diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/CostOptimizationView.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/CostOptimizationView.test.tsx
index 46aa23fcfc0..acaf13d5742 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/CostOptimizationView.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/CostOptimizationView.test.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ describe("CostOptimizationView", () => {
     expect(getByText("Prompt Caching")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("surfaces the experimental-dashboard notice and links to the discussion", () => {
+    const { getByText, getByRole } = renderView();
+
+    expect(getByText("This is an experimental dashboard")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByRole("link", { name: "here" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/discussions/32172",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("defaults to the Usage tab and switches the active tab on click", () => {
     const { getByRole } = renderView();
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
index ab1cd146adc..607d76055ff 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { ToolSpendResponse } from "@/components/networking";
 
@@ -95,6 +96,18 @@ describe("UsageTab", () => {
     expect(getByText("140,000 tokens compressed")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("keeps the savings methodology collapsed until its disclosure is opened", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const { getByText, queryByText, findByText } = renderWith([day("2026-07-12", {})]);
+
+    expect(getByText("How savings are calculated")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(queryByText(/Savings are computed for each request when it is logged/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(getByText("How savings are calculated"));
+
+    expect(await findByText(/Savings are computed for each request when it is logged/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("builds a per-day time series and per-driver donut from the daily rows", () => {
     const { getByTestId } = renderWith([
       day("2026-07-12", { compression_savings_spend: 0.04, prompt_caching_savings_spend: 0.006 }),