diff --git a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
index a27e16b3c..5546f7c33 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
@@ -797,6 +797,48 @@ Model Info:
                 )
             )
 
+    async def _run_scheduler_helper(self, llm_router: litellm.Router) -> bool:
+        """
+        Returns:
+        - True -> report sent
+        - False -> report not sent
+        """
+        report_sent_bool = False
+
+        report_sent = await self.internal_usage_cache.async_get_cache(
+            key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value
+        )  # None | datetime
+
+        current_time = litellm.utils.get_utc_datetime()
+
+        if report_sent is None:
+            _current_time = current_time.isoformat()
+            await self.internal_usage_cache.async_set_cache(
+                key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value,
+                value=_current_time,
+            )
+        else:
+            # check if current time - interval >= time last sent
+            delta = current_time - timedelta(
+                seconds=self.alerting_args.daily_report_frequency
+            )
+
+            if isinstance(report_sent, str):
+                report_sent = dt.fromisoformat(report_sent)
+
+            if delta >= report_sent:
+                # Sneak in the reporting logic here
+                await self.send_daily_reports(router=llm_router)
+                # Also, don't forget to update the report_sent time after sending the report!
+                _current_time = current_time.isoformat()
+                await self.internal_usage_cache.async_set_cache(
+                    key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value,
+                    value=_current_time,
+                )
+                report_sent_bool = True
+
+        return report_sent_bool
+
     async def _run_scheduled_daily_report(self, llm_router: Optional[litellm.Router]):
         """
         If 'daily_reports' enabled
@@ -810,29 +852,7 @@ Model Info:
 
         if "daily_reports" in self.alert_types:
             while True:
-                report_sent = await self.internal_usage_cache.async_get_cache(
-                    key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value
-                )  # None | datetime
-
-                if report_sent is None:
-                    await self.internal_usage_cache.async_set_cache(
-                        key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value,
-                        value=litellm.utils.get_utc_datetime(),
-                    )
-                else:
-                    # check if current time - interval >= time last sent
-                    current_time = litellm.utils.get_utc_datetime()
-                    delta = current_time - timedelta(
-                        seconds=self.alerting_args.daily_report_frequency
-                    )
-                    if delta >= report_sent:
-                        # Sneak in the reporting logic here
-                        await self.send_daily_reports(router=llm_router)
-                        # Also, don't forget to update the report_sent time after sending the report!
-                        await self.internal_usage_cache.async_set_cache(
-                            key=SlackAlertingCacheKeys.report_sent_key.value,
-                            value=litellm.utils.get_utc_datetime(),
-                        )
+                await self._run_scheduler_helper(llm_router=llm_router)
                 interval = random.randint(
                     self.alerting_args.report_check_interval - 3,
                     self.alerting_args.report_check_interval + 3,
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_alerting.py b/litellm/tests/test_alerting.py
index ba1022472..3734c29d2 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_alerting.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # What is this?
 ## Tests slack alerting on proxy logging object
 
-import sys
+import sys, json
 import os
 import io, asyncio
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 # logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../.."))
 from litellm.proxy.utils import ProxyLogging
-from litellm.caching import DualCache
+from litellm.caching import DualCache, RedisCache
 import litellm
 import pytest
 import asyncio
@@ -273,3 +273,43 @@ async def test_daily_reports_completion(slack_alerting):
         assert response_val == True
 
         mock_send_alert.assert_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_daily_reports_redis_cache_scheduler():
+    redis_cache = RedisCache()
+    slack_alerting = SlackAlerting(
+        internal_usage_cache=DualCache(redis_cache=redis_cache)
+    )
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-5",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                },
+            }
+        ]
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(
+        slack_alerting, "send_alert", new=AsyncMock()
+    ) as mock_send_alert, patch.object(
+        redis_cache, "async_set_cache", new=AsyncMock()
+    ) as mock_redis_set_cache:
+        # initial call - expect empty
+        await slack_alerting._run_scheduler_helper(llm_router=router)
+
+        try:
+            json.dumps(mock_redis_set_cache.call_args[0][1])
+        except Exception as e:
+            pytest.fail(
+                "Cache value can't be json dumped - {}".format(
+                    mock_redis_set_cache.call_args[0][1]
+                )
+            )
+
+        mock_redis_set_cache.assert_awaited_once()
+
+        # second call - expect empty
+        await slack_alerting._run_scheduler_helper(llm_router=router)