diff --git a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
index 8ba0f2ec664..2efd979f462 100644
--- a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ def log_redis_failure(
     )
 
 
-def _log_redis_failure_value(logger: logging.Logger, level: int, message: str, failure: RedisFailure) -> None:
+def log_redis_failure_value(logger: logging.Logger, level: int, message: str, failure: RedisFailure) -> None:
     if failure.kind == "breaker_open":
         logger.debug("%s: %s", message, failure.message, stacklevel=2)
         return
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ async def _run_under_circuit_breaker(
     return result
 
 
-def _is_redis_error(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
+def is_redis_error(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
     from redis.exceptions import RedisError
 
     return isinstance(exc, RedisError)
diff --git a/litellm/redis/transport/breaker.py b/litellm/redis/transport/breaker.py
index 17de7ec3ce3..e9ad1819676 100644
--- a/litellm/redis/transport/breaker.py
+++ b/litellm/redis/transport/breaker.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from typing import Final, TypeVar
 from litellm.caching.redis_cache import (
     RedisCircuitBreaker,
     RedisCircuitBreakerOpenError,
-    _is_redis_error,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]  # same exception classes as RedisCache
     _is_redis_health_failure,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]  # same health classification as RedisCache
     _run_under_circuit_breaker,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]  # same admission and health signal as RedisCache
+    is_redis_error,
     is_redis_timeout_failure,
 )
 from litellm.redis.transport.contract import Admit, RedisFailure
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ async def run_under_breaker(
 def _redis_failure(exc: BaseException) -> RedisFailure | None:
     if _is_redis_health_failure(exc):
         return RedisFailure(kind="transport", message=str(exc), timeout=is_redis_timeout_failure(exc))
-    if _is_redis_error(exc):
+    if is_redis_error(exc):
         return RedisFailure(kind="server", message=str(exc))
     return None
diff --git a/litellm/redis/transport/events.py b/litellm/redis/transport/events.py
index c0c362c1edb..d1ae7e81eaa 100644
--- a/litellm/redis/transport/events.py
+++ b/litellm/redis/transport/events.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm._service_logger import ServiceLogging
 from litellm.caching.redis_cache import (
     _get_call_stack_info,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]  # same caller attribution as RedisCache events
-    _log_redis_failure_value,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]  # same timeout throttle as RedisCache logging
+    log_redis_failure_value,
 )
 from litellm.redis.transport.contract import RedisFailure
 from litellm.types.services import ServiceTypes
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ def _log_failure(call_type: str, result: object) -> None:
     if not isinstance(result, RedisFailure):
         return
     target: Final = current_service_target()
-    _log_redis_failure_value(
+    log_redis_failure_value(
         verbose_logger, logging.WARNING, f"Redis {call_type} failed" + (f" for {target}" if target else ""), result
     )