diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/base_update_queue.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/base_update_queue.py
index 234b8eff8a..924c4e6905 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/base_update_queue.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/base_update_queue.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class BaseUpdateQueue:
         """Get all updates from the queue."""
         updates = []
         while not self.update_queue.empty():
+            # Circuit breaker to ensure we're not stuck dequeuing updates. Protect CPU utilization
             if len(updates) >= MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT:
-                # circuit breaker to ensure we're not stuck dequeuing updates
                 verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
                     "Max in memory queue flush count reached, stopping flush"
                 )
diff --git a/tests/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/test_base_update_queue.py b/tests/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/test_base_update_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1d4cb0541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/test_base_update_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+
+from litellm.constants import MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT
+from litellm.proxy.db.db_transaction_queue.base_update_queue import BaseUpdateQueue
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_queue_flush_limit():
+    """
+    Test to ensure we don't dequeue more than MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT items.
+    """
+    # Arrange
+    queue = BaseUpdateQueue()
+    # Add more items than the max flush count
+    items_to_add = MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT + 100
+
+    for i in range(items_to_add):
+        await queue.add_update(f"test_update_{i}")
+
+    # Act
+    flushed_updates = await queue.flush_all_updates_from_in_memory_queue()
+
+    # Assert
+    assert (
+        len(flushed_updates) == MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT
+    ), f"Expected {MAX_IN_MEMORY_QUEUE_FLUSH_COUNT} items, but got {len(flushed_updates)}"
+
+    # Verify remaining items are still in queue
+    assert (
+        queue.update_queue.qsize() == 100
+    ), "Expected 100 items to remain in the queue"