diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/fake_stream_iterator.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/fake_stream_iterator.py
index a61829d79cb..8d1b358c8f1 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/fake_stream_iterator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/fake_stream_iterator.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ the LLM doesn't make a tool call, and we need to return a stream to the user.
 
 import json
 from collections.abc import Mapping
-from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Any, Final, cast
 
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.messages.utils import anthropic_message_delta
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator:
     def __init__(
         self,
         response: AnthropicMessagesResponse,
-        message_delta_fields: Mapping[str, object] = MappingProxyType({}),
+        message_delta_fields: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
     ):
         self.response = response
         self.message_delta_fields = message_delta_fields
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ class FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator:
                 delta_usage["cache_read_input_tokens"] = cache_read_input_tokens
         message_delta: Final = {
             "type": "message_delta",
-            "delta": {**anthropic_message_delta(response_dict), **self.message_delta_fields},
+            "delta": anthropic_message_delta(response_dict, self.message_delta_fields),
             "usage": delta_usage,
         }
         chunks.append(f"event: message_delta\ndata: {json.dumps(message_delta)}\n\n".encode())
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/utils.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/utils.py
index 20242de9d2f..67d3affd7c0 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/utils.py
@@ -52,15 +52,19 @@ def refusal_stop_details(explanation: str | None) -> AnthropicStopDetails:
 MESSAGE_DELTA_OPTIONAL_KEYS: Final = ("stop_details", "safeguard_results")
 
 
-def anthropic_message_delta(response: Mapping[str, object]) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+def anthropic_message_delta(
+    response: Mapping[str, object], optional_fields: Mapping[str, object] | None = None
+) -> Mapping[str, object]:
     """
     The ``delta`` of the ``message_delta`` event synthesized from a complete
     Anthropic Messages response. A real stream carries ``stop_details`` and
     ``safeguard_results`` there, so a client that asked to stream reads them
-    from this event and nowhere else.
+    from this event and nowhere else. ``optional_fields`` replaces the
+    response's own when it was rebuilt from a stream that carried them.
     """
+    optional_source: Final = response if optional_fields is None else optional_fields
     present_optional: Final = {
-        key: response[key] for key in MESSAGE_DELTA_OPTIONAL_KEYS if response.get(key) is not None
+        key: value for key in MESSAGE_DELTA_OPTIONAL_KEYS if (value := optional_source.get(key)) is not None
     }
     return {
         "stop_reason": response.get("stop_reason"),
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/stream_assembly.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/stream_assembly.py
index 654dddd00d5..90cb9f4c335 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/stream_assembly.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/stream_assembly.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final
 
-from pydantic import TypeAdapter, ValidationError
-
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import map_finish_reason
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import as_str_mapping, map_finish_reason
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObj
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.chat.handler import (
     ModelResponseIterator as AnthropicModelResponseIterator,
@@ -451,16 +449,6 @@ def _anthropic_message_start(sse_stream: str) -> Mapping[str, object] | None:
     )
 
 
-_MAPPING_ADAPTER: Final = TypeAdapter(Mapping[str, object])
-
-
-def _mapping_or_none(value: object) -> Mapping[str, object] | None:
-    try:
-        return _MAPPING_ADAPTER.validate_python(value)
-    except ValidationError:
-        return None
-
-
 def anthropic_message_delta_fields(all_chunks: Sequence[object]) -> Mapping[str, object]:
     """The ``stop_details`` and ``safeguard_results`` of the stream's ``message_delta``.
 
@@ -474,7 +462,7 @@ def anthropic_message_delta_fields(all_chunks: Sequence[object]) -> Mapping[str,
     message_delta: Final = next(
         (event for event in reversed(_parsed_sse_events(sse_stream)) if event.get("type") == "message_delta"), None
     )
-    delta: Final = _mapping_or_none(message_delta.get("delta")) if message_delta is not None else None
+    delta: Final = as_str_mapping(message_delta.get("delta")) if message_delta is not None else None
     if delta is None:
         return MappingProxyType({})
     return MappingProxyType(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/anthropic_sse.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/anthropic_sse.py
index cea4f88e4e1..8e363ff92f0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/anthropic_sse.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/anthropic_sse.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from typing import Final
 
