: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) protocol: RedisProtocol,
+    pub(super) pool_size: usize,
+    pub(super) read_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    pub(super) connect_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    pub(super) socket_keepalive: Option<bool>,
+    pub(super) health_check_interval: Duration,
+    pub(super) client_name: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) tls: Option<RedisTlsConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct RedisCacheConfig {
+    pub(super) default_ttl: Duration,
+    pub(super) namespace: Option<String>,
+    pub(super) flush_size: usize,
+    pub(super) connection: RedisConnectionConfig,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) enum CacheBackendConfig {
+    Memory(MemoryCacheConfig),
+    Redis(Box<RedisCacheConfig>),
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub(super) struct NativeCacheConfig {
+    pub(super) policy: CachePolicy,
+    pub(super) backend: CacheBackendConfig,
+}
+
+pub(super) enum UnsupportedCacheConfig {
+    Backend(String),
+    RedisMode(&'static str),
+    RedisOption(String),
+}
+
+impl UnsupportedCacheConfig {
+    pub(super) fn message(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            Self::Backend(backend) => {
+                format!("native cache backend {backend:?} is not implemented")
+            }
+            Self::RedisMode(mode) => format!("native Redis {mode} mode is not implemented"),
+            Self::RedisOption(option) => {
+                format!("native Redis option {option:?} is not implemented")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) enum CacheConfigProjection {
+    Native(Box<NativeCacheConfig>),
+    Unsupported(UnsupportedCacheConfig),
+}
+
+impl NativeCacheConfig {
+    pub(super) fn project(facade: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<CacheConfigProjection> {
+        let backend_name = facade.getattr("type")?.extract::<String>()?;
+        let policy = CachePolicy {
+            mode: facade.getattr("mode")?.extract::<String>()?,
+            ttl: optional_duration(facade.getattr("ttl")?)?,
+            namespace: optional_string(facade.getattr("namespace")?)?,
+            supported_call_types: facade
+                .getattr("supported_call_types")?
+                .extract::<Option<Vec<String>>>()?,
+            redis_flush_size: facade
+                .getattr("redis_flush_size")?
+                .extract::<Option<usize>>()?,
+            semantic_cache_scope: facade
+                .getattr("semantic_cache_scope")?
+                .extract::<String>()?,
+        };
+        let backend = facade.getattr("cache")?;
+        match backend_name.as_str() {
+            "local" => project_memory(&backend).map(|backend| {
+                CacheConfigProjection::Native(Box::new(Self {
+                    policy,
+                    backend: CacheBackendConfig::Memory(backend),
+                }))
+            }),
+            "redis" => match project_redis(&backend)? {
+                Ok(backend) => Ok(CacheConfigProjection::Native(Box::new(Self {
+                    policy,
+                    backend: CacheBackendConfig::Redis(Box::new(backend)),
+                }))),
+                Err(reason) => Ok(CacheConfigProjection::Unsupported(reason)),
+            },
+            _ => Ok(CacheConfigProjection::Unsupported(
+                UnsupportedCacheConfig::Backend(backend_name),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn service_mismatch(&self, service: &NativeResponseCache) -> Option<&'static str> {
+        if service.default_ttl()
+            != match &self.backend {
+                CacheBackendConfig::Memory(config) => config.default_ttl,
+                CacheBackendConfig::Redis(config) => config.default_ttl,
+            }
+        {
+            return Some("facade and native backend default TTLs must match");
+        }
+        match &self.backend {
+            CacheBackendConfig::Memory(config) if service.kind() != "memory" => {
+                Some("facade and native backend types must match")
+            }
+            CacheBackendConfig::Memory(config) if service.capacity() != Some(config.capacity) => {
+                Some("facade and native backend capacities must match")
+            }
+            CacheBackendConfig::Memory(config)
+                if service.max_entry_bytes() != Some(config.max_entry_bytes) =>
+            {
+                Some("facade and native backend item limits must match")
+            }
+            CacheBackendConfig::Memory(_) => None,
+            CacheBackendConfig::Redis(_) if service.kind() != "redis" => {
+                Some("facade and native backend types must match")
+            }
+            CacheBackendConfig::Redis(config) => (service.namespace()
+                != config.namespace.as_deref())
+            .then_some("facade and native backend namespaces must match"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn project_memory(backend: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<MemoryCacheConfig> {
+    let max_size_kib = backend.getattr("max_size_per_item")?.extract::<usize>()?;
+    Ok(MemoryCacheConfig {
+        default_ttl: duration(backend.getattr("default_ttl")?.extract::<f64>()?)?,
+        capacity: backend.getattr("max_size_in_memory")?.extract::<usize>()?,
+        max_entry_bytes: max_size_kib
+            .checked_mul(1024)
