diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/routing_prisma_wrapper.py b/litellm/proxy/db/routing_prisma_wrapper.py
index 1929e7d3fc8..be515392a17 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/routing_prisma_wrapper.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/routing_prisma_wrapper.py
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ class _RoutedActions:
         return getattr(self._writer_actions, name)
 
 
+class WriterPinnedClient:
+    """PrismaClient-shaped view whose `.db` resolves to the writer while it is available.
+
+    Read-after-write paths (e.g. the model reconcile a /model/new triggers to
+    verify its own just-committed row) must not read through a lagging read
+    replica: the row is not replayed there yet, so the reconcile concludes the
+    write is missing and fails the request even though it is durable (#38556).
+
+    While the writer is degraded (`writer_unavailable`), the pin yields to the
+    routed wrapper so reconcile reads keep working from the replica: a proxy
+    that starts during a primary outage must still load DB-backed models, and
+    no read-after-write hazard exists then because writes are failing anyway.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("db",)
+
+    def __init__(self, db: "PrismaWrapper | RoutingPrismaWrapper") -> None:
+        self.db: Final = db.writer if isinstance(db, RoutingPrismaWrapper) and not db.writer_unavailable else db
+
+
 class RoutingPrismaWrapper:
     """
     Routes Prisma operations between a writer and a reader Prisma client.
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 3a70750528f..af0aa9743bc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -6764,9 +6764,18 @@ class ProxyConfig:
         - list: the rows (may be empty if no models exist)
         - None: signals a DB fetch *failure* — callers must not treat this
           as "all models deleted" and must not evict existing router deployments.
+
+        Pinned to the writer DB: this read reconciles the router against the rows a
+        model write just committed, and reading it through a lagging read replica
+        makes the write-triggered reload report its own durable write as missing
+        (#38556). It also keeps a stale replica snapshot from evicting a deployment
+        another pod just added. While the writer is degraded the pin yields to the
+        replica so reader-only mode keeps loading DB-backed models.
         """
         try:
-            new_models: Final[Sequence[_ProxyModelRow]] = await ModelRepository(prisma_client).table.find_many()
+            new_models: Final[Sequence[_ProxyModelRow]] = await ModelRepository(
+                WriterPinnedClient(prisma_client.db)
+            ).table.find_many()
             return new_models
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_proxy_logger.exception(
@@ -12013,6 +12022,7 @@ async def run_thread(
 # )
 # async def get_available_routes(user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth)):
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.base_utils import BaseTokenCounter
+from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import WriterPinnedClient
 from litellm.repositories.config_repository import ConfigRepository
 from litellm.repositories.model_repository import ModelRepository
 from litellm.repositories.table_repositories import (
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_routing_prisma_wrapper.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_routing_prisma_wrapper.py
index dcc0036ff04..966a638f6a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_routing_prisma_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_routing_prisma_wrapper.py
@@ -101,6 +101,49 @@ def test_per_model_reads_route_to_reader_writes_to_writer():
     assert actions.delete_many is writer_inner.litellm_usertable.delete_many
 
