diff --git a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_responses_cost.py b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_responses_cost.py
index 07048cf2c2f..7baef40e86b 100644
--- a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_responses_cost.py
+++ b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_responses_cost.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
 
 from litellm_enterprise.proxy.common_utils.managed_object_attribution import (
     ManagedObjectCreatorAttribution,
@@ -290,12 +290,14 @@ class CheckResponsesCost:
         sees provider env vars, so it fails for every deployment whose credentials
         live in the config; the row then never leaves ``queued``.
         """
-        if not via_router:
-            return await litellm.aget_responses(response_id=response_id, litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata)
-        router_response = await self.llm_router.aget_responses(
-            response_id=response_id, litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata
+        retrieved: Final[object] = (
+            await self.llm_router.aget_responses(response_id=response_id, litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata)
+            if via_router
+            else await litellm.aget_responses(response_id=response_id, litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata)
         )
-        return cast(ResponsesAPIResponse, router_response)
+        if not isinstance(retrieved, ResponsesAPIResponse):
+            raise TypeError(f"Retrieving {response_id} did not return a response object")
+        return retrieved
 
     async def _fetch_unbilled(self, target: _PollTarget) -> ResponsesAPIResponse:
         return await self._get_response(
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/internal_call_metadata.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/internal_call_metadata.py
index 1200d799018..f3dbd612bee 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/internal_call_metadata.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/internal_call_metadata.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def is_unbilled_non_inference_call(
     origin: Final = metadata.get(INTERNAL_CALL_ORIGIN_METADATA_KEY) if metadata is not None else None
     if origin == BACKGROUND_RESPONSE_COST_POLL_CALL_ORIGIN:
         return False
-    if not is_background_response(response):
+    if not is_background_response(_finished_response(response)):
         return True
     return origin == BACKGROUND_RESPONSE_STATUS_POLL_CALL_ORIGIN or _is_managed_background_call(metadata)
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
index 647ad97e02c..7cfe505af71 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         api_base: str,
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         """
         Transform the get response API request into a URL and data
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         - GET /v1/responses/{response_id}
         """
         get_url: Final = self._construct_url_for_response_id_in_path(api_base=api_base, response_id=response_id)
-        data: Final[dict] = {}
+        data: Final[dict[str, str]] = {}
         verbose_logger.debug("get response url=%s", get_url)
         return get_url, data
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/base_llm/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/base_llm/responses/transformation.py
index 01baeed9bef..36dffa3795e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/base_llm/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/base_llm/responses/transformation.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIConfig(ABC):
     def supports_encrypted_agent_messages(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
+    def supports_streamed_retrieval(self) -> bool:
+        return self.custom_llm_provider in (LlmProviders.OPENAI, LlmProviders.AZURE)
+
     def sign_request(
         self,
         headers: dict,
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIConfig(ABC):
         api_base: str,
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index 0b64885df45..54adfb5c692 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -764,18 +764,23 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
         follow_redirects: bool | None = None,
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
         max_response_bytes: int | None = None,
+        stream: bool = False,
     ):
         # Set follow_redirects to UseClientDefault if None
         _follow_redirects: Final = follow_redirects if follow_redirects is not None else USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT
+        query: Final = httpx.QueryParams(params).merge(HTTPHandler.extract_query_params(url))
+        request_headers: Final = httpx.Headers(headers)
 
-        params = params or {}
-        params.update(HTTPHandler.extract_query_params(url))
+        if stream:
+            return await self._send_streaming_get(
+                url, params=query, headers=request_headers, follow_redirects=follow_redirects, timeout=timeout
+            )
 
         if max_response_bytes is not None:
             return await self._get_with_response_limit(
                 url,
-                params=httpx.QueryParams(params),
-                headers=httpx.Headers(headers),
+                params=query,
+                headers=request_headers,
                 max_bytes=max_response_bytes,
                 follow_redirects=self.client.follow_redirects if follow_redirects is None else follow_redirects,
                 timeout=self.client.timeout if timeout is None else httpx.Timeout(timeout),
@@ -783,13 +788,41 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
 
         response: Final = await self.client.get(
             url,
-            params=params,
-            headers=headers,
+            params=query,
+            headers=request_headers,
             follow_redirects=_follow_redirects,
             timeout=timeout if timeout is not None else USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
         )
         return response
 
+    async def _send_streaming_get(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        *,
+        params: httpx.QueryParams,
+        headers: httpx.Headers,
+        follow_redirects: bool | None,
+        timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None,
+    ) -> httpx.Response:
+        start_time: Final = time.time()
+        request: Final = self.client.build_request(
+            "GET", url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT if timeout is None else timeout
+        )
+        try:
+            response: Final = await self.client.send(
+                request,
+                stream=True,
+                follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT if follow_redirects is None else follow_redirects,
+            )
+            _anchor_handler_to(response, self)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except httpx.TimeoutException as e:
+            _raise_timeout(e, start_time)
+        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+            await _raise_masked_async_error(e, True)
+        else:
+            return response
+
     async def _get_with_response_limit(
         self,
         url: str,
@@ -1468,15 +1501,20 @@ class HTTPHandler:
         headers: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
         follow_redirects: bool | None = None,
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
+        stream: bool = False,
     ):
         # Set follow_redirects to UseClientDefault if None
         _follow_redirects: Final = follow_redirects if follow_redirects is not None else USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT
-        params = params or {}
-        params.update(self.extract_query_params(url))
+        query: Final = httpx.QueryParams(params).merge(self.extract_query_params(url))
+
+        if stream:
+            return self._send_streaming_get(
+                url, params=query, headers=headers, follow_redirects=follow_redirects, timeout=timeout
+            )
 
         response: Final = self.client.get(
             url,
-            params=params,
+            params=query,
             headers=headers,
             follow_redirects=_follow_redirects,
             timeout=timeout if timeout is not None else USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
@@ -1484,6 +1522,34 @@ class HTTPHandler:
 
         return response
 
+    def _send_streaming_get(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        *,
+        params: httpx.QueryParams,
+        headers: Mapping[str, str] | None,
+        follow_redirects: bool | None,
+        timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None,
+    ) -> httpx.Response:
+        start_time: Final = time.time()
+        request: Final = self.client.build_request(
+            "GET", url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT if timeout is None else timeout
+        )
+        try:
+            response: Final = self.client.send(
+                request,
+                stream=True,
+                follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT if follow_redirects is None else follow_redirects,
+            )
+            _anchor_handler_to(response, self)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except httpx.TimeoutException as e:
+            _raise_timeout(e, start_time)
+        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+            _raise_masked_sync_error(e, True)
+        else:
+            return response
+
     @staticmethod
     def extract_query_params(url: str) -> dict[str, str]:
         """
diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
index ef009e70137..65502198071 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
@@ -371,6 +371,14 @@ def _signed_body_kwargs(*, signed_body: bytes | None, data: dict[str, object]) -
     return {"json": data}
 
