diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.test.tsx
index 724c961bbdc..7f71ee2f08e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.test.tsx
@@ -777,4 +777,92 @@ describe("KeyInfoView", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("allowed_routes payload normalization", () => {
+    const enterEditMode = async (keyData: KeyResponse) => {
+      vi.mocked(useAuthorized).mockReturnValue({
+        ...baseUseAuthorizedMock,
+        userId: "proxy-admin-user",
+        userRole: "proxy_admin",
+      });
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <KeyInfoView
+          keyData={keyData}
+          onClose={() => {}}
+          keyId="test-key-id"
+          onKeyDataUpdate={() => {}}
+          teams={[]}
+        />,
+      );
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /settings/i }));
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+      await waitFor(() => expect(editViewMocks.onSubmit).toBeDefined());
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      editViewMocks.onSubmit = undefined;
+      vi.mocked(keyUpdateCall).mockClear();
+      vi.mocked(keyUpdateCall).mockResolvedValue({});
+    });
+
+    it("should drop allowed_routes when the submitted value matches the existing key", async () => {
+      const keyData: KeyResponse = {
+        ...MOCK_KEY_DATA,
+        user_id: "proxy-admin-user",
+        allowed_routes: ["management_routes"],
+      } as KeyResponse;
+
+      await enterEditMode(keyData);
+      await editViewMocks.onSubmit!({
+        key: keyData.token,
+        token: keyData.token,
+        allowed_routes: ["management_routes"],
+      });
+
+      expect(keyUpdateCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.not.objectContaining({ allowed_routes: expect.anything() }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should drop empty allowed_routes when the key previously had no route override", async () => {
+      const keyData: KeyResponse = {
+        ...MOCK_KEY_DATA,
+        user_id: "proxy-admin-user",
+        allowed_routes: [],
+      } as KeyResponse;
+
+      await enterEditMode(keyData);
+      await editViewMocks.onSubmit!({
+        key: keyData.token,
+        token: keyData.token,
+        allowed_routes: [],
+      });
+
+      expect(keyUpdateCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.not.objectContaining({ allowed_routes: expect.anything() }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should keep allowed_routes when the user clears an existing route override", async () => {
+      const keyData: KeyResponse = {
+        ...MOCK_KEY_DATA,
+        user_id: "proxy-admin-user",
+        allowed_routes: ["management_routes"],
+      } as KeyResponse;
+
+      await enterEditMode(keyData);
+      await editViewMocks.onSubmit!({
+        key: keyData.token,
+        token: keyData.token,
+        allowed_routes: [],
+      });
+
+      expect(keyUpdateCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.objectContaining({ allowed_routes: [] }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.tsx
index 492e43cbc81..1ca71b6e060 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/templates/key_info_view.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,30 @@ const isEmptyValue = (v: unknown): boolean =>
   (Array.isArray(v) && v.length === 0) ||
   (typeof v === "string" && v.trim() === "");
 
+const normalizeStringList = (value: unknown): string[] => {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value
+      .map((entry) => (typeof entry === "string" ? entry.trim() : ""))
+      .filter((entry) => entry.length > 0);
+  }
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    return value
+      .split(",")
+      .map((entry) => entry.trim())
+      .filter((entry) => entry.length > 0);
+  }
+  return [];
+};
+
+const areStringListsEqual = (left: unknown, right: unknown): boolean => {
+  const normalizedLeft = normalizeStringList(left);
+  const normalizedRight = normalizeStringList(right);
+  return (
+    normalizedLeft.length === normalizedRight.length &&
+    normalizedLeft.every((entry, index) => entry === normalizedRight[index])
+  );
+};
+
 /**
  * ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  * @deprecated
@@ -174,6 +198,12 @@ export default function KeyInfoView({
         }
       }
 
+      // Strip unchanged allowed_routes so non-admin editors don't trip the
+      // backend "setting allowed_routes" permission check on a no-op save.
+      if (areStringListsEqual(formValues.allowed_routes, currentKeyData.allowed_routes)) {
+        delete formValues.allowed_routes;
+      }
+
       // Handle max budget empty string
       formValues.max_budget = mapEmptyStringToNull(formValues.max_budget);