diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py
index a06d8c44c0..416051e383 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py
@@ -49,4 +49,25 @@ def test_completion_with_num_retries():
     except Exception as e: 
         pass
 
-# test_completion_with_num_retries()
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+# test_completion_with_num_retries()
+def test_completion_with_0_num_retries():
+    try:
+        litellm.set_verbose=False
+        print("making request")
+
+        # Use the completion function
+        response = completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            messages=[{"gm": "vibe", "role": "user"}],
+            max_retries=4
+        )
+
+        print(response)
+
+        # print(response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("exception", e)
+        pass
+
+# Call the test function
+test_completion_with_0_num_retries()
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