diff --git a/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/quota_management.yaml b/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/quota_management.yaml
index fac266149f4..0231378b271 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/quota_management.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/quota_management.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 - {id: quota_management.spend_tracking.failure.writes_failure_row, module: quota_management, tier: P1, behavior: spend_tracking, variant: failure, assertions: [writes_failure_row], exercised_on: [chat_completions], source: "proxy/spend_tracking/spend_log_error_logger.py", rationale: "A failed call writes a failure-status spend row"}
 - {id: quota_management.spend_tracking.spend_calculate.returns_cost, module: quota_management, tier: P2, behavior: spend_tracking, variant: spend_calculate, assertions: [returns_cost], exercised_on: [spend_calculate], source: "proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py", rationale: "/spend/calculate prices a hypothetical request at nonzero cost"}
 - {id: quota_management.spend_tracking.pagination.keeps_total, module: quota_management, tier: P2, behavior: spend_tracking, variant: pagination, assertions: [keeps_total], exercised_on: [chat_completions], source: "proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py", rationale: "Spend-logs v2 pagination caps page size without losing the total"}
+- {id: quota_management.spend_tracking.non_negative.never_negative, module: quota_management, tier: P1, behavior: spend_tracking, variant: non_negative, assertions: [never_negative], exercised_on: [chat_completions, embeddings], source: "litellm_core_utils/llm_cost_calc/utils.py", rationale: "No provider writes a negative spend row across streaming/non-streaming chat and embeddings; derived cache-token counts must clamp at zero (BerriAI/litellm#25846)"}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/SPEND_TRACKING_COVERAGE_MATRIX.md b/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/SPEND_TRACKING_COVERAGE_MATRIX.md
index 062ef8d73da..fbcc3f1d718 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/SPEND_TRACKING_COVERAGE_MATRIX.md
+++ b/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/SPEND_TRACKING_COVERAGE_MATRIX.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ proxy + SpendLogs rows. Status: `covered` / `partial` / `gap`.
 
 | Modality | Existing | Status | Live e2e |
 |----------|----------|--------|----------|
+| Non-negative spend (all providers) | `test_anthropic_claude3_transformation.py`, `llm_cost_calc/utils.py` (#25846) | partial | yes (`test_no_provider_logs_negative_spend`) |
 | Chat (non-stream) | `test_cost_calculator.py`, `local_testing/test_completion_cost.py` | covered | yes (`test_chat_completion_writes_nonzero_spend_row`) |
 | Chat (streaming) | `test_streaming_interrupt_spend_tracking.py` | partial | yes (`test_streaming_chat_completion_tracks_spend`) |
 | Embedding | `test_cost_calculator.py` (#29956) | partial | yes (`test_embedding_writes_nonzero_spend_row`) |
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ proxy + SpendLogs rows. Status: `covered` / `partial` / `gap`.
 | `test_tag_spend_matches_sum_of_tagged_logs` | `/spend/tags` SUM/COUNT == tagged rows |
 | `test_end_user_spend_attributed_on_row` | `end_user` attributed + costed |
 | `test_each_model_on_a_shared_key_gets_its_own_row` | per-model/provider rows, correct model + cost, distinct request_ids matching response id |
+| `test_no_provider_logs_negative_spend` | no provider writes spend < 0 across streaming/non-streaming chat + embeddings; each provider still logs a positive row (non-vacuous) |
 | `test_failure_call_writes_failure_status_row` | failed call -> `status=failure`, `spend=0` |
 | `test_spend_calculate_returns_nonzero_cost` | cost-map smoke (no batch wait) |
 | `test_spend_logs_endpoint_returns_spend` | `/spend/logs` returns 200 + the key's spend, never a 5xx (intermittent-500 regression) |
diff --git a/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_e2e.py b/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_e2e.py
index 2f0ffae44e3..0eff6a66fd5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/quota_management/spend_tracking/test_spend_tracking_e2e.py
@@ -430,6 +430,81 @@ def test_each_model_on_a_shared_key_gets_its_own_row(
         ), f"claude row request_id {claude_row.request_id} != response id {claude.id}"
 
 
+# Chat providers this negative-spend guard sweeps when the proxy exposes them. Two
+# are guaranteed by the suite's driver_models (gemini, anthropic); gpt-5.5 (openai
+# chat) is only wired on the stage/docker gateways, so it's swept when present.
