diff --git a/litellm/caching.py b/litellm/caching.py
index d73112d21c..87d99587f8 100644
--- a/litellm/caching.py
+++ b/litellm/caching.py
@@ -154,13 +154,6 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
         self.redis_kwargs = redis_kwargs
         self.async_redis_conn_pool = get_redis_connection_pool(**redis_kwargs)
 
-        if "url" in redis_kwargs and redis_kwargs["url"] is not None:
-            parsed_kwargs = redis.connection.parse_url(redis_kwargs["url"])
-            redis_kwargs.update(parsed_kwargs)
-            self.redis_kwargs.update(parsed_kwargs)
-            # pop url
-            self.redis_kwargs.pop("url")
-
         # redis namespaces
         self.namespace = namespace
         # for high traffic, we store the redis results in memory and then batch write to redis
@@ -175,6 +168,12 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
         ### HEALTH MONITORING OBJECT ###
         self.service_logger_obj = ServiceLogging()
 
+        ### ASYNC HEALTH PING ###
+        try:
+            asyncio.get_running_loop().create_task(self.ping())
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
     def init_async_client(self):
         from ._redis import get_redis_async_client
 
@@ -601,13 +600,31 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
             print_verbose(f"Error occurred in pipeline read - {str(e)}")
             return key_value_dict
 
-    async def ping(self):
+    def sync_ping(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Tests if the sync redis client is correctly setup.
+        """
+        print_verbose(f"Pinging Async Redis Cache")
+        try:
+            response = self.redis_client.ping()
+            print_verbose(f"Redis Cache PING: {response}")
+            return response
+        except Exception as e:
+            # NON blocking - notify users Redis is throwing an exception
+            print_verbose(
+                f"LiteLLM Redis Cache PING: - Got exception from REDIS : {str(e)}"
+            )
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            raise e
+
+    async def ping(self) -> bool:
         _redis_client = self.init_async_client()
         async with _redis_client as redis_client:
             print_verbose(f"Pinging Async Redis Cache")
             try:
                 response = await redis_client.ping()
                 print_verbose(f"Redis Cache PING: {response}")
+                return response
             except Exception as e:
                 # NON blocking - notify users Redis is throwing an exception
                 print_verbose(
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index 7943d5dba9..74632d49a0 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PrometheusLogger:
 
             # unpack kwargs
             model = kwargs.get("model", "")
-            response_cost = kwargs.get("response_cost", 0.0)
+            response_cost = kwargs.get("response_cost", 0.0) or 0
             litellm_params = kwargs.get("litellm_params", {}) or {}
             proxy_server_request = litellm_params.get("proxy_server_request") or {}
             end_user_id = proxy_server_request.get("body", {}).get("user", None)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index 0f7c24576e..0f7fdd132d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ model_list:
   litellm_params:
     model: openai/my-fake-model
     api_key: my-fake-key
-    # api_base: https://openai-function-calling-workers.tasslexyz.workers.dev/
-    api_base: http://0.0.0.0:8080
+    api_base: https://openai-function-calling-workers.tasslexyz.workers.dev/
+    # api_base: http://0.0.0.0:8080
     stream_timeout: 0.001
     rpm: 10
 - litellm_params:
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ litellm_settings:
 
 router_settings:
   routing_strategy: usage-based-routing-v2 
-  redis_host: os.environ/REDIS_HOST
-  redis_password: os.environ/REDIS_PASSWORD
-  redis_port: os.environ/REDIS_PORT
+  redis_url: "rediss://:073f655645b843c4839329aea8384e68@us1-great-lizard-40486.upstash.io:40486/0"
   enable_pre_call_checks: True
 
 general_settings:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_router_caching.py b/litellm/tests/test_router_caching.py
index 1fb699c177..3bf68595ee 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_router_caching.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_router_caching.py
@@ -15,6 +15,61 @@ from litellm import Router
 ## 2. 2 models - openai, azure - 2 diff model groups, 1 caching group
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_router_async_caching_with_ssl_url():
+    """
+    Tests when a redis url is passed to the router, if caching is correctly setup
+    """
+    try:
+        router = Router(
+            model_list=[
+                {
+                    "model_name": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                    "litellm_params": {
+                        "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-0613",
+                        "api_key": os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+                    },
+                    "tpm": 100000,
+                    "rpm": 10000,
+                },
+            ],
+            redis_url=os.getenv("REDIS_URL"),
+        )
+
+        response = await router.cache.redis_cache.ping()
+        print(f"response: {response}")
+        assert response == True
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"An exception occurred - {str(e)}")
+
+
+def test_router_sync_caching_with_ssl_url():
+    """
+    Tests when a redis url is passed to the router, if caching is correctly setup
+    """
+    try:
+        router = Router(
+            model_list=[
+                {
+                    "model_name": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                    "litellm_params": {
+                        "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-0613",
+                        "api_key": os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+                    },
+                    "tpm": 100000,
+                    "rpm": 10000,
+                },
+            ],
+            redis_url=os.getenv("REDIS_URL"),
+        )
+
+        response = router.cache.redis_cache.sync_ping()
+        print(f"response: {response}")
+        assert response == True
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"An exception occurred - {str(e)}")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_acompletion_caching_on_router():
     # tests acompletion + caching on router