diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs
index ab2fb34c48b..01bad8f5322 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 use litellm_http::Client;
 use litellm_traces::query::named::ReadAccessParams;
-use litellm_traces_cache::{ReadError, TraceReader};
+use litellm_traces_cache::{ReadError, TraceReader, TraceStore};
 use litellm_traces_clickhouse::{
     ClickHouseTraces, Connection, InsertTable, QueryScope, insert_rows,
 };
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
index c950b3a53d7..3f5a76b62bb 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.integration.test.tsx
@@ -276,6 +276,30 @@ describe("TraceConversation", () => {
       ).toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  it.each(["not_recorded", "conflicting"])(
+    "preserves a recorded tool error with %s result evidence",
+    async (status) => {
+      vi.mocked(agentTraceSpanCall).mockResolvedValue({
+        ...toolDetail,
+        output: "",
+        attributes: {
+          "lens.content.execution_status": "not_recorded",
+          "lens.content.output_status": status,
+          "lens.content.tool_result_is_error": "0",
+        },
+      });
+      const failedTool = { ...tool, status: "error", error: "Permission denied" };
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <TraceConversation trace={{ ...trace, spans: [failedTool] }} accessToken="test" onOpenStep={vi.fn()} />,
+      );
+      expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Collapse read_file tool call" })).toHaveAttribute(
+        "aria-expanded",
+        "true",
+      );
+      expect(screen.getByText("Permission denied")).toBeVisible();
+    },
+  );
+
   it("loads twenty span details initially and pages conversation entries on demand", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const spans = [
@@ -641,6 +665,36 @@ describe("TraceConversation", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("The release is ready")).toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  it.each([false, true])(
+    "retains loaded details when an extended batch fails (new span count: %s)",
+    async (changedCount) => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const later = { ...tool, span_id: "later", name: "later tool", start_offset_ms: 2 };
+      vi.mocked(agentTraceSpansCall)
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([rootDetail, toolDetail])
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("next page unavailable"))
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([rootDetail, toolDetail, { ...toolDetail, span_id: "later", output: "Later result" }]);
+      const { rerender } = renderWithProviders(
+        <TraceConversation trace={trace} accessToken="test" onOpenStep={vi.fn()} />,
+      );
+      expect(await screen.findByText("Read the release notes")).toBeVisible();
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Expand read_file tool call" }));
+      const extended: Trace = {
+        ...trace,
+        spans: [...trace.spans, later],
+        summary: { ...trace.summary, span_count: trace.summary.span_count + Number(changedCount) },
+      };
+      rerender(<TraceConversation trace={extended} accessToken="test" onOpenStep={vi.fn()} />);
+      expect(screen.getByText("All checks passed")).toBeVisible();
+      expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("Retry this batch");
+      expect(screen.getByText("Read the release notes")).toBeVisible();
+      expect(screen.getByText("All checks passed")).toBeVisible();
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry batch" }));
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Expand later tool tool call" }));
+      expect(screen.getByText("Later result")).toBeVisible();
+    },
+  );
+
   it.each(["input", "output"])("distinguishes conflicting %s content from absent evidence", async (field) => {
     vi.mocked(agentTraceSpanCall).mockResolvedValue({
       ...toolDetail,
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.tsx
index 880289c717c..a8fe8707df4 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/TraceConversation.tsx
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function ConversationStep({
 }
 
 function ConversationTool({ item, onOpenStep }: { item: ConversationItem; onOpenStep: (id: string) => void }) {
-  const failed = item.toolAttempt?.isError ?? item.span.status === "error";
+  const failed = item.toolAttempt?.isError || item.span.status === "error";
   const executionStatus = failed ? "Failed" : "Completed";
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(failed);
   const name = item.toolCall?.name ?? item.span.name;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/useConversationDetails.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/useConversationDetails.ts
index d66d9e33faa..74dc1532484 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/useConversationDetails.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/conversation/useConversationDetails.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ export function useConversationDetails(trace: Trace, accessToken: string) {
   const steps = useMemo(() => conversationSteps(trace.spans), [trace.spans]);
   const visible = steps.slice(0, limit);
   const { trace_id: traceId, trace_ref: traceRef, span_count: spanCount } = trace.summary;
+  const cachedDetails = useCallback(
+    (ids: string[]) =>
+      ids.flatMap((id) => {
+        const detail = queryClient.getQueryData<SpanDetail>(["agentTraceSpan", traceId, traceRef, id, accessToken]);
+        return detail ? [detail] : [];
+      }),
+    [traceId, traceRef, accessToken, queryClient],
+  );
   const batchQuery = useCallback(
     (batch: Span[]) => {
       const ids = batch.map((span) => span.span_id);
@@ -45,7 +53,10 @@ export function useConversationDetails(trace: Trace, accessToken: string) {
           const result = await readBatch(traces, traceId, pending, traceRef);
           const details = [
             ...new Map(
-              [...(previous?.details ?? []), ...result.details].map((detail) => [detail.span_id, detail]),
+              [...(previous?.details ?? []), ...cachedDetails(ids), ...result.details].map((detail) => [
+                detail.span_id,
+                detail,
+              ]),
             ).values(),
           ];
           for (const detail of result.details) {
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ export function useConversationDetails(trace: Trace, accessToken: string) {
         retryOnMount: false,
       };
     },
-    [traceId, traceRef, spanCount, accessToken, traces, queryClient],
+    [traceId, traceRef, spanCount, accessToken, traces, queryClient, cachedDetails],
   );
   const batches = Array.from({ length: Math.ceil(visible.length / CONVERSATION_PAGE_SIZE) }, (_, index) =>
     visible.slice(index * CONVERSATION_PAGE_SIZE, (index + 1) * CONVERSATION_PAGE_SIZE),
@@ -66,7 +77,10 @@ export function useConversationDetails(trace: Trace, accessToken: string) {
   const queries = useQueries({ queries: batches.map(batchQuery) });
   const complete = queries.every((query) => query.isSuccess && query.data.failedIds.length === 0);
   const details = new Map(
-    queries.flatMap((query) => (query.data?.details ?? []).map((detail) => [detail.span_id, detail] as const)),
+    [
+      ...cachedDetails(visible.map((span) => span.span_id)),
+      ...queries.flatMap((query) => query.data?.details ?? []),
+    ].map((detail) => [detail.span_id, detail]),
   );
   const loadMore = useCallback(
     async (signal: AbortSignal) => {