 
+def _stream_query_params(stream: bool, starting_after: int | None) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    if not stream:
+        return {}
+    if starting_after is None:
+        return {"stream": "true"}
+    return {"stream": "true", "starting_after": starting_after}
+
+
 def _google_genai_streaming_hidden_params(
     *,
     api_base: str,
@@ -3480,12 +3488,20 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
         logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
         custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
         extra_headers: dict[str, object] | None = None,
+        extra_query: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
         extra_body: dict[str, object] | None = None,
+        stream: bool = False,
+        starting_after: int | None = None,
+        litellm_metadata: Mapping[str, object] = MappingProxyType({}),
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
         client: HTTPHandler | AsyncHTTPHandler | None = None,
         _is_async: bool = False,
         shared_session: Optional["ClientSession"] = None,
-    ) -> ResponsesAPIResponse | Coroutine[object, object, ResponsesAPIResponse]:
+    ) -> (
+        ResponsesAPIResponse
+        | SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator
+        | Coroutine[object, object, ResponsesAPIResponse | ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator]
+    ):
         """
         Get a response by ID
         Uses GET /v1/responses/{response_id} endpoint in the responses API
@@ -3498,7 +3514,11 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
                 logging_obj=logging_obj,
                 custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                 extra_headers=extra_headers,
+                extra_query=extra_query,
                 extra_body=extra_body,
+                stream=stream,
+                starting_after=starting_after,
+                litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata,
                 timeout=timeout,
                 client=client,
                 shared_session=shared_session,
@@ -3527,20 +3547,23 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
             litellm_params=litellm_params,
             headers=headers,
         )
+        query: Final = {**data, **(extra_query or {}), **_stream_query_params(stream, starting_after)}
 
         ## LOGGING
         logging_obj.pre_call(
             input="",
             api_key="",
             additional_args={
-                "complete_input_dict": data,
+                "complete_input_dict": query,
                 "api_base": api_base,
                 "headers": headers,
             },
         )
 
         try:
-            response: Final = sync_httpx_client.get(url=url, headers=headers, params=data)
+            response: Final = sync_httpx_client.get(
+                url=url, headers=headers, params=query, stream=stream, timeout=timeout if stream else None
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
         except Exception as e:
             raise self._handle_error(
@@ -3548,6 +3571,18 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
                 provider_config=responses_api_provider_config,
             )
 
+        if stream:
+            return SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(
+                response=response,
+                model="",
+                logging_obj=logging_obj,
+                responses_api_provider_config=responses_api_provider_config,
+                litellm_metadata=dict(litellm_metadata),
+                custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                request_data={"litellm_params": dict(litellm_params)},
+                replays_stored_stream=True,
+            )
+
         return responses_api_provider_config.transform_get_response_api_response(
             raw_response=response,
             logging_obj=logging_obj,
@@ -3561,11 +3596,15 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
         logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
         custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
         extra_headers: dict[str, object] | None = None,
+        extra_query: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
         extra_body: dict[str, object] | None = None,
+        stream: bool = False,
+        starting_after: int | None = None,
+        litellm_metadata: Mapping[str, object] = MappingProxyType({}),
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
         client: HTTPHandler | AsyncHTTPHandler | None = None,
         shared_session: Optional["ClientSession"] = None,
-    ) -> ResponsesAPIResponse:
+    ) -> ResponsesAPIResponse | ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
         """
         Async version of get_responses
         """
@@ -3603,20 +3642,23 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
             litellm_params=litellm_params,
             headers=headers,
         )
+        query: Final = {**data, **(extra_query or {}), **_stream_query_params(stream, starting_after)}
 
         ## LOGGING
         logging_obj.pre_call(
             input="",
             api_key="",
             additional_args={
-                "complete_input_dict": data,
+                "complete_input_dict": query,
                 "api_base": api_base,
                 "headers": headers,
             },
         )
 
         try:
-            response: Final = await async_httpx_client.get(url=url, headers=headers, params=data)
+            response: Final = await async_httpx_client.get(
+                url=url, headers=headers, params=query, stream=stream, timeout=timeout if stream else None
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_logger.debug("Error retrieving response: %s", e)
@@ -3625,6 +3667,18 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
                 provider_config=responses_api_provider_config,
             )
 
+        if stream:
+            return ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(
+                response=response,
+                model="",
+                logging_obj=logging_obj,
+                responses_api_provider_config=responses_api_provider_config,
+                litellm_metadata=dict(litellm_metadata),
+                custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                request_data={"litellm_params": dict(litellm_params)},
+                replays_stored_stream=True,
+            )
+
         return responses_api_provider_config.transform_get_response_api_response(
             raw_response=response,
             logging_obj=logging_obj,
diff --git a/litellm/llms/manus/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/manus/responses/transformation.py
index ed06391a260..91832899141 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/manus/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/manus/responses/transformation.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class ManusResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         api_base: str,
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         """
         Transform the get response API request into a URL and data.
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class ManusResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         """
         encoded_response_id: Final = encode_url_path_segment(response_id, field_name="response_id")
         url: Final = f"{api_base}/{encoded_response_id}"
-        data: Final[dict] = {}
+        data: Final[dict[str, str]] = {}
         return url, data
 
     def transform_get_response_api_response(
diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/transformation.py
index 07822bb17b3..af1fe9c7ee6 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/transformation.py
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(BaseResponsesAPIConfig):
         api_base: str,
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         """
         Transform the get response API request into a URL and data
 
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ class OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(BaseResponsesAPIConfig):
         """
         encoded_response_id: Final = encode_url_path_segment(response_id, field_name="response_id")
         url: Final = f"{api_base}/{encoded_response_id}"
-        data: Final[dict] = {}
+        data: Final[dict[str, str]] = {}
         return url, data
 
     def transform_get_response_api_response(
diff --git a/litellm/llms/volcengine/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/volcengine/responses/transformation.py
index 747ea21e4fb..83265e7864a 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/volcengine/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/volcengine/responses/transformation.py
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@ class VolcEngineResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         api_base: str,
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         encoded_response_id: Final = encode_url_path_segment(response_id, field_name="response_id")
         url: Final = f"{api_base}/{encoded_response_id}"
-        data: Final[dict] = {}
+        data: Final[dict[str, str]] = {}
         return url, data
 
     def transform_get_response_api_response(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json b/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
index 2aaa987ba6a..cc0ec03715d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_lazy_openapi_snapshot.json
@@ -33584,6 +33584,12 @@
                   "schema": {
                     "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponsesAPIResponse"
                   }
+                },
+                "text/event-stream": {
+                  "schema": {
+                    "description": "Server sent events when stream=true",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  }
                 }
               },
               "description": "Successful Response"
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index 24a36a7f2dc..bc32f97cd4b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -3155,7 +3155,7 @@ class ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing:
                         request_data=self.data,
                         request=request,
                     )
-                    if route_type == "aresponses":
+                    if route_type in ("aresponses", "aget_responses"):
                         selected_data_generator = (
                             ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing._wrap_responses_stream_for_container_ownership(
                                 original_stream_response=response,
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
index 97bbf893e3e..cbae1adf858 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ router: Final = APIRouter()
 _RESPONSES_WS_CONFIG_VALUE_ADAPTER: Final[TypeAdapter[object | None]] = TypeAdapter(object | None)
 _DECODED_JSON: Final = TypeAdapter(object)
 _PROXY_SERVER_REQUEST_ADAPTER: Final[TypeAdapter[Mapping[str, object]]] = TypeAdapter(Mapping[str, object])
+_RETRIEVE_QUERY_PARAMS: Final = ("include", "include[]", "include_obfuscation", "starting_after", "stream")
 
 _ResponseDocSchemas: TypeAlias = dict[int | str, dict[str, object]]  # fastapi's responses kwarg
 
