diff --git a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py
index 354d816416d..f1aa4e1e1c9 100644
--- a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py
+++ b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/hooks/managed_files.py
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ from litellm import Router, verbose_logger
 from litellm._internal_context import with_service_target
 from litellm._uuid import uuid
 from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
-from litellm.constants import BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, MAX_FILE_LIST_LIMIT
+from litellm.constants import (
+    BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_FALLBACK_RETRY_AFTER_SECONDS,
+    BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+    MAX_FILE_LIST_LIMIT,
+)
 from litellm.files.types import FileRetrieveCallOptions, FileRetrieveProvider
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.hidden_params import HIDDEN_PARAMS_ATTR
@@ -803,11 +807,19 @@ class _PROXY_LiteLLMManagedFiles(CustomLogger, BaseFileEndpoints):
             model_id=model_id,
             model_name=model_name,
         )
-        provider_object: Final = await self._fetch_provider_file_object(
-            unified_file_id=unified_file_id,
-            provider_file_id=provider_file_id,
-            model_id=model_id,
-            model_name=model_name,
+        fallback_written_recently: Final = (
+            stored_object is not None
+            and time.time() - stored_object.created_at < BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_FALLBACK_RETRY_AFTER_SECONDS
+        )
+        provider_object: Final = (
+            None
+            if fallback_written_recently
+            else await self._fetch_provider_file_object(
+                unified_file_id=unified_file_id,
+                provider_file_id=provider_file_id,
+                model_id=model_id,
+                model_name=model_name,
+            )
         )
         if stored_object is not None and provider_object is None and (
             size_bytes is None or stored_object.bytes == size_bytes
diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 1001a4ad91d..7905212da87 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -1834,6 +1834,7 @@ PROXY_BATCH_POLLING_INTERVAL: Final = int(os.getenv("PROXY_BATCH_POLLING_INTERVA
 MAX_OBJECTS_PER_POLL_CYCLE: Final = max(1, int(os.getenv("MAX_OBJECTS_PER_POLL_CYCLE", 50)))
 MANAGED_OBJECT_STALENESS_CUTOFF_DAYS: Final = max(1, int(os.getenv("MANAGED_OBJECT_STALENESS_CUTOFF_DAYS", 7)))
 BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = 10.0
+BATCH_OUTPUT_FILE_FALLBACK_RETRY_AFTER_SECONDS: Final = 60
 STALE_OBJECT_CLEANUP_BATCH_SIZE: Final = max(1, int(os.getenv("STALE_OBJECT_CLEANUP_BATCH_SIZE", 1000)))
 # Set PROXY_BATCH_POLLING_ENABLED=false to disable the CheckBatchCost and
 # CheckResponsesCost background polling jobs entirely (e.g. to avoid DB load on
diff --git a/tests/unit/enterprise/proxy/hooks/test_managed_files.py b/tests/unit/enterprise/proxy/hooks/test_managed_files.py
index 3dc896688a6..536649765c6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/enterprise/proxy/hooks/test_managed_files.py
+++ b/tests/unit/enterprise/proxy/hooks/test_managed_files.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import json
+import time
 import asyncio
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from typing import Final, cast
@@ -2074,6 +2075,36 @@ async def test_store_batch_output_file_marks_fallback_after_four_transient_failu
     ] is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_store_batch_output_file_skips_lookup_for_fallback_written_moments_ago():
+    import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as proxy_server_module
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+
+    router = MagicMock()
+    router.get_deployment_credentials_with_provider.return_value = {"api_key": "key"}
+    proxy_managed_files, managed_file_table = _managed_files_with_fake_prisma(
+        _marked_fallback_file_row(created_at=int(time.time()))
+    )
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(proxy_server_module, "llm_router", router),
+        patch("litellm.afile_retrieve", new_callable=AsyncMock) as retrieve,
+    ):
+        await proxy_managed_files.store_batch_output_file(
+            unified_file_id="unified-output",
+            provider_file_id="provider-output",
+            model_id="model-123",
+            owner=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-123", team_id="team-123"),
+            litellm_parent_otel_span=None,
+            size_bytes=836,
+        )
+
+    retrieve.assert_not_awaited()
+    stored_object = managed_file_table.rows["unified-output"].file_object
+    assert stored_object is not None
+    assert (stored_object.bytes, stored_object.litellm_details_fallback) == (836, True)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_store_batch_output_file_does_not_retry_not_found():
     import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as proxy_server_module