diff --git a/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py b/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
index 137366c955..41dc1f34e0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ CONTAINER_OBJECT_PURPOSE = "container"
 _NEGATIVE_OWNER_SENTINEL = "__litellm_container_no_owner__"
 _CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE = InMemoryCache(max_size_in_memory=10000, default_ttl=60)
 
+# Per-caller-scope cache for ``GET /v1/containers`` list filtering. Without
+# this, every list call issues a fresh ``find_many`` against
+# ``litellm_managedobjecttable``. The cache key is the sorted owner-scope
+# tuple — different keys for the same user share the same allow-set, but
+# different users with different scopes get disjoint cache entries.
+_ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE = InMemoryCache(max_size_in_memory=2048, default_ttl=60)
+
 
 def _container_model_object_id(
     original_container_id: str, custom_llm_provider: str
@@ -86,19 +93,20 @@ async def record_container_owner(
     custom_llm_provider: str,
 ) -> Any:
     container_id = _get_response_id(response)
-    owner = get_primary_resource_owner_scope(user_api_key_dict)
-    if is_proxy_admin(user_api_key_dict) and (container_id is None or owner is None):
-        return response
     if container_id is None:
         verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
             "Skipping container ownership tracking because provider response has no id"
         )
         return response
+    owner = get_primary_resource_owner_scope(user_api_key_dict)
     if owner is None:
-        # Identity-less callers (no user_id / team_id / org_id / api_key /
-        # token) can't be uniquely stamped on the row. Stamping a
+        # Admins with identity (the common path: master-key auth populates
+        # ``user_id`` + ``api_key``) flow through the normal record path
+        # below so admin-created containers are still tracked. Truly
+        # identity-less admins (no user_id / team_id / org_id / api_key /
+        # token) can't be uniquely stamped on the row — stamping a
         # placeholder would collapse every such caller into a shared
-        # owner — the cross-tenant primitive we explicitly avoid.
+        # owner, the cross-tenant primitive we explicitly avoid.
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=403,
             detail="Unable to record container ownership: caller has no identity scope.",
@@ -151,6 +159,14 @@ async def record_container_owner(
         )
 
     _CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE.set_cache(model_object_id, owner)
+    # Drop the caller's own list-cache entry so the just-created container
+    # shows up on their next ``GET /v1/containers``. Other callers with
+    # disjoint scope tuples have their own entries; intersecting-scope
+    # tuples self-correct on the 60s TTL.
+    caller_scope_key = "|".join(sorted(get_resource_owner_scopes(user_api_key_dict)))
+    if caller_scope_key:
+        _ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE.cache_dict.pop(caller_scope_key, None)
+        _ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE.ttl_dict.pop(caller_scope_key, None)
     return response
 
 
@@ -249,6 +265,11 @@ async def _get_allowed_container_ids(
     if not owner_scopes:
         return set()
 
+    cache_key = "|".join(sorted(owner_scopes))
+    cached = _ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE.get_cache(cache_key)
+    if cached is not None:
+        return set(cached)
+
     prisma_client = await _get_prisma_client()
     if prisma_client is None:
         return set()
@@ -259,11 +280,15 @@ async def _get_allowed_container_ids(
             "created_by": {"in": owner_scopes},
         }
     )
-    return {
+    allowed_ids = {
         row.model_object_id
         for row in rows
         if getattr(row, "model_object_id", None) is not None
     }
+    # ``InMemoryCache`` json-encodes values; sets aren't JSON-serializable,
+    # so store as a list and rehydrate above.
+    _ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE.set_cache(cache_key, sorted(allowed_ids))
+    return allowed_ids
 
 
 async def filter_container_list_response(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py b/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
index b046fa1536..7a6232d7ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
@@ -13,11 +13,19 @@ from litellm.types.containers.main import ContainerListResponse, ContainerObject
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def clear_container_owner_cache():
-    ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE.cache_dict.clear()
-    ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE.ttl_dict.clear()
+    for cache in (
+        ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE,
+        ownership._ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE,
+    ):
+        cache.cache_dict.clear()
+        cache.ttl_dict.clear()
     yield
-    ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE.cache_dict.clear()
-    ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE.ttl_dict.clear()
+    for cache in (
+        ownership._CONTAINER_OWNER_CACHE,
+        ownership._ALLOWED_CONTAINER_IDS_CACHE,
+    ):
+        cache.cache_dict.clear()
+        cache.ttl_dict.clear()
 
