diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 14e3635f079..680c63393e8 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -844,6 +844,9 @@ class LiteLLMRoutes(enum.Enum):
     )
 
     self_managed_routes = [
+        # update_team resolves proxy/org/team admin itself and filters team admins
+        # through the team_admin_editable_team_fields setting
+        "/team/update",
         "/team/member_add",
         "/team/member_delete",
         "/management/v1/teams/{team_id}/members/bulk_delete",
@@ -4467,6 +4470,29 @@ class TeamInfoMember(Member):
     user_alias: str | None = None
 
 
+class TeamEditUnrestricted(BaseModel):
+    kind: Literal["unrestricted"] = "unrestricted"
+
+
+class TeamEditAsTeamAdmin(BaseModel):
+    kind: Literal["team_admin"] = "team_admin"
+    editable_fields: tuple[str, ...]
+
+
+class TeamEditAsTeamAdminDisabled(BaseModel):
+    kind: Literal["team_admin_disabled"] = "team_admin_disabled"
+
+
+class TeamEditNone(BaseModel):
+    kind: Literal["none"] = "none"
+
+
+TeamEditAccess = Annotated[
+    TeamEditUnrestricted | TeamEditAsTeamAdmin | TeamEditAsTeamAdminDisabled | TeamEditNone,
+    Field(discriminator="kind"),
+]
+
+
 class TeamInfoResponseObjectTeamTable(LiteLLM_TeamTable):
     members_with_roles: tuple[TeamInfoMember, ...] = ()
     team_member_budget_table: LiteLLM_BudgetTableFull | None = None
@@ -4479,6 +4505,7 @@ class TeamInfoResponseObjectTeamTable(LiteLLM_TeamTable):
     # None = no org or not a manager; [] or ["all-proxy-models"] = no ceiling.
     organization_models: list[str] | None = None
     model_max_budget_usage: Mapping[str, Mapping[str, object]] | None = None
+    caller_edit_access: TeamEditAccess = Field(default_factory=TeamEditNone)
 
