diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 224c936a1d5..b6078d1cc11 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -2910,6 +2910,14 @@ async def can_key_call_model(
                 team_id=valid_token.team_id,
                 object_type="key",
             )
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+            "Key has access_group_ids=%s, but those access groups resolved to no model permissions. "
+            "Denying model=%s for key_alias=%s, team_id=%s.",
+            key_access_group_ids,
+            model,
+            valid_token.key_alias,
+            valid_token.team_id,
+        )
         raise ProxyException(
             message=f"key not allowed to access model. This key has access_group_ids={key_access_group_ids}, but those groups do not grant any models. Tried to access {model}",
             type=ProxyErrorTypes.key_model_access_denied,
diff --git a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
index d16acf51420..9535fe49ebe 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -1250,10 +1250,13 @@ async def test_can_key_call_model_denies_when_access_group_ids_resolve_no_models
         access_group_ids=["empty-group"],
     )
 
-    with patch(
-        "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks._get_models_from_access_groups",
-        new_callable=AsyncMock,
-        return_value=[],
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks._get_models_from_access_groups",
+            new_callable=AsyncMock,
+            return_value=[],
+        ),
+        patch("litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.verbose_proxy_logger.warning") as warning,
     ):
         with pytest.raises(ProxyException):
             await can_key_call_model(
@@ -1262,6 +1265,8 @@ async def test_can_key_call_model_denies_when_access_group_ids_resolve_no_models
                 valid_token=user_api_key_object,
                 llm_router=None,
             )
+        warning.assert_called_once()
+        assert "resolved to no model permissions" in warning.call_args.args[0]
 
 
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