-RESPONSES_API_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS: Final[_ResponseDocSchemas] = {200: {"model": ResponsesAPIResponse}}
-RESPONSES_API_CREATE_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS: Final[_ResponseDocSchemas] = {
+RESPONSES_API_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS: Final[_ResponseDocSchemas] = {
     200: {
         "model": ResponsesAPIResponse,
         "content": {
@@ -250,19 +250,19 @@ async def _resolve_cursor_model_variant_before_auth(request: Request) -> None:
     "/v1/responses",
     dependencies=[Depends(user_api_key_auth)],
     tags=["responses"],
-    responses=RESPONSES_API_CREATE_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
+    responses=RESPONSES_API_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
 )
 @router.post(
     "/responses",
     dependencies=[Depends(user_api_key_auth)],
     tags=["responses"],
-    responses=RESPONSES_API_CREATE_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
+    responses=RESPONSES_API_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
 )
 @router.post(
     "/openai/v1/responses",
     dependencies=[Depends(user_api_key_auth)],
     tags=["responses"],
-    responses=RESPONSES_API_CREATE_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
+    responses=RESPONSES_API_RESPONSE_SCHEMAS,
 )
 async def responses_api(
     request: Request,
@@ -825,6 +825,14 @@ async def get_response(
     data: Final = await read_request_body(request=request)
     read_settles_billing: Final = not carries_client_side_overrides(data)
     data["response_id"] = response_id
+    retrieve_query: Final = {
+        key: values[0] if len(values) == 1 else values
+        for key in _RETRIEVE_QUERY_PARAMS
+        if (values := request.query_params.getlist(key))
+    }
+    if retrieve_query:
+        body_extra_query: Final[object] = data.get("extra_query")
+        data["extra_query"] = {**(body_extra_query if isinstance(body_extra_query, dict) else {}), **retrieve_query}
     processor: Final = ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing(data=data)
     try:
         response: Final[object] = await processor.base_process_llm_request(
@@ -836,7 +844,12 @@ async def get_response(
             llm_router=llm_router,
             general_settings=general_settings,
             proxy_config=proxy_config,
-            select_data_generator=select_data_generator,
+            select_data_generator=partial(
+                _streamed_retrieval_data_generator,
+                partial(select_data_generator, responses_stream_errors=True),
+                response_id,
+                read_settles_billing,
+            ),
             model=None,
             user_model=user_model,
             user_temperature=user_temperature,
@@ -910,12 +923,24 @@ async def _bill_finished_background_response(
     fastapi_response: Response,
     read_settles_billing: bool,
 ) -> None:
+    _report_charge(
+        await _settle_finished_background_read(response, response_id, user_api_key_dict, read_settles_billing),
+        fastapi_response,
+    )
+
+
+async def _settle_finished_background_read(
+    response: object,
+    response_id: str,
+    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
+    read_settles_billing: bool,
+) -> "_BilledCharge | None":
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import proxy_logging_obj
 
     if not isinstance(response, ResponsesAPIResponse) or not is_background_response(response):
-        return
+        return None
     if response.status not in TERMINAL_RESPONSE_STATUSES:
-        return
+        return None
     managed_files_hook: Final = _managed_files_hook(proxy_logging_obj)
     track_untracked: Final = (
         partial(
@@ -926,12 +951,11 @@ async def _bill_finished_background_response(
         if managed_files_hook is not None
         else None
     )
-    charge: Final = await _settle_background_billing(
+    return await _settle_background_billing(
         (lambda cost_check: cost_check.bill_if_finished(response_id, response, track_untracked))
         if read_settles_billing
         else (lambda cost_check: cost_check.bill_from_deployment(response_id, track_untracked))
     )
-    _report_charge(charge, fastapi_response)
 
 
 class _BilledCharge(Protocol):
@@ -1081,27 +1105,53 @@ def _streamed_background_data_generator(
         user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
         request_tags=_background_response_spend_tags(request_data),
     )
-    return _bill_streamed_background_response(response, chunks, track_untracked)
+    return _bill_streamed_background_response(
+        response, chunks, partial(_bill_finished_stream, track_untracked=track_untracked)
+    )
+
+
+def _streamed_retrieval_data_generator(
+    select_data_generator: Callable[..., AsyncIterator[str | bytes]],
+    response_id: str,
+    read_settles_billing: bool,
+    response: object,
+    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
+    request_data: Mapping[str, object],
+    request: Request | None = None,
+) -> AsyncIterator[str | bytes]:
+    chunks: Final = select_data_generator(
+        response=response, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, request_data=request_data, request=request
+    )
+    return _bill_streamed_background_response(
+        response,
+        chunks,
+        partial(
+            _settle_finished_background_read,
+            response_id=response_id,
+            user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
+            read_settles_billing=read_settles_billing,
+        ),
+    )
 
 
 async def _bill_streamed_background_response(
     stream: object,
     chunks: AsyncIterator[str | bytes],
-    track_untracked: Callable[[str, ResponsesAPIResponse], Awaitable[bool]],
+    bill: Callable[[ResponsesAPIResponse], Awaitable[object]],
 ) -> AsyncIterator[str | bytes]:
     async for chunk in chunks:
         completed: object = ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing.extract_completed_responses_response(stream)
         if not isinstance(completed, ResponsesAPIResponse):
             yield chunk
             continue
-        await _bill_finished_stream(completed, track_untracked)
+        await bill(completed)
         yield chunk
         async for remaining_chunk in chunks:
             yield remaining_chunk
         return
     late_completed: Final = ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing.extract_completed_responses_response(stream)
     if isinstance(late_completed, ResponsesAPIResponse):
-        await _bill_finished_stream(late_completed, track_untracked)
+        await bill(late_completed)
 
 
 async def _bill_finished_stream(
diff --git a/litellm/responses/main.py b/litellm/responses/main.py
index 8451834eab2..86f832b6fba 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/main.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/main.py
@@ -106,7 +106,17 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 else:
     MCPTool = Any
 
-from .streaming_iterator import BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator
+from .retrieve_stream_query import (
+    RETRIEVE_STREAM_QUERY_KEYS,
+    InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery,
+    RetrieveStreamQuery,
+    parse_retrieve_stream_query,
+)
+from .streaming_iterator import (
+    BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator,
+    ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator,
+    SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator,
+)
 
 __all__ = (
     "acancel_responses",
@@ -192,6 +202,7 @@ def mock_responses_api_response(
 
 
 _STR_MAPPING: Final = TypeAdapter(Mapping[str, object])
+_STR_DICT: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object])
 _FORWARDED_VALUE: Final = TypeAdapter(object)
 
 
@@ -2013,6 +2024,50 @@ def delete_responses(
         )
 
 
+def _requested_retrieve_stream_query(
+    stream: bool | None,
+    starting_after: int | None,
+    extra_query: Mapping[str, object] | None,
+    custom_llm_provider: str | None,
+) -> RetrieveStreamQuery:
+    explicit: Final = {
+        key: value for key, value in (("stream", stream), ("starting_after", starting_after)) if value is not None
+    }
+    requested: Final = {**explicit, **(extra_query or {})}
+    parsed: Final = parse_retrieve_stream_query(requested.get("stream"), requested.get("starting_after"))
+    if isinstance(parsed, InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery):
+        raise litellm.BadRequestError(
+            message=parsed.message,
+            model=None,
+            llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+            body={"message": parsed.message, "type": "invalid_request_error", "param": parsed.param},
+        )
+    return parsed
+
+
+def _supported_retrieve_stream_query(
+    requested: RetrieveStreamQuery,
+    responses_api_provider_config: BaseResponsesAPIConfig,
+    custom_llm_provider: str,
+    drop_params: object,
+) -> RetrieveStreamQuery:
+    if not requested.stream:
+        return RetrieveStreamQuery(stream=False, starting_after=None)
+    if responses_api_provider_config.supports_streamed_retrieval():
+        return requested
+    if drops_unsupported_params(drop_params):
+        return RetrieveStreamQuery(stream=False, starting_after=None)
+    raise UnsupportedParamsError(
+        status_code=400,
+        llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+        message=(
+            f"{custom_llm_provider} does not support streaming a stored response (stream=true on "
+            "GET /v1/responses/{response_id}). To drop it, set `litellm.drop_params=True` or for proxy:\n\n"
+            "`litellm_settings:\n drop_params: true`\n"
+        ),
+    )
+
+
 @client
 async def aget_responses(
     response_id: str,
@@ -2024,8 +2079,10 @@ async def aget_responses(
     timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
     # LiteLLM specific params,
     custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
+    stream: bool | None = None,
+    starting_after: int | None = None,
     **kwargs,
-) -> ResponsesAPIResponse:
+) -> ResponsesAPIResponse | BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
     """
     Async: Fetch a response by its ID.
 
