diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
index 8a83c786e02..7c65adebf23 100644
--- a/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/litellm_proxy_extras/utils.py
@@ -1018,19 +1018,26 @@ class ProxyExtrasDBManager:
 
         if "P3009" in stderr:
             migration_name = ProxyExtrasDBManager._v2_failed_migration_name(stderr)
-            if migration_name:
-                ledger_logs = ProxyExtrasDBManager._failed_migration_logs(migration_name)
-                if ledger_logs and _MIGRATION_DEADLOCK_MARKER in ledger_logs:
-                    logger.info(
-                        "Migration %s failed in a concurrent migrate deploy "
-                        "deadlock race, rolling its ledger row back and retrying",
-                        migration_name,
-                    )
-                    ProxyExtrasDBManager._v2_roll_back_migration_best_effort(migration_name)
-                    return budget.spend()
+            ledger_logs = (
+                ProxyExtrasDBManager._failed_migration_logs(migration_name) if migration_name else None
+            )
+            if ledger_logs and _MIGRATION_DEADLOCK_MARKER in ledger_logs:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Migration %s failed in a concurrent migrate deploy "
+                    "deadlock race, rolling its ledger row back and retrying",
+                    migration_name,
+                )
+                ProxyExtrasDBManager._v2_roll_back_migration_best_effort(migration_name)
+                return budget.spend()
+            ledger_detail = (
+                f"Failed migration {migration_name} logs from _prisma_migrations:\n{ledger_logs}\n\n"
+                if ledger_logs
+                else ""
+            )
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "Migration completion could not be verified. LiteLLM startup has stopped.\n\n"
                 f"Prisma migration history (migration name and start time):\n{stderr}\n\n"
+                f"{ledger_detail}"
                 "A migration has a start record but no successful completion record. "
                 "LiteLLM cannot determine whether its SQL committed from this record alone. "
                 "Startup stopped to avoid repeating or skipping database changes.\n\n"
diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py b/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
index 832075f6fbe..e36c7a9b597 100644
--- a/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/tests/test_setup_database_fail_fast.py
@@ -315,6 +315,27 @@ def test_v2_p3009_empty_ledger_logs_do_not_prove_completion(monkeypatch, tmp_pat
     )
 
 
+def test_v2_p3009_ledger_logs_surface_in_error(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """v2: Prisma's P3009 stderr never carries the SQL error, only the ledger row does.
+    The failed row's logs are included so the operator sees why the migration failed."""
+    _stub_v2_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path, ledger_logs="ERROR: the pgaudit extension is not enabled")
+
+    stderr = (
+        "Error: P3009\n"
+        "migrate found failed migrations in the target database\n"
+        "The `20250327180120_add_api_requests_to_daily_user_table` migration "
+        "started at 2026-09-01 18:46:13 UTC failed"
+    )
+    with patch(
+        "litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain.run_prisma", side_effect=_fake_migrate_deploy_failure(1, stderr)
+    ) as run:
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="the pgaudit extension is not enabled"):
+            ProxyExtrasDBManager.setup_database(use_migrate=True, use_v2_resolver=True)
+    assert tuple(call.args[0][1:] for call in run.call_args_list if "migrate" in call.args[0]) == (
+        ["migrate", "deploy"],
+    )
+
+
 def test_v2_p3009_unreadable_ledger_still_raises(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     """v2: an unreadable ledger cannot establish that P3009 was a deadlock."""
     _stub_v2_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path, ledger_logs=None)