 
 class TeamInfoResponseObject(TypedDict):
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_admin_field_permissions.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_admin_field_permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4248501551f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_admin_field_permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""Proxy-wide allow-list of team-settings fields a team admin may change on /team/update."""
+
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from types import MappingProxyType
+from typing import Final, Literal, TypeAlias
+
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter, ValidationError
+from typing_extensions import assert_never
+
+from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
+from litellm.models.team import LiteLLM_TeamTable
+from litellm.proxy._types import (
+    LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields,
+    LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium,
+    UpdateTeamRequest,
+)
+
+TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING: Final = "team_admin_editable_team_fields"
+
+# TODO(LIT-5722): add the remaining team settings one per PR, each with its value-diff tests and dashboard field
+SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset({"tpm_limit"})
+
+_FIELD_LIST: Final = TypeAdapter(list[str])
+_JSON_OBJECT: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object])
+_EMPTY: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = MappingProxyType({})
+_METADATA_FOLDED_FIELDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
+    (*LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields, *LiteLLM_ManagementEndpoint_MetadataFields_Premium)
+)
+_SYSTEM_MANAGED_METADATA_KEYS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset({"team_member_budget_id"})
+_NOT_COLUMNS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset({"team_id", "metadata"})
+_SETTINGS_LOCATION: Final = "Settings > UI > Team admin editable fields"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TeamAdminEditAllowed:
+    request: UpdateTeamRequest
+    kind: Literal["allowed"] = "allowed"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TeamAdminEditingDisabled:
+    kind: Literal["disabled"] = "disabled"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted:
+    field: str
+    kind: Literal["field_not_permitted"] = "field_not_permitted"
+
+
+TeamAdminEditVerdict: TypeAlias = TeamAdminEditAllowed | TeamAdminEditingDisabled | TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted
+
+
+def resolve_team_admin_editable_fields(
+    general_settings: Mapping[str, object],
+    supported: frozenset[str],
+) -> frozenset[str]:
+    raw: Final = general_settings.get(TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING)
+    if raw is None:
+        return frozenset()
+    try:
+        configured: Final = frozenset(_FIELD_LIST.validate_python(raw))
+    except ValidationError:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+            "%s must be a list of field names; ignoring %r", TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING, raw
+        )
+        return frozenset()
+    unsupported: Final = configured - supported
+    if unsupported:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+            "%s ignores unsupported field(s) %s; supported: %s",
+            TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING,
+            sorted(unsupported),
+            sorted(supported),
+        )
+    return configured & supported
+
+
+def _as_object(value: object) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    try:
+        return _JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(value) if isinstance(value, str) else _JSON_OBJECT.validate_python(value)
+    except ValidationError:
+        return _EMPTY
+
+
+def _stored_metadata(existing: Mapping[str, object]) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    return _as_object(existing.get("metadata"))
+
+
+def _submitted_metadata(
+    data: UpdateTeamRequest, submitted: Mapping[str, object], existing: Mapping[str, object]
+) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    """Metadata as it would be stored: the caller's dict (or the stored one) with top-level folded fields laid over."""
+    base: Final = (
+        _as_object(submitted.get("metadata")) if "metadata" in data.model_fields_set else _stored_metadata(existing)
+    )
+    folded: Final = data.model_fields_set & _METADATA_FOLDED_FIELDS
+    return MappingProxyType({key: submitted[key] if key in folded else base[key] for key in base.keys() | folded})
+
+
+def _metadata_changes(
+    data: UpdateTeamRequest, submitted: Mapping[str, object], existing: Mapping[str, object]
+) -> frozenset[str]:
+    merged: Final = _submitted_metadata(data, submitted, existing)
+    stored: Final = _stored_metadata(existing)
+    return frozenset(
+        key if key in _METADATA_FOLDED_FIELDS else "metadata"
+        for key in (merged.keys() | stored.keys()) - _SYSTEM_MANAGED_METADATA_KEYS
+        if merged.get(key) != stored.get(key)
+    )
+
+
+def _stored_model_aliases(existing_row: LiteLLM_TeamTable) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    table: Final = existing_row.litellm_model_table
+    return _as_object(_JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(table.model_dump_json()).get("model_aliases")) if table else _EMPTY
+
+
+def _column_changed(
+    field: str, submitted: Mapping[str, object], existing: Mapping[str, object], existing_row: LiteLLM_TeamTable
+) -> bool:
+    if field == "model_aliases":
+        return _as_object(submitted.get(field)) != _stored_model_aliases(existing_row)
+    if field in LiteLLM_TeamTable.model_fields:
+        return submitted.get(field) != existing.get(field)
+    return True
+
+
+def changed_team_fields(data: UpdateTeamRequest, existing_row: LiteLLM_TeamTable) -> frozenset[str]:
+    """Logical field names whose stored value the request would change.
+
+    Request and stored row are compared as JSON values so both sides share one representation. Fields the
+    server folds into metadata are attributed to their own name whether they arrive top-level or inside
+    ``metadata``; anything else in ``metadata`` is attributed to ``metadata``. Fields with no stored
+    counterpart on the team row count as changed whenever they are sent.
+    """
+    submitted: Final = _JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(data.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True))
+    existing: Final = _JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(existing_row.model_dump_json())
+    column_fields: Final = frozenset(data.model_fields_set) - _NOT_COLUMNS - _METADATA_FOLDED_FIELDS
+    column_changes: Final = frozenset(
+        field for field in column_fields if _column_changed(field, submitted, existing, existing_row)
+    )
+    return column_changes | _metadata_changes(data, submitted, existing)
+
+
+def _only_changes(data: UpdateTeamRequest, changed: frozenset[str]) -> UpdateTeamRequest:
+    """The request without the values it resends unchanged, which would otherwise still trigger derived writes
+    such as a resent budget_duration pushing budget_reset_at back."""
+    sent: Final = frozenset(data.model_fields_set)
+    via_metadata: Final = frozenset({"metadata"}) if changed - sent else frozenset()
+    kept: Final = frozenset({"team_id"}) | (changed & sent) | via_metadata
+    return UpdateTeamRequest.model_validate(data.model_dump(include=MappingProxyType({field: True for field in kept})))
+
+
+def team_admin_edit_verdict(
+    data: UpdateTeamRequest,
+    existing: LiteLLM_TeamTable,
+    permitted: frozenset[str],
+) -> TeamAdminEditVerdict:
+    if not permitted:
+        return TeamAdminEditingDisabled()
+    changed: Final = changed_team_fields(data, existing)
+    blocked: Final = sorted(changed - permitted)
+    if blocked:
+        return TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted(field=blocked[0])
+    return TeamAdminEditAllowed(request=_only_changes(data, changed))
+
+
+def team_admin_request_or_raise(verdict: TeamAdminEditVerdict) -> UpdateTeamRequest:
+    match verdict:
+        case TeamAdminEditAllowed(request=request):
+            return request
+        case TeamAdminEditingDisabled():
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=403,
+                detail=(
+                    "Team admins on this proxy cannot edit team settings. "
+                    f"Ask a proxy admin to enable fields under {_SETTINGS_LOCATION}."
+                ),
+            )
+        case TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted(field=field):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=403,
+                detail=(
+                    f"Team admins on this proxy do not have permission to update '{field}'. "
+                    f"Ask a proxy admin to add it under {_SETTINGS_LOCATION}."
+                ),
+            )
+        case _:
+            assert_never(verdict)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
index 23b02c22f24..b2dc3551ced 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
@@ -18,12 +18,23 @@ from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from collections.abc import Set as AbstractSet
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated, Final, NamedTuple, NoReturn, Protocol, TypeVar, cast
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Annotated,
+    Final,
+    Literal,
+    NamedTuple,
+    NoReturn,
+    Protocol,
+    TypeAlias,
+    TypeVar,
+    cast,
+)
 
 import fastapi
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Header, HTTPException, Request, status
-from pydantic import BaseModel, JsonValue, ValidationError
-from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict
+from pydantic import BaseModel, JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
+from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict, assert_never
 
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
@@ -62,6 +73,11 @@ from litellm.proxy._types import (
     SpecialProxyStrings,
     TeamAccessGroupModelGrant,
     TeamAddMemberResponse,
+    TeamEditAccess,
+    TeamEditAsTeamAdmin,
+    TeamEditAsTeamAdminDisabled,
+    TeamEditNone,
+    TeamEditUnrestricted,
     TeamInfoMember,
     TeamInfoResponseObject,
     TeamInfoResponseObjectTeamTable,
@@ -122,6 +138,12 @@ from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.router_weights import validate_router_se
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.tag_management_endpoints import (
     get_daily_activity,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_admin_field_permissions import (
+    SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS,
+    resolve_team_admin_editable_fields,
+    team_admin_edit_verdict,
+    team_admin_request_or_raise,
+)
 from litellm.proxy.management_helpers.access_group_team_sync import (
     TEAM_ADVISORY_LOCK_SQL,
     AccessGroupSyncTx,
@@ -439,32 +461,70 @@ async def _refresh_cached_team(
     )
 
 
-async def _can_manage_team(
+TeamAccessRole: TypeAlias = Literal["proxy_admin", "org_admin", "team_admin"]
+
+
+def _raise_team_access_denied() -> NoReturn:
+    raise HTTPException(
+        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+        detail="You do not have access to this team",
+    )
+
+
+async def _resolve_team_access(
     team_obj: LiteLLM_TeamTable,
     user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
-) -> bool:
-    """True for a proxy admin, an admin of this team, or an org admin for the team's organization."""
+) -> TeamAccessRole | None:
+    """Strongest role the caller holds over ``team_obj``, or None when they hold none.
+
+    Org admin outranks team admin so a caller holding both keeps unrestricted edits.
+    """
     if user_api_key_dict.user_role == LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN:
-        return True
+        return "proxy_admin"
+
+    if await _is_user_org_admin_for_team(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, team_obj=team_obj):
+        return "org_admin"
 
     if _is_user_team_admin(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, team_obj=team_obj):
-        return True
+        return "team_admin"
 
-    return await _is_user_org_admin_for_team(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, team_obj=team_obj)
+    return None
 
 
 async def _verify_team_access(
     team_obj: LiteLLM_TeamTable,
     user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
 ) -> None:
-    """Raise HTTPException(403) unless the caller can manage the given team."""
-    if await _can_manage_team(team_obj=team_obj, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict):
-        return
+    """Raise 403 unless the caller is a proxy admin, an org admin for the team's org, or a team admin."""
+    if await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team_obj, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict) is None:
+        _raise_team_access_denied()
 
-    raise HTTPException(
-        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
-        detail="You do not have access to this team",
-    )
+
+_GENERAL_SETTINGS: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object])
+
+
+def _general_settings() -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
+
+    return _GENERAL_SETTINGS.validate_python(general_settings)
+
+
+def _caller_edit_access(role: TeamAccessRole | None, general_settings: Mapping[str, object]) -> TeamEditAccess:
+    """What the caller may change on /team/update, reported on /team/info so the dashboard never re-derives it."""
+    match role:
+        case "proxy_admin" | "org_admin":
+            return TeamEditUnrestricted()
+        case "team_admin":
+            permitted: Final = resolve_team_admin_editable_fields(
+                general_settings, SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS
+            )
+            if not permitted:
+                return TeamEditAsTeamAdminDisabled()
+            return TeamEditAsTeamAdmin(editable_fields=tuple(sorted(permitted)))
+        case None:
+            return TeamEditNone()
+        case _:
+            assert_never(role)
 
 
 class TeamMemberBudgetHandler:
@@ -2144,16 +2204,29 @@ async def update_team(
         )
 
         if existing_team_row is None:
+            # Non-proxy-admins get the same 403 as an access denial so /team/update
+            # cannot be used to probe which team ids exist
+            if user_api_key_dict.user_role != LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN:
+                _raise_team_access_denied()
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=404,
                 detail={"error": f"Team not found, passed team_id={data.team_id}"},
             )
 
