diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index 19227b6b9e..c437365312 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -707,30 +707,34 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
 
     # Pre-fetch tool server specs so the first request doesn't pay the latency cost
     if len(app.state.config.TOOL_SERVER_CONNECTIONS) > 0:
+        mock_request = Request(
+            {
+                'type': 'http',
+                'asgi.version': '3.0',
+                'asgi.spec_version': '2.0',
+                'method': 'GET',
+                'path': '/internal',
+                'query_string': b'',
+                'headers': Headers({}).raw,
+                'client': ('127.0.0.1', 12345),
+                'server': ('127.0.0.1', 80),
+                'scheme': 'http',
+                'app': app,
+            }
+        )
+
         log.info('Initializing tool servers...')
         try:
-            mock_request = Request(
-                {
-                    'type': 'http',
-                    'asgi.version': '3.0',
-                    'asgi.spec_version': '2.0',
-                    'method': 'GET',
-                    'path': '/internal',
-                    'query_string': b'',
-                    'headers': Headers({}).raw,
-                    'client': ('127.0.0.1', 12345),
-                    'server': ('127.0.0.1', 80),
-                    'scheme': 'http',
-                    'app': app,
-                }
-            )
             await set_tool_servers(mock_request)
             log.info(f'Initialized {len(app.state.TOOL_SERVERS)} tool server(s)')
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning(f'Failed to initialize tool servers at startup: {e}')
 
+        try:
             await set_terminal_servers(mock_request)
             log.info(f'Initialized {len(app.state.TERMINAL_SERVERS)} terminal server(s)')
         except Exception as e:
-            log.warning(f'Failed to initialize tool/terminal servers at startup: {e}')
+            log.warning(f'Failed to initialize terminal servers at startup: {e}')
 
     # Mark application as ready to accept traffic from a startup perspective.
     app.state.startup_complete = True
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/tools.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/tools.py
index 0cd182dc84..f1b4fb1d1f 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/tools.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/tools.py
@@ -872,29 +872,40 @@ def convert_openapi_to_tool_payload(openapi_spec):
 
 
 async def set_tool_servers(request: Request):
-    request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS = await get_tool_servers_data(request.app.state.config.TOOL_SERVER_CONNECTIONS)
+    try:
+        request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS = await get_tool_servers_data(request.app.state.config.TOOL_SERVER_CONNECTIONS)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f'Error fetching tool server data: {e}')
+        request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS = getattr(request.app.state, 'TOOL_SERVERS', None) or []
 
-    if request.app.state.redis is not None:
-        await request.app.state.redis.set(
-            f'{REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:tool_servers', json.dumps(request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS)
-        )
+    try:
+        if request.app.state.redis is not None:
+            await request.app.state.redis.set(
+                f'{REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:tool_servers', json.dumps(request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS)
+            )
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f'Error caching tool_servers to Redis: {e}')
 
     return request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS
 
 
 async def get_tool_servers(request: Request):
-    tool_servers = []
-    if request.app.state.redis is not None:
-        try:
-            tool_servers = json.loads(await request.app.state.redis.get(f'{REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:tool_servers'))
-            request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS = tool_servers
-        except Exception as e:
-            log.error(f'Error fetching tool_servers from Redis: {e}')
+    try:
+        tool_servers = []
+        if request.app.state.redis is not None:
+            try:
+                tool_servers = json.loads(await request.app.state.redis.get(f'{REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:tool_servers'))
+                request.app.state.TOOL_SERVERS = tool_servers
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.error(f'Error fetching tool_servers from Redis: {e}')
 
-    if not tool_servers:
-        tool_servers = await set_tool_servers(request)
+        if not tool_servers:
+            tool_servers = await set_tool_servers(request)
 
-    return tool_servers
+        return tool_servers
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f'Failed to load tool servers, skipping: {e}')
+        return getattr(request.app.state, 'TOOL_SERVERS', None) or []
 
 
 async def get_terminal_cwd(