diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/README.md b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/README.md
index 2563eef227e..d6ba8f635bb 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/README.md
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Each evaluate call carries `session_id` from the LiteLLM session and `consumer_i
 | TrustGuard `status` | LiteLLM |
 | --- | --- |
 | `block` | HTTP 400 (trace_id / request_id only; findings are not echoed) |
+| `ask` | HTTP 400 like `block`: a proxy has no approval flow, so the response names `verdict: ask` |
 | `transform` | rewrite the last user message / last text from `transformed_payload` |
 | `report` / `allow` | pass through (`report` is logged by trace_id) |
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/neuraltrust.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/neuraltrust.py
index d20cc3ce37c..1106f856c5b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/neuraltrust.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/neuraltrust/neuraltrust.py
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ CONSUMER_ID_KEYS: Final = (
 METADATA_ADAPTER: Final = TypeAdapter(Mapping[str, object])
 EMPTY_METADATA: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = MappingProxyType({})
 STATUS_BLOCK: Final = "block"
+STATUS_ASK: Final = "ask"
 STATUS_TRANSFORM: Final = "transform"
 STATUS_REPORT: Final = "report"
 STATUS_ALLOW: Final = "allow"
-KNOWN_STATUSES: Final = frozenset({STATUS_ALLOW, STATUS_BLOCK, STATUS_TRANSFORM, STATUS_REPORT})
+BLOCKING_STATUSES: Final = frozenset({STATUS_BLOCK, STATUS_ASK})
+KNOWN_STATUSES: Final = frozenset({STATUS_ALLOW, STATUS_TRANSFORM, STATUS_REPORT, *BLOCKING_STATUSES})
 UNREACHABLE_HTTP_STATUSES: Final = frozenset({502, 504})
 TRANSFORM_MISSING: Final = "TrustGuard transform missing payload"
 
@@ -245,12 +247,13 @@ class NeuralTrustGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
             return self._handle_unreachable(inputs, exc)
 
         status: Final = result["status"]
-        if status == STATUS_BLOCK:
+        if status in BLOCKING_STATUSES:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=400,
                 detail={  # mutable-ok: FastAPI HTTPException.detail is a JSON object
                     "error": "Violated guardrail policy",
                     "neuraltrust_guardrail_response": "Blocked by NeuralTrust TrustGuard.",
+                    "verdict": status,
                     "trace_id": result.get("trace_id"),
                     "request_id": result.get("request_id"),
                 },
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_neuraltrust.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_neuraltrust.py
index 458987a8cd1..3476243bdb5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_neuraltrust.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_neuraltrust.py
@@ -231,12 +231,13 @@ class TestNeuralTrustGuardrail:
         assert "collector_key" not in mock_post.call_args.kwargs["json"]
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_block_raises_without_findings(self) -> None:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("status", ["block", "ask"])
+    async def test_block_and_ask_raise_without_findings(self, status: str) -> None:
         guardrail = _guardrail()
         mock_post = AsyncMock(
             return_value=_response(
                 {
-                    "status": "block",
+                    "status": status,
                     "trace_id": "tr-1",
                     "findings": [{"outcome": {"action": "block"}, "evidence": "ssn 123-45-6789"}],
                 }
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ class TestNeuralTrustGuardrail:
         assert "findings" not in detail
         assert "evidence" not in str(detail)
         assert detail["trace_id"] == "tr-1"
+        assert detail["verdict"] == status
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_transform_rewrites_texts(self) -> None: