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 54c292c2347..672022280f4 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
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ describe("TraceConversation", () => {
       .mockImplementation(async (_token, _trace, id) => (id === "root" ? rootDetail : { ...toolDetail, span_id: id }));
   });
 
+  it.each([false, true])("refreshes unchanged spans without hiding loaded content on failure (%s)", async (failed) => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderWithProviders(
+      <RoutedRunView traceId={trace.summary.trace_id} accessToken="test" onBack={vi.fn()} embedded />,
+    );
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Conversation" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("The release is ready")).toBeVisible();
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceSpanCall).mockImplementation(async (_token, _trace, id) => {
+      if (failed) throw new Error("content refresh failed");
+      return id === "root" ? { ...rootDetail, output: "Updated final answer" } : toolDetail;
+    });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Refresh run" }));
+    if (failed) {
+      expect(await screen.findAllByRole("button", { name: "Retry step" })).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(screen.getByText("The release is ready")).toBeVisible();
+    } else {
+      expect(await screen.findByText("Updated final answer")).toBeVisible();
+      expect(screen.queryByText("The release is ready")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("switches to a readable transcript and opens the exact tool step from it", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderWithProviders(
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 e94bb82cd98..e13b663a421 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
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function useConversationDetails(trace: Trace, accessToken: string) {
     [traceId, traceRef, accessToken, traces],
   );
   const queries = useQueries({ queries: visible.map(spanQuery) });
-  const unresolvedIndex = queries.findIndex((query) => !query.isSuccess);
+  const unresolvedIndex = queries.findIndex((query) => query.data === undefined);
   const loadedCount = unresolvedIndex < 0 ? queries.length : unresolvedIndex;
   const details = new Map(
     queries.slice(0, loadedCount).map((query, index) => [visible[index].span_id, query.data!] as const),
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
index 46377b44ed1..4063cb8f426 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/traces/detail/run/RunView.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,14 @@ function LoadedRun({
     setManualRead(true);
     void read().finally(() => setManualRead(false));
   };
-  const refreshRun = () => readManually(() => traceQuery.refetch());
+  const refreshRun = () =>
+    readManually(async () => {
+      await traceQuery.refetch();
+      await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+        queryKey: ["agentTraceSpan", traceId, traceRef],
+        predicate: (query) => query.queryKey.at(-1) === accessToken,
+      });
+    });
   const toggleLive = () => {
     if (live && !manualRead && !traceQuery.isFetchingNextPage) {
       void queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey, exact: true });