diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 1604dea1003..1f8a4d5ba33 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -622,6 +622,15 @@ def _defer_post_call_pipelines(
             response.id,
             ", ".join(tag_matched),
         )
+    body_selected: Final = _body_selected_deferrals(data, deferred)
+    if body_selected:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+            "Policy engine: background response %s matched post_call policies through the request body's policies "
+            "list at submit; retrieval carries no request body, so those policies do not govern the completed "
+            "response: %s",
+            response.id,
+            ", ".join(body_selected),
+        )
     _withdraw_deferred_claims(data, deferred)
 
 
@@ -638,6 +647,14 @@ def _tag_matched_deferrals(
     )
 
 
+def _body_selected_deferrals(
+    data: Mapping[str, object], deferred: Sequence[tuple[str, "GuardrailPipeline"]]
+) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    sources: Final = _policy_state_metadata(data).get("policy_sources")
+    attributed: Final = frozenset(sources) if isinstance(sources, dict) else frozenset()
+    return tuple(policy_name for policy_name, _pipeline in deferred if policy_name not in attributed)
+
+
 def _pipeline_is_streamable(policy_name: str, pipeline: "GuardrailPipeline") -> bool:
     unsupported: Final = tuple(
         dict.fromkeys(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_guardrail_pipeline.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_guardrail_pipeline.py
index 3bbdbbe2ccd..cc40706c67c 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_guardrail_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_guardrail_pipeline.py
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ def _post_call_pipeline_data(
         "metadata": {
             "_guardrail_pipelines": [("response-governance", pipeline)],
             "_pipeline_managed_guardrails": {guardrail},
+            "policy_sources": {"response-governance": "model:m"},
         },
         **extra,
     }
@@ -1468,7 +1469,7 @@ def _output_passing_callbacks() -> list[CustomGuardrail]:
 
 
 def _claimed_post_call_pipeline_data(
-    *policy_names: str, extra_guardrails: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None, policy_source: str = "model:m"
+    *policy_names: str, extra_guardrails: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None, policy_source: str | None = "model:m"
 ):
     from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import get_policy_registry
 
@@ -1491,7 +1492,7 @@ def _claimed_post_call_pipeline_data(
             "_pipeline_managed_guardrails": {"gr-post"},
             "applied_policies": list(policy_names),
             "applied_guardrails": ["gr-post", *(g for gs in (extra_guardrails or {}).values() for g in gs)],
-            "policy_sources": {policy_name: policy_source for policy_name in policy_names},
+            "policy_sources": {policy_name: policy_source for policy_name in policy_names if policy_source is not None},
         },
     }
 
@@ -1551,6 +1552,32 @@ async def test_pending_background_response_warns_when_the_deferred_policy_was_ma
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_pending_background_response_warns_when_the_deferred_policy_came_from_the_request_body(
+    proxy_logging: ProxyLogging,
+    make_user_api_key_auth: Callable[..., UserAPIKeyAuth],
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    clear_policy_registry: None,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "callbacks", _output_blocking_callbacks({}))
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.llm_router", None, raising=False)
+    data = _claimed_post_call_pipeline_data("body-governance", policy_source=None)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="LiteLLM Proxy"):
+        out = await proxy_logging.post_call_success_hook(
+            data=data, response=_background_response("queued"), user_api_key_dict=make_user_api_key_auth()
+        )
+
+    assert out.status == "queued"
+    assert "policy_sources" not in data["metadata"]
+    assert _warnings(caplog) == [
+        "Policy engine: background response resp_bg matched post_call policies through the request body's policies "
+        "list at submit; retrieval carries no request body, so those policies do not govern the completed "
+        "response: body-governance"
+    ]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_pending_background_response_matched_through_its_model_does_not_warn(
     proxy_logging: ProxyLogging,