diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
index 2145f891318..3c4b27dea43 100644
--- a/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
@@ -958,6 +958,13 @@ class ProxyExtrasDBManager:
             if migration_match:
                 migration_name = migration_match.group(1)
                 ledger_logs = ProxyExtrasDBManager._failed_migration_logs(migration_name)
+                if ledger_logs and ProxyExtrasDBManager._is_idempotent_error(ledger_logs):
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Migration %s failed idempotently per its ledger logs, marking applied and retrying",
+                        migration_name,
+                    )
+                    ProxyExtrasDBManager._mark_migration_applied(migration_name)
+                    return budget.after_recovery(f"resolved:{migration_name}")
                 if ledger_logs is not None and (
                     ledger_logs == "" or _MIGRATION_DEADLOCK_MARKER in ledger_logs
                 ):
@@ -968,6 +975,12 @@ class ProxyExtrasDBManager:
                     )
                     ProxyExtrasDBManager._roll_back_migration_best_effort(migration_name)
                     return budget.spend()
+                if ledger_logs:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        "Database migration failed and cannot be auto-recovered. "
+                        f"Manual intervention required.\n\nPrisma error:\n{stderr}\n\n"
+                        f"Failed migration {migration_name} logs from _prisma_migrations:\n{ledger_logs}"
+                    ) from error
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "Database migration failed and cannot be auto-recovered. "
                 f"Manual intervention required.\n\nPrisma error:\n{stderr}"
diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py b/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
index 040d67d25e4..8b740856aa1 100644
--- a/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
@@ -379,6 +379,58 @@ def test_v2_p3009_empty_ledger_logs_rolls_back_and_retries(monkeypatch, tmp_path
     assert rolled_back == ["20260415120000_health_check_latest_per_model_index"]
 
 
+def test_v2_p3009_idempotent_ledger_logs_marks_applied_and_retries(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """v2: Prisma's P3009 stderr never carries the SQL error, only the ledger row does.
+    A ledger row whose logs show an idempotent error is marked applied, not fatal."""
+    _stub_v2_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+
+    stderr = (
+        "Error: P3009\n"
+        "migrate found failed migrations in the target database\n"
+        "The `20250327180120_add_api_requests_to_daily_user_table` migration "
+        "started at 2026-09-01 18:46:13 UTC failed"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ProxyExtrasDBManager,
+        "_failed_migration_logs",
+        lambda name: 'ERROR: column "api_requests" of relation "LiteLLM_DailyUserSpend" already exists',
+    )
+    marked_applied = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ProxyExtrasDBManager, "_roll_back_migration", lambda name: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ProxyExtrasDBManager,
+        "_resolve_specific_migration",
+        lambda name: marked_applied.append(name),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain.run_prisma", _succeed_after(1, stderr))
+
+    ok = ProxyExtrasDBManager.setup_database(use_migrate=True, use_v2_resolver=True)
+    assert ok is True
+    assert marked_applied == ["20250327180120_add_api_requests_to_daily_user_table"]
+
+
+def test_v2_p3009_non_recoverable_ledger_logs_surface_in_error(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """v2: when P3009 cannot be auto-recovered, the SQL error from the ledger row is
+    included so the operator sees why the migration failed, not just that it did."""
+    _stub_v2_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+
+    stderr = (
+        "Error: P3009\n"
+        "migrate found failed migrations in the target database\n"
+        "The `20250327180120_add_api_requests_to_daily_user_table` migration "
+        "started at 2026-09-01 18:46:13 UTC failed"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ProxyExtrasDBManager,
+        "_failed_migration_logs",
+        lambda name: "ERROR: canceling statement due to lock timeout",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain.run_prisma", _succeed_after(1, stderr))
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="canceling statement due to lock timeout"):
+        ProxyExtrasDBManager.setup_database(use_migrate=True, use_v2_resolver=True)
+
+
 def test_v2_p3009_unreadable_ledger_still_raises(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     """v2: an unreadable ledger cannot establish that P3009 was a deadlock."""
     _stub_v2_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path)