diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/tag_rate_limiter.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/tag_rate_limiter.py
index ba27421673e..927c7bd0981 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/tag_rate_limiter.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/tag_rate_limiter.py
@@ -833,10 +833,16 @@ class _PROXY_TagRateLimiter(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnusedClass]  # only refer
         A later key's own admission raising (a transient Redis error, or
         this coroutine being cancelled mid-call, e.g. the caller
         disconnecting) is treated the same as a normal rejection for refund
-        purposes: every earlier admission in this batch is refunded via the
-        `finally` block below before the exception propagates, so a
-        mid-batch infra failure can't leave a permanently-charged counter or
-        a leaked concurrency reservation behind for the rest of that key's TTL.
+        purposes, with one difference: a clean rejection is guaranteed by
+        TAG_RL_CHECK_AND_INCR_SCRIPT to never have incremented that key (it
+        returns before calling INCRBY), so only the earlier admissions need
+        refunding. A raise gives no such guarantee -- Redis can commit the
+        INCRBY and still have the call raise if the response back to us is
+        lost (a timeout, a dropped connection) -- so that key's own possibly
+        -committed increment is refunded too. Refunding a key that in fact
+        never committed is harmless (floors at 0); skipping one that did
+        commit would leak a permanently-charged counter or concurrency
+        reservation for the rest of that key's TTL.
 
         Returns (failing_index, values). On success, failing_index is None
         and values holds each key's new post-increment value, same order as
@@ -854,16 +860,19 @@ class _PROXY_TagRateLimiter(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnusedClass]  # only refer
         admitted_values: Final = []  # mutable-ok: sequential async accumulator, discardable on early rejection; see comment above
         for index, (cache, key, limit, increment, ttl) in enumerate(checks):
             admitted = False
+            completed = False
             try:
                 admitted, value = await self._check_and_increment_one(cache, key, limit, increment, ttl)
+                completed = True
             finally:
-                # Runs on a normal rejection (admitted stays False) and on
-                # any exception/cancellation from the awaited call above
-                # (admitted never gets assigned, so it's still the False set
-                # just before the try) -- either way, everything admitted so
-                # far in this batch must be refunded before this key's own
-                # outcome is used.
-                if not admitted:
+                # completed=False means the awaited call itself raised or
+                # was cancelled -- refund through this index inclusive, per
+                # the docstring above. completed=True and admitted=False is
+                # a clean rejection -- refund only the earlier ones, since
+                # this key's own increment never happened.
+                if not completed:
+                    await self._refund_admitted(checks, up_to_index=index + 1)
+                elif not admitted:
                     await self._refund_admitted(checks, up_to_index=index)
             if admitted:
                 admitted_values.append(value)  # mutable-ok: see accumulator comment above
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limiter.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limiter.py
index 0194a21cf3b..bef93da4752 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limiter.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limiter.py
@@ -2083,6 +2083,38 @@ async def test_exception_mid_batch_refunds_every_earlier_admission_before_propag
     assert (float(admitted_value) if admitted_value is not None else 0.0) == 0.0
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_committed_increment_whose_response_is_lost_is_also_refunded(time_controller):
+    """
+    Regression test: a key can commit its own increment (e.g. Redis runs
+    the INCRBY) and still have the call raise if the response back to us is
+    lost (a timeout, a dropped connection) -- the caller can't tell a lost
+    response apart from a call that never reached Redis at all. The earlier
+    fix only refunded indices *before* the one that raised, leaving this
+    key's own possibly-committed increment permanently charged. It must be
+    refunded too, not just the earlier ones in the same batch.
+    """
+    raising_key = "{tag_rl:test:lost-response-refund:a}:requests"
+
+    class _FlakyLimiter(_PROXY_TagRateLimiter):
+        async def _check_and_increment_one(self, cache, key: str, limit: float, increment: float, ttl: int):
+            if key == raising_key:
+                # Simulate Redis committing the increment before the
+                # response is lost: the write actually happens...
+                await super()._check_and_increment_one(cache, key, limit, increment, ttl)
+                # ...but the caller never finds out.
+                raise RuntimeError("simulated lost response after a committed redis write")
+            return await super()._check_and_increment_one(cache, key, limit, increment, ttl)
+
+    flaky = _FlakyLimiter(internal_usage_cache=DualCache(), time_provider=time_controller.now)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        await flaky._atomic_check_and_increment([(flaky.internal_usage_cache, raising_key, 10.0, 1.0, 60)])
+
+    raising_key_value = await flaky.internal_usage_cache.async_get_cache(key=raising_key, litellm_parent_otel_span=None)
+    assert (float(raising_key_value) if raising_key_value is not None else 0.0) == 0.0
+
+
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