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import as_str_mapping
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.stream_assembly import anthropic_message_delta_fields
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.stream_assembly import (
     assemble_anthropic_sse_stream as assemble_anthropic_sse_stream,  # noqa: PLC0414  # public re-export
@@ -24,14 +25,6 @@ from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.stream_assembly import (
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.stream_assembly import (
     is_raw_sse_stream as is_raw_sse_stream,  # noqa: PLC0414  # public re-export
 )
-from litellm.types.llms.anthropic import (
-    AnthropicStopDetails,
-    SafeguardResult,
-    SafeguardStatusAvailable,
-    SafeguardStatusUnsupported,
-    SafeguardToolUseEvaluated,
-    SafeguardToolUseVerdict,
-)
 from litellm.types.utils import Choices, ModelResponse
 
 
@@ -62,87 +55,101 @@ from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.stream_assembly import (  # noqa: E402
     is_sse_error_stream as is_sse_error_stream,  # noqa: PLC0414  # public re-export
 )
 
-_STOP_DETAILS: Final = TypeAdapter(AnthropicStopDetails)
-_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS: Final = TypeAdapter(tuple[SafeguardResult, ...])
+_ITEMS: Final = TypeAdapter(tuple[object, ...])
 
 
-def _stop_details_without_explanation(raw: object) -> AnthropicStopDetails | None:
-    try:
-        stop_details: Final = _STOP_DETAILS.validate_python(raw)
-    except ValidationError:
-        return None
+def _stop_details(raw: object, keep_explanations: bool) -> object:
+    stop_details: Final = as_str_mapping(raw)
+    if keep_explanations or stop_details is None or "explanation" not in stop_details:
+        return raw
     return {**stop_details, "explanation": None}
 
 
-def _verdict_without_explanation(verdict: SafeguardToolUseVerdict) -> SafeguardToolUseVerdict:
-    match verdict:
-        case {"type": "evaluated"}:
-            return SafeguardToolUseEvaluated(type="evaluated", outcome=verdict["outcome"])
-        case _:
-            return verdict
+def _verdict(raw: object, keep_explanations: bool) -> object:
+    verdict: Final = as_str_mapping(raw)
+    if keep_explanations or verdict is None:
+        return raw
+    return {key: value for key, value in verdict.items() if key != "explanation"}
 
 
-def _status_for_delivered_tool_uses(
-    status: SafeguardStatusAvailable | SafeguardStatusUnsupported, delivered_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str]
-) -> SafeguardStatusAvailable | SafeguardStatusUnsupported:
-    match status:
-        case {"type": "available"}:
-            return SafeguardStatusAvailable(
-                type="available",
-                tool_uses={
-                    tool_use_id: _verdict_without_explanation(verdict)
-                    for tool_use_id, verdict in status["tool_uses"].items()
-                    if tool_use_id in delivered_tool_use_ids
-                },
-            )
-        case _:
-            return status
+def _status(raw: object, unchanged_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str], keep_explanations: bool) -> object:
+    status: Final = as_str_mapping(raw)
+    tool_uses: Final = as_str_mapping(status.get("tool_uses")) if status is not None else None
+    if status is None or tool_uses is None:
+        return raw
+    return {
+        **status,
+        "tool_uses": {
+            tool_use_id: _verdict(verdict, keep_explanations)
+            for tool_use_id, verdict in tool_uses.items()
+            if tool_use_id in unchanged_tool_use_ids
+        },
+    }
 
 
-def _safeguard_results_for_delivered_tool_uses(
-    raw: object, delivered_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str]
-) -> tuple[SafeguardResult, ...] | None:
+def _safeguard_result(raw: object, unchanged_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str], keep_explanations: bool) -> object:
+    result: Final = as_str_mapping(raw)
+    if result is None or "status" not in result:
+        return raw
+    return {**result, "status": _status(result["status"], unchanged_tool_use_ids, keep_explanations)}
+
+
+def _safeguard_results(raw: object, unchanged_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str], keep_explanations: bool) -> object:
     try:
-        results: Final = _SAFEGUARD_RESULTS.validate_python(raw)
+        results: Final = _ITEMS.validate_python(raw)
     except ValidationError:
-        return None
-    return tuple(
-        SafeguardResult(
-            type=result["type"], status=_status_for_delivered_tool_uses(result["status"], delivered_tool_use_ids)
-        )
-        for result in results
-    )
+        return raw
+    return tuple(_safeguard_result(result, unchanged_tool_use_ids, keep_explanations) for result in results)
 
