diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
index 8cbc28362a8..e0068188413 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
@@ -6714,11 +6714,13 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
                 ws_url = urlunparse(_parsed._replace(query=urlencode({k: v[0] for k, v in _qs.items()})))
 
         try:
-            ssl_context = get_shared_realtime_ssl_context()
-            if ws_url.startswith("wss://") and ssl_context is False:
-                ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
-                ssl_context.check_hostname = False
-                ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+            ssl_context = None
+            if ws_url.startswith("wss://"):
+                ssl_context = get_shared_realtime_ssl_context()
+                if ssl_context is False:
+                    ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+                    ssl_context.check_hostname = False
+                    ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
 
             logging_obj.pre_call(
                 input=None,
diff --git a/tests/integration/_support/upstream.py b/tests/integration/_support/upstream.py
index e9c50ea7966..1b300ca8245 100644
--- a/tests/integration/_support/upstream.py
+++ b/tests/integration/_support/upstream.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from integration.cost_calculation.cost_tracking_case import (
     EventStreamResponse,
     JsonResponse,
     RealtimeResponse,
+    ResponsesWebSocketResponse,
     RoutedResponse,
     SseResponse,
     StoredResponse,
@@ -261,6 +262,28 @@ class Provider:
             )
             await websocket.send_json(rendered)
 
+    async def responses_websocket(self, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
+        scenario_id: Final = websocket.headers.get("authorization", "").removeprefix("Bearer ")
+        response: Final = self.scenario_store.get(scenario_id)
+        if not isinstance(response, ResponsesWebSocketResponse):
+            await websocket.close(code=4404)
+            return
+        await websocket.accept()
+        event_index: Final = iter(response.events)
+        async for message in websocket.iter_json():
+            payload: Final = JSON_OBJECT.validate_python(message)
+            if payload.get("type") != "response.create":
+                continue
+            event: Final = next(event_index, None)
+            if event is None:
+                continue
+            rendered: Final = JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(
+                json.dumps(event, separators=(",", ":"))
+                .replace("$REQUEST_ID", scenario_id)
+                .replace("$UNIQUE_ID", f"{scenario_id}-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}")
+            )
+            await websocket.send_json(rendered)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _response(response: StoredResponse, scenario_id: str) -> Response:
         unique_id: Final = f"{scenario_id}-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
@@ -323,6 +346,8 @@ class Provider:
                     _aws_event_frame(event.event_type, event.payload, scenario_id, unique_id) for event in events
                 )
                 return Response(content=event_body, media_type=response.content_type)
+            case RealtimeResponse() | ResponsesWebSocketResponse():
+                return JSONResponse({"error": "not an HTTP scenario"}, status_code=400)
 
     def app(self) -> Starlette:
         return Starlette(
@@ -341,6 +366,7 @@ class Provider:
                 Route("/{path:path}", self.scripted, methods=["POST"]),
                 Route("/{path:path}", self.scripted, methods=["GET"]),
                 WebSocketRoute("/v1/realtime", self.realtime),
+                WebSocketRoute("/v1/responses", self.responses_websocket),
             ]
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/contracts.json b/tests/integration/contracts.json
index d12e3ae4620..74b0cef6e31 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contracts.json
+++ b/tests/integration/contracts.json
@@ -1764,6 +1764,9 @@
     ],
     "tests/integration/mcp/test_mcp_lifecycle.py::test_same_url_server_grants_scope_discovery_and_direct_or_virtual_execution[bearer]": [
       "other.mcp.permissions.same_url_servers_enforce_discovery_and_execution"
+    ],
+    "tests/integration/spend/test_responses_websocket_spend.py::test_native_responses_websocket_session_records_summed_usage_and_spend": [
+      "spend.responses_websocket.native_session_usage_is_billed"
     ]
   },
   "browser": {
diff --git a/tests/integration/cost_calculation/cost_tracking_case.py b/tests/integration/cost_calculation/cost_tracking_case.py
index ac3fcd33d2e..aa5529aec27 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cost_calculation/cost_tracking_case.py
+++ b/tests/integration/cost_calculation/cost_tracking_case.py
@@ -172,8 +172,21 @@ class RealtimeResponse(BaseModel):
     session_model: str | None = None
 
