diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/transformation.py
index 0e8c1b49e8e..9aadd954423 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/pass_through/messages/transformation.py
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ class AnthropicMessagesConfig(BaseAnthropicMessagesConfig):
 
         anthropic_messages_request: Final[AnthropicMessagesRequest] = AnthropicMessagesRequest(
             messages=strip_encrypted_reasoning_blocks_from_anthropic_messages(
-                drop_non_string_tool_result_texts(messages, getattr(litellm_params, "drop_params", None))
+                drop_non_string_tool_result_texts(messages, litellm_params.drop_params)
             ),
             max_tokens=max_tokens,
             model=model,
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
index f65310a77e3..a7f33f67e74 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -6145,9 +6145,9 @@ class MCPServerManager:
             "server_name": server_name,
             "mcp_rate_limit_server_name": server.alias or server.server_name or server.name,
             "user_api_key_auth": checked_auth,
-            "user_api_key_user_id": (getattr(checked_auth, "user_id", None) if checked_auth else None),
-            "user_api_key_team_id": (getattr(checked_auth, "team_id", None) if checked_auth else None),
-            "user_api_key_end_user_id": (getattr(checked_auth, "end_user_id", None) if checked_auth else None),
+            "user_api_key_user_id": checked_auth.user_id if checked_auth else None,
+            "user_api_key_team_id": checked_auth.team_id if checked_auth else None,
+            "user_api_key_end_user_id": checked_auth.end_user_id if checked_auth else None,
             "user_api_key_hash": (getattr(checked_auth, "api_key_hash", None) if checked_auth else None),
             "incoming_bearer_token": caller_bearer.get_secret_value() if caller_bearer is not None else None,
             "headers": logging_safe_mcp_headers(raw_headers),
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/spend_log_cleanup.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/spend_log_cleanup.py
index b57952b4992..2a40913417e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/spend_log_cleanup.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_transaction_queue/spend_log_cleanup.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class SpendLogCleanup:
                 rows: Final = _STORAGE_ROWS.validate_python(
                     await tx.query_raw(trusted_sql(_STORAGE_SQL), list(_SPEND_LOG_TABLES))
                 )
-        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - a failed measurement skips the size pass, it must not fail the run
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001  # a failed measurement skips the size pass, it must not fail the run
             verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Could not measure spend-log storage: %s: %s", type(e).__name__, e)
             return None
         if not rows:
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class SpendLogCleanup:
                     await tx.query_raw(trusted_sql(_LOAD_SIZE_STATE_SQL), SPEND_LOG_SIZE_CLEANUP_STATE_PARAM)
                 )
             return SizeCleanupState.model_validate_json(rows[0].state_json) if rows else None
-        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - an unreadable count restarts from the catalog, it must not fail the run
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001  # an unreadable count restarts from the catalog, it must not fail the run
             verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Could not read the spend-log size cleanup state: %s: %s", type(e).__name__, e)
             return None
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ class SpendLogCleanup:
                 await tx.execute_raw(
                     trusted_sql(_SAVE_SIZE_STATE_SQL), SPEND_LOG_SIZE_CLEANUP_STATE_PARAM, state.model_dump_json()
                 )
-        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - a lost save costs one re-seed from the catalog, it must not fail the run
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001  # a lost save costs one re-seed from the catalog, it must not fail the run
             verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Could not save the spend-log size cleanup state: %s: %s", type(e).__name__, e)
 
     def _timeout_ms(self, deadline: float) -> int:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index a8bd35644c9..8681ca2faae 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from functools import partial
+from functools import partial, reduce
 from itertools import takewhile
 from operator import attrgetter
 from types import MappingProxyType
@@ -1226,14 +1226,17 @@ _LOG_DB_METRICS_CALL_TYPES: Final = frozenset(("get_data", "insert_data", "updat
 _EXCEPTION_CHAIN_MAX_DEPTH: Final = 16
 
 
+def _extended_exception_chain(chain: tuple[BaseException, ...], iteration: int) -> tuple[BaseException, ...]:
+    if len(chain) != iteration + 1:
+        return chain
+    following: Final = chain[-1].__cause__ or chain[-1].__context__
+    if following is None or following in chain:
+        return chain
+    return (*chain, following)
+
+
 def _exception_chain(exception: BaseException) -> tuple[BaseException, ...]:
-    chain: Final[list[BaseException]] = [exception]  # mutable-ok: built once, returned frozen
-    for _ in range(_EXCEPTION_CHAIN_MAX_DEPTH):
-        following = chain[-1].__cause__ or chain[-1].__context__
-        if following is None or following in chain:
-            break
-        chain.append(following)
-    return tuple(chain)
+    return reduce(_extended_exception_chain, range(_EXCEPTION_CHAIN_MAX_DEPTH), (exception,))
 
 
 def _timed_out_reading_from_provider(exception: Exception) -> bool: