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diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 83889f849..a17dfc8a5 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -755,6 +755,10 @@ def completion(
             model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, original_exception=e
         )
 
+def completion_with_retries(*args, **kwargs):
+    import tenacity
+    retryer = tenacity.Retrying(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3), reraise=True)
+    return retryer(completion, *args, **kwargs)
 
 def batch_completion(*args, **kwargs):
     batch_messages = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else kwargs.get("messages")
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3d55399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion_with_retries.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# import sys, os
+# import traceback
+# from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+# load_dotenv()
+# import os
+
+# sys.path.insert(
+#     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+# )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+# import pytest
+# import litellm
+# from litellm import completion_with_retries
+# from litellm import (
+#     AuthenticationError,
+#     InvalidRequestError,
+#     RateLimitError,
+#     ServiceUnavailableError,
+#     OpenAIError,
+# )
+
+# user_message = "Hello, whats the weather in San Francisco??"
+# messages = [{"content": user_message, "role": "user"}]
+
+
+# def logger_fn(user_model_dict):
+#     # print(f"user_model_dict: {user_model_dict}")
+#     pass
+
+# # normal call 
+# def test_completion_custom_provider_model_name():
+#     try:
+#         response = completion_with_retries(
+#             model="together_ai/togethercomputer/llama-2-70b-chat",
+#             messages=messages,
+#             logger_fn=logger_fn,
+#         )
+#         # Add any assertions here to check the response
+#         print(response)
+#     except Exception as e:
+#         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+
+# # bad call 
+# # def test_completion_custom_provider_model_name():
+# #     try:
+# #         response = completion_with_retries(
+# #             model="bad-model",
+# #             messages=messages,
+# #             logger_fn=logger_fn,
+# #         )
+# #         # Add any assertions here to check the response
+# #         print(response)
+# #     except Exception as e:
+# #         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+# # impact on exception mapping 
+# def test_context_window():
+#     sample_text = "how does a court case get to the Supreme Court?" * 5000
+#     messages = [{"content": sample_text, "role": "user"}]
+#     try:
+#         model = "chatgpt-test"
+#         response = completion_with_retries(
+#             model=model,
+#             messages=messages,
+#             custom_llm_provider="azure",
+#             logger_fn=logger_fn,
+#         )
+#         print(f"response: {response}")
+#     except InvalidRequestError as e:
+#         print(f"InvalidRequestError: {e.llm_provider}")
+#         return
+#     except OpenAIError as e:
+#         print(f"OpenAIError: {e.llm_provider}")
+#         return
+#     except Exception as e:
+#         print("Uncaught Error in test_context_window")
+#         print(f"Error Type: {type(e).__name__}")
+#         print(f"Uncaught Exception - {e}")
+#         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+#     return
+
+
+# test_context_window()
+
+# test_completion_custom_provider_model_name()
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be3dc2a82..fce863ff5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.460"
+version = "0.1.461"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"