From e2d640bf68648df35747fccf1c585d55808dbac7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gvisco <giuliovisco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:13:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs(proxy): add docstring to _get_loop_type documenting
 LITELLM_DISABLE_UVLOOP

---
 litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 38e177eaf00..b7afcc0d905 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_loop_type():
+        """Return the uvicorn event-loop type for the current platform.
+
+        Returns ``None`` on Windows (uvicorn default), ``"asyncio"`` when
+        ``LITELLM_DISABLE_UVLOOP`` is set to ``1``, ``true``, or ``yes``, and
+        ``"uvloop"`` otherwise.
+        """
         if sys.platform in ("win32", "cygwin", "cli"):
             return None
         if os.environ.get("LITELLM_DISABLE_UVLOOP", "").strip().lower() in (