diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/handler.py b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/handler.py
index ee68f8f6546..01e14f2248d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/handler.py
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ class OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler(BaseTranslation):
                         task_mappings=tool_call_task_mappings,
                     )
 
+        elif (
+            not images_to_check
+            and not guardrail_to_apply.records_own_guardrail_information
+            and (not_run_reason := self._not_run_reason(messages)) is not None
+        ):
+            guardrail_to_apply.add_standard_logging_guardrail_information_to_request_data(
+                guardrail_json_response=not_run_reason,
+                request_data=data,
+                guardrail_status="not_run",
+            )
+
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             "OpenAI Chat Completions: Processed input messages: %s",
             data.get("messages"),
@@ -220,6 +231,28 @@ class OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler(BaseTranslation):
 
         return data
 
+    def _not_run_reason(
+        self,
+        messages: Sequence[dict[str, Any]],  # mutable-ok: raw request messages consumed by _extract_inputs
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Why nothing was scanned, or None when the only unscoped content is images, which this handler never scans."""
+        texts: Final[list[str]] = []  # mutable-ok: filled by _extract_inputs
+        images: Final[list[str]] = []  # mutable-ok: filled by _extract_inputs
+        tool_calls: Final[list[ChatCompletionToolParam]] = []  # mutable-ok: filled by _extract_inputs
+        for msg_idx, message in enumerate(messages):
+            self._extract_inputs(
+                message=message,
+                msg_idx=msg_idx,
+                texts_to_check=texts,
+                images_to_check=images,
+                tool_calls_to_check=tool_calls,
+                text_task_mappings=[],  # mutable-ok: required by _extract_inputs, unused here
+                tool_call_task_mappings=[],  # mutable-ok: required by _extract_inputs, unused here
+            )
+        if texts or tool_calls:
+            return "no scannable content after message scoping"
+        return None if images else "no scannable content"
+
     def extract_request_tool_names(self, data: dict) -> list[str]:
         """Extract tool names from OpenAI chat completions request (tools[].function.name, functions[].name)."""
         names: Final[list[str]] = []
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/compliance_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/compliance_checks.py
index ff311911742..9d2f2dc7c69 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/compliance_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/compliance_checks.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ComplianceChecker:
 
     def __init__(self, data: ComplianceCheckRequest):
         self.data = data
-        self.guardrails = data.guardrail_information or []
+        self.guardrails = tuple(g for g in data.guardrail_information or () if g.get("guardrail_status") != "not_run")
 
     def _get_guardrails_by_mode(self, mode: str) -> list[dict]:
         """
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_endpoints.py
index 6259efb6654..556b6a4e919 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_endpoints.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 router: Final = APIRouter()
 
 _EMPTY_UNITS: Final[Mapping[str, int]] = MappingProxyType({})
-_ACTION_SEVERITY: Final[Mapping[str, int]] = MappingProxyType({"passed": 0, "flagged": 1, "blocked": 2})
+_ACTION_SEVERITY: Final[Mapping[str, int]] = MappingProxyType({"not_run": 0, "passed": 1, "flagged": 2, "blocked": 3})
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class UsageDetailResponse(BaseModel):
 class UsageLogEntry(BaseModel):
     id: str
     timestamp: str
-    action: str  # blocked | passed | flagged
+    action: str  # blocked | passed | flagged | not_run
     score: float | None
     latency_ms: float | None
     model: str | None
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
index 797323794d2..7e11b69108b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
@@ -193,10 +193,12 @@ async def _upsert_rows_with_retry(
 
 
 def guardrail_status_to_action(status: str | None) -> str:
-    """Map StandardLogging guardrail_status to blocked/passed/flagged."""
+    """Map StandardLogging guardrail_status to blocked/passed/flagged/not_run."""
     if not status:
         return "passed"
     s: Final = (status or "").lower()
+    if s == "not_run":
+        return "not_run"
     if "intervened" in s or "block" in s:
         return "blocked"
     if "flagged" in s or "fail" in s or "error" in s:
@@ -354,37 +356,49 @@ async def process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(
             "flagged_count": 0,
         }
     )
-    index_rows: Final[list[dict[str, object]]] = []
+    index_rows_by_key: Final[dict[tuple[str, str], dict[str, object]]] = {}
 
     for payload in logs_to_process:
         request_id = payload.get("request_id")
         start_time = _parse_payload_start_time(payload)
-        if not request_id or start_time is None:
+        if not isinstance(request_id, str) or not request_id or start_time is None:
             continue
         date_key = _date_str(start_time)
 
-        for entry in _parse_guardrail_info_from_payload(payload):
-            guardrail_id = entry.get("guardrail_id") or entry.get("guardrail_name") or ""
-            if not guardrail_id:
+        entries = _parse_guardrail_info_from_payload(payload)
+        ids_by_name = MappingProxyType(
+            {
+                e["guardrail_name"]: e["guardrail_id"]
+                for e in entries
+                if e.get("guardrail_id") and isinstance(e.get("guardrail_name"), str) and e["guardrail_name"]
+            }
+        )
+        for entry in entries:
+            raw_name = entry.get("guardrail_name")
+            guardrail_name = raw_name if isinstance(raw_name, str) else ""
+            guardrail_id = entry.get("guardrail_id") or ids_by_name.get(guardrail_name) or guardrail_name
+            if not isinstance(guardrail_id, str) or not guardrail_id:
                 continue
-            key = _MetricsKey(guardrail_id, date_key)
-            daily_guardrail[key]["requests_evaluated"] += 1
             action = guardrail_status_to_action(entry.get("guardrail_status"))
-            if action == "passed":
-                daily_guardrail[key]["passed_count"] += 1
-            elif action == "blocked":
-                daily_guardrail[key]["blocked_count"] += 1
-            else:
-                daily_guardrail[key]["flagged_count"] += 1
+            if action != "not_run":
+                key = _MetricsKey(guardrail_id, date_key)
+                daily_guardrail[key]["requests_evaluated"] += 1
+                if action == "passed":
+                    daily_guardrail[key]["passed_count"] += 1
+                elif action == "blocked":
+                    daily_guardrail[key]["blocked_count"] += 1
+                else:
+                    daily_guardrail[key]["flagged_count"] += 1
             policy_id = entry.get("policy_id")
-            index_rows.append(
-                {
+            prior = index_rows_by_key.get((request_id, guardrail_id))
+            if prior is None or (prior["policy_id"] is None and policy_id is not None):
+                index_rows_by_key[(request_id, guardrail_id)] = {
                     "request_id": request_id,
                     "guardrail_id": guardrail_id,
                     "policy_id": policy_id,
                     "start_time": start_time,
                 }
-            )
+    index_rows: Final = tuple(index_rows_by_key.values())
 
     async with pending.lock:
         pending_metrics: Final = pending.metrics
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/test_openai_guardrail_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/test_openai_guardrail_handler.py
index 8ee0e982aa0..cb884fb7cc1 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/test_openai_guardrail_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/openai/chat/guardrail_translation/test_openai_guardrail_handler.py
@@ -1893,6 +1893,140 @@ class TestScanOnlyToolResults:
         assert data["messages"][4]["content"] == "and then?"
 
