diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
index ceb2b612568..22b12b2f229 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -3434,6 +3434,10 @@ class MCPServerManager:
         2. If admin and no object_permission, return all servers
         3. Otherwise, use standard permission checks
         """
+        if user_api_key_auth is not None and user_api_key_auth.managed_agent_policy is not None:
+            managed: Final = await MCPRequestHandler.get_allowed_mcp_servers(user_api_key_auth)
+            return managed if access is None else [server for server in managed if server in access.server_ids]
+
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings as proxy_general_settings
 
         resolved_general_settings: Final = proxy_general_settings if general_settings is None else general_settings
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_managed_agent_access.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_managed_agent_access.py
index a7df7cf3b25..b6ddd9cb7ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_managed_agent_access.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_managed_agent_access.py
@@ -259,3 +259,43 @@ async def test_tool_policy_outage_after_server_admission_fails_closed(monkeypatc
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as failure:
         await MCPRequestHandler.get_allowed_tools_for_server("slack", actor(None, delegated=True))
     assert failure.value.status_code == 503
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("role", (None, "proxy_admin", "internal_user"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("scoped", (False, True))
+async def test_manager_preserves_managed_server_grants_across_open_channels(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, role: str | None, scoped: bool
+) -> None:
+    from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server import db
+    from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.auth.user_api_key_auth_mcp import MCPServerAccess
+    from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer
+
+    manager: Final = mcp_server_manager.global_mcp_server_manager
+    manager.registry = {
+        "open": MCPServer(server_id="open", name="open", transport="http", allow_all_keys=True),
+        "submitted": MCPServer(server_id="submitted", name="submitted", transport="http"),
+        "passthrough": MCPServer(
+            server_id="passthrough", name="passthrough", transport="http", auth_type="true_passthrough"
+        ),
+    }
+    monkeypatch.setattr(db, "get_active_submitted_mcp_server_ids_for_user", AsyncMock(return_value=["submitted"]))
+    auth: Final = actor(None)
+    auth.user_role = role
+    assert not auth.mcp_explicit_grants_only
+    access: Final = MCPServerAccess(server_ids=("slack", "open")) if scoped else None
+    assert set(await manager.get_allowed_mcp_servers(auth, access=access)) == ({"slack"} if scoped else {"slack", "linear"})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_manager_does_not_replace_managed_policy_failure_with_open_servers(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer
+
+    manager: Final = mcp_server_manager.global_mcp_server_manager
+    manager.registry = {"open": MCPServer(server_id="open", name="open", transport="http", allow_all_keys=True)}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(auth_checks, "get_user_object", AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("writer unavailable")))
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as failure:
+        await manager.get_allowed_mcp_servers(actor(None, delegated=True))
+    assert failure.value.status_code == 503
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_user_api_key_auth_mcp.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_user_api_key_auth_mcp.py
index b467960a3a0..ede304742e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_user_api_key_auth_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/test_user_api_key_auth_mcp.py
@@ -4708,7 +4708,7 @@ class TestAgentMCPPermissions:
             ),
         )
 
-    async def testget_allowed_mcp_servers_for_agent_includes_toolset_servers(self):
+    async def test_get_allowed_mcp_servers_for_agent_includes_toolset_servers(self):
         """An agent granted only mcp_toolsets reaches the toolset's servers, exactly as a
         key, team, or org granted only toolsets does"""
         user_api_key_auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="test-key", agent_id="agent-toolsets")
@@ -4777,7 +4777,7 @@ class TestAgentMCPPermissions:
 
         assert result == []
 
-    async def testget_agent_tool_permissions_for_server_unions_direct_and_toolset_tools(self):
+    async def test_get_agent_tool_permissions_for_server_unions_direct_and_toolset_tools(self):
         """The agent's tool ceiling on a server is its direct tool grants plus the tools its
         toolsets grant there, and None only when neither names the server"""
         user_api_key_auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="test-key", agent_id="agent-toolsets")