-        # Verify caller has access to manage this team
-        await _verify_team_access(
-            team_obj=LiteLLM_TeamTable.model_validate(existing_team_row.model_dump()),
-            user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
-        )
+        existing_team: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable.model_validate(existing_team_row.model_dump())
+        access_role: Final = await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=existing_team, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict)
+        if access_role is None:
+            _raise_team_access_denied()
+        if access_role == "team_admin":
+            data = team_admin_request_or_raise(  # rebind-ok: resent values must not reach the derived writes below
+                team_admin_edit_verdict(
+                    data=data,
+                    existing=existing_team,
+                    permitted=resolve_team_admin_editable_fields(
+                        _general_settings(), SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS
+                    ),
+                )
+            )
 
         await validate_router_settings_weights(
             data.router_settings,
@@ -2257,6 +2330,7 @@ async def update_team(
                 org_id=org_id_to_check,
                 user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
                 prisma_client=prisma_client,
+                include_budget_table=True,
             )
             if org_table is not None:
                 await _check_org_team_limits(
@@ -4583,10 +4657,9 @@ async def team_info(
             )
         team_table: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable.model_validate(team_info.model_dump())
         await validate_membership(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, team_table=team_table)
+        access_role: Final = await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team_table, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict)
         organization_models: Final[list[str] | None] = (
-            _parent_organization_models(team_info)
-            if await _can_manage_team(team_obj=team_table, user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict)
-            else None
+            _parent_organization_models(team_info) if access_role is not None else None
         )
 
         ## GET ALL KEYS ##
@@ -4655,6 +4728,7 @@ async def team_info(
                     model_max_budget=resolved_team_info.model_max_budget,
                     cache=model_max_budget_limiter.dual_cache,
                 ),
+                "caller_edit_access": _caller_edit_access(access_role, _general_settings()),
             }
         )
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index a52bf591c4f..7bc36e175c0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ from litellm.proxy.types_utils.utils import get_instance_fn
 from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.proxy_setting_endpoints import (
     router as ui_crud_endpoints_router,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.proxy_setting_endpoints import (
+    sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings,
+)
 from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.user_banner_endpoints import (
     router as user_banner_endpoints_router,
 )
@@ -1753,10 +1756,6 @@ class _SSOConfigRow(Protocol):
     sso_settings: MutableMapping[str, object]
 
 
-class _UISettingsRow(Protocol):
-    ui_settings: Mapping[str, object] | str | None
-
-
 class _InvitationLinkRow(Protocol):
     user_id: str
     expires_at: datetime
@@ -7412,7 +7411,12 @@ class ProxyConfig:
         Returns what the reconcile saw, captured before the lock is released so a
         caller's verdict cannot be corrupted by the next reconcile's own in-flight
         window. See ReconcileOutcome.
+
+        Also re-reads the UI settings that back runtime flags. That runs before the lock, so a
+        setting written through one pod reaches the others without waiting on a model reconcile.
         """
+        await sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings(prisma_client)
+
         async with MODEL_RECONCILE_LOCK:
             return await self._add_deployment_locked(prisma_client=prisma_client, proxy_logging_obj=proxy_logging_obj)
 
@@ -9648,35 +9652,12 @@ class ProxyStartupEvent:
 
     @classmethod
     async def _sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings(cls):
-        """
-        Load persisted UI settings from the database and sync runtime flags
-        into general_settings so they take effect immediately after startup.
-        """
-        try:
-            import json
-
-            from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.proxy_setting_endpoints import (
-                _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS,
-            )
-
-            if prisma_client is None:
-                return
-            db_record: Final[_UISettingsRow | None] = cast(  # cast-ok: prisma Json stub is `str`, runtime is a dict
-                "_UISettingsRow | None",
-                await UISettingsRepository(prisma_client).table.find_unique(where={"id": "ui_settings"}),
-            )
-            if db_record and db_record.ui_settings:
-                raw: Final = db_record.ui_settings
-                ui_settings: Final = json.loads(raw) if isinstance(raw, str) else dict(raw)
-                flags_to_sync: Final = {k: ui_settings[k] for k in _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS if k in ui_settings}
-                if flags_to_sync:
-                    general_settings.update(flags_to_sync)
-                    verbose_proxy_logger.info(
-                        "Synced UI settings to general_settings on startup: %s",
-                        list(flags_to_sync.keys()),
-                    )
-        except Exception as e:
-            verbose_proxy_logger.debug("UI settings sync on startup skipped or failed: %s", e)
+        """Apply the persisted UI settings to general_settings before this pod serves traffic."""
+        if prisma_client is None:
+            return
+        applied: Final = await sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings(prisma_client)
+        if applied:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.info("Synced UI settings to general_settings on startup: %s", list(applied))
 
