From a6f467e89693ddc0d0d2e351659698c5abe3acda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishaan Jaffer <ishaanjaffer0324@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:57:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fixes - showing content filter on failure

---
 .../spend_tracking/spend_tracking_utils.py    |  2 +
 .../test_spend_tracking_utils.py              | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_tracking_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_tracking_utils.py
index 2f392c48e9..8224425a13 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_tracking_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_tracking_utils.py
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ def get_logging_payload(  # noqa: PLR0915
         guardrail_information=(
             standard_logging_payload.get("guardrail_information", None)
             if standard_logging_payload is not None
+            else metadata.get("standard_logging_guardrail_information", None)
+            if metadata is not None
             else None
         ),
         cold_storage_object_key=(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_utils.py
index 1972103c3d..db877b714e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps
 from litellm.proxy.spend_tracking.spend_tracking_utils import (
     _get_proxy_server_request_for_spend_logs_payload,
     _get_response_for_spend_logs_payload,
+    _get_spend_logs_metadata,
     _get_vector_store_request_for_spend_logs_payload,
     _sanitize_request_body_for_spend_logs_payload,
     _should_store_prompts_and_responses_in_spend_logs,
@@ -957,3 +958,76 @@ def test_should_store_prompts_and_responses_in_spend_logs_case_insensitive_strin
         result = _should_store_prompts_and_responses_in_spend_logs()
         assert result is False, "Expected False (from env var) when key missing, got True"
 
+
+def test_get_spend_logs_metadata_guardrail_info_fallback_from_metadata():
+    """
+    When standard_logging_payload is None (e.g. guardrail blocks before LLM call),
+    guardrail_information should fall back to reading from metadata's
+    standard_logging_guardrail_information field.
+    """
+    guardrail_info = [
+        {
+            "guardrail_name": "content_filter",
+            "guardrail_provider": "litellm",
+            "guardrail_mode": "pre_call",
+            "guardrail_status": "guardrail_intervened",
+            "guardrail_response": "Content blocked",
+        }
+    ]
+    metadata = {
+        "user_api_key": "test-key",
+        "standard_logging_guardrail_information": guardrail_info,
+    }
+
+    result = _get_spend_logs_metadata(
+        metadata=metadata,
+        guardrail_information=None,
+    )
+    # When guardrail_information param is None, should NOT fall back
+    # (the caller is responsible for passing it)
+    assert result["guardrail_information"] is None
+
+
+def test_get_logging_payload_guardrail_info_when_no_standard_logging_payload():
+    """
+    When a guardrail blocks a request before the LLM call, the standard_logging_object
+    is not set on request_data. In this case, get_logging_payload should still include
+    guardrail_information from the metadata.
+
+    This is the bug fix for: guardrail failures not showing GuardrailViewer in the UI.
+    """
+    guardrail_info = [
+        {
+            "guardrail_name": "content_filter",
+            "guardrail_provider": "litellm",
+            "guardrail_mode": "pre_call",
+            "guardrail_status": "guardrail_intervened",
+            "guardrail_response": "Content blocked",
+        }
+    ]
+    # Simulate request_data as it looks when a guardrail blocks before LLM call
+    kwargs = {
+        "model": "gpt-4",
+        "litellm_call_id": "test-call-id",
+        "litellm_params": {
+            "metadata": {
+                "user_api_key": "test-key",
+                "standard_logging_guardrail_information": guardrail_info,
+            },
+            "proxy_server_request": {},
+        },
+        # No "standard_logging_object" key - this is the failure case
+    }
+
+    with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.master_key", "sk-master"):
+        with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", {}):
+            payload = get_logging_payload(
+                kwargs=kwargs,
+                response_obj={},
+                start_time=datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc),
+                end_time=datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc),
+            )
+
+    metadata_result = json.loads(payload["metadata"])
+    assert metadata_result["guardrail_information"] == guardrail_info
+