 
+class TestNoScannableContentRecordsNotRun:
+    """LIT-6314: a guardrail whose scoping leaves nothing to scan must still persist an evaluation record"""
+
+    def _system_only_data(self) -> dict:
+        return {"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "SYSTEM-PROMPT"}]}
+
+    def _recorded_entries(self, data: dict) -> list:
+        metadata = data.get("metadata") or data.get("litellm_metadata") or {}
+        return metadata.get("standard_logging_guardrail_information") or []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_skipped_scan_records_not_run_entry(self):
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="skip-system-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = True
+        data = self._system_only_data()
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is None, "nothing survived scoping, apply_guardrail must not run"
+        entries = self._recorded_entries(data)
+        assert len(entries) == 1
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_name"] == "skip-system-guardrail"
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_status"] == "not_run"
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_response"] == "no scannable content after message scoping"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("skip_system", [False, True])
+    async def test_empty_content_does_not_blame_scoping(self, skip_system: bool):
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="unscoped-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = skip_system
+        data = {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": None}]}
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is None
+        entries = self._recorded_entries(data)
+        assert len(entries) == 1
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_status"] == "not_run"
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_response"] == "no scannable content"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_self_recording_guardrail_is_left_alone(self):
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="self-recording-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = True
+        guardrail.records_own_guardrail_information = True
+        data = self._system_only_data()
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is None
+        assert self._recorded_entries(data) == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_scannable_content_records_no_extra_entry(self):
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="normal-guardrail")
+        data = {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]}
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is not None
+        assert all(e.get("guardrail_status") != "not_run" for e in self._recorded_entries(data))
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_image_only_content_is_not_reported_as_not_run(self):
+        """Images are only scanned alongside text, so an image-only request is a
+        pre-existing scan gap, not a message-scoping skip, and must not be labelled one"""
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="image-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = True
+        data = {
+            "messages": [
+                {"role": "system", "content": "SYSTEM-PROMPT"},
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": [{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/cat.png"}}],
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert self._recorded_entries(data) == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_scoped_out_image_only_message_is_not_reported_as_not_run(self):
+        """An image in a skipped role must behave like any other image-only request"""
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="image-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = True
+        data = {
+            "messages": [
+                {
+                    "role": "system",
+                    "content": [{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/cat.png"}}],
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is None
+        assert self._recorded_entries(data) == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_scoped_out_text_with_image_records_not_run(self):
+        """Scoping removed text too, so the skip is recorded even though an image sat beside it"""
+        handler = OpenAIChatCompletionsHandler()
+        guardrail = MockGuardrail(guardrail_name="image-guardrail")
+        guardrail.skip_system_message_in_guardrail = True
+        data = {
+            "messages": [
+                {
+                    "role": "system",
+                    "content": [
+                        {"type": "text", "text": "Describe this picture."},
+                        {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/cat.png"}},
+                    ],
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+
+        await handler.process_input_messages(data=data, guardrail_to_apply=guardrail)
+
+        assert guardrail.last_inputs is None
+        entries = self._recorded_entries(data)
+        assert len(entries) == 1
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_status"] == "not_run"
+        assert entries[0]["guardrail_response"] == "no scannable content after message scoping"
+
+
 class ToolDroppingTextGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
     """Answers one text per non-tool message it saw, the way a guardrail that
     filters tool rows out before scanning does, and hands back only texts."""
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_endpoints.py
index 644b213d3a3..db87e12ac88 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_endpoints.py
@@ -682,3 +682,67 @@ async def test_detail_prev_trend_query_is_bounded():
     prev_wheres = [w for w in wheres if "lt" in w.get("date", {})]
     assert prev_wheres
     assert all("gte" in w["date"] for w in prev_wheres)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_logs_report_not_run_entries_as_not_run_not_passed():
+    """LIT-6314: a guardrail that never scanned must not be reported as a pass in the drill-down."""
+    index_row = MagicMock()
+    index_row.request_id = "req-nr"
+    index_row.guardrail_id = "db-1"
+    index_row.start_time = datetime(2026, 4, 22)
+    spend_log = MagicMock()
+    spend_log.request_id = "req-nr"
+    spend_log.model = "gpt-4o-mini"
+    spend_log.startTime = datetime(2026, 4, 22)
+    spend_log.metadata = {
+        "guardrail_information": [
+            {"guardrail_name": "db-1", "guardrail_status": "not_run", "duration": 0.0},
+        ]
+    }
+    prisma = _prisma(find_unique=_db_row(), index_find_many=[index_row])
+    prisma.db.litellm_spendlogs.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[spend_log])
