diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 28eccdf85e7..baa6d18fdfa 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -7747,7 +7747,15 @@ class ProxyStartupEvent:
             is_mavvrik_setup,
         )
 
-        if await is_mavvrik_setup():
+        try:
+            _mavvrik_ready = await is_mavvrik_setup()
+        except Exception as _e:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+                "mavvrik: skipping startup — is_mavvrik_setup() failed: %s", _e
+            )
+            _mavvrik_ready = False
+
+        if _mavvrik_ready:
             from litellm.constants import (  # noqa: PLC0415
                 MAVVRIK_EXPORT_INTERVAL_MINUTES,
                 MAVVRIK_EXPORT_USAGE_DATA_JOB_NAME,
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/mavvrik_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/mavvrik_endpoints.py
index 71d1b643a8c..47e63e4551d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/mavvrik_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/mavvrik_endpoints.py
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ async def _mavvrik_errors() -> AsyncIterator[None]:
     except ValueError as exc:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail={"error": str(exc)}) from exc
     except Exception as exc:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail={"error": str(exc)}) from exc
+        # Use only the exception type name to avoid leaking internal details
+        # (e.g. Postgres DSNs, hostnames) into API responses.
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail={"error": type(exc).__name__}
+        ) from exc
 
 
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