diff --git a/litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/endpoints.py
index 8e247b5228d..e3c3e322567 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/endpoints.py
@@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 router: Final = APIRouter()
 
+_BLOCKED_VECTOR_STORE_CREDENTIAL_PARAMS: Final = {
+    "vertex_credentials",
+    "vertex_ai_credentials",
+    "aws_access_key_id",
+    "aws_secret_access_key",
+    "aws_session_token",
+    "aws_web_identity_token",
+    "aws_role_name",
+    "aws_session_name",
+    "aws_profile_name",
+    "aws_sts_endpoint",
+    "aws_external_id",
+    "azure_ad_token",
+    "api_key",
+    "api_base",
+}
+
 
 class _RAGIngestErrorDetail(TypedDict):
     error: ReadOnly[str]
@@ -222,6 +239,7 @@ async def _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest(
 
     vector_store_config: Final = ingest_options.get("vector_store", {})
     custom_llm_provider: Final = vector_store_config.get("custom_llm_provider")
+    credential_name: Final = vector_store_config.get("litellm_credential_name")
 
     # Extract litellm_vector_store_params for custom name and description
     litellm_vector_store_params: Final = ingest_options.get("litellm_vector_store_params", {})
@@ -231,7 +249,12 @@ async def _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest(
     # Extract provider-specific params from vector_store_config to save as litellm_params
     # This ensures params like aws_region_name, embedding_model, etc. are available for search
     provider_specific_params: Final = {}
-    excluded_keys: Final = {"custom_llm_provider", "vector_store_id"}
+    excluded_keys: Final = {
+        "custom_llm_provider",
+        "vector_store_id",
+        "litellm_credential_name",
+        *_BLOCKED_VECTOR_STORE_CREDENTIAL_PARAMS,
+    }
     for key, value in vector_store_config.items():
         if key not in excluded_keys and value is not None:
             provider_specific_params[key] = value
@@ -268,6 +291,7 @@ async def _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest(
                 vector_store_description=vector_store_description,
                 vector_store_metadata=initial_metadata,
                 litellm_params=(provider_specific_params if provider_specific_params else None),
+                litellm_credential_name=credential_name,
                 team_id=user_api_key_dict.team_id,
                 user_id=user_api_key_dict.user_id,
             )
@@ -411,22 +435,6 @@ async def parse_rag_ingest_request(
     # google-auth's identity_pool credential refresh.
     # api_base is also blocked: a user-controlled base URL causes the server
     # to send its configured provider credentials to an attacker endpoint.
-    _BLOCKED_VECTOR_STORE_CREDENTIAL_PARAMS: Final = {
-        "vertex_credentials",
-        "vertex_ai_credentials",
-        "aws_access_key_id",
-        "aws_secret_access_key",
-        "aws_session_token",
-        "aws_web_identity_token",
-        "aws_role_name",
-        "aws_session_name",
-        "aws_profile_name",
-        "aws_sts_endpoint",
-        "aws_external_id",
-        "azure_ad_token",
-        "api_key",
-        "api_base",
-    }
     vector_store_opts: Final[object] = ingest_options.get("vector_store", {})
     if isinstance(vector_store_opts, dict):
         for field in _BLOCKED_VECTOR_STORE_CREDENTIAL_PARAMS:
diff --git a/litellm/rag/ingestion/base_ingestion.py b/litellm/rag/ingestion/base_ingestion.py
index da1bc0a1feb..ae937074269 100644
--- a/litellm/rag/ingestion/base_ingestion.py
+++ b/litellm/rag/ingestion/base_ingestion.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, cast
 
 import litellm
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ class BaseRAGIngestion(ABC):
             ingest_options.get("chunking_strategy") or {"type": "auto"},
         )
         self.embedding_config = ingest_options.get("embedding")
-        self.vector_store_config: dict[str, Any] = cast(dict[str, Any], ingest_options.get("vector_store") or {})
+        self.vector_store_config: dict[str, Any] = deepcopy(
+            cast(dict[str, Any], ingest_options.get("vector_store") or {})
+        )
         self.ingest_name = ingest_options.get("name")
 
         # Load credentials from litellm_credential_name if provided in vector_store config
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/test_rag_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/test_rag_endpoints.py
index e4474db556b..73d9fd4031d 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/test_rag_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/rag_endpoints/test_rag_endpoints.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Covers:
 """
 
 import io
+import json
 from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import Final
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ def test_rag_ingest_rejects_non_string_provider_before_execution(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_rag_ingest_named_credentials_are_request_local_and_not_persisted() -> None:
+async def test_rag_ingest_named_credentials_are_request_local_and_not_persisted(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
     from litellm.proxy.rag_endpoints.endpoints import _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest
     from litellm.rag.ingestion.openai_ingestion import OpenAIRAGIngestion
 
@@ -133,32 +136,40 @@ async def test_rag_ingest_named_credentials_are_request_local_and_not_persisted(
         },
     )
     prisma_client: Final = MagicMock()
-    prisma_client.db.litellm_managedvectorstorestable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    vector_store_table: Final = prisma_client.db.litellm_managedvectorstorestable
+    vector_store_table.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    created_vector_store: Final = MagicMock()
+    created_vector_store.model_dump.return_value = {
+        "vector_store_id": "vs_named_credential",
+        "custom_llm_provider": "openai",
+        "litellm_credential_name": "rag-openai",
+        "litellm_params": '{"ttl_days": 7}',
+    }
+    vector_store_table.create = AsyncMock(return_value=created_vector_store)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "credential_list", [credential])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "vector_store_registry", None)
 
-    with (
-        patch.object(litellm, "credential_list", [credential]),
-        patch(
-            "litellm.proxy.vector_store_endpoints.management_endpoints.create_vector_store_in_db",
-            new_callable=AsyncMock,
-        ) as create_vector_store,
-    ):
-        OpenAIRAGIngestion(ingest_options=ingest_options)
-        await _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest(
-            response={"vector_store_id": "vs_named_credential"},
-            ingest_options=ingest_options,
-            prisma_client=prisma_client,
-            user_api_key_dict=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-123", team_id="team-123"),
-        )
+    OpenAIRAGIngestion(ingest_options=ingest_options)
+    await _save_vector_store_to_db_from_rag_ingest(
+        response={"vector_store_id": "vs_named_credential"},
+        ingest_options=ingest_options,
+        prisma_client=prisma_client,
+        user_api_key_dict=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-123", team_id="team-123"),
+    )
 
-    persistence_args: Final = create_vector_store.await_args.kwargs
+    persistence_data: Final = vector_store_table.create.await_args.kwargs["data"]
+    persisted_params: Final = json.loads(persistence_data["litellm_params"])
+    credential_keys: Final = {*credential.credential_values, "litellm_credential_name"}
     assert {
         "caller_request": ingest_options,
-        "credential_column": persistence_args.get("litellm_credential_name"),
-        "litellm_params": persistence_args["litellm_params"],
+        "credential_column": persistence_data.get("litellm_credential_name"),
+        "provider_setting": persisted_params.get("ttl_days"),
+        "persisted_credential_keys": credential_keys.intersection(persisted_params),
     } == {
         "caller_request": original_ingest_options,
         "credential_column": "rag-openai",
-        "litellm_params": {"ttl_days": 7},
+        "provider_setting": 7,
+        "persisted_credential_keys": set(),
     }