diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index 3614bd397e9..d5ac694fa24 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -159,12 +159,20 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instance() -> PrometheusLogger | None:
-        """Find the PrometheusLogger instance from litellm.callbacks, if registered."""
+        """The registered PrometheusLogger, however it was registered.
+
+        Searching ``litellm.callbacks`` alone misses the equally supported
+        ``litellm_settings.success_callback: ["prometheus"]``, which lands the
+        logger on the success-callback lists instead. Callers of this method
+        publish metrics from outside the request hooks, so a miss shows up as a
+        metric that registers and then never leaves zero.
+        """
         import litellm
 
-        for cb in litellm.callbacks:
-            if isinstance(cb, PrometheusLogger):
-                return cb
+        instances: Final = litellm.logging_callback_manager.get_custom_loggers_for_type(callback_type=PrometheusLogger)
+        for instance in instances:
+            if isinstance(instance, PrometheusLogger):
+                return instance
         return None
 
     def __init__(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py b/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
index a43ae9cbf49..1536af4cb0d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from litellm.integrations.prometheus import PrometheusLogger
     from litellm.proxy.db.db_pool_metrics import SupportsPoolSample
 
+# Marks a P2024 that has already been counted, so nested decorated helpers do
+# not each count the same timeout.
+_POOL_TIMEOUT_COUNTED: Final = "_litellm_db_pool_timeout_counted"
+
 # One sampler per process. The pool it reads is per-process too, so there is
 # nothing to key this by.
 _pool_metrics_sampler: Final = DBPoolMetricsSampler()
@@ -66,15 +70,25 @@ async def _sample_db_pool_metrics() -> None:
 
 
 def _record_db_pool_timeout_if_exhausted(e: Exception) -> None:
-    """Count a pool exhaustion, without ever displacing the error that caused it.
+    """Count a pool exhaustion once, without ever displacing the error itself.
 
-    The caller re-raises the original exception after this returns. Anything
-    that escaped here would replace a P2024 with a metrics error, during the
-    incident this counter exists to record.
+    Decorated database helpers nest: ``get_object_permission`` is called from
+    inside ``get_key_object``, and both carry this decorator. One P2024 therefore
+    passes through several ``except`` blocks on its way up, so the exception is
+    marked the first time it is counted and skipped afterwards.
+
+    The caller re-raises after this returns. Anything escaping here would replace
+    a P2024 with a metrics error, during the incident this counter exists to
+    record.
     """
     try:
         if not PrismaDBExceptionHandler.is_connection_pool_timeout_error(e):
             return
+        if getattr(e, _POOL_TIMEOUT_COUNTED, False):
+            return
+        # rebind-ok: marking the in-flight exception is how an outer decorator
+        # learns this timeout was already counted by an inner one
+        setattr(e, _POOL_TIMEOUT_COUNTED, True)
         logger: Final = _prometheus_logger()
         if logger is not None:
             logger.record_db_pool_timeout()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_prometheus_db_pool_metrics.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_prometheus_db_pool_metrics.py
index e2bb433dcd0..b94aaf09484 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_prometheus_db_pool_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_prometheus_db_pool_metrics.py
@@ -225,3 +225,37 @@ def test_the_gauge_publishes_the_corrected_pending_not_the_raw_engine_reading(lo
     )
 
     assert _value("litellm_db_pool_pending_acquirers") == 0.0
+
+
+def test_get_instance_finds_a_logger_registered_via_success_callback(logger):
+    """litellm_settings.success_callback: ["prometheus"] is an equally supported
+    registration and lands the logger on the success-callback lists rather than
+    litellm.callbacks. Searching only the latter left every pool metric
+    registered and permanently at zero, verified on a live proxy."""
+    import litellm
+    from litellm.integrations.prometheus import PrometheusLogger
+
+    saved_callbacks = litellm.callbacks
+    saved_success = litellm.success_callback
+    try:
+        litellm.callbacks = []
+        litellm.success_callback = [logger]
+        assert PrometheusLogger.get_instance() is logger
+    finally:
+        litellm.callbacks = saved_callbacks
+        litellm.success_callback = saved_success
+
+
+def test_get_instance_returns_none_when_prometheus_is_not_registered(logger):
+    import litellm
+    from litellm.integrations.prometheus import PrometheusLogger
+
+    saved_callbacks = litellm.callbacks
+    saved_success = litellm.success_callback
+    try:
+        litellm.callbacks = []
+        litellm.success_callback = []
+        assert PrometheusLogger.get_instance() is None
+    finally:
+        litellm.callbacks = saved_callbacks
+        litellm.success_callback = saved_success
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_log_db_metrics.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_log_db_metrics.py
index d9f51fec68e..84cdcf1ced6 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_log_db_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_log_db_metrics.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from prisma.errors import DataError, UniqueViolationError
@@ -103,3 +103,60 @@ async def test_a_stalled_pool_sample_does_not_delay_the_database_call():
     for task in asyncio.all_tasks():
         if task is not asyncio.current_task() and task.get_coro().__name__ == "_hang":
             task.cancel()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_one_pool_timeout_is_counted_once_across_nested_decorated_calls():
+    """get_object_permission carries @log_db_metrics and is called from inside
+    get_key_object, which also carries it, so a single P2024 passes through
+    several except blocks on its way up. Counting per block would inflate the
+    exhaustion metric by the nesting depth."""
+    from litellm.proxy.db.log_db_metrics import log_db_metrics
+
+    logger = MagicMock()
+    error = _pool_timeout_error()
+
+    @log_db_metrics
+    async def inner(**kwargs):
+        raise error
+
+    @log_db_metrics
+    async def outer(**kwargs):
+        return await inner(**kwargs)
+
+    proxy_logging_obj = MagicMock()
+    proxy_logging_obj.service_logging_obj.async_service_failure_hook = AsyncMock()
+
+    with (
+        patch("litellm.proxy.db.log_db_metrics._prometheus_logger", return_value=logger),
+        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.proxy_logging_obj", proxy_logging_obj),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(DataError):
+            await outer(table_name="x")
+
+    assert logger.record_db_pool_timeout.call_count == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_two_separate_pool_timeouts_are_counted_separately():
+    """The dedup must key on the exception instance, not suppress the metric."""
+    from litellm.proxy.db.log_db_metrics import log_db_metrics
+
+    logger = MagicMock()
+
+    @log_db_metrics
+    async def failing(**kwargs):
+        raise _pool_timeout_error()
+
+    proxy_logging_obj = MagicMock()
+    proxy_logging_obj.service_logging_obj.async_service_failure_hook = AsyncMock()
+
+    with (
+        patch("litellm.proxy.db.log_db_metrics._prometheus_logger", return_value=logger),
+        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.proxy_logging_obj", proxy_logging_obj),
+    ):
+        for _ in range(2):
+            with pytest.raises(DataError):
+                await failing(table_name="x")
+
+    assert logger.record_db_pool_timeout.call_count == 2