diff --git a/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py b/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
index 125f5db8e74..2c85a4b90f7 100644
--- a/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
+++ b/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ _LIMITS: Final = f"""SELECT set_config('statement_timeout', '{_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT
 _CLAIM: Final = """INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState" (id, owner, next_run_at, updated_at)
 VALUES (1, $1, now() + $2::interval, now())
 ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET owner = EXCLUDED.owner, next_run_at = EXCLUDED.next_run_at, updated_at = now()
-WHERE "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState".next_run_at <= now()
+WHERE "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState".next_run_at <= now() + interval '30 seconds'
 RETURNING day, scope, resume_after AS cursor, wrapped, checked, skipped, completed_at IS NOT NULL AS completed"""
 _SAVE: Final = """UPDATE "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState"
 SET day = $2, scope = $3, resume_after = $4, wrapped = $5, checked = $6, skipped = $7,
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ class PerformanceAlertRepository:
             yield transaction
 
     async def claim(self, interval: timedelta) -> Claim | None:
-        """Take this deployment's next run, at most one per `interval` across every worker and pod."""
+        """Take this deployment's next run, at most one per `interval` across every worker and pod. A worker whose
+        timer fires up to 30 seconds early still takes it, so the claim's own delay never pushes a run back a whole
+        interval."""
         owner: Final = uuid.uuid4().hex
         async with self._transaction() as transaction:
             rows: Final = _STATE_ROWS.validate_python(
diff --git a/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py b/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
index 0e5f8fbd31d..0b400634d7d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
+++ b/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
@@ -197,3 +197,15 @@ async def test_a_resource_that_cannot_be_read_is_skipped_without_blocking_the_re
 async def test_only_one_of_many_concurrent_workers_gets_each_run(fixture: Fixture) -> None:
     claims: Final = await asyncio.gather(*(fixture.repository.claim(timedelta(minutes=5)) for _ in range(8)))
     assert sum(claim is not None for claim in claims) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("seconds_until_due", "claimed"), ((20, True), (60, False)))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_timer_firing_just_before_the_run_is_due_still_takes_it(
+    fixture: Fixture, seconds_until_due: int, claimed: bool
+) -> None:
+    write_rows(
+        'INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState" (id, owner, next_run_at) VALUES (1, %s, now() + %s::interval)',
+        ("earlier-worker", f"{seconds_until_due} seconds"),
+    )
+    assert (await fixture.repository.claim(timedelta(minutes=5)) is not None) is claimed