+            .ok_or_else(|| PyOverflowError::new_err("memory cache item limit is too large"))?,
+    })
+}
+
+fn project_redis(
+    backend: &Bound<'_, PyAny>,
+) -> PyResult<Result<RedisCacheConfig, UnsupportedCacheConfig>> {
+    let source = backend.getattr("redis_kwargs")?.cast_into::<PyDict>()?;
+    if has_value(&source, "startup_nodes")? {
+        return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisMode("cluster")));
+    }
+    if has_value(&source, "sentinel_nodes")? {
+        return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisMode("sentinel")));
+    }
+    for key in [
+        "credential_provider",
+        "redis_connect_func",
+        "connection_pool",
+    ] {
+        if has_value(&source, key)? {
+            return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisOption(key.to_owned())));
+        }
+    }
+    for key in [
+        "retry",
+        "retry_on_error",
+        "socket_keepalive_options",
+        "unix_socket_path",
+        "cache",
+        "cache_config",
+        "event_dispatcher",
+        "ssl_ca_path",
+        "ssl_password",
+        "ssl_min_version",
+        "ssl_ciphers",
+        "ssl_validate_ocsp",
+        "ssl_validate_ocsp_stapled",
+        "ssl_ocsp_context",
+        "ssl_ocsp_expected_cert",
+    ] {
+        if has_value(&source, key)? {
+            return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisOption(key.to_owned())));
+        }
+    }
+    for key in ["retry_on_timeout", "single_connection_client"] {
+        if optional_coerced_bool(&source, key)?.unwrap_or(false) {
+            return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisOption(key.to_owned())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    let client = backend.getattr("redis_client")?;
+    let pool = client.getattr("connection_pool")?;
+    let pool_class = class_identity(&pool)?;
+    if pool_class != ("redis.connection".to_owned(), "ConnectionPool".to_owned()) {
+        return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisMode("custom pool")));
+    }
+    let resolved = pool.getattr("connection_kwargs")?.cast_into::<PyDict>()?;
+    for key in ["credential_provider", "redis_connect_func"] {
+        if has_value(&resolved, key)? {
+            return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisOption(key.to_owned())));
+        }
+    }
+    let connection_class = resolved
+        .get_item("connection_class")?
+        .unwrap_or(pool.getattr("connection_class")?);
+    let connection_class = (
+        connection_class
+            .getattr("__module__")?
+            .extract::<String>()?,
+        connection_class
+            .getattr("__qualname__")?
+            .extract::<String>()?,
+    );
+    let tls = match connection_class {
+        (module, name) if module == "redis.connection" && name == "Connection" => None,
+        (module, name) if module == "redis.connection" && name == "SSLConnection" => {
+            Some(project_tls(&resolved)?)
+        }
+        _ => return Ok(Err(UnsupportedCacheConfig::RedisMode("custom connection"))),
+    };
+
+    let protocol = match optional_u8(&resolved, "protocol")?.unwrap_or(2) {
+        2 => RedisProtocol::Resp2,
+        3 => RedisProtocol::Resp3,
+        value => {
+            return Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "unsupported Redis protocol version {value}"
+            )));
+        }
+    };
+    let health_check_interval =
+        duration(optional_f64(&resolved, "health_check_interval")?.unwrap_or(0.0))?;
+    Ok(Ok(RedisCacheConfig {
+        default_ttl: duration(backend.getattr("default_ttl")?.extract::<f64>()?)?,
+        namespace: optional_attribute_string(backend, "namespace")?,
+        flush_size: backend.getattr("redis_flush_size")?.extract::<usize>()?,
+        connection: RedisConnectionConfig {
+            host: required_string(&resolved, "host")?,
+            port: required_u16(&resolved, "port")?,
+            database: optional_i64(&resolved, "db")?.unwrap_or(0),
+            username: optional_dict_string(&resolved, "username")?,
+            password: optional_dict_string(&resolved, "password")?,
+            protocol,
+            pool_size: pool.getattr("max_connections")?.extract::<usize>()?,
+            read_timeout: optional_dict_duration(&resolved, "socket_timeout")?,
+            connect_timeout: optional_dict_duration(&resolved, "socket_connect_timeout")?,
+            socket_keepalive: optional_bool(&resolved, "socket_keepalive")?,
+            health_check_interval,
+            client_name: optional_dict_string(&resolved, "client_name")?,
+            tls,
+        },
+    }))
+}
+
+fn project_tls(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>) -> PyResult<RedisTlsConfig> {
+    Ok(RedisTlsConfig {
+        certificate_requirement: certificate_requirement(values)?,
+        check_hostname: optional_bool(values, "ssl_check_hostname")?.unwrap_or(false),
+        ca_certificate: optional_dict_string(values, "ssl_ca_certs")?,
+        ca_data: optional_bytes(values, "ssl_ca_data")?,
+        client_certificate: optional_dict_string(values, "ssl_certfile")?,
+        client_key: optional_dict_string(values, "ssl_keyfile")?,
+    })
+}
+
+fn certificate_requirement(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>) -> PyResult<CertificateRequirement> {
+    let Some(value) = values.get_item("ssl_cert_reqs")? else {