@@ -2058,6 +2115,8 @@ async def aget_responses(
             extra_query=extra_query,
             extra_body=extra_body,
             timeout=timeout,
+            stream=stream,
+            starting_after=starting_after,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
@@ -2071,7 +2130,7 @@ async def aget_responses(
             response = init_response
 
         # Update the responses_api_response_id with the model_id
-        if not isinstance(response, ResponsesAPIResponse):  # pyright: ignore[reportUnnecessaryIsInstance]  # handlers can return non-ResponsesAPIResponse objects at runtime
+        if not isinstance(response, ResponsesAPIResponse):
             return response
         return ResponsesAPIRequestUtils.update_responses_api_response_id_with_model_id(
             responses_api_response=response,
@@ -2101,8 +2160,14 @@ def get_responses(
     timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None = None,
     # LiteLLM specific params,
     custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
+    stream: bool | None = None,
+    starting_after: int | None = None,
     **kwargs,
-) -> ResponsesAPIResponse | Coroutine[object, object, ResponsesAPIResponse]:
+) -> (
+    ResponsesAPIResponse
+    | SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator
+    | Coroutine[object, object, ResponsesAPIResponse | ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator]
+):
     """
     Fetch a response by its ID.
 
@@ -2146,6 +2211,19 @@ def get_responses(
         if responses_api_provider_config is None:
             raise ValueError(f"GET responses is not supported for {custom_llm_provider}")
 
+        stream_query: Final = _supported_retrieve_stream_query(
+            requested=_requested_retrieve_stream_query(
+                stream=stream,
+                starting_after=starting_after,
+                extra_query=extra_query,
+                custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+            ),
+            responses_api_provider_config=responses_api_provider_config,
+            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+            drop_params=litellm_params.drop_params,
+        )
+        litellm_metadata: Final = _STR_DICT.validate_python(kwargs.get("litellm_metadata") or {})
+
         local_vars.update(kwargs)
 
         # Pre Call logging
@@ -2169,7 +2247,13 @@ def get_responses(
             litellm_params=litellm_params,
             logging_obj=litellm_logging_obj,
             extra_headers=extra_headers,
+            extra_query={
+                key: value for key, value in (extra_query or {}).items() if key not in RETRIEVE_STREAM_QUERY_KEYS
+            },
             extra_body=extra_body,
+            stream=stream_query.stream,
+            starting_after=stream_query.starting_after,
+            litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata,
             timeout=timeout or request_timeout,
             _is_async=_is_async,
             client=kwargs.get("client"),
@@ -2180,7 +2264,7 @@ def get_responses(
         if isinstance(response, ResponsesAPIResponse):
             response = ResponsesAPIRequestUtils.update_responses_api_response_id_with_model_id(
                 responses_api_response=response,
-                litellm_metadata=kwargs.get("litellm_metadata", {}),
+                litellm_metadata=litellm_metadata,
                 custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
             )
 
diff --git a/litellm/responses/retrieve_stream_query.py b/litellm/responses/retrieve_stream_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ad9bfcbc69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/responses/retrieve_stream_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Final, Literal
+
+RETRIEVE_STREAM_QUERY_KEYS: Final = frozenset({"stream", "starting_after"})
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class RetrieveStreamQuery:
+    stream: bool
+    starting_after: int | None
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery:
+    param: Literal["stream", "starting_after"]
+    message: str
+
+
+def _parsed_stream(value: object) -> bool | InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery:
+    match value:
+        case None:
+            return False
+        case bool():
+            return value
+        case str() if value.lower() in ("true", "false"):
+            return value.lower() == "true"
+        case _:
+            return InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery("stream", f"Invalid 'stream': expected true or false, got {value!r}")
+
+
+def _parsed_starting_after(value: object) -> int | None | InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery:
+    match value:
+        case None:
+            return None
+        case int() if not isinstance(value, bool) and value >= 0:
+            return value
+        case str() if value.isascii() and value.isdigit():
+            return int(value)
+        case _:
+            return InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery(
+                "starting_after", f"Invalid 'starting_after': expected an integer >= 0, got {value!r}"
+            )
+
+
+def parse_retrieve_stream_query(
+    stream: object, starting_after: object
+) -> RetrieveStreamQuery | InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery:
+    parsed_stream: Final = _parsed_stream(stream)
+    if isinstance(parsed_stream, InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery):
+        return parsed_stream
+    parsed_starting_after: Final = _parsed_starting_after(starting_after)
+    if isinstance(parsed_starting_after, InvalidRetrieveStreamQuery):
+        return parsed_starting_after
+    return RetrieveStreamQuery(stream=parsed_stream, starting_after=parsed_starting_after)
diff --git a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
index 50ab3e4f75a..f3fff2a0685 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
 
     _pending_logging_tasks: tuple[asyncio.Task[object], ...] = ()
     _earlier_rounds_spend: BilledRoundsSpend | None = None
+    _replays_stored_stream: bool = False
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
                     openai_types.ResponsesAPIStreamEvents.RESPONSE_FAILED,
                 ):
                     _response_obj: Final[object] = getattr(openai_responses_api_chunk, "response", None)
-                    _estimate_wanted: Final[bool] = _chunk_type in (
+                    _estimate_wanted: Final[bool] = not self._replays_stored_stream and _chunk_type in (
                         openai_types.ResponsesAPIStreamEvents.RESPONSE_COMPLETED,
                         openai_types.ResponsesAPIStreamEvents.RESPONSE_INCOMPLETE,
                     )
@@ -1055,7 +1056,7 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
         """
         created: Final = self._created_response
         generated: Final = self._generated_content + self._generated_tool_arguments
-        if self.completed_response is not None or created is None or not generated:
+        if self._replays_stored_stream or self.completed_response is not None or created is None or not generated:
             return None
         usage: Final = _estimate_usage_safely(
             self.model or "", self.request_data.get("input"), self.request_data, generated
@@ -1100,6 +1101,8 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
     def _raise_if_ended_without_terminal_event(self) -> None:
         if self.completed_response is not None:
             return
+        if self._replays_stored_stream and not self._yielded_first_chunk:
+            return
         error: Final = self._stream_ended_early_error()
         self._handle_failure(error)
         if self._output_started:
@@ -1147,6 +1150,7 @@ class ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
         custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
         request_data: dict[str, object] | None = None,
         call_type: str | None = None,
+        replays_stored_stream: bool = False,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             response,
@@ -1158,6 +1162,7 @@ class ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
             request_data,
             call_type,
         )
+        self._replays_stored_stream = replays_stored_stream
         self.stream_iterator = SSEDecoder().aiter_bytes(response.aiter_bytes())
 
     def __aiter__(self):
@@ -1170,6 +1175,9 @@ class ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
             await self._await_pending_logging()
             raise
 
