diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
index c6a707d6c20..4365b169ec3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_websocket_all_providers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
+import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging
 from litellm.llms.azure.responses.transformation import AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig
 from litellm.llms.chatgpt.responses.transformation import ChatGPTResponsesAPIConfig
@@ -50,9 +51,11 @@ from litellm.responses.streaming_iterator import ManagedResponsesWebSocketHandle
 class _ErrorFrameWebSocket:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.message: str | None = None
+        self.messages: tuple[str, ...] = ()
 
     async def send_text(self, data: str) -> None:
         self.message = data
+        self.messages += (data,)
 
     async def receive_text(self) -> str:
         raise AssertionError("This test sends one response.create directly")
@@ -103,6 +106,52 @@ async def test_managed_websocket_preserves_provider_error_status(status_code: in
     assert "synthetic provider failure" in frame["error"]["message"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status_code", [400, 401, 429, 503])
+async def test_managed_websocket_preserves_error_status_after_streaming_starts(
+    status_code: int, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setitem(
+        litellm.model_cost,
+        "test-model",
+        {"litellm_provider": "openai", "mode": "responses", "supports_native_streaming": True},
+    )
+    delta: Final = {
+        "type": "response.output_text.delta",
+        "item_id": "msg_test",
+        "output_index": 0,
+        "content_index": 0,
+        "delta": "Hello",
+    }
+    error: Final = {
+        "type": "error",
+        "sequence_number": 1,
+        "error": {"type": "server_error", "code": str(status_code), "message": "synthetic late stream failure"},
+    }
+
+    def provider(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"},
+            content="".join(f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in (delta, error)),
+            request=request,
+        )
+
+    client: Final = AsyncHTTPHandler(transport=httpx.MockTransport(provider))
+    handler, websocket = _managed_error_handler(client=client, num_retries=0)
+    try:
+        await handler._process_response_create(json.dumps({"type": "response.create", "input": "Hello"}))
+    finally:
+        await client.client.aclose()
+
+    chunk, error_frame = tuple(json.loads(message) for message in websocket.messages)
+    assert chunk == delta
+    assert error_frame["type"] == "error"
+    assert error_frame["status"] == status_code
+    assert error_frame["error"]["type"] == "server_error"
+    assert "synthetic late stream failure" in error_frame["error"]["message"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_managed_websocket_invalid_json_has_bad_request_status() -> None:
     handler, websocket = _managed_error_handler()