From ccc94128d302719bb43adff58c3cdb66f3a62a9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ishaan-jaff <ishaanjaffer0324@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 18:25:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] (fix) semantic cache

---
 litellm/caching.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/litellm/caching.py b/litellm/caching.py
index 0a1046f0d..877f935fa 100644
--- a/litellm/caching.py
+++ b/litellm/caching.py
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ class RedisSemanticCache(BaseCache):
             redis_url = "redis://:" + password + "@" + host + ":" + port
         print_verbose(f"redis semantic-cache redis_url: {redis_url}")
         self.index.connect(redis_url=redis_url)
-        self.index.create(overwrite=False)  # don't overwrite existing index
+        try:
+            self.index.create(overwrite=False)  # don't overwrite existing index
+        except Exception as e:
+            print_verbose(f"Got exception creating semantic cache index: {str(e)}")
 
     def _get_cache_logic(self, cached_response: Any):
         """