From c0090b6fda1a41ff0e604bd0083e1f5a4783d553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:38:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(responses): keep router default stream off plain
 retrieves

---
 litellm/router.py                                  |  2 +-
 .../unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py | 14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 891ae90a4c0..5158623ad6d 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -4833,7 +4833,7 @@ class Router:
         Handles inserting this as either "metadata" or "litellm_metadata" depending on the metadata_variable_name
         """
         # 1) copy your defaults and pull out metadata
-        defaults: Final = self.default_litellm_params.copy()
+        defaults: Final = dict(without_retrieve_stream_defaults(self.default_litellm_params, kwargs))
         metadata_defaults: Final = defaults.pop("metadata", {}) or {}
 
         # 2) add any non-metadata defaults that aren't already in kwargs
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
index 4cd2247f54f..a7c605f1fe7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
@@ -541,7 +541,14 @@ async def test_a_routed_resume_requested_in_extra_query_gets_the_deployment_stre
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_a_routed_plain_retrieve_on_a_deployment_that_forces_stream_answers_the_response_object() -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("deployment_stream", "router_defaults"),
+    [({"stream": True}, None), ({}, {"stream": True})],
+    ids=["deployment_forces_stream", "router_default_forces_stream"],
+)
+async def test_a_routed_plain_retrieve_where_config_forces_stream_answers_the_response_object(
+    deployment_stream: dict[str, bool], router_defaults: dict[str, bool] | None
+) -> None:
     router: Final = litellm.Router(
         model_list=[
             {
@@ -550,10 +557,11 @@ async def test_a_routed_plain_retrieve_on_a_deployment_that_forces_stream_answer
                     "model": "openai/gpt-5.5",
                     "api_key": "sk-test",
                     "api_base": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-                    "stream": True,
+                    **deployment_stream,
                 },
             }
-        ]
+        ],
+        default_litellm_params=router_defaults,
     )
     with respx.mock() as mock_router:
         route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(