diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
index 75584ce4f65..976048b9521 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
@@ -2909,6 +2909,129 @@ class TestCLIKeyRegenerationFlow:
             # Verify session was deleted after JWT generation
             mock_cache.delete_cache.assert_called_once()
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_cli_poll_key_does_not_cap_session_when_user_has_budget(self):
+        """A user with a configured budget must not get the max_ui_session_budget fallback cap."""
+        from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_UserTable
+        from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
+            _hash_cli_sso_secret,
+            cli_poll_key,
+        )
+
+        session_data = {
+            "user_id": "budgeted-user",
+            "user_role": "internal_user",
+            "teams": [],
+            "team_details": [],
+            "models": ["gpt-4"],
+            "user_email": "budgeted@example.com",
+        }
+        mock_user_info = LiteLLM_UserTable(
+            user_id="budgeted-user",
+            user_role="internal_user",
+            teams=[],
+            models=["gpt-4"],
+            max_budget=100.0,
+        )
+        mock_cache = MagicMock()
+        mock_cache.get_cache.return_value = {
+            "poll_secret_hash": _hash_cli_sso_secret("poll-secret"),
+            "sso_complete": True,
+            "user_code_verified": True,
+            "session_data": session_data,
+        }
+        mock_jwt_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.budgeted.token"
+
+        with (
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_cache),
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client"),
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.ExperimentalUIJWTToken.get_cli_jwt_auth_token",
+                return_value=mock_jwt_token,
+            ) as mock_get_jwt,
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_user_object",
+                new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_user_info),
+            ),
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_team_object",
+                new=AsyncMock(
+                    side_effect=AssertionError("team lookup must be skipped")
+                ),
+            ),
+        ):
+            result = await cli_poll_key(
+                key_id="cli-session-budgeted",
+                team_id=None,
+                x_litellm_cli_poll_secret="poll-secret",
+            )
+
+        assert result["status"] == "ready"
+        mock_get_jwt.assert_called_once()
+        assert mock_get_jwt.call_args.kwargs["max_budget"] is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_cli_poll_key_caps_session_when_user_and_team_have_no_budget(self):
+        """With no user and no team budget, the session falls back to max_ui_session_budget."""
+        from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_TeamTableCachedObj, LiteLLM_UserTable
+        from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
+            _hash_cli_sso_secret,
+            cli_poll_key,
+        )
+
+        session_data = {
+            "user_id": "unbudgeted-user",
+            "user_role": "internal_user",
+            "teams": ["team-x"],
+            "team_details": [{"team_id": "team-x", "team_alias": "Team X"}],
+            "models": ["gpt-4"],
+            "user_email": "unbudgeted@example.com",
+        }
+        mock_user_info = LiteLLM_UserTable(
+            user_id="unbudgeted-user",
+            user_role="internal_user",
+            teams=["team-x"],
+            models=["gpt-4"],
+            max_budget=None,
+        )
+        mock_team = LiteLLM_TeamTableCachedObj(team_id="team-x", max_budget=None)
+        mock_cache = MagicMock()
+        mock_cache.get_cache.return_value = {
+            "poll_secret_hash": _hash_cli_sso_secret("poll-secret"),
+            "sso_complete": True,
+            "user_code_verified": True,
+            "session_data": session_data,
+        }
+        mock_jwt_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.unbudgeted.token"
+
+        with (
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache", mock_cache),
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client"),
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.ExperimentalUIJWTToken.get_cli_jwt_auth_token",
+                return_value=mock_jwt_token,
+            ) as mock_get_jwt,
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_user_object",
+                new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_user_info),
+            ),
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks.get_team_object",
+                new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_team),
+            ),
+        ):
+            result = await cli_poll_key(
+                key_id="cli-session-unbudgeted",
+                team_id="team-x",
+                x_litellm_cli_poll_secret="poll-secret",
+            )
+
+        assert result["status"] == "ready"
+        mock_get_jwt.assert_called_once()
+        assert (
+            mock_get_jwt.call_args.kwargs["max_budget"] == litellm.max_ui_session_budget
+        )
+
 
 class TestGetAppRolesFromIdToken:
     """Test the get_app_roles_from_id_token method"""