+    handler = _config_handler()
+    p1, p2 = _patches(prisma, handler)
+    with p1, p2:
+        resp = await guardrails_usage_logs(
+            guardrail_id="db-1",
+            policy_id=None,
+            page=1,
+            page_size=50,
+            action=None,
+            start_date=START,
+            end_date=END,
+            user_api_key_dict=ADMIN,
+        )
+    assert [log.action for log in resp.logs] == ["not_run"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_logs_action_passed_filter_excludes_not_run_entries():
+    """LIT-6314: filtering the drill-down for passes must not return unscanned requests."""
+    index_row = MagicMock()
+    index_row.request_id = "req-nr"
+    index_row.guardrail_id = "db-1"
+    index_row.start_time = datetime(2026, 4, 22)
+    spend_log = MagicMock()
+    spend_log.request_id = "req-nr"
+    spend_log.model = "gpt-4o-mini"
+    spend_log.startTime = datetime(2026, 4, 22)
+    spend_log.metadata = {"guardrail_information": [{"guardrail_name": "db-1", "guardrail_status": "not_run"}]}
+    prisma = _prisma(find_unique=_db_row(), index_find_many=[index_row])
+    prisma.db.litellm_spendlogs.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[spend_log])
+    handler = _config_handler()
+    p1, p2 = _patches(prisma, handler)
+    with p1, p2:
+        resp = await guardrails_usage_logs(
+            guardrail_id="db-1",
+            policy_id=None,
+            page=1,
+            page_size=50,
+            action="passed",
+            start_date=START,
+            end_date=END,
+            user_api_key_dict=ADMIN,
+        )
+    assert resp.logs == []
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
index 85f22e1f307..69ec098b840 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
@@ -349,6 +349,95 @@ async def test_zero_and_non_int_usage_counters_are_skipped():
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_not_run_entries_are_indexed_but_not_counted_as_evaluations():
+    """
+    LIT-6314 records a not_run entry when message scoping leaves a guardrail
+    nothing to scan. The guardrail never evaluated the request, so counting it
+    as a passed evaluation would inflate daily pass rates; it still gets an
+    index row so per-request drill-down finds the spend log.
+    """
+    prisma = _prisma()
+    logs = [_payload("r1", guardrail_status="not_run"), _payload("r2")]
+
+    await process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(prisma, logs)
+
+    metrics_create = prisma.db.litellm_dailyguardrailmetrics.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]
+    assert metrics_create["requests_evaluated"] == 1
+    assert metrics_create["passed_count"] == 1
+    index_rows = prisma.db.litellm_spendlogguardrailindex.create_many.call_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert sorted(row["request_id"] for row in index_rows) == ["r1", "r2"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_not_run_entry_shares_index_key_with_evaluated_sibling_of_same_name():
+    """
+    The not_run entry from the shared base guardrail carries only guardrail_name,
+    while the evaluated entry from the same guardrail (e.g. content filter on the
+    output of a logging_only run) carries its guardrail_id. Keying them differently
+    lists one request twice in the monitor, once as not_run and once as passed.
+    """
+    prisma = _prisma()
+    payload = _payload("r1")
+    payload["metadata"] = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "guardrail_information": [
+                {"guardrail_name": "cf", "guardrail_status": "not_run"},
+                {
+                    "guardrail_name": "cf",
+                    "guardrail_id": "cf-uuid",
+                    "policy_id": "pol-1",
+                    "guardrail_status": "success",
+                },
+                {"guardrail_name": "other", "guardrail_status": "not_run"},
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+
+    await process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(prisma, [payload])
+
+    index_rows = prisma.db.litellm_spendlogguardrailindex.create_many.call_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert sorted((row["guardrail_id"], row["policy_id"]) for row in index_rows) == [
+        ("cf-uuid", "pol-1"),
+        ("other", None),
+    ]
+    metrics_create = prisma.db.litellm_dailyguardrailmetrics.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]
+    assert (metrics_create["guardrail_id"], metrics_create["requests_evaluated"]) == ("cf-uuid", 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_malformed_not_run_entry_does_not_drop_the_batch():
+    prisma = _prisma()
+    payload = _payload("r1")
+    payload["metadata"] = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "guardrail_information": [
+                {"guardrail_name": ["not", "a", "string"], "guardrail_status": "success"},
+                {"guardrail_name": "", "guardrail_id": "cf-uuid", "guardrail_status": "success"},
+                {"guardrail_status": "success"},
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+
+    await process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(prisma, [payload])
+
+    index_rows = prisma.db.litellm_spendlogguardrailindex.create_many.call_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert [row["guardrail_id"] for row in index_rows] == ["cf-uuid"]
+    metrics_create = prisma.db.litellm_dailyguardrailmetrics.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]
+    assert (metrics_create["guardrail_id"], metrics_create["requests_evaluated"]) == ("cf-uuid", 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_of_only_not_run_entries_writes_no_metrics_row():
+    prisma = _prisma()
+
+    await process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(prisma, [_payload("r1", guardrail_status="not_run")])
+
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_dailyguardrailmetrics.upsert.call_count == 0
+    index_rows = prisma.db.litellm_spendlogguardrailindex.create_many.call_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert [row["request_id"] for row in index_rows] == ["r1"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_payload_without_request_id_is_skipped_like_the_metrics_path():
     prisma = _prisma()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_compliance_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_compliance_endpoints.py
index dcbe515d5de..8382a5ada96 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_compliance_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_compliance_endpoints.py
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 Unit tests for compliance check endpoints (EU AI Act and GDPR).
 """
 
