diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/src/handler.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/src/handler.rs
index e0a7aa5adb8..5ab171076ff 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/src/handler.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/src/handler.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ async fn provider_call(
     let transform_context =
         MessagesTransformContext::new(shaping.capabilities, shaping.settings.drop_params);
     let filtered = requested_optional_params(sanitized, provider, &transform_context)?;
+    let requested_params = serde_json::to_value(&filtered.params).map_err(serialize_failure)?;
     let trimmed =
         without_additional_drop_params(filtered, &shaping.settings.additional_drop_params)?;
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ async fn provider_call(
     let request_context = RequestContext {
         model: body.model.clone(),
         custom_llm_provider: provider.as_str().to_string(),
-        optional_params: serde_json::to_value(&body.params).map_err(serialize_failure)?,
+        optional_params: requested_params,
         secret_fields: Vec::new(),
         api_key: api_key.map(SecretValue::new),
     };
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/tests/messages/host.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/tests/messages/host.rs
index c3d06027c32..e8df20e7dcb 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/tests/messages/host.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/inference-messages/tests/messages/host.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use litellm_host::{
 };
 use litellm_inference_messages::{MessagesCallResponse, route::Messages};
 use litellm_inference_testing::{RecordingSecrets, no_secrets};
-use litellm_llms::base_llm::messages::context::MessagesModelCapabilities as AnthropicModelCapabilities;
+use litellm_llms::base_llm::messages::context::{
+    MessagesModelCapabilities as AnthropicModelCapabilities, SupportedEffortTiers,
+};
 use rstest::rstest;
 
 use super::*;
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ async fn no_raw_response_is_emitted_for_a_stream_or_a_failure(
     assert!(host.raw_responses().is_empty());
 }
 
-/// Python logs `optional_params` as what it is about to send, so a dropped param must
+/// Python logs `optional_params` after its requested-param gate, so a dropped param must
 /// not resurface in callbacks.
 #[rstest]
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -450,3 +452,54 @@ async fn the_request_context_carries_the_shaped_params_without_model_or_messages
         .unwrap_or_else(|seen| panic!("before_provider_request runs once, saw {}", seen.len()));
     assert_eq!(optional_params, json!({"max_tokens": 16}));
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::reasoning_effort_on_an_adaptive_model(
+    AnthropicModelCapabilities {
+        supports_reasoning: true,
+        supports_adaptive_thinking: true,
+        supports_output_config: true,
+        effort_tiers: SupportedEffortTiers { low: true, ..SupportedEffortTiers::default() },
+        ..AnthropicModelCapabilities::default()
+    },
+    json!({"reasoning_effort": "low"})
+)]
+#[case::adaptive_payload_on_a_legacy_model(
+    AnthropicModelCapabilities {
+        supports_reasoning: true,
+        ..AnthropicModelCapabilities::default()
+    },
+    json!({"max_tokens": 3000, "thinking": {"type": "adaptive"}, "output_config": {"effort": "high"}})
+)]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn the_request_context_carries_the_requested_reasoning_not_its_translation(
+    call: MessagesCall,
+    #[case] capabilities: AnthropicModelCapabilities,
+    #[case] fields: Value,
+) {
+    let upstream = upstream([message_response()]).await;
+    let host = RecordingHost::passthrough(authenticated(
+        MessagesCall {
+            shaping: MessagesShaping {
+                capabilities,
+                ..MessagesShaping::default()
+            },
+            ..with_fields(call, fields.clone())
+        },
+        upstream.uri(),
+    ));
+
+    run_through(&host).await.expect("messages call succeeds");
+
+    let [optional_params] = <[Value; 1]>::try_from(host.optional_params.into_inner().unwrap())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|seen| panic!("before_provider_request runs once, saw {}", seen.len()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        optional_params,
+        Value::Object(
+            object(json!({"max_tokens": 16}))
+                .into_iter()
+                .chain(object(fields))
+                .collect()
+        )
+    );
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm_rust/messages/test_callbacks.py b/tests/test_litellm_rust/messages/test_callbacks.py
index a3c03898a12..e02fcd000e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm_rust/messages/test_callbacks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm_rust/messages/test_callbacks.py
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@ async def test_pre_api_call_sees_the_shaped_optional_params(server: RecordingSer
     assert optional_params["max_tokens"] == sent["max_tokens"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_success_event_logs_the_requested_reasoning_effort_not_its_translation(server: RecordingServer) -> None:
+    recorder: Final = RecordingLogger()
+
+    with rebound(litellm, "callbacks", [recorder]):
+        response: Final = await call(server, reasoning_effort="low")
+        success: Final = await recorder.wait_for_async("async_log_success_event")
+
+    assert_served_natively(server, response)
+    sent: Final = server.requests[0].body
+    assert isinstance(sent, dict)
+    assert sent["output_config"] == {"effort": "low"}
+    assert isinstance(success[0].kwargs, dict)
+    logged: Final = _OBJECT.validate_python(success[0].kwargs["standard_logging_object"])
+    assert logged["model_parameters"] == {"max_tokens": 64, "stream": False, "reasoning_effort": "low"}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_logging_hook_and_redaction_edits_reach_the_async_success_event(server: RecordingServer) -> None:
     class Rewrite(HookRecorder):