diff --git a/litellm/llms/apodex/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/apodex/responses/transformation.py
index e8014905846..065b7a475ec 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/apodex/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/apodex/responses/transformation.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from litellm.llms.openai.responses.transformation import OpenAIResponsesAPIConfi
 from litellm.types.llms.openai import (
     ResponsesAPIOptionalRequestParams,
     ResponsesAPIResponse,
+    ResponsesAPIStreamingResponse,
 )
 from litellm.types.router import GenericLiteLLMParams
 from litellm.types.utils import LlmProviders
@@ -108,6 +109,48 @@ class ApodexResponsesConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
             logging_obj=logging_obj,
         )
 
+    def transform_streaming_response(
+        self,
+        model: str,
+        parsed_chunk: dict,  # mutable-ok: matches the base-class signature
+        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
+    ) -> ResponsesAPIStreamingResponse:
+        """Surface the Deep Research answer text as the OpenAI delta event callers expect.
+
+        Observed live, not documented: a Deep Research stream carries its text in
+        `response.swarm.llm_delta` and never emits `response.output_text.delta`, so
+        without this the answer arrives only in the final `response.completed`
+        snapshot. `channel` splits the agent's reasoning from its answer; everything
+        else falls through to the base class as a GenericEvent.
+        """
+        swarm: Final = parsed_chunk.get("swarm")
+        swarm_data: Final = swarm.get("data") if isinstance(swarm, dict) else None
+        if (
+            parsed_chunk.get("type") != "response.swarm.llm_delta"
+            or not isinstance(swarm_data, dict)
+            or swarm_data.get("channel") != "output_text"
+            or not isinstance(swarm_data.get("delta"), str)
+        ):
+            return super().transform_streaming_response(
+                model=model,
+                parsed_chunk=parsed_chunk,
+                logging_obj=logging_obj,
+            )
+
+        response_id: Final = str(parsed_chunk.get("response_id", ""))
+        return super().transform_streaming_response(
+            model=model,
+            parsed_chunk={  # mutable-ok: JSON event payload
+                "type": "response.output_text.delta",
+                "item_id": f"msg_{response_id}",
+                "output_index": 0,
+                "content_index": 0,
+                "delta": swarm_data["delta"],
+                "sequence_number": parsed_chunk.get("sequence_number", 0),
+            },
+            logging_obj=logging_obj,
+        )
+
     def get_supported_openai_params(self, model: str) -> list:  # mutable-ok: matches the base-class signature
         inherited: Final = super().get_supported_openai_params(model)
         if is_deep_research_model(model):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/apodex/test_apodex_responses_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/apodex/test_apodex_responses_transformation.py
index ac8e6db7cc4..789911126c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/apodex/test_apodex_responses_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/apodex/test_apodex_responses_transformation.py
@@ -231,6 +231,71 @@ class TestDeepResearchKeepsState:
         assert response.status == "cancelled"
         assert response._hidden_params["headers"]["x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"] == "42"
 
+    def test_output_text_delta_is_normalized(self):
+        """A Deep Research stream never emits response.output_text.delta of its own.
+
+        Payload shape captured from a live stream; the extra swarm.data keys ride
+        along untouched and must not affect the mapping.
+        """
+        config = _responses_config("apodex-1-1-deep-research")
+        event = config.transform_streaming_response(
+            model="apodex-1-1-deep-research",
+            parsed_chunk={
+                "type": "response.swarm.llm_delta",
+                "created_at": 1786873219.3543231,
+                "response_id": "w_c4b77c96",
+                "sequence_number": 12,
+                "swarm": {
+                    "agent_id": "stateful_react",
+                    "data": {
+                        "channel": "output_text",
+                        "delta": "Hello there, friend!",
+                        "delta_index": 0,
+                        "call_id": "llm_fce8e965",
+                        "turn": 1,
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            logging_obj=None,
+        )
+
+        assert event.type == "response.output_text.delta"
+        assert event.item_id == "msg_w_c4b77c96"
+        assert event.delta == "Hello there, friend!"
+        assert event.sequence_number == 12
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "channel",
+        ("reasoning", None),
+        ids=("reasoning-channel", "no-channel"),
+    )
+    def test_non_answer_deltas_are_not_claimed_as_output_text(self, channel):
+        """Most of the stream is the agent thinking; only `output_text` is the answer."""
+        data = {"delta": "The"} if channel is None else {"channel": channel, "delta": "The"}
+        config = _responses_config("apodex-1-1-deep-research")
+        event = config.transform_streaming_response(
+            model="apodex-1-1-deep-research",
+            parsed_chunk={
+                "type": "response.swarm.llm_delta",
+                "response_id": "w_c4b77c96",
+                "sequence_number": 7,
+                "swarm": {"agent_id": "stateful_react", "data": data},
+            },
+            logging_obj=None,
+        )
+
+        assert event.type == "response.swarm.llm_delta"
+
+    def test_documented_events_pass_through_untouched(self):
+        config = _responses_config("apodex-1-1-deep-research")
+        event = config.transform_streaming_response(
+            model="apodex-1-1-deep-research",
+            parsed_chunk={"type": "response.in_progress", "sequence_number": 2},
+            logging_obj=None,
+        )
+
+        assert event.type == "response.in_progress"
+
     def test_non_json_cancel_body_raises_the_provider_error(self):
         """The gateway answers a timed-out cancel with an HTML 504, not the JSON envelope."""
         config = _responses_config("apodex-1-1-deep-research")