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diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
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--- a/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
@@ -3,19 +3,26 @@
 
 import sys, os
 import traceback
-
+import pytest
 sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+from openai.error import Timeout
 import litellm
 from litellm import batch_completion
 litellm.set_verbose=True
-messages = [[{"role": "user", "content": "Hey, how's it going"}] for _ in range(5)]
-print(messages[0:5])
-print(len(messages))
-# model = "vllm/facebook/opt-125m"
-model = "gpt-3.5-turbo"
 
-result = batch_completion(model=model, messages=messages)
-print(result)
-print(len(result))
+def test_batch_completions():
+    messages = [[{"role": "user", "content": "Hey, how's it going"}] for _ in range(5)]
+    print(messages[0:5])
+    print(len(messages))
+    # model = "vllm/facebook/opt-125m"
+    model = "gpt-3.5-turbo"
+    try:
+        result = batch_completion(model=model, messages=messages)
+        print(result)
+        print(len(result))
+    except Timeout as e:
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"An error occurred: {e}")
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