-
 import pytest
 
-
 from litellm.proxy.compliance_checks import ComplianceChecker
 from litellm.types.proxy.compliance_endpoints import ComplianceCheckRequest
 
@@ -591,3 +589,37 @@ class TestModeMatching:
                     continue
                 if matched:
                     assert mode in _guaranteed_modes(g_mode), (g_mode, mode)
+
+
+class TestNotRunGuardrails:
+    """LIT-6314 logs a not_run entry for a guardrail that message scoping left nothing to scan."""
+
+    def test_not_run_alone_never_evidences_compliance(self):
+        data = ComplianceCheckRequest(
+            request_id="req-601",
+            user_id="user-1",
+            model="gpt-4",
+            timestamp="2026-02-17T00:00:00Z",
+            guardrail_information=[
+                {"guardrail_name": "pii_detection", "guardrail_status": "not_run", "guardrail_mode": "pre_call"},
+            ],
+        )
+        results = {c.check_name: c.passed for c in ComplianceChecker(data).check_eu_ai_act()}
+        assert results["Guardrails applied"] is False
+        assert results["Content screened before LLM"] is False
+        assert results["Audit record complete"] is False
+
+    def test_not_run_sibling_does_not_fail_a_passing_request(self):
+        data = ComplianceCheckRequest(
+            request_id="req-602",
+            user_id="user-1",
+            model="gpt-4",
+            timestamp="2026-02-17T00:00:00Z",
+            pii_detected=True,
+            guardrail_information=[
+                {"guardrail_name": "pii_detection", "guardrail_status": "success", "guardrail_mode": "pre_call"},
+                {"guardrail_name": "system_only", "guardrail_status": "not_run", "guardrail_mode": "pre_call"},
+            ],
+        )
+        results = {c.check_name: c.passed for c in ComplianceChecker(data).check_gdpr()}
+        assert results["Sensitive data protected"] is True
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json b/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
index e2a08a40bcb..773854d29e6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@
   },
   "src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx": {
     "no-nested-ternary": {
-      "count": 4
+      "count": 3
     }
   },
   "src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.tsx": {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/guardrails-monitor/_components/GuardrailDetail.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/guardrails-monitor/_components/GuardrailDetail.tsx
index 81c39258f67..86b596d4bcd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/guardrails-monitor/_components/GuardrailDetail.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/guardrails-monitor/_components/GuardrailDetail.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function GuardrailDetail({ guardrailId, onBack, accessToken = null, start
     return list.map((l: Record<string, unknown>) => ({
       id: l.id as string,
       timestamp: l.timestamp as string,
-      action: l.action as "blocked" | "passed" | "flagged",
+      action: l.action as LogEntry["action"],
       score: l.score as number | undefined,
       model: l.model as string | undefined,
       input_snippet: l.input_snippet as string | undefined,
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.test.tsx
index ab91e10c2fd..083b1e5f3e2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import React from "react";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { renderWithProviders, screen, testQueryClient, waitFor } from "../../../tests/test-utils";
+import { renderWithProviders, screen, testQueryClient, waitFor, within } from "../../../tests/test-utils";
 import type { LogEntry as SpendLogEntry } from "@/components/view_logs/columns";
 import { LogViewer } from "./LogViewer";
 
@@ -95,3 +95,16 @@ describe("GuardrailsMonitor LogViewer drawer", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("GuardrailsMonitor LogViewer not_run rows", () => {
+  it("renders a not_run log as a neutral Not run badge instead of a pass or failure", () => {
+    renderWithProviders(
+      <LogViewer logs={[{ ...guardrailLog, action: "not_run", input_snippet: "system prompt only" }]} />,
+    );
+
+    const row = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /system prompt only/ });
+    expect(within(row).getByText("Not run")).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
+    expect(within(row).queryByText("Passed")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(row).queryByText("Blocked")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
index 0703c94c2ed..2abd699ba86 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CircleCheck, ChevronDown, TriangleAlert, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { CircleCheck, ChevronDown, MinusCircle, TriangleAlert, X } from "lucide-react";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import moment from "moment";
 import React, { useState } from "react";
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ import type { LogEntry as ViewLogsLogEntry } from "@/components/view_logs/column
 import type { LogEntry } from "./mockData";
 
 const actionConfig: Record<
-  "blocked" | "passed" | "flagged",
+  "blocked" | "passed" | "flagged" | "not_run",
   { icon: React.ElementType; color: string; bg: string; border: string; label: string }
 > = {
+  not_run: {
+    icon: MinusCircle,
+    color: "text-muted-foreground",
+    bg: "bg-muted",
+    border: "border-border",
+    label: "Not run",
+  },
   blocked: {
     icon: X,
     color: "text-destructive",
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/mockData.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/mockData.ts
index 2b42f7907f1..591d5cd3edd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/mockData.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/mockData.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface LogEntry {
   input_snippet?: string;
   output_snippet?: string;
   score?: number;
-  action: "blocked" | "passed" | "flagged";
+  action: "blocked" | "passed" | "flagged" | "not_run";
   model?: string;
   reason?: string;
   latency_ms?: number;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
index aabac50a661..7f343211596 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { renderWithProviders, screen, waitFor } from "../../../../tests/test-utils";
 import {
+  GuardrailInformation,
   makeBedrockResponse,
   makeEntity,
   makeGuardrailInformation,
@@ -14,6 +15,24 @@ import GuardrailViewer from "@/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailVie
 const PresidioPath = "@/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/PresidioDetectedEntities";
 const BedrockPath = "@/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/BedrockGuardrailDetails";
 
