diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 75d11dd9a17..eb40d7c2d0e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ def run_server(
         db_connection_timeout: int | float | None = 60
         db_connect_timeout: int | float | None = None
         db_socket_timeout: int | float | None = None
-        db_connection_idle_lifetime: int | float | None = (
+        db_connection_idle_lifetime: int | float | None = (  # rebind-ok: overwritten from general_settings when a config is provided
             LiteLLMDatabaseConnectionPool.database_connection_idle_lifetime.value
         )
         db_disable_prepared_statements: bool = False
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ def run_server(
                 db_connection_timeout = LiteLLMDatabaseConnectionPool.database_connection_pool_timeout.value
             db_connect_timeout = general_settings.get("database_connect_timeout")
             db_socket_timeout = general_settings.get("database_socket_timeout")
-            db_connection_idle_lifetime = general_settings.get(
+            db_connection_idle_lifetime = general_settings.get(  # rebind-ok: default declared above for the no-config path
                 "database_connection_idle_lifetime",
                 LiteLLMDatabaseConnectionPool.database_connection_idle_lifetime.value,
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
index b77824b5895..9f4ec20ce16 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
@@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
     )
     @patch("subprocess.run")
     @patch("atexit.register")
-    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database")
-    @patch(
+    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database")  # test-quality-ok: CLI boot test cannot run real prisma migrations, same as sibling boot tests
+    @patch(  # test-quality-ok: CLI boot test cannot run real prisma migrations, same as sibling boot tests
         "litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.should_update_prisma_schema", return_value=False
     )
     def test_db_connection_idle_lifetime_forwarded_to_url(
@@ -969,10 +969,10 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
                     "litellm.proxy.proxy_server": mock_proxy_module,
                 },
             ),
-            patch(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: keeps the boot test from binding a real port, same as sibling boot tests
                 "litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_default_unvicorn_init_args"
             ) as mock_get_args,
-            patch(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: capture point for the assembled URL params, same as sibling boot tests
                 "litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.append_query_params",
                 side_effect=lambda url, params: str(url),
             ) as mock_append_query_params,
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
index 405ec9a01bf..e2103251997 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
@@ -24930,6 +24930,12 @@ export interface components {
              * @description Prisma `connect_timeout` URL param (seconds). Bounds how long the engine waits to establish a new connection before failing. Defaults to Prisma's built-in value when unset.
              */
             database_connect_timeout?: number | null;
+            /**
+             * Database Connection Idle Lifetime
+             * @description Prisma `max_idle_connection_lifetime` URL param (seconds). Connections idle longer than this are closed by the pool before a managed database (RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure) silently drops them, preventing intermittent `Error { kind: Closed }` failures. Set to null to fall back to Prisma's built-in default (300s).
+             * @default 60
+             */
+            database_connection_idle_lifetime: number | null;
             /**
              * Database Connection Pool Limit
              * @description default connection pool for prisma client connecting to postgres db