diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index e104c937a9b..891d3efa7bd 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.env_utils import get_env_int, get_env_int_or_non
 
 DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_PROMPT = str(os.getenv("DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_PROMPT", "test from litellm"))
 AZURE_DEFAULT_RESPONSES_API_VERSION = str(os.getenv("AZURE_DEFAULT_RESPONSES_API_VERSION", "preview"))
+MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION = get_env_int("MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION", 1000)
 ROUTER_MAX_FALLBACKS = int(os.getenv("ROUTER_MAX_FALLBACKS", 5))
 DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE", 512))
 DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS", 5))
diff --git a/litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/session_handler.py b/litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/session_handler.py
index 68637ea97b3..7913d356fe3 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/session_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/session_handler.py
@@ -252,13 +252,16 @@ class ResponsesSessionHandler:
         previous_response_id: str,
     ) -> List[SpendLogsPayload]:
         """
-        Get all spend logs for a previous response id
-
+        Get the spend logs for a previous response id, bounded to the most recent
+        ``MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION`` rows so a single ``/v1/responses`` request
+        cannot make the query engine buffer an unbounded amount of ``LiteLLM_SpendLogs`` data.
 
         SQL query
 
-        SELECT session_id FROM spend_logs WHERE response_id = previous_response_id, SELECT * FROM spend_logs WHERE session_id = session_id
+        SELECT session_id FROM spend_logs WHERE request_id = previous_response_id, then the
+        most recent N rows for that session, returned in ascending endTime order.
         """
+        from litellm.constants import MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client
 
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug("decoding response id=%s", previous_response_id)
@@ -273,14 +276,20 @@ class ResponsesSessionHandler:
                 SELECT session_id
                 FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs"
                 WHERE request_id = $1
+            ),
+            recent_logs AS (
+                SELECT *
+                FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs"
+                WHERE session_id IN (SELECT session_id FROM matching_session)
+                ORDER BY "endTime" DESC
+                LIMIT $2
             )
             SELECT *
-            FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs"
-            WHERE session_id IN (SELECT session_id FROM matching_session)
+            FROM recent_logs
             ORDER BY "endTime" ASC;
         """
 
-        spend_logs = await prisma_client.db.query_raw(query, previous_response_id)
+        spend_logs = await prisma_client.db.query_raw(query, previous_response_id, MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION)
 
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             "Found the following spend logs for previous response id %s: %s",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_session_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_session_handler.py
index 9c354101e22..8c9abc1d763 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_session_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_session_handler.py
@@ -388,6 +388,40 @@ async def test_should_check_cold_storage_for_full_payload():
         ), "Should return False when cold storage is not configured, even with truncated content"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_all_spend_logs_for_previous_response_id_is_bounded(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Regression test for the unbounded SELECT * over LiteLLM_SpendLogs during
+    Responses API session reconstruction (query-engine OOM).
+
+    The reconstruction query must be capped to the most recent
+    MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION rows via a LIMIT, and that bound must be
+    passed to the query engine so it cannot buffer an entire session into memory.
+    """
+    from litellm.proxy import proxy_server
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm.constants, "MAX_SPEND_LOGS_PER_RESPONSES_SESSION", 7)
+
+    mock_prisma = AsyncMock()
+    mock_prisma.db.query_raw = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_server, "prisma_client", mock_prisma)
+
+    await ResponsesSessionHandler.get_all_spend_logs_for_previous_response_id(
+        "chatcmpl-bounded-test"
+    )
+
+    mock_prisma.db.query_raw.assert_awaited_once()
+    call_args = mock_prisma.db.query_raw.await_args
+    query = call_args.args[0]
+
+    # The query must bind a LIMIT so the query engine never buffers the whole session
+    assert "LIMIT $2" in query
+    assert "ORDER BY \"endTime\" DESC" in query
+
+    # The configured cap must be the value passed to the query engine
+    assert call_args.args[2] == 7
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_chat_completion_message_history_empty_response_dict():
     """