diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/guardrail_translation/handler.py b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/guardrail_translation/handler.py
index c72ab907897..093cc46bc10 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/guardrail_translation/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/guardrail_translation/handler.py
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ def _post_guardrail_tool_call_shapes(
     returned_shapes: Final = tuple(_returned_tool_call_shape(tool_call) for tool_call in returned_tool_calls)
     validated_shapes: Final = tuple(shape for shape in returned_shapes if shape is not None)
     if len(validated_shapes) != len(returned_shapes):
+        if deliver_ended_stream_rewrites:
+            from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.pipeline_executor import UndeliverableStreamRewrite
+
+            raise UndeliverableStreamRewrite(
+                guardrail_name or "unknown", "the guardrail returned a tool call without a function name and arguments"
+            )
         verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
             "OpenAI Responses API: guardrail %s returned tool calls without a function name and arguments, "
             "leaving the tool call output items unchanged",
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
index a752464081f..71f7e1841f3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
@@ -1328,6 +1328,18 @@ class UnifiedLLMGuardrails(CustomLogger):
                     async for remaining_item in response:
                         yield remaining_item
                     return
+                if (
+                    chunk_counter == 1
+                    and buffer_until_moderated
+                    and guardrail_to_apply.mask_response_content
+                    and not mappings[CallTypes(call_type)]().delivers_ended_stream_rewrites
+                ):
+                    verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+                        "UnifiedLLMGuardrails: guardrail %s masks response content, but the %s translation cannot write "
+                        "a rewrite back into a buffered stream, so the scan can only block or release the original chunks",
+                        guardrail_to_apply.guardrail_name,
+                        call_type,
+                    )
 
                 # If end_of_stream_only mode, yield chunks without processing.
                 # When buffering, withhold them instead -- they are released (or
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrails/test_streaming_buffer_until_moderated.py b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrails/test_streaming_buffer_until_moderated.py
index 81cb8754529..cb33a0c1c35 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrails/test_streaming_buffer_until_moderated.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrails/test_streaming_buffer_until_moderated.py
@@ -624,6 +624,18 @@ class _ToolClearingGuardrail(_MaskingGuardrail):
         return {**masked, "tool_calls": tool_calls or []}
 
 
+class _ToolManglingGuardrail(_MaskingGuardrail):
+    async def apply_guardrail(
+        self,
+        inputs: GenericGuardrailAPIInputs,
+        request_data: dict,
+        input_type: Literal["request", "response"],
+        logging_obj: Any | None = None,
+    ) -> GenericGuardrailAPIInputs:
+        masked = await super().apply_guardrail(inputs, request_data, input_type, logging_obj)
+        return {**masked, "tool_calls": [{"type": "function"} for _ in inputs.get("tool_calls") or []]}
+
+
 async def _anthropic_tool_use_stream():
     yield _sse_event(
         "message_start",
@@ -853,8 +865,11 @@ async def test_buffered_responses_stream_delivers_masked_text_to_the_client():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_buffered_responses_stream_withholds_everything_when_the_guardrail_drops_a_tool_call():
-    guardrail = _ToolDroppingGuardrail(guardrail_name="dropper", event_hook="post_call")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "guardrail_cls", [_ToolDroppingGuardrail, _ToolManglingGuardrail], ids=["returns fewer", "returns a nameless call"]
+)
+async def test_buffered_responses_stream_withholds_everything_when_the_guardrail_drops_a_tool_call(guardrail_cls: type):
+    guardrail = guardrail_cls(guardrail_name="dropper", event_hook="post_call")
     guardrail.streaming_buffer_until_moderated = True
     guardrail.streaming_buffer_release_on_scan = False
     unified = UnifiedLLMGuardrails()