diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
index 8dbee1daa36..5ff237124f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -4568,5 +4568,130 @@ class TestGetPublicMCPServersLegacyMode:
         assert sorted(s.server_id for s in result) == ["a", "b"]
 
 
+class TestCreateMcpClientV2Graft:
+    """The PR4 v2-resolver graft in ``_create_mcp_client``.
+
+    Migrated HTTP/SSE modes (``none`` plus the static ``api_key`` family) resolve through the
+    injected ``UpstreamCredentialProvider`` into the ``resolved_auth`` slot; every other mode,
+    and every stdio server, defers to v1's ``auth_value`` path unchanged.
+    """
+
+    def _http_server(self, **overrides: Any) -> MCPServer:
+        base: Dict[str, Any] = dict(
+            server_id="http-graft",
+            name="graft_server",
+            url="https://upstream.example.com/mcp",
+            transport=MCPTransport.http,
+        )
+        base.update(overrides)
+        return MCPServer(**base)
+
+    async def test_none_mode_resolves_to_noop_auth(self):
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.httpx_auth import (
+            NoOpAuth,
+        )
+
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            self._http_server(auth_type=None)
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(client._resolved_auth, NoOpAuth)
+        assert client._mcp_auth_value is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "auth_type, token, expected_name, expected_value",
+        [
+            (MCPAuth.api_key, "k-123", "X-API-Key", "k-123"),
+            (MCPAuth.bearer_token, "b-123", "Authorization", "Bearer b-123"),
+            (MCPAuth.token, "t-123", "Authorization", "token t-123"),
+            (MCPAuth.authorization, "raw-123", "Authorization", "raw-123"),
+        ],
+    )
+    async def test_static_family_emits_expected_header(
+        self, auth_type, token, expected_name, expected_value
+    ):
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.httpx_auth import (
+            StaticHeaderAuth,
+        )
+
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            self._http_server(auth_type=auth_type, authentication_token=token)
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(client._resolved_auth, StaticHeaderAuth)
+        assert client._resolved_auth.header_name == expected_name
+        assert client._resolved_auth._header_value.get_secret_value() == expected_value
+        assert client._mcp_auth_value is None
+
+    async def test_basic_mode_base64_encodes(self):
+        import base64
+
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.httpx_auth import (
+            StaticHeaderAuth,
+        )
+
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            self._http_server(auth_type=MCPAuth.basic, authentication_token="user:pass")
+        )
+
+        encoded = base64.b64encode(b"user:pass").decode()
+        assert isinstance(client._resolved_auth, StaticHeaderAuth)
+        assert client._resolved_auth.header_name == "Authorization"
+        assert (
+            client._resolved_auth._header_value.get_secret_value() == f"Basic {encoded}"
+        )
+
+    async def test_deferred_mode_uses_v1_auth_value(self):
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            self._http_server(
+                auth_type=MCPAuth.oauth2, authentication_token="legacy-token"
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert client._resolved_auth is None
+        assert client._mcp_auth_value == "legacy-token"
+
+    async def test_static_token_missing_defers_to_v1(self):
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            self._http_server(auth_type=MCPAuth.api_key, authentication_token=None)
+        )
+
+        assert client._resolved_auth is None
+
+    async def test_stdio_migrated_auth_type_still_defers_to_v1(self):
+        client = await MCPServerManager()._create_mcp_client(
+            MCPServer(
+                server_id="stdio-graft",
+                name="stdio_graft",
+                transport=MCPTransport.stdio,
+                command="node",
+                args=["server.js"],
+                auth_type=MCPAuth.api_key,
+                authentication_token="k-stdio",
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert client.transport_type == MCPTransport.stdio
+        assert client._resolved_auth is None
+        assert client._mcp_auth_value == "k-stdio"
+
+    async def test_resolver_error_maps_to_http_exception(self):
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials import Error
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.types import (
+            CredError,
+        )
+
+        class _UnauthorizedProvider:
+            async def resolve_credentials(self, subject, server):
+                return Error(CredError.of_unauthorized("denied"))
+
+        manager = MCPServerManager(cred_provider=_UnauthorizedProvider())
+
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+            await manager._create_mcp_client(self._http_server(auth_type=None))
+
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 401
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main([__file__])