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        await self.response.aclose()
+
     async def _next_event(self) -> ResponsesAPIStreamingResponse:
         try:
             self._check_max_streaming_duration()
@@ -1239,6 +1247,7 @@ class SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
         custom_llm_provider: str | None = None,
         request_data: dict[str, object] | None = None,
         call_type: str | None = None,
+        replays_stored_stream: bool = False,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             response,
@@ -1250,11 +1259,15 @@ class SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
             request_data,
             call_type,
         )
+        self._replays_stored_stream = replays_stored_stream
         self.stream_iterator = SSEDecoder().iter_bytes(response.iter_bytes())
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self.response.close()
+
     def __next__(self):
         try:
             self._check_max_streaming_duration()
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 1e095966a43..8d98bbc1a6d 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -2018,16 +2018,15 @@ def client(original_function):
             # MODEL CALL
             result = original_function(*args, **kwargs)
             end_time = datetime.datetime.now()
-            if _is_streaming_request(
-                kwargs=kwargs,
-                call_type=call_type,
-            ):
+            if _is_streaming_request(kwargs=kwargs, call_type=call_type) or _is_converted_stream_result(result):
                 if "complete_response" in kwargs and kwargs["complete_response"] is True:
                     chunks = []
                     for idx, chunk in enumerate(result):
                         chunks.append(chunk)
                     return litellm.stream_chunk_builder(chunks, messages=kwargs.get("messages", None))
                 else:
+                    logging_obj.stream = True
+                    logging_obj.model_call_details["stream"] = True
                     # RETURN RESULT
                     update_response_metadata: _ResponseMetadataUpdater = litellm_utils.update_response_metadata
                     update_response_metadata(
@@ -2564,6 +2563,8 @@ _NEVER_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES: Final = frozenset(
     }
 )
 
+_RESULT_DECIDES_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES: Final = frozenset({"get_responses", "aget_responses"})
+
 
 def _is_streaming_request(
     kwargs: dict[str, object],
@@ -2575,7 +2576,7 @@ def _is_streaming_request(
         - if "stream=True" in kwargs  (litellm chat completion, litellm text completion, litellm messages)
         - if call_type is generate_content_stream or agenerate_content_stream (litellm google genai)
     """
-    if call_type in _NEVER_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES:
+    if call_type in _NEVER_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES or call_type in _RESULT_DECIDES_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES:
         return False
     if "stream" in kwargs and kwargs["stream"] is True:
         return True
diff --git a/tests/integration/providers/test_responses_lifecycle_wire.py b/tests/integration/providers/test_responses_lifecycle_wire.py
index 6509c8ced96..24e65256afa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/providers/test_responses_lifecycle_wire.py
+++ b/tests/integration/providers/test_responses_lifecycle_wire.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import os
+import threading
 import uuid
 from typing import Final, Literal
 from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, urlsplit
@@ -297,9 +298,6 @@ def test_streamed_response_ids_are_stable_and_retrievable_on_each_alias(
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("prefix", _ALIASES)
 def test_retrieve_query_reaches_the_provider(gateway: Gateway, prefix: str) -> None:
-    pytest.skip(
-        "BUG: GET /v1/responses/{id} drops include and starting_after; streamed GET returns 500 for provider SSE"
-    )
     normal_raw_id: Final = f"resp_query_normal_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
     stream_raw_id: Final = f"resp_query_stream_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
     normal_include: Final = ["message.output_text.logprobs", "reasoning.encrypted_content"]
@@ -413,6 +411,83 @@ def test_retrieve_query_reaches_the_provider(gateway: Gateway, prefix: str) -> N
             assert actual_queries == expected_queries, requests
 
 
+def _resumed_delta() -> bytes:
+    event: Final = {
+        "type": "response.output_text.delta",
+        "sequence_number": 4,
+        "item_id": "msg_resumed",
+        "output_index": 0,
+        "content_index": 0,
+        "delta": "resumed",
+        "logprobs": [],
+    }
+    return f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n".encode()
+
+
+def _sorted_query(request: Request) -> tuple[tuple[str, str], ...]:
+    return tuple(sorted(parse_qsl(urlsplit(request.target).query, keep_blank_values=True)))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("prefix", _ALIASES)
+def test_resuming_past_the_last_event_ends_the_stream_without_events(gateway: Gateway, prefix: str) -> None:
+    raw_id: Final = f"resp_resume_end_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
+
+    def respond(request: Request) -> Reply:
+        if request.method == "GET" and request.target == "/v1/models":
+            return model_discovery_reply(_MODEL)
+        if request.method == "POST":
+            return Reply(body=_response(raw_id))
+        return Reply(content_type="text/event-stream", chunks=())
+
+    with wire_server(respond) as wire, gateway.scenario() as scenario:
+        model: Final = _deployment(scenario, wire)
+        client: Final = _client(gateway, gateway.key, prefix)
+        created: Final = client.responses.create(model=model, input="resume past the end")
+        events: Final = tuple(client.responses.retrieve(created.id, stream=True, starting_after=7))
+        requests: Final = drain_contract_requests(wire)
+
+    assert events == ()
+    assert [(request.method, urlsplit(request.target).path) for request in requests] == [
+        ("POST", "/v1/responses"),
+        ("GET", f"/v1/responses/{raw_id}"),
+    ], requests
+    assert _sorted_query(requests[1]) == (("starting_after", "7"), ("stream", "true")), requests[1]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("prefix", _ALIASES)
+def test_a_client_leaving_a_resumed_stream_releases_the_provider_connection(gateway: Gateway, prefix: str) -> None:
+    raw_id: Final = f"resp_resume_leave_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
+    release: Final = threading.Event()
+
+    def respond(request: Request) -> Reply:
+        if request.method == "GET" and request.target == "/v1/models":
+            return model_discovery_reply(_MODEL)
+        if request.method == "POST":
+            return Reply(body=_response(raw_id))
+        return Reply(
+            content_type="text/event-stream",
+            chunks=(_resumed_delta(), b"data: [DONE]\n\n"),
+            gate_after_first=release,
+            heartbeat=b": keepalive\n\n",
+            pause_between_chunks=0.05,
+        )
+
+    with wire_server(respond) as wire, gateway.scenario() as scenario:
+        model: Final = _deployment(scenario, wire)
+        client: Final = _client(gateway, gateway.key, prefix)
+        created: Final = client.responses.create(model=model, input="leave a resumed stream")
+        stream: Final = client.responses.retrieve(created.id, stream=True, starting_after=3)
+        try:
+            first: Final = next(iter(stream))
+            stream.close()
+            left_from: Final = wire.disconnected.get(timeout=30)
+        finally:
+            release.set()
+
+    assert first.type == "response.output_text.delta"
+    assert urlsplit(left_from).path == f"/v1/responses/{raw_id}"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("prefix", _ALIASES)
 def test_delete_forwards_the_provider_id_once_and_reports_deletion(
     gateway: Gateway,
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_internal_call_metadata.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_internal_call_metadata.py
index dfb232e96ce..8a279df8d71 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_internal_call_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_internal_call_metadata.py
@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ class TestNonInferenceCallBilling:
         assert is_unbilled_non_inference_call_from_params("aresponses", {}, self.BACKGROUND) is False
         assert is_unbilled_non_inference_call_from_params("acompletion", {"metadata": self.MANAGED_READ}, None) is False
 