 
-def _tool_use_id(block: object) -> str | None:
-    match block:
-        case {"type": "tool_use", "id": str() as tool_use_id}:
-            return tool_use_id
-        case _:
-            return None
-
-
-def _rewritten_message_delta_fields(
-    source_chunks: Sequence[object], delivered_content: Sequence[object]
-) -> Mapping[str, object]:
-    source_fields: Final = anthropic_message_delta_fields(source_chunks)
-    delivered_tool_use_ids: Final = frozenset(
-        tool_use_id for block in delivered_content if (tool_use_id := _tool_use_id(block)) is not None
-    )
-    stop_details: Final = _stop_details_without_explanation(source_fields.get("stop_details"))
-    safeguard_results: Final = _safeguard_results_for_delivered_tool_uses(
-        source_fields.get("safeguard_results"), delivered_tool_use_ids
-    )
+def _tool_use_inputs(content: Sequence[object]) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    blocks: Final = (block for raw in content if (block := as_str_mapping(raw)) is not None)
     return MappingProxyType(
         {
-            **({"stop_details": stop_details} if stop_details is not None else {}),
-            **({"safeguard_results": safeguard_results} if safeguard_results is not None else {}),
+            tool_use_id: block.get("input")
+            for block in blocks
+            if block.get("type") == "tool_use" and isinstance(tool_use_id := block.get("id"), str)
         }
     )
 
 
-def anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(assembled: ModelResponse, source_chunks: Sequence[object]) -> tuple[bytes, ...]:
-    """Re-emit a rewritten response as the SSE events of the ``source_chunks`` stream it replaces."""
+def _unchanged_tool_use_ids(source_content: Sequence[object], delivered_content: Sequence[object]) -> frozenset[str]:
+    source_inputs: Final = _tool_use_inputs(source_content)
+    return frozenset(
+        tool_use_id
+        for tool_use_id, tool_input in _tool_use_inputs(delivered_content).items()
+        if tool_use_id in source_inputs and source_inputs[tool_use_id] == tool_input
+    )
+
+
+def _rewritten_message_delta_fields(
+    source_chunks: Sequence[object], unchanged_tool_use_ids: frozenset[str], keep_explanations: bool
+) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    source_fields: Final = anthropic_message_delta_fields(source_chunks)
+    stop_details: Final = source_fields.get("stop_details")
+    safeguard_results: Final = source_fields.get("safeguard_results")
+    return MappingProxyType(
+        {
+            **({"stop_details": _stop_details(stop_details, keep_explanations)} if stop_details is not None else {}),
+            **(
+                {"safeguard_results": _safeguard_results(safeguard_results, unchanged_tool_use_ids, keep_explanations)}
+                if safeguard_results is not None
+                else {}
+            ),
+        }
+    )
+
+
+def anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(
+    assembled: ModelResponse, source_chunks: Sequence[object], *, keep_explanations: bool = False
+) -> tuple[bytes, ...]:
+    """Re-emit a rewritten response as the SSE events of the ``source_chunks`` stream it replaces.
+
+    ``message_delta`` carries the source stream's ``stop_details`` and ``safeguard_results`` and
+    nothing the OpenAI round trip made up, with a verdict kept only for a tool call delivered with
+    the input the classifier judged. Their free-text ``explanation`` was written about the text the
+    guardrail rewrote, so it is dropped unless the caller rewrites no text (``keep_explanations``).
+    """
     from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.adapters.transformation import (
         LiteLLMAnthropicMessagesAdapter,
     )
@@ -150,14 +157,22 @@ def anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(assembled: ModelResponse, source_chunks:
         FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator,
     )
 
-    anthropic_response: Final = LiteLLMAnthropicMessagesAdapter().translate_openai_response_to_anthropic(
-        response=assembled
+    adapter: Final = LiteLLMAnthropicMessagesAdapter()
+    anthropic_response: Final = adapter.translate_openai_response_to_anthropic(response=assembled)
+    source_response: Final = assemble_anthropic_sse_stream(source_chunks)
+    source_content: Final = (
+        adapter.translate_openai_response_to_anthropic(response=source_response).get("content")
+        if source_response is not None
+        else None
+    )
+    unchanged_tool_use_ids: Final = _unchanged_tool_use_ids(
+        source_content or (), anthropic_response.get("content") or ()
     )
     return tuple(
         FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator(
             response=anthropic_response,
             message_delta_fields=_rewritten_message_delta_fields(
-                source_chunks, anthropic_response.get("content") or ()
+                source_chunks, unchanged_tool_use_ids, keep_explanations
             ),
         ).chunks
     )
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
index bd5744a934e..fa92a0c90e0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ class ToolPermissionGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
             return
 
         self._modify_response_with_permission_errors(anthropic_response, anthropic_denials)
-        for sse_chunk in anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(anthropic_response, all_chunks):
+        for sse_chunk in anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(anthropic_response, all_chunks, keep_explanations=True):
             yield sse_chunk
 
     def _check_assembled_stream(
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_fake_stream_iterator.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_fake_stream_iterator.py
index 6ec94c1d994..476cea2833c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_fake_stream_iterator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_fake_stream_iterator.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import json
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
+from typing import Final
 
