diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limits_shared.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limits_shared.py
index 38747090c59..2e4954cd030 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limits_shared.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_tag_rate_limits_shared.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.hooks.tag_rate_limits_shared import (
     fixed_length_identity,
     order_tags_for_identity_resolution,
     partition_key,
-    resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name,
+    resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name,
 )
 from litellm.types.router import TagRateLimitEntry, TagRateLimitScope
 
@@ -140,40 +140,38 @@ def test_extract_key_alias_ignores_a_non_mapping_authoritative_field():
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name -- veria-ai finding surfaced on
-# PR #38347: a caller-supplied, non-empty litellm_metadata must not be
-# selected over the metadata the proxy actually wrote authenticated tags into
+# resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name -- Veria AI finding: a
+# caller-supplied, non-empty litellm_metadata must not be selected over
+# metadata, the field the proxy actually wrote authenticated tags into
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-def test_resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name_ignores_caller_forged_non_empty_litellm_metadata():
+def test_resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name_ignores_caller_forged_non_empty_litellm_metadata():
     """A caller-supplied litellm_metadata with unrelated content (no
     user_api_key_auth marker) must not be picked over metadata, even though
     it is a non-empty dict."""
-    litellm_params_for_metadata = {"litellm_metadata": {"marker": True}}
-    assert resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name(litellm_params_for_metadata) == "metadata"
+    metadata_source = {"litellm_metadata": {"marker": True}}
+    assert resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name(metadata_source) == "metadata"
 
 
-def test_resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name_selects_litellm_metadata_when_server_written():
+def test_resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name_selects_litellm_metadata_when_server_written():
     """A genuinely server-populated litellm_metadata (LITELLM_METADATA_ROUTES)
     always carries the user_api_key_auth marker stamped by
     add_user_api_key_auth_to_request_metadata."""
-    litellm_params_for_metadata = {
-        "litellm_metadata": {"user_api_key_auth": object(), "tags": ["team_id:t1"]}
-    }
-    assert resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name(litellm_params_for_metadata) == "litellm_metadata"
+    metadata_source = {"litellm_metadata": {"user_api_key_auth": object(), "tags": ["team_id:t1"]}}
+    assert resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name(metadata_source) == "litellm_metadata"
 
 
-def test_resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_absent():
-    assert resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name({}) == "metadata"
+def test_resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_absent():
+    assert resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name({}) == "metadata"
 
 
-def test_resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_none():
-    assert resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name({"litellm_metadata": None}) == "metadata"
+def test_resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_none():
+    assert resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name({"litellm_metadata": None}) == "metadata"
 
 
-def test_resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_empty():
-    assert resolve_success_event_metadata_variable_name({"litellm_metadata": {}}) == "metadata"
+def test_resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name_defaults_to_metadata_when_litellm_metadata_empty():
+    assert resolve_authoritative_metadata_variable_name({"litellm_metadata": {}}) == "metadata"
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -429,7 +427,5 @@ def test_bucket_ttl_seconds_defaults_to_period_plus_one_hour_when_unset():
 
 
 def test_bucket_ttl_seconds_honors_key_ttl_seconds_override():
-    entry = TagRateLimitEntry(
-        name="per_minute", tag_id="end_user_id", limit=1, period_seconds=60, key_ttl_seconds=120
-    )
+    entry = TagRateLimitEntry(name="per_minute", tag_id="end_user_id", limit=1, period_seconds=60, key_ttl_seconds=120)
     assert bucket_ttl_seconds(entry) == 120