diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 706ae0c8282..d01960ed7ac 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import ast
 import contextvars
 import functools
-import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -13,14 +12,13 @@ from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 import litellm
 from litellm.constants import (
-    DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH,
     LITELLM_TRUNCATED_PAYLOAD_FIELD,
     LITELLM_TRUNCATION_STDOUT_SAFEGUARD_NOTE,
     MAX_BASE64_LENGTH_STDOUT_LOG,
     MAX_STRING_LENGTH_STDOUT_LOG,
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.env_utils import get_env_int
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps, safe_json_structure
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_loads import safe_json_loads
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.secret_redaction import (
     redact_internal_details,
@@ -89,27 +87,19 @@ def _is_redacted(record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
     return getattr(record, _REDACTED_RECORD_ATTR, False) is True
 
 
-def _is_secret_free(key: str | None, value: object, depth: int) -> bool:
-    if depth > DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH:
+def _scrubbing_changed_nothing(scrubbed: object, original: object) -> bool:
+    try:
+        return bool(scrubbed == original)
+    except Exception:
         return False
-    if isinstance(value, str):
-        return _redact_structured_value(key, value) == value
-    if isinstance(value, _UNREDACTED_SCALAR_TYPES):
-        return True
-    if isinstance(value, dict):
-        return all(isinstance(k, str) and _is_secret_free(k, v, depth + 1) for k, v in value.items())
-    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-        return all(_is_secret_free(key, item, depth + 1) for item in value)
-    return False
 
 
 def _redact_extra_value(key: str, value: object) -> object:
-    if _is_secret_free(key, value, 1):
-        return value
     try:
-        return json.loads(safe_dumps({key: value}, value_transform=_redact_structured_value))[key]
-    except (TypeError, ValueError, KeyError):
+        scrubbed: Final = safe_json_structure(value, value_transform=_redact_structured_value, key=key)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
         return _redact_string(str(value))
+    return value if _scrubbing_changed_nothing(scrubbed, value) else scrubbed
 
 
 def redact_secrets(value: str) -> str:
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/safe_json_dumps.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/safe_json_dumps.py
index 5b99e8cba98..7cc47b2d6c3 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/safe_json_dumps.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/safe_json_dumps.py
@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@ def strip_null_bytes(value: str) -> str:
     return value.replace("\x00", "")
 
 
-def safe_dumps(
-    data: Any,
+def safe_json_structure(
+    data: object,
     max_depth: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH,
     value_transform: Callable[[str | None, str], str] | None = None,
-) -> str:
+    key: str | None = None,
+) -> object:
     """
-    Recursively serialize data while detecting circular references.
+    Rebuild data out of JSON-native pieces while detecting circular references.
     If a circular reference is detected then a marker string is returned.
     NUL bytes are stripped from strings to prevent PostgreSQL 22P05 errors.
 
     value_transform, when given, is applied to every string leaf (and to the
     str() fallback for non-serializable objects) with the mapping key the leaf
     was reached under, so callers can rewrite values without touching structure.
+    key is the mapping key data itself was reached under, when the caller has one.
     """
 
     def _transform(key: str | None, value: str) -> str:
@@ -77,5 +79,13 @@ def safe_dumps(
             except Exception:
                 return "Unserializable Object"
 
-    safe_data: Final = _serialize(data, set(), 0)
-    return json.dumps(safe_data, default=str)
+    return _serialize(data, set(), 0, key)
+
+
+def safe_dumps(
+    data: Any,
+    max_depth: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH,
+    value_transform: Callable[[str | None, str], str] | None = None,
+) -> str:
+    """Serialize data to JSON text through safe_json_structure."""
+    return json.dumps(safe_json_structure(data, max_depth, value_transform), default=str)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_safe_json_dumps.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_safe_json_dumps.py
index 30385ba758d..1f2664f33cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_safe_json_dumps.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_safe_json_dumps.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import json
 import pytest
 
 
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps, strip_null_bytes
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps, safe_json_structure, strip_null_bytes
 
 
 def test_primitive_types():
@@ -225,3 +225,14 @@ def test_pydantic_base_model():
     assert len(result["healthy_endpoints"]) == 2
     assert result["healthy_endpoints"][0]["name"] == "test"
     assert result["healthy_endpoints"][1] == {"value": 1, "label": "one"}
+
+
+def test_safe_json_structure_keeps_tuples_and_drops_non_string_keys():
+    data = {"models": ("a", "b"), "tags": {"y", "x"}, 1: "dropped", "nested": {"deep": ("c",)}}
+
+    structure = safe_json_structure(data, value_transform=lambda key, value: value.upper())
+
+    assert isinstance(structure, dict)
+    assert structure == {"models": ("A", "B"), "tags": ["X", "Y"], "nested": {"deep": ("C",)}}
+    assert type(structure["models"]) is tuple
+    assert json.loads(safe_dumps(data)) == {"models": ["a", "b"], "tags": ["x", "y"], "nested": {"deep": ["c"]}}
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
index 884c120f5c9..18fb86e5a2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
@@ -1061,11 +1061,15 @@ def test_secret_free_extra_keeps_its_original_object(monkeypatch, extra):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "extra",
-    (("gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"), {"gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"}),
-    ids=("tuple", "set"),
+    "extra,scrubbed",
+    (
+        (("gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"), ("gpt-4o", "REDACTED")),
+        ({"gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"}, ["REDACTED", "gpt-4o"]),
+        ({"model": "gpt-4o", "key": "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"}, {"model": "gpt-4o", "key": "REDACTED"}),
+    ),
+    ids=("tuple", "set", "dict"),
 )
-def test_extra_that_carried_a_secret_comes_back_scrubbed(monkeypatch, extra):
+def test_extra_that_carried_a_secret_comes_back_scrubbed(monkeypatch, extra, scrubbed):
     monkeypatch.setattr("litellm._logging._ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION", True)
     record = _make_record(logging.WARNING, "request sent")
     record.payload = extra
@@ -1073,12 +1077,38 @@ def test_extra_that_carried_a_secret_comes_back_scrubbed(monkeypatch, extra):
     assert SecretRedactionFilter().filter(record) is True
     rendered = JsonFormatter().format(record)
 
-    assert isinstance(record.payload, list)
-    assert sorted(record.payload) == ["REDACTED", "gpt-4o"]
+    assert record.payload == scrubbed
+    assert type(record.payload) is type(scrubbed)
     assert "sk-1234567890abcdefghij" not in rendered
     assert "REDACTED" in rendered
 
 
+class _AmbiguousArray:
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        raise ValueError("The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous")
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return "array([1, 2])"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "extra,scrubbed",
+    ((_AmbiguousArray(), "array([1, 2])"), ({"weights": _AmbiguousArray()}, {"weights": "array([1, 2])"})),
+    ids=("top_level", "nested"),
+)
+def test_extra_whose_equality_raises_still_comes_back_scrubbed(monkeypatch, extra, scrubbed):
+    """numpy arrays and torch tensors raise when compared for truth, so the keep-or-scrub
+    decision must fall on the scrubbed copy instead of breaking the caller's log call."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm._logging._ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION", True)
+    record = _make_record(logging.WARNING, "request sent")
+    record.payload = extra
+
+    assert SecretRedactionFilter().filter(record) is True
+
+    assert record.payload == scrubbed
+    assert json.loads(JsonFormatter().format(record))["payload"] == scrubbed
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "extra",
     (