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.pass_through.messages.fake_stream_iterator import (
     FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator,
 )
 
-_CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS = [
+_CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS: Final = [
     {
         "type": "dangerous_tool_use",
         "status": {
@@ -17,20 +19,21 @@ _CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS = [
 ]
 
 
-def _decode_sse_chunks(chunks: list[bytes]) -> list[tuple[str, dict]]:
-    decoded = []
-    for chunk in chunks:
-        assert isinstance(chunk, bytes)
-        lines = chunk.decode().split("\n")
-        assert lines[0].startswith("event: ")
-        decoded.append((lines[0].removeprefix("event: "), json.loads(lines[1].removeprefix("data: "))))
-    return decoded
+def _decoded_event(chunk: object) -> tuple[str, dict[str, object]]:
+    assert isinstance(chunk, bytes)
+    event_line, data_line = chunk.decode().split("\n")[:2]
+    assert event_line.startswith("event: ")
+    return event_line.removeprefix("event: "), json.loads(data_line.removeprefix("data: "))
 
 
-def _message_delta(response: dict) -> dict:
-    decoded = _decode_sse_chunks(list(FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator(response=response)))
-    assert [event_type for event_type, _ in decoded][-2:] == ["message_delta", "message_stop"]
-    deltas = [payload["delta"] for event_type, payload in decoded if event_type == "message_delta"]
+def _decoded_events(chunks: Iterable[object]) -> tuple[tuple[str, dict[str, object]], ...]:
+    return tuple(_decoded_event(chunk) for chunk in chunks)
+
+
+def _message_delta(response: Mapping[str, object]) -> object:
+    decoded: Final = _decoded_events(FakeAnthropicMessagesStreamIterator(response=response))
+    assert tuple(event_type for event_type, _ in decoded)[-2:] == ("message_delta", "message_stop")
+    deltas: Final = tuple(payload["delta"] for event_type, payload in decoded if event_type == "message_delta")
     assert len(deltas) == 1
     return deltas[0]
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ def test_message_delta_carries_safeguard_results():
     tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/test_anthropic_sse.py covers); a Claude Code
     auto-mode client reads the classifier verdict from message_delta.delta,
     where a real Anthropic stream puts it."""
-    response = {
+    response: Final = {
         "id": "msg_1",
         "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
         "role": "assistant",
@@ -62,8 +65,8 @@ def test_message_delta_carries_safeguard_results():
 
 
 def test_message_delta_carries_refusal_stop_details():
-    stop_details = {"type": "refusal", "category": "cyber", "explanation": "declined"}
-    response = {
+    stop_details: Final = {"type": "refusal", "category": "cyber", "explanation": "declined"}
+    response: Final = {
         "id": "msg_2",
         "content": [],
         "stop_reason": "refusal",
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ def test_message_delta_carries_refusal_stop_details():
 
 
 def test_message_delta_omits_absent_optional_fields():
-    response = {
+    response: Final = {
         "id": "msg_3",
         "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}],
         "stop_reason": "end_turn",
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_streaming_iterator.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_streaming_iterator.py
index 039835518e6..fab79ea2fce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/test_streaming_iterator.py
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ async def test_relay_teardown_dispatches_deferred_billing_when_sentinel_never_co
     assert deferred_fired.is_set()
 
 
-_CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS = [
+_CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS: Final = [
     {
         "type": "dangerous_tool_use",
         "status": {
@@ -1570,9 +1570,9 @@ _CLAUDE_CODE_SAFEGUARD_RESULTS = [
 ]
 
