diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/handler.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/handler.py
index 4dd0deeb62b..58ed9b38ccb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/handler.py
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ class ModelResponseIterator:
         self.tool_name_reverse_map: dict[str, str] = tool_name_reverse_map or {}
         # Generate response ID once per stream to match OpenAI-compatible behavior
         self.response_id = _generate_id()
+        self.served_model: str | None = None
 
         # Track if we're currently streaming a response_format tool
         self.is_response_format_tool: bool = False
@@ -1067,6 +1068,9 @@ class ModelResponseIterator:
                 }
                 """
                 message_start_block: Final = MessageStartBlock(**chunk)
+                start_message: Final = message_start_block["message"]
+                if "model" in start_message:
+                    self.served_model = start_message["model"]
                 if "usage" in message_start_block["message"]:
                     usage = self._handle_usage(anthropic_usage_chunk=message_start_block["message"]["usage"])
             elif type_chunk == "error":
@@ -1098,6 +1102,7 @@ class ModelResponseIterator:
                 ],
                 usage=usage,
                 id=self.response_id,
+                model=self.served_model,
             )
 
             return returned_chunk
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_handler.py
index c3400dc40c3..a241fc03d57 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_handler.py
@@ -2719,3 +2719,74 @@ class TestRustChatCompletionsHook:
             "model": "m",
             "messages": [],
         }
+
+
+def _served_model_stream_chunks(model: str | None) -> list[dict[str, object]]:
+    return [
+        {
+            "type": "message_start",
+            "message": {
+                "id": "msg_served",
+                "type": "message",
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": [],
+                "usage": {"input_tokens": 10, "output_tokens": 1},
+                **({"model": model} if model is not None else {}),
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "content_block_start",
+            "index": 0,
+            "content_block": {"type": "text", "text": ""},
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "content_block_delta",
+            "index": 0,
+            "delta": {"type": "text_delta", "text": "Hello"},
+        },
+        {"type": "content_block_stop", "index": 0},
+        {
+            "type": "message_delta",
+            "delta": {"stop_reason": "end_turn"},
+            "usage": {"output_tokens": 2},
+        },
+        {"type": "message_stop"},
+    ]
+
+
+def test_message_start_model_is_carried_on_stream_chunks():
+    iterator: Final = ModelResponseIterator(None, sync_stream=True)
+
+    parsed: Final = [iterator.chunk_parser(chunk) for chunk in _served_model_stream_chunks("claude-served-1")]
+
+    assert all(chunk.model == "claude-served-1" for chunk in parsed)
+
+
+def test_message_start_without_model_leaves_chunk_model_unset():
+    iterator: Final = ModelResponseIterator(None, sync_stream=True)
+
+    parsed: Final = [iterator.chunk_parser(chunk) for chunk in _served_model_stream_chunks(None)]
+
+    assert all(chunk.model is None for chunk in parsed)
+
+
+def test_served_model_reaches_assembled_stream_through_custom_stream_wrapper():
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.streaming_handler import CustomStreamWrapper
+
+    served_model: Final = "claude-served-1"
+    sse_lines: Final = [f"data: {json.dumps(chunk)}\n".encode() for chunk in _served_model_stream_chunks(served_model)]
+    iterator: Final = ModelResponseIterator(iter(sse_lines), sync_stream=True)
+    wrapper: Final = CustomStreamWrapper(
+        completion_stream=iter(iterator),
+        model="anthropic/claude-requested",
+        custom_llm_provider="anthropic",
+        logging_obj=MagicMock(),
+    )
+
+    chunks: Final = list(wrapper)
+
+    assert len(chunks) > 1
+    for chunk in chunks[1:]:
+        assert chunk._hidden_params["provider_response_model"] == served_model
+    assembled: Final = litellm.stream_chunk_builder(chunks=list(chunks), messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}])
+    assert assembled._hidden_params["provider_response_model"] == served_model
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
index 87a1b84acc5..427fa43ffd5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
@@ -1291,8 +1291,9 @@ class TestToolPermissionGuardrailAnthropicMessages:
     async def test_rewrite_mode_keeps_the_stream_identity_it_had_before_the_shared_helper(self):
         """Well-formed SSE must round-trip exactly as it did before the helpers were shared.
 
-        The shared module can stamp the upstream message id and model onto the assembled response
-        for callers that ask for it; this path never did, and a client reads those bytes.
+        The shared module can stamp the upstream message id onto the assembled response for
+        callers that ask for it; this path never did, and a client reads those bytes. The model,
+        though, is now the upstream's, matching what the untouched passthrough shows clients.
         """
         with patch.object(self.rewriting, "should_run_guardrail", return_value=True):
             out = await self._drain(self.rewriting, self._sse_chunks("Read"))
@@ -1304,7 +1305,7 @@ class TestToolPermissionGuardrailAnthropicMessages:
             if line.startswith("data: ") and json.loads(line[6:]).get("type") == "message_start"
         )["message"]
         assert message_start["id"].startswith("chatcmpl-"), "the rewritten stream must not adopt the upstream message id"
-        assert message_start["model"] == "unknown-model", "the rewritten stream must not adopt the upstream model"
+        assert message_start["model"] == "claude-sonnet-4-5", "the rewritten stream reports the model the upstream served"
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_message_start_without_a_dict_message_fails_closed(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_provider_handlers/test_anthropic_passthrough_logging_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_provider_handlers/test_anthropic_passthrough_logging_handler.py
index 2d7397594aa..ba8b5fa3ac4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_provider_handlers/test_anthropic_passthrough_logging_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_provider_handlers/test_anthropic_passthrough_logging_handler.py
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ class TestRecordPartialUsageForFailure:
             function_id="test-partial-usage-failure",
         )
 
-    def _interrupted_chunks(self):
+    def _interrupted_chunks(self, *, model: str = "claude-sonnet-5"):
         return [
             self._sse(
                 "message_start",
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ class TestRecordPartialUsageForFailure:
                         "id": "msg_abc",
                         "type": "message",
                         "role": "assistant",
-                        "model": "claude-sonnet-5",
+                        "model": model,
                         "content": [],
                         "stop_reason": None,
                         "stop_sequence": None,
@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ class TestRecordPartialUsageForFailure:
         AnthropicPassthroughLoggingHandler.record_partial_usage_for_failure(
             litellm_logging_obj=logging_obj,
             request_body={"model": "claude-unpriced-test-model", "stream": True},
-            all_chunks=self._interrupted_chunks(),
+            all_chunks=self._interrupted_chunks(model="claude-unpriced-test-model"),
         )
 
         usage = logging_obj.model_call_details["combined_usage_object"]