 
 def _container(container_id: str) -> ContainerObject:
@@ -801,3 +809,112 @@ async def test_get_container_owner_caches_negative_lookups(monkeypatch):
     assert await ownership._get_container_owner("cntr_x", "openai") is None
     assert await ownership._get_container_owner("cntr_x", "openai") is None
     assert table.find_first.await_count == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_allowed_container_ids_uses_cache_after_first_db_hit(monkeypatch):
+    """``GET /v1/containers`` filtering must not issue a fresh ``find_many``
+    on every list call within the cache TTL window."""
+    table = AsyncMock()
+    table.find_many.return_value = [
+        SimpleNamespace(model_object_id="container:openai:cntr_a"),
+    ]
+    prisma_client = SimpleNamespace(
+        db=SimpleNamespace(litellm_managedobjecttable=table)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ownership,
+        "_get_prisma_client",
+        AsyncMock(return_value=prisma_client),
+    )
+    auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-1")
+
+    first = await ownership._get_allowed_container_ids(auth)
+    second = await ownership._get_allowed_container_ids(auth)
+    third = await ownership._get_allowed_container_ids(auth)
+
+    assert first == {"container:openai:cntr_a"}
+    assert second == first
+    assert third == first
+    # Single DB call across three list filterings — the cache absorbs the rest.
+    assert table.find_many.await_count == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_record_container_owner_invalidates_caller_list_cache(monkeypatch):
+    """A just-created container must show up on the caller's next ``GET
+    /v1/containers`` — recording the owner has to drop the caller's
+    list-cache entry, otherwise the new container is invisible for up
+    to the cache TTL."""
+    table = AsyncMock()
+    table.find_unique.return_value = None
+    table.find_many.return_value = [
+        SimpleNamespace(model_object_id="container:openai:cntr_old"),
+    ]
+    prisma_client = SimpleNamespace(
+        db=SimpleNamespace(litellm_managedobjecttable=table)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ownership,
+        "_get_prisma_client",
+        AsyncMock(return_value=prisma_client),
+    )
+    auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-1")
+
+    # Prime the list cache.
+    await ownership._get_allowed_container_ids(auth)
+    assert table.find_many.await_count == 1
+
+    # Recording a new owner invalidates the caller's list-cache entry.
+    table.find_many.return_value = [
+        SimpleNamespace(model_object_id="container:openai:cntr_old"),
+        SimpleNamespace(model_object_id="container:openai:cntr_new"),
+    ]
+    await ownership.record_container_owner(
+        response=_container("cntr_new"),
+        user_api_key_dict=auth,
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+    )
+
+    # Next list call refreshes from DB and picks up the new container.
+    refreshed = await ownership._get_allowed_container_ids(auth)
+    assert "container:openai:cntr_new" in refreshed
+    assert table.find_many.await_count == 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_admin_with_identity_records_container_ownership(monkeypatch):
+    """The admin early-return only short-circuits when there's literally no
+    container ID to stamp. An admin with identity (the master-key path
+    populates ``user_id`` + ``api_key``) creates an owned row like any
+    other caller, so admin-created containers aren't permanently
+    untracked."""
+    table = AsyncMock()
+    table.find_unique.return_value = None
+    prisma_client = SimpleNamespace(
+        db=SimpleNamespace(litellm_managedobjecttable=table)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ownership,
+        "_get_prisma_client",
+        AsyncMock(return_value=prisma_client),
+    )
+    admin_auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_id="proxy-admin",
+        user_role=ownership.is_proxy_admin.__module__.split(".")[0]
+        and "proxy_admin",  # placeholder; the create flow doesn't actually gate on the role
+    )
+    # Use the real role enum value.
+    from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles
+
+    admin_auth.user_role = LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN.value
+
+    await ownership.record_container_owner(
+        response=_container("cntr_admin"),
+        user_api_key_dict=admin_auth,
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+    )
+
+    table.create.assert_awaited_once()
+    created_data = table.create.await_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert created_data["created_by"] == "proxy-admin"