diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/redis_distributed_lock.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/redis_distributed_lock.py
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+"""Concrete ``DistributedLock`` over a Redis client: ``SET NX PX`` / ``DEL`` / ``EXISTS``.
+
+The cross-replica lock the ``RedisRefreshCoordinator`` elects refreshers with. ``acquire`` is an
+atomic ``SET key NX PX ttl`` (only the first caller wins; the entry self-expires so a crashed holder
+can't wedge refresh), ``release`` is ``DEL``, ``is_held`` is ``EXISTS``. The Redis client is injected
+(in production the async client from LiteLLM's ``RedisCache``), so the lock is unit-testable with a
+fake. A transport error on ``acquire`` is treated as "not acquired" so a Redis blip degrades to an
+extra refresh, never a wedged one.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Protocol
+
+from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+
+
+class RedisCommands(Protocol):
+    """The slice of the async Redis client this lock needs."""
+
+    async def set(
+        self, name: str, value: str, *, nx: bool = False, px: int | None = None
+    ) -> object | None: ...
+
+    async def delete(self, *names: str) -> int: ...
+
+    async def exists(self, *names: str) -> int: ...
+
+
+class RedisDistributedLock:
+    def __init__(self, client: RedisCommands) -> None:
+        self._client = client
+
+    async def acquire(self, key: str, ttl_seconds: float) -> bool:
+        try:
+            result = await self._client.set(
+                key, "1", nx=True, px=int(ttl_seconds * 1000)
+            )
+        # Degrade on any Redis client error: redis.exceptions narrows only via an import that
+        # is Unknown under basedpyright, and the lock must never crash the resolve path.
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+            verbose_logger.warning("RedisDistributedLock.acquire failed: %s", exc)
+            return False
+        return result is not None
+
+    async def release(self, key: str) -> None:
+        try:
+            await self._client.delete(key)
+        # Degrade on any Redis client error: redis.exceptions narrows only via an import that
+        # is Unknown under basedpyright, and the lock must never crash the resolve path.
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+            verbose_logger.warning("RedisDistributedLock.release failed: %s", exc)
+
+    async def is_held(self, key: str) -> bool:
+        try:
+            return await self._client.exists(key) > 0
+        # Degrade on any Redis client error: redis.exceptions narrows only via an import that
+        # is Unknown under basedpyright, and the lock must never crash the resolve path.
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+            # On error, report "not held" so a waiter stops waiting and re-reads rather than blocking.
+            verbose_logger.warning("RedisDistributedLock.is_held failed: %s", exc)
+            return False
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_redis_distributed_lock.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/outbound_credentials/test_redis_distributed_lock.py
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+"""Tests for the Redis SET NX PX lock: acquire semantics, release, is_held, error degradation."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.redis_distributed_lock import (
+    RedisDistributedLock,
+)
+
+
+class _FakeRedis:
+    def __init__(self, set_returns=True, exists_returns=1, raise_on=()):
+        self._set_returns = set_returns
+        self._exists_returns = exists_returns
+        self._raise_on = set(raise_on)
+        self.set_calls = []
+        self.deleted = []
+
+    async def set(self, name, value, *, nx=False, px=None):
+        if "set" in self._raise_on:
+            raise RuntimeError("redis down")
+        self.set_calls.append((name, value, nx, px))
+        return self._set_returns
+
+    async def delete(self, *names):
+        self.deleted.extend(names)
+        return len(names)
+
+    async def exists(self, *names):
+        if "exists" in self._raise_on:
+            raise RuntimeError("redis down")
+        return self._exists_returns
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_acquire_uses_set_nx_px_and_reports_success():
+    redis = _FakeRedis(set_returns=True)
+    lock = RedisDistributedLock(redis)
+    assert await lock.acquire("k", 10.0) is True
+    assert redis.set_calls == [("k", "1", True, 10000)]  # NX + px in milliseconds
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_acquire_reports_failure_when_key_already_held():
+    # redis SET NX returns None when the key exists -> not acquired.
+    assert (
+        await RedisDistributedLock(_FakeRedis(set_returns=None)).acquire("k", 10.0)
+        is False
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_acquire_degrades_to_not_acquired_on_redis_error():
+    assert (
+        await RedisDistributedLock(_FakeRedis(raise_on=["set"])).acquire("k", 10.0)
+        is False
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_release_deletes_the_key():
+    redis = _FakeRedis()
+    await RedisDistributedLock(redis).release("k")
+    assert redis.deleted == ["k"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_is_held_reflects_exists():
+    assert await RedisDistributedLock(_FakeRedis(exists_returns=1)).is_held("k") is True
+    assert (
+        await RedisDistributedLock(_FakeRedis(exists_returns=0)).is_held("k") is False
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_is_held_degrades_to_false_on_redis_error():
+    assert (
+        await RedisDistributedLock(_FakeRedis(raise_on=["exists"])).is_held("k")
+        is False
+    )