diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9352959fe..88f268157 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ repos:
         entry: python3 -m mypy --ignore-missing-imports
         language: system
         types: [python]
-        files: ^litellm/
-        exclude: ^litellm/tests/
\ No newline at end of file
+        files: ^litellm/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
index d42a5739a..39cc73751 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class MaxParallelRequestsHandler(CustomLogger):
             if user_api_key is None:
                 return
             
+            if self.user_api_key_cache is None: 
+                return
+            
             request_count_api_key = f"{user_api_key}_request_count"
             # check if it has collected an entire stream response
             self.print_verbose(f"'complete_streaming_response' is in kwargs: {'complete_streaming_response' in kwargs}")
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ class MaxParallelRequestsHandler(CustomLogger):
             if api_key is None:
                 return
             
+            if self.user_api_key_cache is None: 
+                return
+            
             ## decrement call count if call failed
             if (hasattr(original_exception, "status_code") 
                 and original_exception.status_code == 429 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
index e02440e8d..818ee6664 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -1003,8 +1003,6 @@ def test_together_ai_completion_call_mistral():
         print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
         pass
 
-test_together_ai_completion_call_starcoder() 
-
 def test_together_ai_completion_call_starcoder_bad_key():
     try:
         api_key = "bad-key"