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 **Please complete all items before asking a LiteLLM maintainer to review your PR**
 
 - [ ] I have added meaningful tests
+- [ ] The handful of test files covering my change pass locally, e.g. `uv run pytest tests/test_litellm/<your_test_file>.py -v`. Leave the suites (`make test-unit-*`, `make test-unit`) to CI: it finishes in ~15 minutes where a laptop takes an hour or more. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md#running-unit-tests)
 - [ ] My PR passes all CI/CD checks (e.g., lint, format, unit tests)
 - [ ] My PR's scope is as isolated as possible; it only solves 1 specific problem
 - [ ] I have received a Greptile **Confidence Score of at least 4/5** before requesting a maintainer review (Greptile reviews automatically once the PR is opened; only comment `@greptileai` to re-request a review after pushing changes)