     @classmethod
     async def _load_heuristic_v1_tuning_baselines(
@@ -12879,7 +12860,6 @@ from litellm.repositories.table_repositories import (
     InvitationLinkRepository,
     PromptRepository,
     SSOConfigRepository,
-    UISettingsRepository,
 )
 from litellm.repositories.team_repository import TeamRepository
 from litellm.repositories.user_repository import UserRepository
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index c12d071dd36..de965aff889 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from typing import (
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, File, HTTPException, UploadFile
-from pydantic import ConfigDict, JsonValue, ValidationError, create_model
+from pydantic import ConfigDict, JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError, create_model
 from pydantic.fields import FieldInfo
 from typing_extensions import NotRequired, ReadOnly, TypedDict
 
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ from litellm.proxy.config_resolvers.sso import (
     SSO_SECRET_FIELDS,
     resolve_sso_config,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_admin_field_permissions import (
+    SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS,
+    TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING,
+)
 from litellm.proxy.spend_tracking.ptu_feature_flag import is_ptu_cost_attribution_enabled
 from litellm.proxy.utils import invalidate_config_param
 from litellm.repositories.config_repository import ConfigRepository
@@ -212,6 +216,9 @@ class UIThemeSettingsResponse(SettingsResponse):
     """Response model for UI theme settings"""
 
 
+_TEAM_ADMIN_FIELD_ENUM: Final = tuple(sorted(SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS))
+
+
 class UISettings(BaseModel):
     """Configuration for UI-specific flags"""
 
@@ -304,6 +311,18 @@ class UISettings(BaseModel):
         description="If true, shows the Chat page in the UI sidebar, letting users chat with an LLM and connect their own MCP server credentials via OAuth.",
     )
 
+    team_admin_editable_team_fields: Sequence[str] = Field(
+        default=(),
+        description=(
+            "Team settings fields a team admin may change on the teams they administer. "
+            "Empty means team admins cannot edit team settings at all. "
+            "Proxy admins and org admins are not affected."
+        ),
+        json_schema_extra={  # mutable-ok: pydantic only merges json_schema_extra when it is a plain dict
+            "items": {"type": "string", "enum": [*_TEAM_ADMIN_FIELD_ENUM]},  # mutable-ok: nested in the dict above
+        },
+    )
+
 
 class UISettingsResponse(SettingsResponse):
     """Response model for UI settings"""
@@ -326,6 +345,7 @@ ALLOWED_UI_SETTINGS_FIELDS: Final = {
     "disable_custom_api_keys",
     "disable_key_generate_for_org_admin",
     "enable_chat_ui",
+    TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING,
 }
 
 ENABLE_PTU_COST_ATTRIBUTION_UI_SETTING: Final = "enable_ptu_cost_attribution"
@@ -360,6 +380,7 @@ _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS: Final = [
     "disable_vector_stores_for_internal_users",
     "allow_vector_stores_for_team_admins",
     "disable_key_generate_for_org_admin",
+    TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING,
 ]
 
 # Extension point: packages outside OSS (e.g. litellm_enterprise) can
@@ -1457,6 +1478,42 @@ async def get_ui_settings_cached() -> dict[str, JsonValue]:
     return ui_settings
 
 
+_UI_SETTINGS_OBJECT: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, JsonValue])
+
+
+def apply_runtime_general_settings_flags(ui_settings: Mapping[str, JsonValue]) -> Mapping[str, JsonValue]:
+    """Copy the UI settings that gate runtime behavior into ``general_settings``. Returns what was applied."""
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
+
+    flags: Final = {k: ui_settings[k] for k in _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS if k in ui_settings}
+    if flags:
+        general_settings.update(flags)
+    return MappingProxyType(flags)
+
+
+async def sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings(prisma_client: object) -> Mapping[str, JsonValue]:
+    """Re-read the persisted UI settings and apply the runtime flags to ``general_settings``.
+
+    Runs on startup and on every periodic config reload: the PATCH handler only updates the pod
+    that served it, so every other pod needs its own read to pick up a change without a restart.
+    Never raises. A read that fails leaves this pod on the flags it already had.
+    """
+    try:
+        db_record: Final = await _ui_settings_db(UISettingsRepository(prisma_client)).find_unique(
+            where={"id": "ui_settings"}
+        )
+        stored: Final = (db_record.ui_settings if db_record else None) or "{}"
+        parsed: Final = (
+            _UI_SETTINGS_OBJECT.validate_json(stored)
+            if isinstance(stored, str)
+            else _UI_SETTINGS_OBJECT.validate_python(stored)
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Could not refresh UI settings from the database: %s", e)
+        return MappingProxyType({})
+    return apply_runtime_general_settings_flags(parsed)
+
+
 @router.get(
     "/get/ui_settings",
     tags=["UI Settings"],
@@ -1485,13 +1542,7 @@ async def get_ui_settings():
     # Sanitize any unexpected keys from persisted config before returning
     ui_settings: Final = {k: v for k, v in parsed.items() if k in ALLOWED_UI_SETTINGS_FIELDS}
 
