diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_handler.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_handler.py
index c63f28ccf6e..f3d13ce5ea5 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_handler.py
@@ -2047,6 +2047,7 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
                 return processed_chunk
         except Exception as e:
             traceback_exception: Final = traceback.format_exc()
+            self._record_partial_usage_for_failure()
             # LOG FAILURE - handle streaming failure logging in the _next_ object, remove `handle_failure` once it's deprecated
             threading.Thread(target=self.logging_obj.failure_handler, args=(e, traceback_exception)).start()
             self.close()
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
index d0d7a7e1a47..7699aa46b7d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
@@ -3855,6 +3855,63 @@ def test_chunk_creator_tool_calls_not_dropped_on_finish(
     assert initialized_custom_stream_wrapper.received_finish_reason == "tool_calls"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", [True, False])
+async def test_stream_aborted_after_content_bills_the_partial_output_on_its_failure(sync_mode: bool) -> None:
+    model: Final = "gpt-4o"
+    messages: Final = [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a long sentence about a fox. " * 30}]
+    text: Final = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " * 20
+    logging_obj: Final = Logging(
+        model=model,
+        messages=messages,
+        stream=True,
+        call_type="completion",
+        start_time=time.time(),
+        litellm_call_id="aborted-call",
+        function_id="aborted-fn",
+    )
+    logging_obj.update_environment_variables(
+        model=model, user=None, optional_params={}, litellm_params={"litellm_call_id": "aborted-call"}
+    )
+    sse_events: Final = (
+        {
+            "id": "chatcmpl-aborted",
+            "object": "chat.completion.chunk",
+            "created": 1,
+            "model": model,
+            "choices": [{"index": 0, "delta": delta, "finish_reason": finish_reason}],
+        }
+        for delta, finish_reason in (({"role": "assistant", "content": text}, None), ({}, "abort"))
+    )
+    raw_response: Final = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        content="".join(f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in sse_events),
+        headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"},
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", "https://provider.example/v1/chat/completions"),
+    )
+    wrapper: Final = CustomStreamWrapper(
+        completion_stream=OpenAIChatCompletionStreamingHandler(
+            streaming_response=raw_response.iter_lines() if sync_mode else raw_response.aiter_lines(),
+            sync_stream=sync_mode,
+        ),
+        model=model,
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        logging_obj=logging_obj,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(MidStreamFallbackError, match="abort"):
+        _chunks: Final = list(wrapper) if sync_mode else [chunk async for chunk in wrapper]
+
+    expected: Final = (
+        litellm.token_counter(model=model, messages=messages),
+        litellm.token_counter(model=model, text=text, count_response_tokens=True),
+    )
+    usage: Final = logging_obj.model_call_details["combined_usage_object"]
+    assert (usage.prompt_tokens, usage.completion_tokens) == expected
+    rates: Final = litellm.model_cost[model]
+    spend: Final = expected[0] * rates["input_cost_per_token"] + expected[1] * rates["output_cost_per_token"]
+    assert logging_obj.model_call_details["response_cost"] == pytest.approx(spend)
+
+
 def test_record_partial_usage_for_failure_stashes_usage_and_cost():
     """A stream that breaks mid-flight must surface the usage assembled from the
     chunks already delivered, plus its cost, on the logging object so the