+const skippedPreCall: Partial<GuardrailInformation> = {
+  guardrail_status: "not_run",
+  guardrail_mode: "pre_call",
+  guardrail_response: "no scannable content after message scoping",
+  start_time: null,
+  end_time: null,
+  duration: null,
+};
+
+const ranPostCall: Partial<GuardrailInformation> = {
+  guardrail_name: "ran-rail",
+  guardrail_status: "success",
+  guardrail_mode: "post_call",
+  start_time: 1_700_000_000,
+  end_time: 1_700_000_000.25,
+  duration: 0.25,
+};
+
 describe("GuardrailViewer", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetModules();
@@ -49,6 +68,36 @@ describe("GuardrailViewer", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("FAILED")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("renders not_run as NOT RUN (muted) and keeps it out of the evaluated and passed counts", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const data = makeGuardrailInformation(skippedPreCall);
+    renderWithProviders(<GuardrailViewer data={data} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/0 guardrails evaluated/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/0 Passed/)).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
+    expect(screen.getByText(/1 Not run/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    const badge = screen.getByText("NOT RUN");
+    expect(badge).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
+    expect(screen.queryByText("FAILED")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/^T\+/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText("pii-rail"));
+    expect(screen.getByText("no scannable content after message scoping")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("anchors the lifecycle timeline on timed entries when an untimed not_run entry sorts first", () => {
+    const skipped = makeGuardrailInformation({ ...skippedPreCall, guardrail_name: "skipped-rail" });
+    const ran = makeGuardrailInformation(ranPostCall);
+    renderWithProviders(<GuardrailViewer data={[skipped, ran]} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/1 guardrail evaluated/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Request received").parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+0ms");
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Post-call guardrail: ran-rail/).parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+250ms");
+    expect(screen.getByText("Response returned").parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+251ms");
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Pre-call guardrail: skipped-rail/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("—")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("calculates and displays masked entity totals", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const data = makeGuardrailInformation({
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
index 271b8f6ce05..1de0e3878b2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ interface MatchDetail {
 }
 
 interface GuardrailInformation {
-  duration: number;
-  end_time: number;
-  start_time: number;
+  duration: number | null;
+  end_time: number | null;
+  start_time: number | null;
   guardrail_mode: string | string[] | Record<string, unknown> | null;
   guardrail_name: string;
   guardrail_status: string;
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ const formatMode = (mode: GuardrailInformation["guardrail_mode"]): string => {
   return s.replace(/_/g, "-").toUpperCase();
 };
 
-const formatDurationMs = (seconds: number): string => {
+const formatDurationMs = (seconds: number | null): string => {
+  if (seconds == null) return "—";
   const ms = Math.round(seconds * 1000);
   return `${ms}ms`;
 };
@@ -133,12 +134,13 @@ const getTotalMasked = (entry: GuardrailInformation): number => {
   );
 };
 
-type EntryOutcome = "passed" | "flagged" | "failed";
+type EntryOutcome = "passed" | "flagged" | "failed" | "not_run";
 
 const getEntryOutcome = (entry: GuardrailInformation): EntryOutcome => {
   const status = (entry.guardrail_status ?? "").toLowerCase();
   if (status === "success") return "passed";
   if (status === "guardrail_flagged") return "flagged";
+  if (status === "not_run") return "not_run";
   return "failed";
 };
 