-    # Sync runtime flags into general_settings so the proxy picks them up
-    # at runtime (covers server restart scenarios).
-    _flags_to_sync: Final = {k: ui_settings[k] for k in _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS if k in ui_settings}
-    if _flags_to_sync:
-        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
-
-        general_settings.update(_flags_to_sync)
+    apply_runtime_general_settings_flags(ui_settings)
 
     # Refresh DualCache so other code paths (e.g. /user/filter/ui) see fresh values
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache
@@ -1571,6 +1622,20 @@ async def update_ui_settings(
     except ValidationError as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=e.errors())
 
+    unsupported_team_fields: Final = sorted(
+        frozenset(settings.team_admin_editable_team_fields) - SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS
+    )
+    if unsupported_team_fields:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail={  # mutable-ok: HTTPException detail must be a plain dict for FastAPI JSON serialization
+                "error": (
+                    f"{TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING} does not support {unsupported_team_fields}. "
+                    f"Supported fields: {sorted(SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS)}."
+                )
+            },
+        )
+
     # Only include fields the caller actually sent (not Pydantic defaults).
     settings_dict: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = settings.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
 
@@ -1616,13 +1681,7 @@ async def update_ui_settings(
         },
     )
 
-    # Sync runtime flags to general_settings so the proxy picks them up
-    # at runtime (general_settings is checked in pre-call utils).
-    _flags_to_sync: Final = {k: ui_settings[k] for k in _RUNTIME_GENERAL_SETTINGS_FLAGS if k in ui_settings}
-    if _flags_to_sync:
-        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
-
-        general_settings.update(_flags_to_sync)
+    apply_runtime_general_settings_flags(ui_settings)
 
     # Invalidate + set DualCache so subsequent reads see the new values immediately
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import user_api_key_cache
diff --git a/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/mgmt.yaml b/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/mgmt.yaml
index 31ad61ba3e2..d93d2b2cc67 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/mgmt.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/coverage_registry/mgmt.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 - {id: mgmt.key.health.happy_path, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [happy_path], source: "key_management_endpoints.py:4292", rationale: "Key health endpoint"}
 - {id: mgmt.key.bulk_update.happy_path, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [happy_path], source: "key_management_endpoints.py:2677", rationale: "Batch key updates"}
 - {id: mgmt.team.update.persists, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [persists], source: "team_endpoints.py:1582", rationale: "Metadata/budget updates persist"}
+- {id: mgmt.team.update.team_admin_forbidden_until_enabled, module: mgmt, tier: P0, surface: api, assertions: [team_admin_forbidden_until_enabled], source: "team_admin_field_permissions.py:156", rationale: "With no team admin editable fields enabled, a team admin's /team/update is 403 and /team/info reports editing disabled"}
+- {id: mgmt.team.update.team_admin_limited_to_enabled_fields, module: mgmt, tier: P0, surface: api, assertions: [team_admin_limited_to_enabled_fields], source: "team_admin_field_permissions.py:156", rationale: "A team admin may change only the enabled fields; a request that also changes any other field is 403 and writes nothing"}
+- {id: mgmt.team.update.team_admin_resend_keeps_budget_reset, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [team_admin_resend_keeps_budget_reset], source: "team_admin_field_permissions.py:147", fail_before_fix: proven, rationale: "A team admin resending unchanged budget settings with an enabled field must not push the team's budget reset times back"}
 - {id: mgmt.team.delete.persists, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [persists], source: "team_endpoints.py:1750", rationale: "Deletion prevents key access"}
 - {id: mgmt.team.block.persists, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [persists], source: "team_endpoints.py", rationale: "Block suspends all members"}
 - {id: mgmt.team.info.happy_path, module: mgmt, tier: P1, surface: api, assertions: [happy_path], source: "team_endpoints.py:2244", rationale: "Metadata+members+budgets"}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/management/test_team_management_e2e.py b/tests/e2e/management/test_team_management_e2e.py
index 108aeaad21b..f21931b6ff1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/management/test_team_management_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/management/test_team_management_e2e.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Live e2e: the /team/* management routes' block, membership, and admin-only
-contract.
+contract, plus the team settings a team admin may change on /team/update once a
+proxy admin enables them under Settings > UI > Team admin editable fields.
 
 Each test creates its team/user/key resources under unique names (deleted on
 teardown) and asserts both halves of the contract: the recorded state (the info
@@ -8,21 +9,25 @@ Team writes reach the read path once their db/cache entry propagates, so the
 read-backs poll to a deadline instead of asserting once.
 