 
+def test_writer_pinned_client_bypasses_reader_routing():
+    """Regression for #38556: read-after-write reconciles must see the writer's
+    just-committed rows, so WriterPinnedClient must resolve reads to the writer
+    even when a read replica is configured."""
+    from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import RoutingPrismaWrapper, WriterPinnedClient
+
+    writer, writer_inner, reader, reader_inner = _make_wrappers()
+    writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = _model_actions_mock("writer_models")
+    reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = _model_actions_mock("reader_models")
+    routing = RoutingPrismaWrapper(writer=writer, reader=reader)
+
+    pinned = WriterPinnedClient(routing)
+
+    assert pinned.db is writer
+    assert pinned.db.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many is writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many
+
+
+def test_writer_pinned_client_passes_through_single_db():
+    from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import WriterPinnedClient
+
+    writer, _, _, _ = _make_wrappers()
+
+    assert WriterPinnedClient(writer).db is writer
+
+
+def test_writer_pinned_client_yields_to_routed_reads_when_writer_down():
+    """The pin must not break reader-only degraded mode: a proxy that starts
+    during a primary outage still loads DB-backed models from the replica, so
+    while the writer is degraded the pin resolves to the routed wrapper."""
+    from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import RoutingPrismaWrapper, WriterPinnedClient
+
+    writer, writer_inner, reader, reader_inner = _make_wrappers()
+    writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = _model_actions_mock("writer_models")
+    reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = _model_actions_mock("reader_models")
+    routing = RoutingPrismaWrapper(writer=writer, reader=reader)
+    routing._writer_unavailable = True
+
+    pinned = WriterPinnedClient(routing)
+
+    assert pinned.db is routing
+    assert pinned.db.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many is reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_connect_invokes_both_clients():
     from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import RoutingPrismaWrapper
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
index 949088ea3ba..71d4d5f4874 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
@@ -9565,6 +9565,76 @@ class TestDeleteDeploymentSync:
 
         assert result is None, f"Expected None on DB failure to signal fetch error, got {result!r}"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_get_models_from_db_reads_from_writer_not_replica(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #38556: with DATABASE_URL_READ_REPLICA configured, the model
+        reconcile after /model/new used to read via the replica, so a lagging replica
+        made the reload miss the just-committed row and fail the request with a 500.
+        The reconcile read must be pinned to the writer.
+        """
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        from litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client import PrismaWrapper
+        from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import RoutingPrismaWrapper
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        writer_inner = MagicMock(name="writer_prisma")
+        reader_inner = MagicMock(name="reader_prisma")
+        committed_row = MagicMock(name="just_committed_model_row")
+        writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[committed_row])
+        reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        mock_prisma.db = RoutingPrismaWrapper(
+            writer=PrismaWrapper(original_prisma=writer_inner, iam_token_db_auth=False),
+            reader=PrismaWrapper(original_prisma=reader_inner, iam_token_db_auth=False),
+        )
+
+        result = await ProxyConfig()._get_models_from_db(prisma_client=mock_prisma)
+
+        assert result == [committed_row], f"Expected the writer's just-committed row, got {result!r}"
+        reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many.assert_not_awaited()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_get_models_from_db_falls_back_to_replica_when_writer_down(self):
+        """
+        The writer pin must not break reader-only degraded mode: a proxy that
+        starts during a primary outage (writer connect failed, replica healthy)
+        must still load DB-backed models through the replica instead of sending
+        the reconcile read to the unavailable writer.
+        """
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        from litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client import PrismaWrapper
+        from litellm.proxy.db.routing_prisma_wrapper import RoutingPrismaWrapper
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        writer_inner = MagicMock(name="writer_prisma")
+        reader_inner = MagicMock(name="reader_prisma")
+        replica_row = MagicMock(name="replica_model_row")
+        writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = SimpleNamespace(
+            find_many=AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("writer unreachable")),
+            create=MagicMock(name="writer_create"),
+        )
+        reader_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable = SimpleNamespace(
+            find_many=AsyncMock(return_value=[replica_row]),
+            create=MagicMock(name="reader_create"),
+        )
+
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        mock_prisma.db = RoutingPrismaWrapper(
+            writer=PrismaWrapper(original_prisma=writer_inner, iam_token_db_auth=False),
+            reader=PrismaWrapper(original_prisma=reader_inner, iam_token_db_auth=False),
+        )
+        mock_prisma.db._writer_unavailable = True
+
+        result = await ProxyConfig()._get_models_from_db(prisma_client=mock_prisma)
+
+        assert result == [replica_row], f"Expected the replica's rows in degraded mode, got {result!r}"
+        writer_inner.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many.assert_not_awaited()
+
 
 def test_get_config_list_includes_cancel_on_disconnect(monkeypatch):
     """Follow-up to #30223: the flag must be discoverable via /config/list,