diff --git a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_aaa_world_seed.py b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_aaa_world_seed.py
index caa220b2cfe..9633de77529 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_aaa_world_seed.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_aaa_world_seed.py
@@ -37,6 +37,77 @@ async def test_each_actor_can_self_info(actor, proxy_client, world):
     )
 
 
+async def test_auth_resolver_returns_correct_user_id_and_role(
+    proxy_client, prisma, world
+):
+    """Diagnostic: call the auth-resolver primitives directly with the seeded
+    PROXY_ADMIN actor's hashed token, dump every intermediate so we can see
+    where in the chain user_id / user_role get dropped between the DB and
+    UserAPIKeyAuth."""
+    from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import (
+        get_key_object,
+        get_user_object,
+        _is_user_proxy_admin,
+        _get_user_role,
+    )
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache
+
+    seeder = world.keys[Actor.PROXY_ADMIN]
+
+    # 1. Raw prisma get_data → LiteLLM_VerificationTokenView
+    raw_view = await prisma.get_data(token=seeder.hashed, table_name="combined_view")
+    raw_view_user_id = getattr(raw_view, "user_id", "<no attr>")
+
+    # 2. get_key_object (cache miss → DB)
+    key_obj = await get_key_object(
+        hashed_token=seeder.hashed,
+        prisma_client=prisma,
+        user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
+    )
+    key_user_id = getattr(key_obj, "user_id", "<no attr>")
+    key_user_role = getattr(key_obj, "user_role", "<no attr>")
+
+    # 3. get_user_object for the resolved user_id
+    user_obj = None
+    if key_user_id and key_user_id != "<no attr>":
+        try:
+            user_obj = await get_user_object(
+                user_id=key_user_id,
+                prisma_client=prisma,
+                user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
+                user_id_upsert=False,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            user_obj = f"<exc: {exc!r}>"
+
+    is_admin = (
+        _is_user_proxy_admin(user_obj=user_obj)
+        if not isinstance(user_obj, str)
+        else "<n/a>"
+    )
+    resolved_role = (
+        _get_user_role(user_obj=user_obj) if not isinstance(user_obj, str) else "<n/a>"
+    )
+
+    diagnostic = (
+        f"\n  expected seed.user_id     : {seeder.user_id!r}"
+        f"\n  raw_view.user_id          : {raw_view_user_id!r}"
+        f"\n  key_obj.user_id           : {key_user_id!r}"
+        f"\n  key_obj.user_role         : {key_user_role!r}"
+        f"\n  user_obj.user_role        : {getattr(user_obj, 'user_role', user_obj)!r}"
+        f"\n  _is_user_proxy_admin      : {is_admin!r}"
+        f"\n  _get_user_role            : {resolved_role!r}"
+    )
+    print(f"AUTH RESOLVER DIAGNOSTIC:{diagnostic}")
+
+    assert (
+        key_user_id == seeder.user_id
+    ), f"get_key_object dropped user_id: {diagnostic}"
+    assert (
+        is_admin is True
+    ), f"_is_user_proxy_admin returned False for the seeded PROXY_ADMIN: {diagnostic}"
+
+
 async def test_proxy_admin_actor_can_create_keys_for_others(
     proxy_client, prisma, world
 ):