diff --git a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/db_authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/db_authenticator.py
index e1abed66b84..9d823120516 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/db_authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/db_authenticator.py
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ async def persist_credential_to_db(item: CredentialItem) -> None:
     login endpoint (which can ``await`` it directly on the request event
     loop).
     """
+    # Inline imports: proxy_server transitively imports this module via
+    # the OAuth router (avoids circular), and prisma_client is a
+    # module-level global mutated at proxy startup — a top-level import
+    # would bind the stale None reference rather than the live client.
     from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import encrypt_value_helper
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/db_authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/db_authenticator.py
index 866ec3f3d31..a2470f4320d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/db_authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/db_authenticator.py
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ def _persist_item_sync(item: CredentialItem) -> None:
 
 
 async def persist_credential_to_db(item: CredentialItem) -> None:
+    # Inline imports: proxy_server transitively imports this module via
+    # the OAuth router (avoids circular), and prisma_client is a
+    # module-level global mutated at proxy startup — a top-level import
+    # would bind the stale None reference rather than the live client.
     from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import encrypt_value_helper
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client