+    def test_a_streamed_read_prices_like_a_plain_read_of_the_same_response(self):
+        from litellm.types.llms.openai import ResponseCompletedEvent, ResponsesAPIResponse
+
+        for stored in (self.BACKGROUND, self.FOREGROUND):
+            finished = ResponsesAPIResponse(**{**stored, "created_at": 1, "output": []})
+            completed_event = ResponseCompletedEvent(type="response.completed", response=finished)
+            for metadata in (None, self.MANAGED_READ, self.STATUS_POLL):
+                plain_read = is_unbilled_non_inference_call("aget_responses", metadata, finished)
+                assert is_unbilled_non_inference_call("aget_responses", metadata, completed_event) is plain_read
+                assert (
+                    is_unbilled_non_inference_call("aget_responses", metadata, completed_event.model_dump())
+                    is plain_read
+                )
+
     def test_a_tracked_streamed_background_create_is_free_in_every_shape_its_stream_logs(self):
         from litellm.types.llms.openai import ResponseCompletedEvent, ResponsesAPIResponse
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py
index b8d5ddef3d2..19ebc763413 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_check_responses_cost.py
@@ -1207,11 +1207,8 @@ class TestCheckResponsesCost:
             return_value=1
         )
 
-        mock_response = MagicMock()
-        mock_response.status = "completed"
-
         with patch("litellm.aget_responses", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_aget:
-            mock_aget.return_value = mock_response
+            mock_aget.return_value = _terminal_response()
             await check_responses_cost_instance.check_responses_cost()
 
         assert [_is_billed(call[1]["litellm_metadata"]) for call in mock_aget.call_args_list] == [False]
@@ -1252,7 +1249,7 @@ class TestCheckResponsesCost:
         )
 
         with patch("litellm.aget_responses", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_aget:
-            mock_aget.return_value = MagicMock(status="completed")
+            mock_aget.return_value = _terminal_response()
             await check_responses_cost_instance.check_responses_cost()
 
         (billed,) = billed_logger.billed
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/response_api_endpoints/test_endpoints.py b/tests/unit/proxy/response_api_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
index 985aee061bc..d0110d98609 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/response_api_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/response_api_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
@@ -950,7 +950,13 @@ def _request_for(method: str, path: str, body: bytes):
         return {"type": "http.request", "body": body, "more_body": False}
 
     return Request(
-        {"type": "http", "method": method, "path": path, "headers": [(b"content-type", b"application/json")]},
+        {
+            "type": "http",
+            "method": method,
+            "path": path,
+            "query_string": b"",
+            "headers": [(b"content-type", b"application/json")],
+        },
         receive,
     )
 
@@ -1269,6 +1275,179 @@ async def test_a_streamed_background_create_bills_its_finished_response_once_und
     assert billed["request_tags"] == ["nightly"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_streamed_read_bills_the_finished_job_once_before_the_client_sees_it_finish(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+):
+    """Reading a finished background job as a stream settles its bill like a plain read does, before
+    the terminal event reaches the client, and a later read of the same job bills nothing more."""
+    from fastapi import Response as FastAPIResponse
+
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+    from litellm.proxy.response_api_endpoints.endpoints import (
+        _bill_finished_background_response,
+        _streamed_retrieval_data_generator,
+    )
+
+    spend_events: Final = _capture_spend_events(monkeypatch)
+    stored: Final = _one_pending_background_response()
+    finished: Final = _background_response(stored.response_id, "completed", 100)
+    stream: Final = MagicMock(completed_response=None)
+
+    async def replayed_events(**_: object):
+        yield "event: response.output_text.delta\n\n"
+        stream.completed_response = MagicMock(response=finished)
+        yield "event: response.completed\n\n"
+
+    status_before_each_event: Final[list[str]] = []
+    with _proxy_over(stored.prisma_client, stored.proxy_logging, _configured_deployment_router(finished)):
+        async for _ in _streamed_retrieval_data_generator(
+            replayed_events, stored.response_id, True, stream, UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="sk-reader"), {}
+        ):
+            status_before_each_event.extend(row.status for row in stored.table.rows)
+        await _bill_finished_background_response(
+            response=finished,
+            response_id=stored.response_id,
+            user_api_key_dict=UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="sk-reader"),
+            fastapi_response=FastAPIResponse(),
+            read_settles_billing=True,
+        )
+        await _drain_spend_events()
+
+    assert status_before_each_event == ["queued", "completed"]
+    (billed,) = spend_events.payloads
+    assert billed["prompt_tokens"] == 100
+
+
+_RESUMED_UPSTREAM: Final = "https://resume.example/v1"
+
+
+def _resumed_events(response_id: str) -> tuple[Mapping[str, object], ...]:
+    return (
+        {
+            "type": "response.output_text.delta",
+            "sequence_number": 4,
+            "item_id": "msg_1",
+            "output_index": 0,
+            "content_index": 0,
+            "delta": "hi",
+            "logprobs": [],
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "response.completed",
+            "sequence_number": 5,
+            "response": _background_response(response_id, "completed", 100).model_dump(mode="json"),
+        },
+    )
+
+
+def _sse_events(text: str) -> tuple[Mapping[str, object], ...]:
+    frames: Final = (frame for frame in text.split("\n\n") if "data: " in frame and "data: [DONE]" not in frame)
+    return tuple(
+        json.loads(next(line[6:] for line in frame.splitlines() if line.startswith("data: "))) for frame in frames
+    )
+
+
+async def _read_through_proxy(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, query: Mapping[str, str], upstream: httpx.Response
+) -> tuple[httpx.Response, tuple[httpx.Request, ...]]:
+    import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as ps
+    from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
+
+    router: Final = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-5.6",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-5.6", "api_base": _RESUMED_UPSTREAM, "api_key": "fixture-key"},
+                "model_info": {"id": "deployment-read"},
+            }
+        ],
+        num_retries=0,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "llm_router", router)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "disable_aiohttp_transport", True)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(app.dependency_overrides, user_api_key_auth, _auth_override)
+    with respx.mock(assert_all_called=False) as transport:
+        route: Final = transport.get(_RESUMED_UPSTREAM + "/responses/resp_read").mock(return_value=upstream)
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.ASGITransport(app), base_url="http://testserver") as client:
+            result: Final = await client.get(f"/v1/responses/{_proxy_issued_id('resp_read')}", params=query)
+        return result, tuple(call.request for call in route.calls)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_streamed_read_through_the_proxy_replays_the_events_after_the_cursor(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+):
+    wire: Final = "".join(
+        f"event: {event['type']}\ndata: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in _resumed_events("resp_read")
+    )
+    result, upstream_requests = await _read_through_proxy(
+        monkeypatch,
+        {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"},
+        httpx.Response(200, content=wire, headers={"Content-Type": "text/event-stream"}),
+    )
+    events: Final = _sse_events(result.text)
+
+    assert result.status_code == 200, result.text
+    assert result.headers["content-type"].startswith("text/event-stream")
+    assert [event["type"] for event in events] == ["response.output_text.delta", "response.completed"]
+    assert events[-1]["response"]["id"] == _proxy_issued_id("resp_read")
+    assert [dict(request.url.params) for request in upstream_requests] == [{"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"}]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_streamed_read_cut_before_its_terminal_event_ends_in_a_responses_failure_event(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+):
+    delta: Final = _resumed_events("resp_read")[0]
+    result, _ = await _read_through_proxy(
+        monkeypatch,
+        {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"},
+        httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            content=f"event: {delta['type']}\ndata: {json.dumps(delta)}\n\n",
+            headers={"Content-Type": "text/event-stream"},
+        ),
+    )
+    events: Final = _sse_events(result.text)
+
+    assert result.status_code == 200, result.text
+    assert [event["type"] for event in events] == ["response.output_text.delta", "response.failed"]
+    assert "before any terminal event" in events[-1]["response"]["error"]["message"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_plain_read_through_the_proxy_still_answers_json(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    result, upstream_requests = await _read_through_proxy(
+        monkeypatch,
+        {"starting_after": "3"},
+        httpx.Response(200, json=_background_response("resp_read", "in_progress", 100).model_dump(mode="json")),
+    )
+
+    assert result.status_code == 200, result.text
+    assert result.json()["id"] == _proxy_issued_id("resp_read")
+    assert [dict(request.url.params) for request in upstream_requests] == [{}]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "query, bad_param",
+    [
+        ({"stream": "maybe"}, "stream"),
+        ({"stream": "true", "starting_after": "-1"}, "starting_after"),
+        ({"stream": "true", "starting_after": "abc"}, "starting_after"),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_a_malformed_resume_query_through_the_proxy_is_a_400(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, query: Mapping[str, str], bad_param: str
+):
+    result, upstream_requests = await _read_through_proxy(monkeypatch, query, httpx.Response(500))
+
+    assert result.status_code == 400, result.text
+    assert bad_param in result.json()["error"]["message"]
+    assert upstream_requests == ()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_read_that_bills_a_response_before_its_stream_ends_leaves_the_stream_nothing_to_bill(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
index 8805bc97d10..2a756fcde9d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_api_lifecycle.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import json
+import queue
+import threading
+import time
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Final, Literal, TypeAlias
 