 Everything the shared harness does not already model lives here: the local
-request/response models for /team/block, /team/member_update, and the
-/team/info fields (blocked flag and per-member budget) these tests assert on.
+request/response models for /team/block, /team/member_update, the partial
+/team/update, the UI settings allow-list, and the /team/info fields (blocked
+flag, limits, budgets, per-member budget, the caller's edit access) these tests
+assert on.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import time
-from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import Literal
+from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Final, Literal
 
 import pytest
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from e2e_config import unique_marker
-from e2e_http import NoBody, StreamingResponse, unwrap
+from e2e_config import settle_propagation, unique_marker
+from e2e_http import NoBody, PartialBody, StreamingResponse, unwrap
 from lifecycle import ResourceManager
 from management_client import ManagementClient
 from models import (
@@ -39,6 +44,8 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.e2e
 
 TeamRole = Literal["admin", "user"]
 
+_TEAM_TPM_LIMIT: Final = 1000
+
 
 class TeamBlockBody(BaseModel):
     team_id: str
@@ -66,11 +73,37 @@ class TeamMembership(BaseModel):
     litellm_budget_table: MemberBudgetTable | None = None
 
 
-class TeamInfoData(BaseModel):
+class CallerEditAccess(BaseModel):
+    kind: Literal["unrestricted", "team_admin", "team_admin_disabled", "none"]
+    editable_fields: list[str] = []
+
+
+class BudgetWindow(BaseModel):
+    budget_duration: str
+    max_budget: float
+    reset_at: str | None = None
+
+
+class TeamCustomMetadata(BaseModel):
+    cost_center: str | None = None
+
+
+class TeamSettings(BaseModel):
     team_alias: str | None = None
     models: list[str] = []
+    tpm_limit: int | None = None
+    rpm_limit: int | None = None
+    max_budget: float | None = None
+    budget_duration: str | None = None
+    budget_limits: list[BudgetWindow] | None = None
+    metadata: TeamCustomMetadata | None = None
+
+
+class TeamInfoData(TeamSettings):
     blocked: bool | None = None
     members_with_roles: list[MemberRoleEntry] = []
+    budget_reset_at: datetime | None = None
+    caller_edit_access: CallerEditAccess | None = None
 
 
 class TeamInfoRead(BaseModel):
@@ -79,6 +112,27 @@ class TeamInfoRead(BaseModel):
     team_memberships: list[TeamMembership] = []
 
 
+class TeamWithAdminNewBody(TeamNewBody):
+    tpm_limit: int
+    members_with_roles: list[TeamMemberEntry]
+
+
+class TeamSettingsChange(PartialBody, TeamSettings):
+    pass
+
+
+class TeamSettingsUpdate(TeamSettingsChange):
+    team_id: str
+
+
+class TeamAdminEditableFields(BaseModel):
+    team_admin_editable_team_fields: list[str] = []
+
+
+class UiSettingsRead(BaseModel):
+    values: TeamAdminEditableFields
+
+
 def _poll[T](client: ManagementClient, attempt: Callable[[], T | None], failure: str) -> T:
     deadline = time.monotonic() + client.proxy.poll_timeout
     while time.monotonic() < deadline:
@@ -107,17 +161,27 @@ def _generate_key(client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager, body: Ke
     return key
 
 
-def _read_team(client: ManagementClient, team_id: str) -> TeamInfoRead:
+def _read_team(client: ManagementClient, team_id: str, caller_key: str | None = None) -> TeamInfoRead:
     return unwrap(
         client.proxy.transport.get(
             "/team/info",
-            headers=client.proxy.transport.master,
+            headers=client.proxy.transport.master if caller_key is None else client.proxy.transport.bearer(caller_key),
             params=TeamInfoParams(team_id=team_id),
             response_type=TeamInfoRead,
         )
     )
 