@@ -148,12 +150,21 @@ const OUTCOME_LABEL: Record<EntryOutcome, string> = {
   passed: "PASSED",
   flagged: "FLAGGED",
   failed: "FAILED",
+  not_run: "NOT RUN",
 };
 
 const OUTCOME_BADGE_CLASS: Record<EntryOutcome, string> = {
   passed: "bg-success/15 text-success border border-success/20",
   flagged: "bg-warning/15 text-warning border border-warning/20",
   failed: "bg-destructive/15 text-destructive border border-destructive/20",
+  not_run: "bg-muted text-muted-foreground border border-border",
+};
+
+const getHeaderOutcome = (counts: { evaluated: number; passed: number; flagged: number }): EntryOutcome => {
+  if (counts.evaluated === 0) return "not_run";
+  if (counts.passed === counts.evaluated) return "passed";
+  if (counts.passed + counts.flagged === counts.evaluated) return "flagged";
+  return "failed";
 };
 
 const getRiskColor = (score: number): string => {
@@ -231,6 +242,7 @@ const FlagCircleIcon = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => (
 const OutcomeIcon = ({ outcome }: { outcome: EntryOutcome }) => {
   if (outcome === "passed") return <CheckCircleIcon />;
   if (outcome === "flagged") return <FlagCircleIcon />;
+  if (outcome === "not_run") return <GrayDotIcon />;
   return <FailCircleIcon />;
 };
 
@@ -353,8 +365,13 @@ interface TimelineEntry {
   outcome?: EntryOutcome;
 }
 
+type TimedGuardrailInformation = GuardrailInformation & { start_time: number; end_time: number };
+
+const isTimed = (e: GuardrailInformation): e is TimedGuardrailInformation =>
+  typeof e.start_time === "number" && typeof e.end_time === "number";
+
 const RequestLifecycle = ({ entries }: { entries: GuardrailInformation[] }) => {
-  const sorted = useMemo(() => [...entries].sort((a, b) => (a.start_time ?? 0) - (b.start_time ?? 0)), [entries]);
+  const sorted = useMemo(() => entries.filter(isTimed).sort((a, b) => a.start_time - b.start_time), [entries]);
 
   const timeline = useMemo(() => {
     if (sorted.length === 0) return [];
@@ -658,6 +675,10 @@ const EvaluationCard = ({ entry }: { entry: GuardrailInformation }) => {
             </div>
           )}
 
+          {outcome === "not_run" && typeof guardrailResponse === "string" && (
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{guardrailResponse}</p>
+          )}
+
           {/* Provider-specific details */}
           {guardrailProvider === "presidio" && presidioEntities.length > 0 && (
             <div className="mt-3">
@@ -696,12 +717,10 @@ const GuardrailViewer = ({ data, accessToken, logEntry }: GuardrailViewerProps)
 
   const passedCount = guardrailEntries.filter(isEntrySuccess).length;
   const flaggedCount = guardrailEntries.filter((e) => getEntryOutcome(e) === "flagged").length;
-  const allPassed = passedCount === guardrailEntries.length;
-  const headerOutcome: EntryOutcome = allPassed
-    ? "passed"
-    : passedCount + flaggedCount === guardrailEntries.length
-      ? "flagged"
-      : "failed";
+  const notRunCount = guardrailEntries.filter((e) => getEntryOutcome(e) === "not_run").length;
+  const evaluatedCount = guardrailEntries.length - notRunCount;
+  const allPassed = evaluatedCount > 0 && passedCount === evaluatedCount;
+  const headerOutcome = getHeaderOutcome({ evaluated: evaluatedCount, passed: passedCount, flagged: flaggedCount });
 
   const totalOverheadMs = useMemo(() => {
     return Math.round(guardrailEntries.reduce((sum, e) => sum + (e.duration ?? 0), 0) * 1000);
@@ -733,7 +752,7 @@ const GuardrailViewer = ({ data, accessToken, logEntry }: GuardrailViewerProps)
             <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold text-foreground">Guardrails &amp; Policy Compliance</h3>
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mt-0.5">
               <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-                {guardrailEntries.length} guardrail{guardrailEntries.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} evaluated
+                {evaluatedCount} guardrail{evaluatedCount !== 1 ? "s" : ""} evaluated
               </span>
               <span className="text-muted-foreground">|</span>
               <span
@@ -759,6 +778,13 @@ const GuardrailViewer = ({ data, accessToken, logEntry }: GuardrailViewerProps)
                   {flaggedCount} Flagged
                 </span>
               )}
+              {notRunCount > 0 && (
+                <span
+                  className={`inline-flex items-center px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full text-xs font-semibold ${OUTCOME_BADGE_CLASS.not_run}`}
+                >
+                  {notRunCount} Not run
+                </span>
+              )}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
index fe27428283d..ab121adf6b4 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export interface GuardrailEntity {
 }
 
