diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
index 0475566192e..6c2e06a418c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
@@ -2092,12 +2092,8 @@ async def cli_poll_key(
         key_id: The CLI login session ID
         team_id: Optional team ID to assign to the JWT. If provided, must be one of user's teams.
     """
-    from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import (
-        ExperimentalUIJWTToken,
-        get_team_object,
-        get_user_object,
-    )
-    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client, user_api_key_cache
+    from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import ExperimentalUIJWTToken
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache
 
     try:
         flow = _get_cli_sso_flow_or_raise(login_id=key_id, cache=user_api_key_cache)
@@ -2167,43 +2163,11 @@ async def cli_poll_key(
                 models=session_data.get("models", []),
             )
 
-            try:
-                user_db_obj = await get_user_object(
-                    user_id=user_id,
-                    prisma_client=prisma_client,
-                    user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
-                    user_id_upsert=False,
-                )
-            except ValueError as e:
-                verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"CLI poll: user lookup failed, proceeding without user budget: {e}")
-                user_db_obj = None
-            user_budget = user_db_obj.max_budget if user_db_obj is not None else None
-
-            team_budget: Optional[float] = None
-            team_budget_resolved = False
-            if team_id is not None:
-                try:
-                    team_obj = await get_team_object(
-                        team_id=team_id,
-                        prisma_client=prisma_client,
-                        user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
-                    )
-                    team_budget = team_obj.max_budget
-                    team_budget_resolved = True
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-
-            session_max_budget = (
-                litellm.max_ui_session_budget
-                if user_budget is None and (team_id is None or (team_budget_resolved and team_budget is None))
-                else None
-            )
-
             jwt_token = ExperimentalUIJWTToken.get_cli_jwt_auth_token(
                 user_info=user_info,
                 team_id=team_id,
                 team_alias=team_alias,
-                max_budget=session_max_budget,
+                max_budget=None,
             )
 
             # Delete cache entry (single-use)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
index 92d1b870d75..5631aa69102 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
@@ -3122,9 +3122,11 @@ class TestCLIKeyRegenerationFlow:
         assert mock_get_jwt.call_args.kwargs["max_budget"] is None
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_cli_poll_key_caps_session_when_user_and_team_have_no_budget(self):
-        """With no user and no team budget, the session falls back to max_ui_session_budget."""
-        from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_TeamTableCachedObj, LiteLLM_UserTable
+    async def test_cli_poll_key_does_not_cap_session_even_without_user_or_team_budget(self):
+        """Regression: a CLI session token must not inherit the UI chat-pane budget
+        (max_ui_session_budget). Even when the user and team have no budget of their
+        own, the minted token carries max_budget=None and is governed only by the
+        real user/team budgets at request time."""
         from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
             _hash_cli_sso_secret,
             cli_poll_key,
@@ -3138,14 +3140,6 @@ class TestCLIKeyRegenerationFlow:
             "models": ["gpt-4"],
             "user_email": "unbudgeted@example.com",
         }
-        mock_user_info = LiteLLM_UserTable(
-            user_id="unbudgeted-user",
-            user_role="internal_user",
-            teams=["team-x"],
-            models=["gpt-4"],
-            max_budget=None,
-        )
-        mock_team = LiteLLM_TeamTableCachedObj(team_id="team-x", max_budget=None)
         mock_cache = MagicMock()
         mock_cache.get_cache.return_value = {
             "poll_secret_hash": _hash_cli_sso_secret("poll-secret"),
@@ -3157,19 +3151,10 @@ class TestCLIKeyRegenerationFlow:
 
         with (
             patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_cache),
-            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client"),
             patch(
                 "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.ExperimentalUIJWTToken.get_cli_jwt_auth_token",
                 return_value=mock_jwt_token,
             ) as mock_get_jwt,
-            patch(
-                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_user_object",
-                new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_user_info),
-            ),
-            patch(
-                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_team_object",
-                new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_team),
-            ),
         ):
             result = await cli_poll_key(
                 key_id="cli-session-unbudgeted",
@@ -3179,9 +3164,7 @@ class TestCLIKeyRegenerationFlow:
 
         assert result["status"] == "ready"
         mock_get_jwt.assert_called_once()
-        assert (
-            mock_get_jwt.call_args.kwargs["max_budget"] == litellm.max_ui_session_budget
-        )
+        assert mock_get_jwt.call_args.kwargs["max_budget"] is None
 
 
 class TestGetAppRolesFromIdToken: