diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/migrations/20261102000000_seed_mcp_catalog_revision/migration.sql b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/migrations/20261102000000_seed_mcp_catalog_revision/migration.sql
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+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/migrations/20261102000000_seed_mcp_catalog_revision/migration.sql
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+SET LOCAL lock_timeout = '10s';
+
+-- Seed the MCP catalog revision row. litellm_bump_mcp_catalog_revision only creates it on
+-- the first write to "LiteLLM_MCPServerTable"; until then get_mcp_catalog_revision returns
+-- None and every MCP request reloads the whole server catalog from the database.
+INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_Config" ("param_name", "reload_revision")
+VALUES ('mcp_catalog', 1)
+ON CONFLICT ("param_name") DO NOTHING;
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_proxy_extras/test_mcp_catalog_revision_seed.py b/tests/unit/litellm_proxy_extras/test_mcp_catalog_revision_seed.py
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+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_proxy_extras/test_mcp_catalog_revision_seed.py
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+"""The MCP catalog revision row must exist as soon as the trigger that bumps it does.
+
+``litellm_bump_mcp_catalog_revision`` only creates the row on the first write to
+``LiteLLM_MCPServerTable``. Until then ``get_mcp_catalog_revision`` returns None, and the
+catalog treats None as "always reload": every MCP request reloads every server row.
+"""
+
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+from litellm.proxy.mcp_server.db import MCP_CATALOG_REVISION_PARAM_NAME
+
+MIGRATIONS: Final = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "litellm-proxy-extras" / "litellm_proxy_extras" / "migrations"
+TRIGGER: Final = "20260923000000_add_mcp_catalog_revision_trigger"
+SEED: Final = "20261102000000_seed_mcp_catalog_revision"
+
+
+def _statements(name: str) -> str:
+    sql: Final = (MIGRATIONS / name / "migration.sql").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    return " ".join(re.sub(r"--[^\n]*", "", sql).split())
+
+
+def test_the_seed_runs_after_the_migration_that_installs_the_trigger() -> None:
+    assert sorted([SEED, TRIGGER]) == [TRIGGER, SEED]
+
+
+def test_the_seed_creates_the_row_the_catalog_reads() -> None:
+    assert (
+        f'INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_Config" ("param_name", "reload_revision") '
+        f"VALUES ('{MCP_CATALOG_REVISION_PARAM_NAME}', 1)" in _statements(SEED)
+    )
+
+
+def test_the_seed_keeps_a_revision_the_trigger_already_bumped() -> None:
+    assert _statements(SEED).endswith('ON CONFLICT ("param_name") DO NOTHING;')