diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
index 24f67f77fde..413f79f8d7a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
@@ -705,6 +705,19 @@ def test_sql_routes_need_the_lens_service_when_traces_come_from_spend_logs(
     assert "Lens service" in response.json()["detail"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("allowed_routes", "status_code"), ((["llm_api_routes"], 403), (None, 200)))
+def test_spend_log_traces_need_the_same_route_access_as_the_logs_page(
+    client: TestClient, allowed_routes: list[str] | None, status_code: int
+) -> None:
+    spend_logs: Final = TraceReceiver(storage=SpendLogTraceStorage(lambda: None))
+    client.app.dependency_overrides[tracing_endpoints.provide_receiver] = lambda: spend_logs
+    client.app.dependency_overrides[user_api_key_auth] = lambda: UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_id="user", token="hashed-key", allowed_routes=allowed_routes
+    )
+    response: Final = client.get("/v1/traces")
+    assert response.status_code == status_code, response.text
+
+
 def test_disabled_receiver_precedes_read_scope_rejection(client: TestClient) -> None:
     client.app.dependency_overrides[user_api_key_auth] = lambda: UserAPIKeyAuth(
         user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER
diff --git a/tests/unit/tracing/test_spend_logs.py b/tests/unit/tracing/test_spend_logs.py
index 8211630abc7..dbaa5c777b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tracing/test_spend_logs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/tracing/test_spend_logs.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def row(
     error: str | None = None,
     spend: float = 0.01,
     agent_id: str | None = None,
+    request: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
 ) -> SpendLogRow:
     metadata: Final = {
         "user_agent": user_agent,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def row(
         request_tags=json.dumps(list(tags)),
         metadata=json.dumps(metadata),
         messages="{}",
-        proxy_server_request=json.dumps({"messages": messages, "tags": list(tags)}),
+        proxy_server_request=json.dumps(request or {"messages": messages, "tags": list(tags)}),
         response=json.dumps(response or {}),
     )
 
@@ -402,3 +403,11 @@ def test_request_agent_name_groups_calls_without_tags_or_registered_identity() -
     assert trace["summary"]["agent_names"] == ("Support agent",)
     assert trace["summary"]["llm_calls"] == 2
     assert {span["agent"] for span in trace["spans"]} == {"Support agent"}
+
+
+def test_responses_api_input_is_read_from_the_stored_request() -> None:
+    trace: Final = build_trace(
+        (row("r1", "00.000", "01.000", tags=("agent:triage",), request={"model": "gpt-5", "input": "refund me"}),)
+    )
+
+    assert trace["summary"]["input_preview"] == "refund me"