diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
index 23476fe7dcc..14fca48c0d6 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ class LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
                 precise_minute = f"{current_date}-{current_hour}-{current_minute}"
 
                 response_ms = end_time - start_time
+                if isinstance(response_ms, timedelta):
+                    # normalize to float seconds up-front: non-chat responses
+                    # (embeddings, speech, image) skip the ModelResponse branch
+                    # below, and a raw timedelta appended to the latency list
+                    # breaks JSON serialization when the router cache syncs to
+                    # Redis (issue #33169)
+                    response_ms = response_ms.total_seconds()
                 time_to_first_token_response_time = None
 
                 if kwargs.get("stream", None) is not None and kwargs["stream"] is True:
@@ -262,6 +269,13 @@ class LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
                 precise_minute = f"{current_date}-{current_hour}-{current_minute}"
 
                 response_ms = end_time - start_time
+                if isinstance(response_ms, timedelta):
+                    # normalize to float seconds up-front: non-chat responses
+                    # (embeddings, speech, image) skip the ModelResponse branch
+                    # below, and a raw timedelta appended to the latency list
+                    # breaks JSON serialization when the router cache syncs to
+                    # Redis (issue #33169)
+                    response_ms = response_ms.total_seconds()
                 time_to_first_token_response_time = None
                 if kwargs.get("stream", None) is not None and kwargs["stream"] is True:
                     # only log ttft for streaming request
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_latency.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_latency.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ec89f281e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_latency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#### What this tests ####
+#    Latency values recorded by lowest-latency routing must be JSON
+#    serializable for non-chat responses too (embeddings/speech/image skip
+#    the ModelResponse branch, so the raw timedelta used to leak into the
+#    latency list and break the Redis cache sync). Issue #33169.
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
+from litellm.router_strategy.lowest_latency import LowestLatencyLoggingHandler
+
+DEPLOYMENT_ID = "9876"
+KWARGS = {
+    "litellm_params": {
+        "metadata": {
+            "model_group": "gemini-embedding-001",
+            "deployment": "vertex_ai/gemini-embedding-001",
+        },
+        "model_info": {"id": DEPLOYMENT_ID},
+    }
+}
+
+
+def _embedding_response():
+    return litellm.EmbeddingResponse(
+        model="gemini-embedding-001",
+        data=[{"embedding": [0.1, 0.2], "index": 0, "object": "embedding"}],
+        object="list",
+        usage=litellm.Usage(prompt_tokens=5, completion_tokens=0, total_tokens=5),
+    )
+
+
+def _recorded_latencies(cache: DualCache):
+    cached = cache.get_cache(key="gemini-embedding-001_map") or {}
+    return cached.get(DEPLOYMENT_ID, {}).get("latency", [])
+
+
+def test_sync_embedding_latency_is_json_serializable():
+    """log_success_event with datetime start/end (as the proxy passes) must not
+    record a raw timedelta for non-ModelResponse results."""
+    cache = DualCache()
+    handler = LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(router_cache=cache)
+
+    start_time = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)
+    end_time = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 2)
+
+    handler.log_success_event(
+        response_obj=_embedding_response(),
+        kwargs=KWARGS,
+        start_time=start_time,
+        end_time=end_time,
+    )
+
+    latencies = _recorded_latencies(cache)
+    assert latencies, "expected a latency entry to be recorded"
+    assert all(
+        not isinstance(value, timedelta) for value in latencies
+    ), f"raw timedelta leaked into latency list: {latencies}"
+    assert latencies[-1] == pytest.approx(2.0)
+    # the exact failure mode from production: redis cache sync json.dumps
+    json.dumps({"latency": latencies})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_embedding_latency_is_json_serializable():
+    """async_log_success_event is the path the proxy actually hits."""
+    cache = DualCache()
+    handler = LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(router_cache=cache)
+
+    start_time = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)
+    end_time = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 3)
+
+    await handler.async_log_success_event(
+        response_obj=_embedding_response(),
+        kwargs=KWARGS,
+        start_time=start_time,
+        end_time=end_time,
+    )
+
+    latencies = _recorded_latencies(cache)
+    assert latencies, "expected a latency entry to be recorded"
+    assert all(
+        not isinstance(value, timedelta) for value in latencies
+    ), f"raw timedelta leaked into latency list: {latencies}"
+    assert latencies[-1] == pytest.approx(3.0)
+    json.dumps({"latency": latencies})