+# Adding a provider here widens the guard by one line.
+_NEG_GUARD_CHAT_MODELS: tuple[str, ...] = ("gemini-2.5-flash", "claude-haiku-4-5", "gpt-5.5")
+_NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_MODEL = "openai-text-embedding-3-small"
+_NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_ROW_MARKER = "text-embedding-3-small"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.covers("quota_management.spend_tracking.non_negative.never_negative")
+def test_no_provider_logs_negative_spend(
+    client: SpendClient, scoped_key: str
+) -> None:
+    """No provider ever writes a negative spend row. One key sweeps every chat
+    provider the proxy exposes, both non-streaming and streaming, plus an embedding;
+    then every logged row is asserted non-negative. A negative cost is a real billing
+    bug: cache-token accounting that lets a derived token count fall below zero
+    (BerriAI/litellm#25846) surfaces here as spend < 0, and the streaming leg is
+    included on purpose because that is the path that regression rode in on. The
+    per-provider positive-row check keeps the guard non-vacuous - a pipeline that
+    silently logs 0 (or drops the row) fails instead of sliding past a bare `>= 0`."""
+    present = frozenset(entry.model_name for entry in client.gateway.model_info())
+    chat_models = tuple(m for m in _NEG_GUARD_CHAT_MODELS if m in present)
+    assert len(chat_models) >= 2, (
+        f"need >=2 chat providers for a cross-provider guard; "
+        f"proxy exposes {sorted(present)}"
+    )
+    assert _NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_MODEL in present, (
+        f"embedding deployment {_NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_MODEL!r} not registered; "
+        f"proxy exposes {sorted(present)}"
+    )
+
+    for model in chat_models:
+        _ = unwrap(
+            client.chat(scoped_key, model, f"one word {unique_marker()}", max_tokens=16)
+        )
+        stream = client.chat_stream(
+            scoped_key, model, f"count to three {unique_marker()}", max_tokens=32
+        )
+        assert stream.ok, (
+            f"{model} stream failed (status {stream.status_code}): {stream.body[:300]}"
+        )
+    _ = unwrap(
+        client.embed(
+            scoped_key, _NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_MODEL, f"vectorize {unique_marker()}"
+        )
+    )
+
+    expected_markers = (*chat_models, _NEG_GUARD_EMBEDDING_ROW_MARKER)
+
+    def every_provider_costed(rows: list[SpendLogRow]) -> bool:
+        return all(
+            any(marker in (r.model or "") and (r.spend or 0) > 0 for r in rows)
+            for marker in expected_markers
+        )
+
+    # min_rows waits for the streaming rows too (non-stream + stream per chat model,
+    # plus the embedding), so the streaming spend is actually observed and checked.
+    rows = client.poll_logs_for_key(
+        scoped_key,
+        min_rows=2 * len(chat_models) + 1,
+        predicate=every_provider_costed,
+    )
+
+    negative = [r for r in rows if (r.spend or 0) < 0]
+    assert not negative, (
+        f"provider logged negative spend (billing regression): {_summarize(negative)}"
+    )
+
+    for marker in expected_markers:
+        assert any(
+            marker in (r.model or "") and (r.spend or 0) > 0 for r in rows
+        ), f"no positive spend row for {marker!r}; guard would be vacuous: {_summarize(rows)}"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.covers("quota_management.spend_tracking.failure.writes_failure_row")
 def test_failure_call_writes_failure_status_row(
     client: SpendClient, scoped_key: str