From f46f2ad1835493d7e0180aa2cdc26b3307ef42bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mateo-berri <277851410+mateo-berri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:41:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(proxy): keep one JSON record per search tool in the
 startup listing

---
 litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py                 | 16 +++-----
 .../proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index abf9aafad9c..bb5aba5feb8 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -7237,18 +7237,12 @@ class ProxyConfig:
         ## SEARCH TOOLS SETTINGS
         search_tools: Final[list[SearchToolTypedDict] | None] = self.parse_search_tools(config)
         if search_tools:
-            print_startup_message(
-                "\n".join(
-                    (
-                        "\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:\033[0m",
-                        *(
-                            f"\033[32m    {tool.get('search_tool_name', '')} "
-                            f"({tool.get('litellm_params', {}).get('search_provider', '')})\033[0m"
-                            for tool in search_tools
-                        ),
-                    )
+            print_startup_message("\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:\033[0m")
+            for tool in search_tools:
+                print_startup_message(
+                    f"\033[32m    {tool.get('search_tool_name', '')} "
+                    f"({tool.get('litellm_params', {}).get('search_provider', '')})\033[0m"
                 )
-            )
 
         ## SANDBOX TOOLS SETTINGS
         from litellm.sandbox.sandbox_tools import register_sandbox_tools
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py b/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
index 07203138e75..20a4ca87d42 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ from prisma.errors import DataError
 from pydantic import JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 
 import litellm
+from litellm._logging import turn_on_json
 from litellm.proxy._types import CommonProxyErrors, ConfigGeneralSettings
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import encrypt_value_helper
 from litellm.types.router import Deployment, LiteLLM_Params
@@ -2117,6 +2119,42 @@ async def test_ProxyConfig_lists_search_tools_once_at_startup_not_on_every_repar
     assert out.count("Proxy initialized with Search Tools:") == 1, out
     assert out.count("web-search (tavily)") == 1, out
 
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ProxyConfig_lists_each_search_tool_as_its_own_json_record(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+):
+    """With json_logs on, the startup listing is a header record and one record per tool, so a pipeline that
+    reads one tool per record keeps working."""
+    config_file: Final = tmp_path / "search.yaml"
+    config_file.write_text(
+        "model_list: []\n"
+        "search_tools:\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: web-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: tavily\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: news-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: exa_ai\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.store_model_in_db", False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME", raising=False)
+    turn_on_json()
+
+    await ProxyConfig().load_config(router=None, config_file_path=str(config_file))
+
+    messages: Final = [json.loads(raw)["message"] for raw in capfd.readouterr().out.splitlines() if raw.strip()]
+    listing: Final = [message for message in messages if "Search Tools" in message or "-search (" in message]
+    assert listing == [
+        "LiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:",
+        "    web-search (tavily)",
+        "    news-search (exa_ai)",
+    ], messages
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("already_on", "config_value"),