diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
index c3388430589..587697b32e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: test_unit_passed_gate
         run: uv run --no-sync pytest -q --noconftest -p no:cacheprovider -c /dev/null tests/code_coverage_tests/test_unit_passed_gate.py
 
+      - name: test_redis_import_boundary
+        run: uv run --no-sync pytest -q --noconftest -p no:cacheprovider -c /dev/null tests/code_coverage_tests/test_redis_import_boundary.py
+
       - name: test_e2e_idp_stack
         run: uv run --no-sync pytest -q --noconftest -p no:cacheprovider -c /dev/null tests/code_coverage_tests/test_e2e_idp_stack.py
 
diff --git a/tests/code_coverage_tests/test_redis_import_boundary.py b/tests/code_coverage_tests/test_redis_import_boundary.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12fd1fa6396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/code_coverage_tests/test_redis_import_boundary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+
+_REPO_ROOT: Final = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_REDIS_IMPORTS: Final = (
+    "import redis\n\nredis.Redis()\n",
+    "import redis as client\n\nclient.Redis()\n",
+    "from redis import Redis\n\nRedis()\n",
+    "from redis import Redis as Client\n\nClient()\n",
+    "import redis.asyncio\n\nredis.asyncio.Redis()\n",
+    "import redis.asyncio as client\n\nclient.Redis()\n",
+    "from redis import asyncio\n\nasyncio.Redis()\n",
+    "from redis.asyncio import Redis as Client\n\nClient()\n",
+)
+_CALLERS: Final = (
+    "litellm/proxy/_redis_boundary_probe.py",
+    "litellm/redis/stores/_redis_boundary_probe.py",
+    "litellm/redis/transport/_redis_boundary_probe.py",
+    "litellm/caching/_redis_boundary_probe.py",
+    "litellm/caching/nested/redis_cache.py",
+    "enterprise/litellm_enterprise/_redis_boundary_probe.py",
+)
+_EXCEPTIONS: Final = (
+    "litellm/redis/transport/redis_py.py",
+    "litellm/caching/redis_cache.py",
+    "litellm/caching/redis_cluster_cache.py",
+    "litellm/_redis.py",
+    "litellm/_redis_credential_provider.py",
+    "litellm/caching/redis_batch.py",
+    "litellm/caching/redis_cluster_node_isolation.py",
+    "litellm/caching/valkey_semantic_cache.py",
+    "litellm/llms/valkey/vector_stores/transformation.py",
+    "litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/redis_update_buffer.py",
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lint_root(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    for name in ("ruff.toml", "ruff-strict.toml"):
+        shutil.copyfile(_REPO_ROOT / name, tmp_path / name)
+    return tmp_path
+
+
+def _write_source(root: Path, filename: str, source: str) -> Path:
+    path: Final = root / filename
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path.write_text(source, encoding="utf-8")
+    return path
+
+
+def _ruff(root: Path, target: Path) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
+    return subprocess.run(
+        (
+            sys.executable,
+            "-I",
+            "-m",
+            "ruff",
+            "check",
+            "--no-cache",
+            "--config",
+            str(root / "ruff-strict.toml"),
+            "--output-format",
+            "concise",
+            str(target),
+        ),
+        cwd=root,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=30,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+
+def _diagnostic_codes(output: str) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    return tuple(match.group(1) for match in re.finditer(r": ([A-Z]+\d+) ", output))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", _CALLERS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source", _REDIS_IMPORTS)
+def test_raw_redis_import_is_rejected_outside_exceptions(lint_root: Path, filename: str, source: str) -> None:
+    path: Final = _write_source(lint_root, filename, source)
+    result: Final = _ruff(lint_root, path)
+    assert result.returncode == 1, result.stdout + result.stderr
+    assert _diagnostic_codes(result.stdout) == ("TID251",), result.stdout
+    assert "Reach Redis through litellm.redis" in result.stdout
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", _EXCEPTIONS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source", _REDIS_IMPORTS)
+def test_raw_redis_import_is_accepted_in_existing_exception(lint_root: Path, filename: str, source: str) -> None:
+    path: Final = _write_source(lint_root, filename, source)
+    result: Final = _ruff(lint_root, path)
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", _CALLERS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "source",
+    (
+        "import litellm.redis\n\ndir(litellm.redis)\n",
+        "import litellm.redis as redis_store\n\ndir(redis_store)\n",
+        "from litellm import redis\n\ndir(redis)\n",
+        "from litellm.redis.stores.pod_lock import PodLockStore\n\ndir(PodLockStore)\n",
+        "from litellm.redis.transport.contract import RedisTransport\n\ndir(RedisTransport)\n",
+        "from litellm.redis.transport.redis_py import RedisPyTransport\n\ndir(RedisPyTransport)\n",
+    ),
+)
+def test_store_and_transport_imports_remain_allowed(lint_root: Path, filename: str, source: str) -> None:
+    path: Final = _write_source(lint_root, filename, source)
+    result: Final = _ruff(lint_root, path)
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+
+def test_directory_discovery_rejects_raw_redis_import(lint_root: Path) -> None:
+    _write_source(lint_root, "litellm/proxy/_redis_boundary_probe.py", "import redis\n\nredis.Redis()\n")
+    result: Final = _ruff(lint_root, lint_root / "litellm")
+    assert result.returncode == 1, result.stdout + result.stderr
+    assert _diagnostic_codes(result.stdout) == ("TID251",), result.stdout
+    assert "litellm/proxy/_redis_boundary_probe.py:1:8:" in result.stdout