 export interface GuardrailInformation {
-  duration: number;
-  end_time: number;
-  start_time: number;
+  duration: number | null;
+  end_time: number | null;
+  start_time: number | null;
   guardrail_mode: string | string[] | Record<string, unknown> | null;
   guardrail_name: string;
   guardrail_status: string;
-  guardrail_response: GuardrailEntity[] | BedrockGuardrailResponse;
+  guardrail_response: GuardrailEntity[] | BedrockGuardrailResponse | string;
   masked_entity_count: Record<string, number>;
   guardrail_usage?: Record<string, number>;
   guardrail_cost?: number;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.integration.test.tsx
index 721525268b3..3637b6c55a3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.integration.test.tsx
@@ -635,4 +635,23 @@ describe("GuardrailJumpLink", () => {
     expect(pill).toHaveClass(expectedClass);
     expect(pill).toHaveTextContent(glyph);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    [["success", "not_run"], "text-success", "\u2713"],
+    [["guardrail_intervened", "not_run"], "text-destructive", "\u2717"],
+  ])("ignores not_run when styling %j as %s", (statuses, expectedClass, glyph) => {
+    render(<GuardrailJumpLink guardrailEntries={statuses.map((s) => ({ guardrail_status: s }))} />);
+
+    const pill = screen.getByText(/1 guardrail evaluated, 1 not run/);
+    expect(pill).toHaveClass(expectedClass);
+    expect(pill).toHaveTextContent(glyph);
+  });
+
+  it("renders an all not_run request as neutral rather than passed", () => {
+    render(<GuardrailJumpLink guardrailEntries={[{ guardrail_status: "not_run" }]} />);
+
+    const pill = screen.getByText(/0 guardrails evaluated, 1 not run/);
+    expect(pill).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
+    expect(pill).not.toHaveTextContent("\u2713");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.tsx
index b5a3412a96f..30cd96935f7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailContent.tsx
@@ -700,20 +700,25 @@ const GUARDRAIL_JUMP_LINK_STYLE = {
   passed: { className: "border border-success/20 bg-success/10 text-success", glyph: "\u2713" },
   flagged: { className: "border border-warning/20 bg-warning/10 text-warning", glyph: "\u26A0" },
   failed: { className: "border border-destructive/20 bg-destructive/10 text-destructive", glyph: "\u2717" },
+  not_run: { className: "border border-border bg-muted text-muted-foreground", glyph: "\u2013" },
 } as const;
 
 const isPassedStatus = (status: unknown) => status === "pass" || status === "passed" || status === "success";
 const isFlaggedStatus = (status: unknown) => status === "flagged" || status === "guardrail_flagged";
+const isNotRunStatus = (status: unknown) => status === "not_run";
 
-const guardrailJumpLinkOutcome = (statuses: unknown[]): keyof typeof GUARDRAIL_JUMP_LINK_STYLE => {
-  if (statuses.every(isPassedStatus)) return "passed";
-  if (statuses.every((s) => isPassedStatus(s) || isFlaggedStatus(s))) return "flagged";
+const guardrailJumpLinkOutcome = (evaluated: unknown[]): keyof typeof GUARDRAIL_JUMP_LINK_STYLE => {
+  if (evaluated.length === 0) return "not_run";
+  if (evaluated.every(isPassedStatus)) return "passed";
+  if (evaluated.every((s) => isPassedStatus(s) || isFlaggedStatus(s))) return "flagged";
   return "failed";
 };
 
 export function GuardrailJumpLink({ guardrailEntries }: { guardrailEntries: any[] }) {
-  const outcome = guardrailJumpLinkOutcome(guardrailEntries.map((e) => e?.guardrail_status || e?.status));
-  const { className, glyph } = GUARDRAIL_JUMP_LINK_STYLE[outcome];
+  const statuses = guardrailEntries.map((e) => e?.guardrail_status || e?.status);
+  const evaluated = statuses.filter((s) => !isNotRunStatus(s));
+  const notRunCount = statuses.length - evaluated.length;
+  const { className, glyph } = GUARDRAIL_JUMP_LINK_STYLE[guardrailJumpLinkOutcome(evaluated)];
 
   const handleClick = () => {
     const el = document.getElementById("guardrail-section");
@@ -736,8 +741,9 @@ export function GuardrailJumpLink({ guardrailEntries }: { guardrailEntries: any[
           fontWeight: 500,
         }}
       >
-        {glyph} {guardrailEntries.length} guardrail
-        {guardrailEntries.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} evaluated
+        {glyph} {evaluated.length} guardrail
+        {evaluated.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} evaluated
+        {notRunCount > 0 ? `, ${notRunCount} not run` : ""}
         <span style={{ fontSize: 11, opacity: 0.7 }}>{"\u2193"}</span>
       </div>
     </div>