diff --git a/litellm/integrations/otel/mappers/openinference.py b/litellm/integrations/otel/mappers/openinference.py
index 1e2dbf6974d..1fa19b8d4a5 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/otel/mappers/openinference.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/otel/mappers/openinference.py
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ class OpenInferenceMapper:
         return {
             **collect(self._LLM_CALL_ATTRS, data),
             **collect(self._BLOB_ATTRS, data),
-            **self._messages("llm.input_messages", "input.value", data.messages_in, indexed_in),
-            **self._messages("llm.output_messages", "output.value", outputs, indexed_out),
+            **self._messages(
+                "llm.input_messages",
+                "input.value",
+                data.messages_in,
+                self._prompt_positions(len(data.messages_in), indexed_in),
+            ),
+            **self._messages("llm.output_messages", "output.value", outputs, range(indexed_out)),
             **self._tools(data),
         }
 
@@ -109,18 +114,26 @@ class OpenInferenceMapper:
         return _MAX_INDEXED_MESSAGES - indexed_out, indexed_out
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _messages(prefix: str, value_key: str, messages: Sequence[object], indexed: int) -> AttributeMap:
-        """``{prefix}.{idx}.message.*`` keys for the leading ``indexed`` messages + the ``value_key`` blob of all."""
+    def _prompt_positions(total: int, indexed: int) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+        """Which prompt messages get per-index attributes: message 0 and the most recent turns.
+
+        A value length limit clips the ``input.value`` blob, so the system prompt and the
+        live turn each keep a short key of their own. The middle of a long prompt does not.
+        """
+        if total <= indexed:
+            return tuple(range(total))
+        return (0, *range(total - indexed + 1, total))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _messages(prefix: str, value_key: str, messages: Sequence[object], positions: Sequence[int]) -> AttributeMap:
+        """``{prefix}.{idx}.message.*`` keys for the messages at ``positions`` + the ``value_key`` blob of all."""
         parsed: Final = [(m.get("role") if isinstance(m, dict) else None, message_content(m)) for m in messages]
         attrs: Final = drop_none(
             {
                 key: value
-                for idx, (role, content) in enumerate(parsed[:indexed])
+                for idx, (role, content) in ((idx, parsed[idx]) for idx in positions)
                 for key, value in (
-                    (
-                        f"{prefix}.{idx}.message.role",
-                        role if isinstance(role, str) else None,
-                    ),
+                    (f"{prefix}.{idx}.message.role", role if isinstance(role, str) else None),
                     (f"{prefix}.{idx}.message.content", content),
                 )
             }
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_emitter.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_emitter.py
index f571ab7004b..6491ab0f79f 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_emitter.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_emitter.py
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ def test_long_conversation_does_not_evict_core_attributes(turns):
 
     assert a["llm.input_messages.0.message.content"] == "turn 0"
     assert a["llm.output_messages.0.message.content"] == "reply 0"
-    assert f"llm.input_messages.{turns - 1}.message.role" not in a
+    assert a[f"llm.input_messages.{turns - 1}.message.content"] == f"turn {turns - 1}"
+    assert f"llm.input_messages.{turns // 2}.message.role" not in a
     assert len(json.loads(a["input.value"])) == turns
     assert len(json.loads(a["output.value"])) == 1
     assert len(json.loads(a[GenAI.INPUT_MESSAGES])) == turns
@@ -520,6 +521,31 @@ def test_short_conversation_keeps_every_message_indexed():
         assert a[f"llm.output_messages.{idx}.message.content"] == f"reply {idx}"
 
 
+def test_indexed_prompt_keeps_opener_and_latest_turns_under_a_value_length_limit(monkeypatch):
+    """The per-index keys are the only untruncated copy once the SDK clips string values.
+
+    Operators bound attribute sizes with ``OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT``,
+    which cuts the ``input.value`` blob short. The system prompt and the live turn
+    then have to survive as their own short keys, whatever the conversation length.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT", "256")
+    payload = _conversation_payload(60)
+    payload["messages"][0] = {"role": "system", "content": "be terse"}
+    payload["messages"][-1] = {"role": "user", "content": "LATEST-TURN"}
+    a = _conversation_span(["genai", "openinference"], payload).attributes
+
+    assert len(a["input.value"]) == 256
+    assert a["llm.input_messages.0.message.role"] == "system"
+    assert a["llm.input_messages.0.message.content"] == "be terse"
+    assert a["llm.input_messages.59.message.role"] == "user"
+    assert a["llm.input_messages.59.message.content"] == "LATEST-TURN"
+    assert a["llm.output_messages.0.message.content"] == "reply 0"
+    assert [int(key.split(".")[2]) for key in a if key.endswith("message.content") and key.startswith("llm.input_")] == [
+        0,
+        *range(54, 60),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_message_cap_is_shared_across_input_and_output():
     """One span-wide allowance covers both directions, and the response always keeps a share.
 
@@ -588,4 +614,5 @@ def test_fully_populated_span_with_every_vocabulary_stays_within_the_attribute_l
     assert a[f"{LiteLLM.COST_PREFIX}total"] == 0.002
     assert a[LiteLLM.TOOLS_DECLARED] == 127
     assert a["llm.input_messages.0.message.content"] == "turn 0"
+    assert a["llm.input_messages.199.message.content"] == "turn 199"
     assert a["llm.output_messages.0.message.content"] == "reply 0"