 
+class ResponsesWebSocketResponse(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(frozen=True, extra="forbid")
+
+    content_type: Literal["application/x-responses-websocket"]
+    events: tuple[dict[str, JsonValue], ...]
+
+
 StoredResponse: TypeAlias = Annotated[
-    JsonResponse | SseResponse | EventStreamResponse | BinaryResponse | RoutedResponse | RealtimeResponse,
+    JsonResponse
+    | SseResponse
+    | EventStreamResponse
+    | BinaryResponse
+    | RoutedResponse
+    | RealtimeResponse
+    | ResponsesWebSocketResponse,
     Field(discriminator="content_type"),
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/spend/test_responses_websocket_spend.py b/tests/integration/spend/test_responses_websocket_spend.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0a6c7689c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/spend/test_responses_websocket_spend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+import uuid
+from hashlib import sha256
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+import websockets
+from integration._support.client import JSON_OBJECT, Gateway, eventually
+from integration._support.database import read_rows
+from integration._support.upstream import delete_scenario, register_scenario
+from integration.cost_calculation.cost_tracking_case import ResponsesWebSocketResponse
+from pydantic import JsonValue
+
+_TERMINAL_TYPES: Final = frozenset({"response.completed", "response.incomplete"})
+
+
+def _response_event(
+    event_type: str, status: str, text: str, input_tokens: int, output_tokens: int
+) -> dict[str, JsonValue]:
+    return {
+        "type": event_type,
+        "response": {
+            "id": "resp_$UNIQUE_ID",
+            "object": "response",
+            "status": status,
+            **({"incomplete_details": {"reason": "max_output_tokens"}} if status == "incomplete" else {}),
+            "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+            "output": [
+                {
+                    "type": "message",
+                    "id": "msg_$UNIQUE_ID",
+                    "role": "assistant",
+                    "status": "completed",
+                    "content": [{"type": "output_text", "text": text, "annotations": []}],
+                }
+            ],
+            "usage": {
+                "input_tokens": input_tokens,
+                "output_tokens": output_tokens,
+                "total_tokens": input_tokens + output_tokens,
+                "input_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 0},
+                "output_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 0},
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
+
+async def _run_responses_websocket(url: str, key: str, model_name: str) -> tuple[dict[str, JsonValue], ...]:
+    ws_url: Final = f"{url.replace('http://', 'ws://').replace('https://', 'wss://')}/v1/responses?model={model_name}"
+    async with websockets.connect(ws_url, additional_headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"}) as websocket:
+        terminal_events: list[dict[str, JsonValue]] = []
+        for index in range(2):
+            await websocket.send(json.dumps({"type": "response.create", "input": f"turn {index}"}))
+            while True:
+                event: Final = JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(await websocket.recv())
+                if event.get("type") in _TERMINAL_TYPES:
+                    terminal_events.append(event)
+                    break
+        return tuple(terminal_events)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.covers("spend.responses_websocket.native_session_usage_is_billed")
+def test_native_responses_websocket_session_records_summed_usage_and_spend(gateway: Gateway) -> None:
+    with gateway.scenario() as scenario:
+        scenario_id: Final = f"responses-ws-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
+        completed_event: Final = _response_event("response.completed", "completed", "first turn", 10, 5)
+        incomplete_event: Final = _response_event("response.incomplete", "incomplete", "second turn", 7, 4)
+        handle: Final = register_scenario(
+            scenario_id,
+            ResponsesWebSocketResponse(
+                content_type="application/x-responses-websocket",
+                events=(completed_event, incomplete_event),
+            ),
+        )
+        scenario.cleanups.callback(delete_scenario, handle)
+        model: Final = scenario.model(
+            input_cost_per_token=0.001,
+            output_cost_per_token=0.002,
+            api_key=scenario_id,
+            api_base=f"{gateway.upstream_url}/v1",
+        )
+        key: Final = scenario.key(models=[model])
+        terminal_events: Final = asyncio.run(
+            _run_responses_websocket(os.environ["INTEGRATION_PROXY_URL"].rstrip("/"), key, model)
+        )
+        totals: Final = tuple(
+            JSON_OBJECT.validate_python(JSON_OBJECT.validate_python(event["response"])["usage"])["total_tokens"]
+            for event in terminal_events
+        )
+        assert totals == (15, 11), terminal_events
+        rows: Final = eventually(
+            lambda: read_rows(
+                'SELECT prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, spend, call_type, status FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs" WHERE api_key=%s',
+                (sha256(key.encode()).hexdigest(),),
+            ),
+            lambda values: len(values) == 1,
+            seconds=70,
+        )
+        assert rows == [
+            {
+                "prompt_tokens": 17,
+                "completion_tokens": 9,
+                "spend": pytest.approx(17 * 0.001 + 9 * 0.002),
+                "call_type": "_aresponses_websocket",
+                "status": "success",
+            }
+        ], rows