 import httpx
@@ -6,6 +12,9 @@ import pytest
 import respx
 
 import litellm
+from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+from litellm.responses.streaming_iterator import ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator, SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator
+from litellm.types.llms.openai import ResponsesAPIResponse
 from tests.unit.proxy.conftest import httpx_transport
 
 pytestmark: Final = pytest.mark.usefixtures(httpx_transport.__name__)
@@ -107,3 +116,358 @@ async def test_cancel_responses_404_surfaces_openai_api_error_with_exact_url(
     assert exc_info.value.status_code == 404
     assert len(requests) == 1
     assert str(requests[0].request.url) == expected_url
+
+
+StreamProvider: TypeAlias = Literal["openai", "azure"]
+_STORED_RESPONSE_ID: Final = "resp_background"
+_STREAM_HEADERS: Final = {"content-type": "text/event-stream"}
+
+
+def _stored_response(status: str) -> dict[str, object]:
+    return {
+        "id": _STORED_RESPONSE_ID,
+        "object": "response",
+        "created_at": 1761600000,
+        "status": status,
+        "background": True,
+        "model": "gpt-5.5",
+        "output": [],
+        "usage": {"input_tokens": 12, "output_tokens": 3, "total_tokens": 15},
+    }
+
+
+def _sse(event: dict[str, object]) -> bytes:
+    return f"event: {event['type']}\ndata: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n".encode()
+
+
+def _delta_event(sequence_number: int) -> dict[str, object]:
+    return {
+        "type": "response.output_text.delta",
+        "sequence_number": sequence_number,
+        "item_id": "msg_1",
+        "output_index": 0,
+        "content_index": 0,
+        "delta": "hi",
+        "logprobs": [],
+    }
+
+
+def _replay_body(*events: dict[str, object]) -> bytes:
+    return b"".join(_sse(event) for event in events)
+
+
+_REPLAY_AFTER_3: Final = _replay_body(
+    _delta_event(4),
+    {"type": "response.completed", "sequence_number": 5, "response": _stored_response("completed")},
+)
+
+
+def _retrieve_route(mock_router: respx.MockRouter, provider: StreamProvider) -> respx.Route:
+    match provider:
+        case "openai":
+            return mock_router.get(f"https://api.openai.com/v1/responses/{_STORED_RESPONSE_ID}")
+        case "azure":
+            return mock_router.get(f"https://example-resource.openai.azure.com/openai/responses/{_STORED_RESPONSE_ID}")
+
+
+def _retrieve_kwargs(provider: StreamProvider) -> dict[str, object]:
+    match provider:
+        case "openai":
+            return {"custom_llm_provider": "openai", "api_key": "sk-test", "api_base": "https://api.openai.com/v1"}
+        case "azure":
+            return {
+                "custom_llm_provider": "azure",
+                "api_key": "sk-test",
+                "api_base": "https://example-resource.openai.azure.com",
+                "api_version": "2025-03-01-preview",
+            }
+
+
+async def _retrieve(sync_mode: bool, **kwargs: object) -> object:
+    if sync_mode:
+        return litellm.get_responses(response_id=_STORED_RESPONSE_ID, **kwargs)
+    return await litellm.aget_responses(response_id=_STORED_RESPONSE_ID, **kwargs)
+
+
+async def _event_types(stream: object) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    if isinstance(stream, SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
+        return tuple(event.type for event in stream)
+    assert isinstance(stream, ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator)
+    return tuple([event.type async for event in stream])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ("openai", "azure"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("resume_kwargs", "expected_query"),
+    (
+        ({"stream": True, "starting_after": 3}, {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"}),
+        ({"stream": True, "starting_after": 0}, {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "0"}),
+        ({"stream": True}, {"stream": "true"}),
+        ({"extra_query": {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"}}, {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"}),
+        (
+            {"stream": True, "starting_after": 1, "extra_query": {"starting_after": 3, "include[]": "usage"}},
+            {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3", "include[]": "usage"},
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streamed_retrieve_replays_the_stored_events_after_the_cursor(
+    provider: StreamProvider,
+    sync_mode: bool,
+    resume_kwargs: dict[str, object],
+    expected_query: dict[str, str],
+) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, provider).mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, headers=_STREAM_HEADERS, content=_REPLAY_AFTER_3)
+        )
+        stream: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, **_retrieve_kwargs(provider), **resume_kwargs)
+        event_types: Final = await _event_types(stream)
+        (call,) = route.calls
+
+    sent_query: Final = dict(call.request.url.params)
+    api_version: Final = {"api-version": "2025-03-01-preview"} if provider == "azure" else {}
+    assert sent_query == {**expected_query, **api_version}
+    assert event_types == ("response.output_text.delta", "response.completed")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_retrieve_without_stream_still_returns_the_response_object(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=_stored_response("completed"))
+        )
+        retrieved: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        (call,) = route.calls
+
+    assert isinstance(retrieved, ResponsesAPIResponse)
+    assert retrieved.status == "completed"
+    assert dict(call.request.url.params) == {}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resuming_at_the_end_of_a_finished_stream_ends_without_events(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(return_value=httpx.Response(200, headers=_STREAM_HEADERS))
+        stream: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=5, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        event_types: Final = await _event_types(stream)
+
+    assert event_types == ()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resumed_stream_cut_before_its_terminal_event_raises(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, headers=_STREAM_HEADERS, content=_replay_body(_delta_event(4)))
+        )
+        stream: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError, match="before any terminal event"):
+            await _event_types(stream)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_resumed_stream_relays_the_stored_response_without_inventing_usage(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    stored_without_usage: Final = {key: value for key, value in _stored_response("completed").items() if key != "usage"}
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200,
+                headers=_STREAM_HEADERS,
+                content=_replay_body(
+                    _delta_event(4),
+                    {"type": "response.completed", "sequence_number": 5, "response": stored_without_usage},
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        stream: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        if isinstance(stream, SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
+            events: Final = tuple(stream)
+        else:
+            assert isinstance(stream, ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator)
+            events = tuple([event async for event in stream])
+
+    completed: Final = events[-1]
+    assert completed.type == "response.completed"
+    assert completed.response.usage is None
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class _ClosableReplay(httpx.SyncByteStream, httpx.AsyncByteStream):
+    body: bytes
+    closed: threading.Event = field(default_factory=threading.Event)
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[bytes]:
+        yield self.body
+
+    async def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
+        yield self.body
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self.closed.set()
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        self.closed.set()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_closing_a_resumed_stream_early_releases_the_upstream_connection(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    upstream: Final = _ClosableReplay(_REPLAY_AFTER_3)
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, headers=_STREAM_HEADERS, stream=upstream)
