diff --git a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
index 88aa55fd4a9..1c0e09a9aac 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
@@ -2036,6 +2036,13 @@ async def test_model_connection(
         # Clean the result for display
         cleaned_result: Final = _clean_endpoint_data({**litellm_params, **result}, details=True)
 
+        if "error" in result:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.error(
+                "test_model_connection failure for model '%s': %s",
+                litellm_params.get("model", "unknown"),
+                result["error"],
+            )
+
         return {
             "status": "error" if "error" in result else "success",
             "result": cleaned_result,