diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
index 8befdbf4d09..15f852408ca 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/GuardrailsMonitor/LogViewer.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function LogViewer({
     ? moment(endDate).endOf("day").utc().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss")
     : moment().utc().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
 
-  const { data: fullLogResponse, isFetching: isFetchingFullLog } = useQuery({
+  const { data: fullLogResponse, isFetching: isFetchingFullLog, isError: isFullLogError } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["spend-log-by-request", selectedRequestId, startTime, endTime],
     queryFn: async () => {
       if (!accessToken || !selectedRequestId) return null;
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export function LogViewer({
         onClose={handleCloseDrawer}
         logEntry={selectedLog}
         logEntryLoading={isFetchingFullLog}
+        logEntryError={isFullLogError}
         accessToken={accessToken}
         allLogs={selectedLog ? [selectedLog] : []}
         startTime={startTime}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.test.tsx
index 16d4a77dd33..6c61185d9d8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.test.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe("LogDetailsDrawer session sidebar sorting", () => {
 });
 
 describe("LogDetailsDrawer without a resolved log", () => {
-  const renderDrawer = (props: { logEntry: LogEntry | null; logEntryLoading?: boolean }) => {
+  const renderDrawer = (props: { logEntry: LogEntry | null; logEntryLoading?: boolean; logEntryError?: boolean }) => {
     const queryClient = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
     return render(
       <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ describe("LogDetailsDrawer without a resolved log", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText(/Log details are unavailable for this request/i)).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it("blames the failed request rather than the date range when the lookup errored", () => {
+    renderDrawer({ logEntry: null, logEntryError: true });
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Loading the details for this request failed/i)).toBeDefined();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/outside the selected date range/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("shows a spinner while the log is still being fetched", () => {
     renderDrawer({ logEntry: null, logEntryLoading: true });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.tsx
index 23530479d4b..a9945c7cc3a 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/LogDetailsDrawer/LogDetailsDrawer.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface LogDetailsDrawerProps {
   onClose: () => void;
   logEntry: LogEntry | null;
   logEntryLoading?: boolean;
+  logEntryError?: boolean;
   sessionId?: string | null;
   accessToken?: string | null;
   allLogs?: LogEntry[];
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ export function LogDetailsDrawer({
   onClose,
   logEntry,
   logEntryLoading = false,
+  logEntryError = false,
   sessionId,
   accessToken,
   allLogs = [],
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export function LogDetailsDrawer({
   const [isSidebarCollapsed, setIsSidebarCollapsed] = useState(false);
   const [copiedLeftPanelId, setCopiedLeftPanelId] = useState(false);
 
-  const { data: sessionData, isFetching: isFetchingSession } = useQuery({
+  const { data: sessionData, isFetching: isFetchingSession, isError: isSessionError } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["sessionLogs", sessionId],
     queryFn: async () => {
       if (!sessionId || !accessToken) return { logs: [] as LogEntry[], total: 0 };
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ export function LogDetailsDrawer({
     if (!open) return null;
 
     const isResolvingLog = isSessionMode ? isFetchingSession : logEntryLoading;
+    const lookupFailed = isSessionMode ? isSessionError : logEntryError;
 
     return (
       <Drawer
@@ -316,8 +319,9 @@ export function LogDetailsDrawer({
             <Spin />
           ) : (
             <p className="text-sm text-slate-500 text-center px-6">
-              Log details are unavailable for this request. It may have been purged from the spend logs, or it falls
-              outside the selected date range.
+              {lookupFailed
+                ? "Loading the details for this request failed. Check the proxy is reachable and try again."
+                : "Log details are unavailable for this request. It may have been purged from the spend logs, or it falls outside the selected date range."}
             </p>
           )}
         </div>