diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
index 3f5a76b62bb..52250d3adfa 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ describe("TraceConversation", () => {
       .mockImplementation(async (_token, _trace, id) => (id === "root" ? rootDetail : { ...toolDetail, span_id: id }));
   });
 
+  it.each([false, true])("refreshes unchanged spans without hiding loaded content on failure (%s)", async (failed) => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderWithProviders(
+      <RoutedRunView traceId={trace.summary.trace_id} accessToken="test" onBack={vi.fn()} embedded />,
+    );
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Conversation" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("The release is ready")).toBeVisible();
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceSpanCall).mockImplementation(async (_token, _trace, id) => {
+      if (failed) throw new Error("content refresh failed");
+      return id === "root" ? { ...rootDetail, output: "Updated final answer" } : toolDetail;
+    });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Refresh run" }));
+    if (failed) {
+      expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Retry batch" })).toBeVisible();
+      expect(screen.getByText("The release is ready")).toBeVisible();
+    } else {
+      expect(await screen.findByText("Updated final answer")).toBeVisible();
+      expect(screen.queryByText("The release is ready")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("switches to a readable transcript and opens the exact tool step from it", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderWithProviders(
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
index 46377b44ed1..d5d383ec6f3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,18 @@ function LoadedRun({
     setManualRead(true);
     void read().finally(() => setManualRead(false));
   };
-  const refreshRun = () => readManually(() => traceQuery.refetch());
+  const refreshRun = () =>
+    readManually(async () => {
+      await traceQuery.refetch();
+      await Promise.all(
+        ["agentTraceSpan", "agentTraceContents"].map((kind) =>
+          queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+            queryKey: [kind, traceId, traceRef],
+            predicate: (query) => query.queryKey.at(-1) === accessToken,
+          }),
+        ),
+      );
+    });
   const toggleLive = () => {
     if (live && !manualRead && !traceQuery.isFetchingNextPage) {
       void queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey, exact: true });