 
-def _sse_events_message_delta(response: dict) -> dict:
-    decoded = _decode_sse_events(anthropic_messages_response_as_sse_events(response))
-    deltas = [payload["delta"] for event_type, payload in decoded if event_type == "message_delta"]
+def _sse_events_message_delta(response: Mapping[str, object]) -> object:
+    decoded: Final = _decode_sse_events(anthropic_messages_response_as_sse_events(response))
+    deltas: Final = tuple(payload["delta"] for event_type, payload in decoded if event_type == "message_delta")
     assert len(deltas) == 1
     return deltas[0]
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
index 4e19c7ed328..f439bd40059 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
@@ -1379,6 +1379,51 @@ class TestToolPermissionGuardrailAnthropicMessages:
         assert message_start["id"].startswith("chatcmpl-"), "the rewritten stream must not adopt the upstream message id"
         assert message_start["model"] == "claude-sonnet-4-5", "the rewritten stream reports the model the upstream served"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_rewrite_mode_keeps_the_allowed_tool_use_verdict_with_its_explanation(self):
+        """Claude Code auto mode reads the classifier verdict from message_delta. The rewrite changes
+        no text the explanation could repeat, so the allowed call keeps its verdict whole."""
+        bash_verdict = {"type": "evaluated", "outcome": "flagged", "explanation": "lists the home directory"}
+        safeguard_results = [
+            {
+                "type": "dangerous_tool_use",
+                "status": {
+                    "type": "available",
+                    "tool_uses": {"tu_ok": bash_verdict, "tu_bad": {"type": "evaluated", "outcome": "not_flagged"}},
+                },
+            }
+        ]
+        bash_chunks = self._sse_chunks("Bash", "tu_ok")
+        read_chunks = self._sse_chunks("Read", "tu_bad")
+        read_tool_use = [
+            chunk.replace(b'"index": 1', b'"index": 2') for chunk in read_chunks[4:7]
+        ]
+        message_delta = {
+            "type": "message_delta",
+            "delta": {"stop_reason": "tool_use", "safeguard_results": safeguard_results},
+            "usage": {"output_tokens": 5},
+        }
+        chunks = [
+            *bash_chunks[:7],
+            *read_tool_use,
+            f"event: message_delta\ndata: {json.dumps(message_delta)}\n\n".encode(),
+            bash_chunks[-1],
+        ]
+
+        with patch.object(self.rewriting, "should_run_guardrail", return_value=True):
+            out = await self._drain(self.rewriting, chunks)
+
+        body = b"".join(out).decode()
+        delta = next(
+            json.loads(line[6:])["delta"]
+            for line in body.splitlines()
+            if line.startswith("data: ") and json.loads(line[6:]).get("type") == "message_delta"
+        )
+        assert "Permission denied" in body
+        assert delta["safeguard_results"] == [
+            {"type": "dangerous_tool_use", "status": {"type": "available", "tool_uses": {"tu_ok": bash_verdict}}}
+        ]
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_message_start_without_a_dict_message_fails_closed(self):
         """Malformed SSE must not be forwarded unscanned.
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/test_anthropic_sse.py b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/test_anthropic_sse.py
index e998d36d375..000ecaadcb9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/test_anthropic_sse.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/test_anthropic_sse.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from itertools import chain
 from typing import Final
 
@@ -8,20 +9,40 @@ from litellm.proxy.guardrails.anthropic_sse import (
     anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response,
     assemble_anthropic_sse_stream,
 )
-from litellm.types.utils import Choices
+from litellm.types.utils import Choices, ModelResponse
 
 
 def _frame(event: str, data: dict[str, object]) -> bytes:
     return f"event: {event}\ndata: {json.dumps(data)}\n\n".encode()
 
 
-def _decode(chunks: tuple[bytes, ...]) -> list[tuple[str, dict[str, object]]]:
-    decoded = []
-    for chunk in chunks:
-        lines = chunk.decode().split("\n")
-        assert lines[0].startswith("event: ")
-        decoded.append((lines[0].removeprefix("event: "), json.loads(lines[1].removeprefix("data: "))))
-    return decoded
+def _decoded_event(chunk: bytes) -> tuple[str, dict[str, object]]:
+    event_line, data_line = chunk.decode().split("\n")[:2]
+    assert event_line.startswith("event: ")
+    return event_line.removeprefix("event: "), json.loads(data_line.removeprefix("data: "))
+
+
+def _decode(chunks: tuple[bytes, ...]) -> tuple[tuple[str, dict[str, object]], ...]:
+    return tuple(_decoded_event(chunk) for chunk in chunks)
+
+
+def _rewritten_delta(
+    upstream: tuple[bytes, ...], rewrite: Callable[[ModelResponse], None], keep_explanations: bool = False
+) -> object:
+    assembled: Final = assemble_anthropic_sse_stream(upstream, restore_identity=True)
+    assert assembled is not None
+    rewrite(assembled)
+    rewritten: Final = anthropic_sse_chunks_from_response(assembled, upstream, keep_explanations=keep_explanations)
+    return next(payload["delta"] for event, payload in _decode(rewritten) if event == "message_delta")
+
+
+def _set_text(text: str) -> Callable[[ModelResponse], None]:
+    def rewrite(assembled: ModelResponse) -> None:
+        choice: Final = assembled.choices[0]
+        assert isinstance(choice, Choices)
+        choice.message.content = text
+
+    return rewrite
 
 
 def _tool_use_frames(index: int, tool_use_id: str, name: str) -> tuple[bytes, ...]:
@@ -197,3 +218,71 @@ def test_rewritten_stream_keeps_only_the_verdicts_of_tool_uses_it_still_delivers
 
     assert delivered_tool_use_ids == ["toolu_bash"]
     assert message_delta["delta"]["safeguard_results"] == _safeguard_results({"toolu_bash": kept_verdict})
+
+
+def test_rewritten_refusal_gets_no_stop_details_the_upstream_did_not_send():
+    """The OpenAI round trip sets ``stop_details`` on every refusal, and the repo reads a refusal
+    carrying one as a safeguard refusal, so a plain refusal must not come back as one."""
+    upstream_delta: Final = {"stop_reason": "refusal", "stop_sequence": None}
+
+    assert _rewritten_delta(_upstream_stream(upstream_delta), _set_text("call <PHONE>")) == upstream_delta
+
+
+def test_rewritten_stream_keeps_safeguard_shapes_it_does_not_know():
+    upstream_delta: Final = {
+        "stop_reason": "tool_use",
+        "stop_sequence": None,
+        "stop_details": {"type": "pause_turn", "category": None, "explanation": None, "policy_url": "https://x.test"},
+        "safeguard_results": [
+            {
+                "type": "dangerous_tool_use",
+                "status": {
+                    "type": "available",
+                    "tool_uses": {"toolu_bash": {"type": "unavailable", "reason": "overloaded"}},
+                },
+                "classifier_version": "2026-10",
+            },
+            {"type": "prompt_injection", "status": {"type": "skipped"}},
+        ],
+    }
+    upstream: Final = _upstream_stream(upstream_delta, tool_uses=(("toolu_bash", "Bash"),))
+
+    assert _rewritten_delta(upstream, _set_text("call <PHONE>")) == upstream_delta
+
+
+def test_rewrite_that_changes_no_text_keeps_the_upstream_explanations():
+    upstream_delta: Final = {
+        "stop_reason": "tool_use",
+        "stop_sequence": None,
+        "safeguard_results": _safeguard_results(
+            {"toolu_bash": {"type": "evaluated", "outcome": "flagged", "explanation": "lists the home directory"}}
+        ),
+    }
+    upstream: Final = _upstream_stream(upstream_delta, tool_uses=(("toolu_bash", "Bash"),))
+
+    assert _rewritten_delta(upstream, _set_text("Permission denied"), keep_explanations=True) == upstream_delta
+
+
+def test_rewritten_stream_drops_the_verdict_of_a_tool_use_whose_input_the_guardrail_changed():
+    """A verdict scored on the upstream input must not vouch for the input the client runs."""
+    verdict: Final = {"type": "evaluated", "outcome": "not_flagged"}
+    upstream: Final = _upstream_stream(
+        {
+            "stop_reason": "tool_use",
+            "stop_sequence": None,
+            "safeguard_results": _safeguard_results({"toolu_masked": verdict, "toolu_untouched": verdict}),
+        },
+        tool_uses=(("toolu_masked", "Bash"), ("toolu_untouched", "Bash")),
+    )
+
+    def mask_first_tool_input(assembled: ModelResponse) -> None:
+        choice: Final = assembled.choices[0]
+        assert isinstance(choice, Choices)
+        tool_calls: Final = choice.message.tool_calls or []
+        assert [call.id for call in tool_calls] == ["toolu_masked", "toolu_untouched"]
+        tool_calls[0].function.arguments = '{"command": "<REDACTED>"}'
+
+    rewritten_delta: Final = _rewritten_delta(upstream, mask_first_tool_input)
+
+    assert isinstance(rewritten_delta, dict)
+    assert rewritten_delta["safeguard_results"] == _safeguard_results({"toolu_untouched": verdict})