diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
index 17c64c0f5d3..c6bd22d1729 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
@@ -1865,15 +1865,29 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
                         raw_headers=raw_headers,
                     )
                     for server in eligible
-                )
+                ),
+                return_exceptions=True,
             )
-            if not results or (first := results[0]) is None or any(result is None for result in results):
+            failures: Final = tuple(
+                (server, result) for server, result in zip(eligible, results) if isinstance(result, BaseException)
+            )
+            for server, failure in failures:
+                if not isinstance(failure, Exception):
+                    raise failure
+                if not isinstance(failure, HTTPException) or failure.status_code != 401:
+                    verbose_logger.warning(
+                        "MCP authentication preflight failed for %s (%s)", server.name, type(failure).__name__
+                    )
+            if not failures or len(failures) != len(results):
                 return
+            for _, failure in failures:
+                if not isinstance(failure, HTTPException) or failure.status_code != 401:
+                    raise failure
             if all(server.is_gateway_managed_oauth2 for server in eligible):
                 raise _gateway_dcr_challenge(
                     StarletteRequest(scope), get_route_relative_request_path(scope), None, invalid_token=False
                 )
-            raise first
+            raise failures[0][1]
         for server_name in mcp_servers:
             if (
                 server := operations.global_mcp_server_manager.get_mcp_server_by_name(server_name, client_ip=client_ip)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server.py
index 4117e5c9ea2..063491f802d 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server.py
@@ -10892,3 +10892,52 @@ async def test_preflight_does_not_request_oauth_for_excluded_server(monkeypatch:
     )
     discovery.assert_not_awaited()
     tokens.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("healthy_peer", (False, True))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("failure_first", (False, True))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("failure", (HTTPException(503, "unavailable"), RuntimeError("discovery failed"), asyncio.CancelledError()))
+async def test_unified_preflight_preserves_usable_peer_during_discovery_failure(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+    healthy_peer: bool,
+    failure_first: bool,
+    failure: BaseException,
+) -> None:
+    from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server import server as server_module
+
+    unavailable: Final = _make_oauth2_server("unavailable")
+    peer: Final = _make_oauth2_server("peer")
+    servers: Final = [unavailable, peer] if failure_first else [peer, unavailable]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_operations, "_get_allowed_mcp_servers", AsyncMock(return_value=servers))
+    manager: Final = mcp_operations.global_mcp_server_manager
+
+    async def discover(server: MCPServer) -> MCPServer:
+        if server.server_id == unavailable.server_id:
+            raise failure
+        return server
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(manager, "ensure_oauth_metadata_discovered", discover)
+    tokens: Final = AsyncMock(return_value=healthy_peer)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(manager, "has_user_oauth_token", tokens)
+    request: Final = server_module._raise_preemptive_401_for_unauthenticated_servers(
+        scope={"type": "http", "path": "/mcp", "method": "POST", "headers": [(b"host", b"gateway")]},
+        mcp_servers=None,
+        oauth2_headers=None,
+        mcp_server_auth_headers=None,
+        user_api_key_auth=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="reader"),
+        client_ip=None,
+    )
+    if healthy_peer and not isinstance(failure, asyncio.CancelledError):
+        with caplog.at_level("WARNING", logger="LiteLLM"):
+            await request
+        assert any("unavailable" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records)
+        assert str(failure) not in caplog.text
+    else:
+        with pytest.raises(type(failure)) as caught:
+            await request
+        if not isinstance(failure, asyncio.CancelledError):
+            assert caught.value is failure
+    tokens.assert_awaited_once()
+    assert tokens.await_args.args[0].server_id == peer.server_id