+        )
+        stream: Final = await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        if isinstance(stream, SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator):
+            first_sync: Final = next(stream)
+            stream.close()
+            first_type: Final = first_sync.type
+        else:
+            assert isinstance(stream, ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator)
+            first_async: Final = await anext(stream)
+            await stream.aclose()
+            first_type = first_async.type
+
+    assert first_type == "response.output_text.delta"
+    assert upstream.closed.is_set()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_rejected_resume_keeps_the_provider_error(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    error_message: Final = "Response cannot be streamed, it is more than 5 minutes old."
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                400, json={"error": {"message": error_message, "type": "invalid_request_error", "param": None}}
+            )
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(openai.BadRequestError, match=error_message) as exc_info:
+            await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        (call,) = route.calls
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
+    assert dict(call.request.url.params) == {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "3"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_resume_that_times_out_raises_a_timeout(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(side_effect=httpx.ReadTimeout("slow"))
+        with pytest.raises(litellm.Timeout):
+            await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, timeout=1.0, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"))
+        (call,) = route.calls
+
+    assert dict(call.request.url.params) == {"stream": "true"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "resume_kwargs",
+    (
+        {"stream": "maybe"},
+        {"stream": True, "starting_after": -1},
+        {"extra_query": {"stream": "true", "starting_after": "abc"}},
+        {"extra_query": {"stream": "1"}},
+    ),
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_malformed_resume_query_is_rejected_before_any_upstream_call(
+    sync_mode: bool, resume_kwargs: dict[str, object]
+) -> None:
+    with respx.mock(assert_all_called=False) as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai")
+        with pytest.raises(litellm.BadRequestError) as exc_info:
+            await _retrieve(sync_mode, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai"), **resume_kwargs)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
+    assert route.call_count == 0
+
+
+_UNSUPPORTED_PROVIDERS: Final = ("xai", "manus", "volcengine")
+
+
+def _unsupported_provider_kwargs(provider: str) -> dict[str, object]:
+    return {
+        "custom_llm_provider": provider,
+        "api_key": f"{provider}-test",
+        "api_base": f"https://{provider}.example/v1",
+    }
+
+
+def _unsupported_provider_route(mock_router: respx.MockRouter, provider: str) -> respx.Route:
+    return mock_router.get(url__regex=rf"^https://{provider}\.example/.*/responses/{_STORED_RESPONSE_ID}$")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", _UNSUPPORTED_PROVIDERS)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streamed_retrieve_on_an_unsupported_provider_is_a_400_without_drop_params(
+    sync_mode: bool, provider: str
+) -> None:
+    with respx.mock(assert_all_called=False) as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _unsupported_provider_route(mock_router, provider)
+        with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as exc_info:
+            await _retrieve(sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_unsupported_provider_kwargs(provider))
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
+    assert route.call_count == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", (True, False))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", _UNSUPPORTED_PROVIDERS)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streamed_retrieve_on_an_unsupported_provider_drops_the_stream_under_drop_params(
+    sync_mode: bool, provider: str
+) -> None:
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        route: Final = _unsupported_provider_route(mock_router, provider).mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=_stored_response("completed"))
+        )
+        retrieved: Final = await _retrieve(
+            sync_mode, stream=True, starting_after=3, drop_params=True, **_unsupported_provider_kwargs(provider)
+        )
+        (call,) = route.calls
+
+    assert isinstance(retrieved, ResponsesAPIResponse)
+    assert dict(call.request.url.params) == {}
+
+
+class _SuccessLog(CustomLogger):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.logged: queue.Queue[object] = queue.Queue()
+
+    def log_success_event(self, kwargs: object, response_obj: object, start_time: object, end_time: object) -> None:
+        self.logged.put(response_obj)
+
+
+def test_a_sync_streamed_retrieve_logs_success_once_with_the_finished_response(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    success_log: Final = _SuccessLog()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "callbacks", [success_log])
+    with respx.mock() as mock_router:
+        _retrieve_route(mock_router, "openai").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, headers=_STREAM_HEADERS, content=_REPLAY_AFTER_3)
+        )
+        stream: Final = litellm.get_responses(
+            response_id=_STORED_RESPONSE_ID, stream=True, starting_after=3, **_retrieve_kwargs("openai")
+        )
+        assert isinstance(stream, SyncResponsesAPIStreamingIterator)
+        consumed: Final = tuple(stream)
+
+    first_logged: Final = success_log.logged.get(timeout=10)
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    assert len(consumed) == 2
+    assert isinstance(first_logged, ResponsesAPIResponse)
+    assert first_logged.status == "completed"
+    assert success_log.logged.empty()
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_streaming_iterator.py b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_streaming_iterator.py
index 37a58c32f38..d685fb8a751 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/test_responses_streaming_iterator.py
@@ -244,6 +244,21 @@ def test_partial_response_on_disconnect_bills_the_relayed_text_at_the_served_ser
     assert partial.usage.total_tokens == partial.usage.input_tokens + partial.usage.output_tokens
 
 
+def test_disconnecting_from_a_resumed_background_stream_bills_no_partial_answer():
+    iterator: Final = ResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(
+        response=httpx.Response(200),
+        model="",
+        responses_api_provider_config=OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(),
+        logging_obj=_make_logging_obj(),
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        replays_stored_stream=True,
+    )
+    for event in (_CREATED_WITH_PRIORITY_TIER, _text_delta("Once upon a time ", 1), _text_delta("a fox slept.", 2)):
+        iterator._process_chunk(json.dumps(event))
+
+    assert iterator.partial_response_on_disconnect() is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "events",
     [
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
index 8af76e4d16f..26805e66280 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
@@ -67086,6 +67086,7 @@ export interface operations {
                 };
                 content: {
                     "application/json": components["schemas"]["ResponsesAPIResponse"];
+                    "text/event-stream": string;
                 };
             };
             /** @description Validation Error */
@@ -70550,6 +70551,7 @@ export interface operations {
                 };
                 content: {
                     "application/json": components["schemas"]["ResponsesAPIResponse"];
+                    "text/event-stream": string;
                 };
             };
             /** @description Validation Error */
@@ -81348,6 +81350,7 @@ export interface operations {
                 };
                 content: {
                     "application/json": components["schemas"]["ResponsesAPIResponse"];
+                    "text/event-stream": string;
                 };
             };
             /** @description Validation Error */