+        return Ok(CertificateRequirement::Required);
+    };
+    if value.is_none() {
+        return Ok(CertificateRequirement::Required);
+    }
+    if let Ok(number) = value.extract::<i32>() {
+        return match number {
+            0 => Ok(CertificateRequirement::None),
+            1 => Ok(CertificateRequirement::Optional),
+            2 => Ok(CertificateRequirement::Required),
+            _ => Err(PyValueError::new_err(
+                "invalid Redis TLS certificate requirement",
+            )),
+        };
+    }
+    match value.str()?.to_str()?.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+        "none" | "cert_none" => Ok(CertificateRequirement::None),
+        "optional" | "cert_optional" => Ok(CertificateRequirement::Optional),
+        "required" | "cert_required" => Ok(CertificateRequirement::Required),
+        _ => Err(PyValueError::new_err(
+            "invalid Redis TLS certificate requirement",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn class_identity(value: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<(String, String)> {
+    let class = value.get_type();
+    Ok((
+        class.getattr("__module__")?.extract::<String>()?,
+        class.getattr("__qualname__")?.extract::<String>()?,
+    ))
+}
+
+fn optional_duration(value: Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Duration>> {
+    value.extract::<Option<f64>>()?.map(duration).transpose()
+}
+
+fn optional_attribute_string(value: &Bound<'_, PyAny>, name: &str) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
+    match value.getattr(name) {
+        Ok(value) => optional_string(value),
+        Err(error) if error.is_instance_of::<pyo3::exceptions::PyAttributeError>(value.py()) => {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+        Err(error) => Err(error),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_string(value: Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
+    Ok(value
+        .extract::<Option<String>>()?
+        .filter(|value| !value.is_empty()))
+}
+
+fn has_value(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    Ok(values.get_item(key)?.is_some_and(|value| !value.is_none()))
+}
+
+fn required_string(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<String> {
+    values
+        .get_item(key)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| PyTypeError::new_err(format!("Redis connection is missing {key:?}")))?
+        .extract::<String>()
+}
+
+fn required_u16(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<u16> {
+    values
+        .get_item(key)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| PyTypeError::new_err(format!("Redis connection is missing {key:?}")))?
+        .extract::<u16>()
+}
+
+fn optional_dict_string(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
+    match values.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) if !value.is_none() => optional_string(value),
+        _ => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_bytes(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
+    let Some(value) = values.get_item(key)? else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    if value.is_none() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    if let Ok(bytes) = value.extract::<Vec<u8>>() {
+        return Ok(Some(bytes));
+    }
+    Ok(Some(value.extract::<String>()?.into_bytes()))
+}
+
+fn optional_f64(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<f64>> {
+    match values.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) => value.extract::<Option<f64>>(),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_i64(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<i64>> {
+    match values.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) => value.extract::<Option<i64>>(),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_u8(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<u8>> {
+    match values.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) => value.extract::<Option<u8>>(),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_bool(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<bool>> {
+    match values.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) => value.extract::<Option<bool>>(),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
+fn optional_coerced_bool(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<bool>> {
+    let Some(value) = values.get_item(key)? else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    if value.is_none() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    if let Ok(text) = value.extract::<String>() {
+        return Ok(Some(matches!(
+            text.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
+            "true" | "1" | "yes"
+        )));
+    }
+    value.extract::<bool>().map(Some)
+}
+
+fn optional_dict_duration(values: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &str) -> PyResult<Option<Duration>> {
+    optional_f64(values, key)?.map(duration).transpose()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::ffi::CString;
+
+    use pyo3::{prelude::*, types::PyDict};
+
+    use super::{
+        CacheBackendConfig, CacheConfigProjection, CertificateRequirement, NativeCacheConfig,
+        RedisProtocol,
+    };
+    use crate::cache::native::NativeResponseCache;
+
+    fn facade<'py>(py: Python<'py>, body: &str) -> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
+        let locals = PyDict::new(py);
+        py.run(
+            &CString::new(format!(
+                "from types import SimpleNamespace\n\
+                 ConnectionPool = type('ConnectionPool', (), {{'__module__': 'redis.connection'}})\n\
+                 Connection = type('Connection', (), {{'__module__': 'redis.connection'}})\n\
+                 SSLConnection = type('SSLConnection', (), {{'__module__': 'redis.connection'}})\n\
+                 {body}"
+            ))
+            .unwrap(),
+            None,
+            Some(&locals),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        locals.get_item("facade").unwrap().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn projects_effective_memory_configuration() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let facade = facade(
+                py,
+                "backend = SimpleNamespace(default_ttl=913, max_size_in_memory=37, max_size_per_item=8)\n\
+                 facade = SimpleNamespace(type='local', mode='default-on', ttl=11.5, namespace=None, supported_call_types=['completion'], redis_flush_size=None, semantic_cache_scope='key', cache=backend)",
+            );
+            let CacheConfigProjection::Native(config) =
+                NativeCacheConfig::project(&facade).unwrap()
+            else {
+                panic!("memory cache should be supported");
+            };
+            assert_eq!(
+                config.policy.ttl.unwrap(),
+                std::time::Duration::from_secs_f64(11.5)
+            );
+            let CacheBackendConfig::Memory(memory) = config.backend else {
+                panic!("expected memory configuration");
+            };
+            assert_eq!(memory.default_ttl, std::time::Duration::from_secs(913));
+            assert_eq!(memory.capacity, 37);
+            assert_eq!(memory.max_entry_bytes, 8192);
+            let matching =
+                NativeResponseCache::memory(37, std::time::Duration::from_secs(913), 8192);
+            let mismatched =
+                NativeResponseCache::memory(37, std::time::Duration::from_secs(913), 8191);
+            let matching_config = NativeCacheConfig {
+                policy: config.policy,
+                backend: CacheBackendConfig::Memory(memory),
+            };
+            assert_eq!(matching_config.service_mismatch(&matching), None);
+            assert_eq!(
+                matching_config.service_mismatch(&mismatched),
+                Some("facade and native backend item limits must match")
+            );
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn projects_resolved_redis_tls_configuration() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let facade = facade(
+                py,
+                "pool = ConnectionPool()\n\
+                 pool.connection_class = SSLConnection\n\
+                 pool.max_connections = 29\n\
+                 pool.connection_kwargs = {'host': 'cache.internal', 'port': 6380, 'db': 4, 'username': 'user', 'password': 'secret', 'protocol': 3, 'socket_timeout': 7.5, 'socket_connect_timeout': 2, 'socket_keepalive': True, 'health_check_interval': 15, 'client_name': 'litellm', 'ssl_cert_reqs': 'optional', 'ssl_check_hostname': True, 'ssl_ca_certs': '/ca.pem', 'ssl_ca_data': 'CA DATA', 'ssl_certfile': '/client.pem', 'ssl_keyfile': '/client.key'}\n\
+                 client = SimpleNamespace(connection_pool=pool)\n\
+                 backend = SimpleNamespace(default_ttl=777, namespace='team', redis_flush_size=31, redis_kwargs={}, redis_client=client)\n\
+                 facade = SimpleNamespace(type='redis', mode='default-off', ttl=None, namespace='team', supported_call_types=None, redis_flush_size=31, semantic_cache_scope='key', cache=backend)",
+            );
+            let CacheConfigProjection::Native(config) =
+                NativeCacheConfig::project(&facade).unwrap()
+            else {
+                panic!("Redis cache should be supported");
+            };
+            let CacheBackendConfig::Redis(redis) = config.backend else {
+                panic!("expected Redis configuration");
+            };
+            assert_eq!(redis.default_ttl, std::time::Duration::from_secs(777));
+            assert_eq!(redis.namespace.as_deref(), Some("team"));
+            assert_eq!(redis.flush_size, 31);
+            assert_eq!(redis.connection.host, "cache.internal");
+            assert_eq!(redis.connection.port, 6380);
+            assert_eq!(redis.connection.database, 4);
+            assert_eq!(redis.connection.protocol, RedisProtocol::Resp3);
+            assert_eq!(redis.connection.pool_size, 29);
+            let tls = redis.connection.tls.unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                tls.certificate_requirement,
+                CertificateRequirement::Optional
+            );
+            assert!(tls.check_hostname);
+            assert_eq!(tls.ca_certificate.as_deref(), Some("/ca.pem"));
+            assert_eq!(tls.ca_data.as_deref(), Some(b"CA DATA".as_slice()));
+            assert_eq!(tls.client_certificate.as_deref(), Some("/client.pem"));
+            assert_eq!(tls.client_key.as_deref(), Some("/client.key"));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dynamic_redis_auth_stays_on_python() {
+        Python::initialize();
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let facade = facade(
+                py,
+                "backend = SimpleNamespace(redis_kwargs={'credential_provider': object()})\n\
