diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json b/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
index 2aa2cf15ac1..8a8d08c6887 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
@@ -19394,7 +19394,7 @@
                   }
                 }
               },
-              "description": "\nUnified rate-limit error.\n\nEvery rate-limit condition surfaced by litellm \u2014 whether it originated from\nan upstream LLM provider, a vendor batch endpoint, or one of litellm's own\nproxy-side limiters (parallel-requests, dynamic-rate, batch-rate, budget,\nmax-iterations, etc.) \u2014 is raised as an instance of this class.\n\nThe :attr:`category` attribute lets callers distinguish the source. See\n:class:`RateLimitErrorCategory` for the available values.\n"
+              "description": "\n    Unified rate-limit error.\n\n    Every rate-limit condition surfaced by litellm \u2014 whether it originated from\n    an upstream LLM provider, a vendor batch endpoint, or one of litellm's own\n    proxy-side limiters (parallel-requests, dynamic-rate, batch-rate, budget,\n    max-iterations, etc.) \u2014 is raised as an instance of this class.\n\n    The :attr:`category` attribute lets callers distinguish the source. See\n    :class:`RateLimitErrorCategory` for the available values.\n    "
             },
             "500": {
               "content": {
diff --git a/litellm/responses/main.py b/litellm/responses/main.py
index 6064fa66d91..a5912bb42b1 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/main.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/main.py
@@ -2262,24 +2262,28 @@ def _build_litellm_metadata_for_ws(kwargs: dict) -> dict:
     return metadata
 
 
-_EXTRA_BODY_ADAPTER: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object] | None)
+_JSON_OBJECT_ADAPTER: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object] | None)
+
+
+def _deployment_reasoning_default(kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> Reasoning | dict[str, object] | None:
+    if kwargs.get("reasoning") is not None:
+        return None
+    reasoning_effort: Final = kwargs.get("reasoning_effort")
+    if isinstance(reasoning_effort, str):
+        return LiteLLMResponsesTransformationHandler()._map_reasoning_effort(reasoning_effort)
+    return _JSON_OBJECT_ADAPTER.validate_python(reasoning_effort) if isinstance(reasoning_effort, Mapping) else None
 
 
 def _build_responses_websocket_request_defaults(kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> ResponsesWebSocketRequestDefaults:
-    reasoning_effort: Final = kwargs.get("reasoning_effort")
-    mapped_reasoning: Final = (
-        LiteLLMResponsesTransformationHandler()._map_reasoning_effort(reasoning_effort)
-        if kwargs.get("reasoning") is None and isinstance(reasoning_effort, str)
-        else None
-    )
+    default_reasoning: Final = _deployment_reasoning_default(kwargs)
     candidate_params: Final[dict[str, object]] = {
         **kwargs,
-        **({"reasoning": mapped_reasoning} if mapped_reasoning is not None else {}),
+        **({"reasoning": default_reasoning} if default_reasoning is not None else {}),
     }
     fill_missing: Final = ResponsesAPIRequestUtils.get_requested_response_api_optional_param(candidate_params)
     return ResponsesWebSocketRequestDefaults(
         fill_missing=MappingProxyType(dict(fill_missing)),
-        overrides=MappingProxyType(_EXTRA_BODY_ADAPTER.validate_python(kwargs.get("extra_body")) or {}),
+        overrides=MappingProxyType(_JSON_OBJECT_ADAPTER.validate_python(kwargs.get("extra_body")) or {}),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
index 1c82df8c664..8f65552ec20 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ class ResponsesWebSocketStreaming:
         nested: Final = msg_obj.get("response")
         if _is_json_object(nested):
             return {**msg_obj, "response": self.request_defaults.merged_into(nested)}
-        return self.request_defaults.merged_into(msg_obj)
+        return {**self.request_defaults.merged_into(msg_obj), "type": msg_obj["type"]}
 
     async def _mask_response_create(self, message: str) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py b/tests/test_litellm/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
index 918c4a33d40..b05904acdcb 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
@@ -1252,6 +1252,42 @@ class TestNativeWebSocketDeploymentDefaults:
         assert dict(defaults.fill_missing) == {"reasoning": {"effort": "low"}}
         assert dict(defaults.overrides) == {}
 
+    def test_builder_copies_dict_valued_reasoning_effort_like_the_http_path(self):
+        from litellm.responses.main import _build_responses_websocket_request_defaults
+
+        defaults = _build_responses_websocket_request_defaults(
+            {"model": "gpt-5-pro", "reasoning_effort": {"effort": "xhigh", "summary": "auto"}}
+        )
+
+        assert dict(defaults.fill_missing) == {"reasoning": {"effort": "xhigh", "summary": "auto"}}
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_extra_body_type_key_never_replaces_the_frame_type(self):
+        from types import MappingProxyType
+
+        from litellm.types.responses.streaming_websocket import ResponsesWebSocketRequestDefaults
+
+        handler = _make_streaming(
+            authorized_model="gpt-5-pro",
+            request_defaults=ResponsesWebSocketRequestDefaults(
+                fill_missing=MappingProxyType({}),
+                overrides=MappingProxyType({"type": "session.update", "provider_default": "configured"}),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        forwarded = json.loads(
+            await handler._mask_response_create(
+                json.dumps({"type": "response.create", "model": "gpt-5-pro", "input": "hi"})
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert forwarded == {
+            "type": "response.create",
+            "model": "gpt-5-pro",
+            "input": "hi",
+            "provider_default": "configured",
+        }
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_flat_frame_gets_defaults_client_keys_win_extra_body_overrides(self):
         handler = _make_streaming(authorized_model="gpt-5-pro", request_defaults=_deployment_defaults())