diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
index 8cc0d186631..629383d5807 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.test.tsx
@@ -49,17 +49,55 @@ describe("GuardrailViewer", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("FAILED")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("renders not_run as NOT RUN (muted) and keeps it out of the evaluated and passed counts", () => {
-    const data = makeGuardrailInformation({ guardrail_status: "not_run", guardrail_mode: "pre_call" });
+  it("renders not_run as NOT RUN (muted) and keeps it out of the evaluated and passed counts", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const data = makeGuardrailInformation({
+      guardrail_status: "not_run",
+      guardrail_mode: "pre_call",
+      guardrail_response: "no scannable content after message scoping",
+      start_time: null,
+      end_time: null,
+      duration: null,
+    });
     renderWithProviders(<GuardrailViewer data={data} />);
 
     expect(screen.getByText(/0 guardrails evaluated/)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText(/0 Passed/)).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
     expect(screen.getByText(/1 Not run/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    const badges = screen.getAllByText("NOT RUN");
-    expect(badges).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(badges[0]).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
+    const badge = screen.getByText("NOT RUN");
+    expect(badge).toHaveClass("text-muted-foreground");
     expect(screen.queryByText("FAILED")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/^T\+/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText("pii-rail"));
+    expect(screen.getByText("no scannable content after message scoping")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("anchors the lifecycle timeline on timed entries when an untimed not_run entry sorts first", () => {
+    const skipped = makeGuardrailInformation({
+      guardrail_name: "skipped-rail",
+      guardrail_status: "not_run",
+      guardrail_mode: "pre_call",
+      start_time: null,
+      end_time: null,
+      duration: null,
+    });
+    const ran = makeGuardrailInformation({
+      guardrail_name: "ran-rail",
+      guardrail_status: "success",
+      guardrail_mode: "post_call",
+      start_time: 1_700_000_000,
+      end_time: 1_700_000_000.25,
+      duration: 0.25,
+    });
+    renderWithProviders(<GuardrailViewer data={[skipped, ran]} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/1 guardrail evaluated/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Request received").parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+0ms");
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Post-call guardrail: ran-rail/).parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+250ms");
+    expect(screen.getByText("Response returned").parentElement).toHaveTextContent("T+251ms");
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Pre-call guardrail: skipped-rail/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("—")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("calculates and displays masked entity totals", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
index 7fb4124262b..1de0e3878b2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/GuardrailViewer.tsx
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ interface MatchDetail {
 }
 
 interface GuardrailInformation {
-  duration: number;
-  end_time: number;
-  start_time: number;
+  duration: number | null;
+  end_time: number | null;
+  start_time: number | null;
   guardrail_mode: string | string[] | Record<string, unknown> | null;
   guardrail_name: string;
   guardrail_status: string;
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ const formatMode = (mode: GuardrailInformation["guardrail_mode"]): string => {
   return s.replace(/_/g, "-").toUpperCase();
 };
 
-const formatDurationMs = (seconds: number): string => {
+const formatDurationMs = (seconds: number | null): string => {
+  if (seconds == null) return "—";
   const ms = Math.round(seconds * 1000);
   return `${ms}ms`;
 };
@@ -364,8 +365,13 @@ interface TimelineEntry {
   outcome?: EntryOutcome;
 }
 
+type TimedGuardrailInformation = GuardrailInformation & { start_time: number; end_time: number };
+
+const isTimed = (e: GuardrailInformation): e is TimedGuardrailInformation =>
+  typeof e.start_time === "number" && typeof e.end_time === "number";
+
 const RequestLifecycle = ({ entries }: { entries: GuardrailInformation[] }) => {
-  const sorted = useMemo(() => [...entries].sort((a, b) => (a.start_time ?? 0) - (b.start_time ?? 0)), [entries]);
+  const sorted = useMemo(() => entries.filter(isTimed).sort((a, b) => a.start_time - b.start_time), [entries]);
 
   const timeline = useMemo(() => {
     if (sorted.length === 0) return [];
@@ -669,6 +675,10 @@ const EvaluationCard = ({ entry }: { entry: GuardrailInformation }) => {
             </div>
           )}
 
+          {outcome === "not_run" && typeof guardrailResponse === "string" && (
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{guardrailResponse}</p>
+          )}
+
           {/* Provider-specific details */}
           {guardrailProvider === "presidio" && presidioEntities.length > 0 && (
             <div className="mt-3">
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
index fe27428283d..ab121adf6b4 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/GuardrailViewer/__tests__/fixtures.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export interface GuardrailEntity {
 }
 
 export interface GuardrailInformation {
-  duration: number;
-  end_time: number;
-  start_time: number;
+  duration: number | null;
+  end_time: number | null;
+  start_time: number | null;
   guardrail_mode: string | string[] | Record<string, unknown> | null;
   guardrail_name: string;
   guardrail_status: string;
-  guardrail_response: GuardrailEntity[] | BedrockGuardrailResponse;
+  guardrail_response: GuardrailEntity[] | BedrockGuardrailResponse | string;
   masked_entity_count: Record<string, number>;
   guardrail_usage?: Record<string, number>;
   guardrail_cost?: number;