+                 facade = SimpleNamespace(type='redis', mode='default-on', ttl=None, namespace=None, supported_call_types=[], redis_flush_size=None, semantic_cache_scope='key', cache=backend)",
+            );
+            let CacheConfigProjection::Unsupported(reason) =
+                NativeCacheConfig::project(&facade).unwrap()
+            else {
+                panic!("dynamic authentication must stay on Python");
+            };
+            assert!(reason.message().contains("credential_provider"));
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/facade.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/facade.rs
index 19220bf868f..6f54d6a121a 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/facade.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/facade.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::time::Duration;
-
 use litellm_host_python::from_py;
 use pyo3::{
     PyTraverseError, PyVisit,
@@ -9,7 +7,11 @@ use pyo3::{
 };
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-use super::{handle::CacheTestHandle, native::NativeResponseCache};
+use super::{
+    config::{CacheConfigProjection, NativeCacheConfig},
+    handle::CacheTestHandle,
+    native::NativeResponseCache,
+};
 
 struct ClassGuard {
     class: Py<PyType>,
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ struct ObjectGuard {
 pub(super) struct FacadeGuard {
     outer: ObjectGuard,
     backend: ObjectGuard,
+    config: NativeCacheConfig,
 }
 
 impl ObjectGuard {
@@ -134,7 +137,6 @@ impl FacadeGuard {
         service: &NativeResponseCache,
     ) -> PyResult<Self> {
         let kind = service.kind();
-        let native_default_ttl: Duration = service.default_ttl();
         let cache_type = py.import("litellm.caching.caching")?.getattr("Cache")?;
         if !facade.get_type().is(&cache_type) {
             return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(
@@ -154,28 +156,14 @@ impl FacadeGuard {
                 "facade and native backend types must match",
             ));
         }
-        let python_default_ttl = backend.getattr("default_ttl")?.extract::<f64>()?;
-        if python_default_ttl != native_default_ttl.as_secs_f64() {
-            return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(
-                "facade and native backend default TTLs must match",
-            ));
-        }
-        let namespace = match backend.getattr_opt("namespace")? {
-            Some(namespace) => namespace.extract::<Option<String>>()?,
-            None => None,
-        }
-        .filter(|namespace| !namespace.is_empty());
-        if kind == "redis" && namespace.as_deref() != service.namespace() {
-            return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(
-                "facade and native backend namespaces must match",
-            ));
-        }
-        if let Some(capacity) = service.capacity()
-            && backend.getattr("max_size_in_memory")?.extract::<usize>()? != capacity
-        {
-            return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(
-                "facade and native backend capacities must match",
-            ));
+        let config = match NativeCacheConfig::project(facade)? {
+            CacheConfigProjection::Native(config) => *config,
+            CacheConfigProjection::Unsupported(reason) => {
+                return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(reason.message()));
+            }
+        };
+        if let Some(message) = config.service_mismatch(service) {
+            return Err(PyTypeError::new_err(message));
         }
         Ok(Self {
             outer: ObjectGuard::capture(
@@ -203,12 +191,15 @@ impl FacadeGuard {
                     "redis_flush_size",
                 ],
             )?,
+            config,
         })
     }
 
     fn matches(&self, py: Python<'_>, facade: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        let projected = NativeCacheConfig::project(facade)?;
         Ok(self.outer.matches(py, facade)?
-            && self.backend.matches(py, &facade.getattr("cache")?)?)
+            && self.backend.matches(py, &facade.getattr("cache")?)?
+            && matches!(projected, CacheConfigProjection::Native(config) if *config == self.config))
     }
 
     pub(super) fn traverse(&self, visit: PyVisit<'_>) -> Result<(), PyTraverseError> {
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/mod.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/mod.rs
index 7955ed934b2..aec08610f6e 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/mod.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod binding;
 mod callback;
+mod config;
 mod facade;
 mod future;
 mod handle;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/native.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/native.rs
index a718d07b286..6a3835ac84d 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/native.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/cache/native.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ impl NativeResponseCache {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn max_entry_bytes(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Memory(cache) => cache.backend().max_entry_bytes(),
+            Self::Redis { .. } => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn with_redis_flush_size(self, flush_size: Option<usize>) -> Self {
         match self {
             Self::Redis { cache, .. } => Self::Redis {