diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
index fce4e7a83fd..79c311cf739 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.common_utils.auth_cache_invalidation_pubsub import (
     publish_auth_cache_invalidation,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.callback_config_validation import logging_metadata_config_error
-from litellm.proxy.common_utils.callback_utils import (
-    decrypt_callback_vars,
-    encrypt_callback_vars,
-)
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.callback_utils import encrypt_callback_vars
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.config_sync_pubsub import (
     coordination_redis_cache,
     publish_config_change,
@@ -7032,14 +7029,12 @@ async def key_health(
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import proxy_config
 
     try:
-        key_metadata: Final = user_api_key_dict.metadata
-        if key_metadata and "logging" in key_metadata:
-            _raise_if_key_logging_missing_callback_name(decrypt_callback_vars(key_metadata)["logging"])
+        key_logging_entries: Final = KeyAndTeamLoggingSettings.get_key_dynamic_logging_settings(user_api_key_dict)
+        if key_logging_entries is not None:
+            _raise_if_key_logging_missing_callback_name(key_logging_entries)
 
         configured_entries: Final = (
-            KeyAndTeamLoggingSettings.get_key_dynamic_logging_settings(user_api_key_dict)
-            or KeyAndTeamLoggingSettings.get_team_dynamic_logging_settings(user_api_key_dict)
-            or ()
+            key_logging_entries or KeyAndTeamLoggingSettings.get_team_dynamic_logging_settings(user_api_key_dict) or ()
         )
         invalid_entries: Final = _describe_invalid_callback_entries(configured_entries)
         if invalid_entries is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_key_management_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_key_management_endpoints.py
index 4c5a5072e9f..2f0501fe886 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_key_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_key_management_endpoints.py
@@ -18309,11 +18309,14 @@ def _default_team_gcs_proxy_config(team_id: str):
     return pc
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("key_logging", [[], None], ids=["empty list", "null"])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_key_health_tests_the_team_callbacks_an_empty_key_logging_list_falls_back_to():
+async def test_key_health_tests_the_team_callbacks_an_unset_key_logging_falls_back_to(key_logging: list | None):
     from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.key_management_endpoints import key_health
 
-    caller: Final = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="sk-1", team_id="team-gcs", metadata={"logging": []}, team_metadata={})
+    caller: Final = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        api_key="sk-1", team_id="team-gcs", metadata={"logging": key_logging}, team_metadata={}
+    )
     logging_status: Final = LoggingCallbackStatus(callbacks=("gcs_bucket",), status="unhealthy", details="404")
     with (
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.proxy_config", _default_team_gcs_proxy_config("team-gcs")),  # test-quality-ok: key_health reads the module-level proxy config