 
+def _poll_team(
+    client: ManagementClient, team_id: str, ready: Callable[[TeamInfoData], bool], failure: str
+) -> TeamInfoData:
+    def read() -> TeamInfoData | None:
+        info = _read_team(client, team_id).team_info
+        return info if ready(info) else None
+
+    return _poll(client, read, failure)
+
+
 def _set_blocked(client: ManagementClient, team_id: str, *, blocked: bool) -> None:
     _ = unwrap(
         client.proxy.transport.post(
@@ -301,3 +365,218 @@ class TestTeamManagementRoutes:
         client.add_team_member(team_id, member_id)
         member_key = _generate_key(client, resources, KeyGenerateBody(user_id=member_id, team_id=team_id))
         return member_id, other_id, member_key, team_id
+
+
+def _team_admin_editable_fields(client: ManagementClient) -> list[str]:
+    return unwrap(
+        client.proxy.transport.get(
+            "/get/ui_settings",
+            headers=client.proxy.transport.master,
+            params=NoBody(),
+            response_type=UiSettingsRead,
+        )
+    ).values.team_admin_editable_team_fields
+
+
+def _set_team_admin_editable_fields(client: ManagementClient, fields: list[str]) -> None:
+    _ = unwrap(
+        client.proxy.transport.patch(
+            "/update/ui_settings",
+            headers=client.proxy.transport.master,
+            json=TeamAdminEditableFields(team_admin_editable_team_fields=fields),
+            response_type=NoBody,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def _team_admins_may_edit(client: ManagementClient, fields: list[str]) -> Generator[None]:
+    """The allow-list is proxy-wide, so restore whatever was there. Other replicas pick a change up on their
+    config reload, which the wait covers before any team admin call lands on one of them."""
+    original = _team_admin_editable_fields(client)
+    _set_team_admin_editable_fields(client, fields)
+    settle_propagation(time.monotonic())
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        _set_team_admin_editable_fields(client, original)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def no_team_admin_editable_fields(client: ManagementClient) -> Generator[None]:
+    with _team_admins_may_edit(client, []):
+        yield
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def tpm_limit_editable_by_team_admins(client: ManagementClient) -> Generator[None]:
+    with _team_admins_may_edit(client, ["tpm_limit"]):
+        yield
+
+
+def _team_with_admin(client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """A team with a tpm_limit, and the key of a user who is an admin of that team."""
+    admin_id = _create_user(client, resources, f"e2e-team-admin-{unique_marker()}@example.com")
+    team_id = client.create_team(
+        TeamWithAdminNewBody(
+            team_alias=f"e2e-team-admin-{unique_marker()}",
+            tpm_limit=_TEAM_TPM_LIMIT,
+            members_with_roles=[TeamMemberEntry(role="admin", user_id=admin_id)],
+        )
+    )
+    resources.defer(lambda: client.delete_team(team_id))
+    return team_id, _generate_key(client, resources, KeyGenerateBody(user_id=admin_id))
+
+
+def _update_team_as(client: ManagementClient, caller_key: str, body: TeamSettingsUpdate) -> StreamingResponse:
+    return client.proxy.transport.send("/team/update", headers=client.proxy.transport.bearer(caller_key), json=body)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("no_team_admin_editable_fields")
+class TestTeamAdminWithNoEditableFields:
+    """No proxy admin has enabled a team field for team admins, which is how every proxy starts."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.covers("mgmt.team.update.team_admin_forbidden_until_enabled")
+    def test_team_admin_cannot_change_any_team_setting(
+        self, client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager
+    ) -> None:
+        team_id, admin_key = _team_with_admin(client, resources)
+        access = _read_team(client, team_id, admin_key).team_info.caller_edit_access
+        assert access == CallerEditAccess(kind="team_admin_disabled"), (
+            f"/team/info should tell the team admin that editing is disabled, got {access}"
+        )
+
+        outcome = _update_team_as(client, admin_key, TeamSettingsUpdate(team_id=team_id, tpm_limit=5000))
+
+        assert outcome.status_code == 403, (
+            f"/team/update by a team admin must be 403 while nothing is enabled, got {outcome.status_code}: "
+            f"{outcome.body[:300]}"
+        )
+        assert "cannot edit team settings" in outcome.body, f"403 body should say why, got: {outcome.body[:300]}"
+        tpm_limit = _read_team(client, team_id).team_info.tpm_limit
+        assert tpm_limit == _TEAM_TPM_LIMIT, f"the refused update still changed tpm_limit to {tpm_limit}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("tpm_limit_editable_by_team_admins")
+class TestTeamAdminWithTpmLimitEnabled:
+    """A proxy admin has enabled tpm_limit, so a team admin may change that setting and no other."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.covers("mgmt.team.update.team_admin_limited_to_enabled_fields")
+    def test_team_admin_saves_the_settings_form_with_a_new_tpm_limit(
+        self, client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager
+    ) -> None:
+        team_id, admin_key = _team_with_admin(client, resources)
+        access = _read_team(client, team_id, admin_key).team_info.caller_edit_access
+        assert access == CallerEditAccess(kind="team_admin", editable_fields=["tpm_limit"]), (
+            f"/team/info should list tpm_limit as the team admin's only editable field, got {access}"
+        )
+        before = _read_team(client, team_id).team_info
+
+        outcome = _update_team_as(
+            client,
+            admin_key,
+            TeamSettingsUpdate(team_id=team_id, team_alias=before.team_alias, models=before.models, tpm_limit=5000),
+        )
+
+        assert outcome.status_code == 200, (
+            f"a team admin resending the form with only tpm_limit changed must succeed, got {outcome.status_code}: "
+            f"{outcome.body[:300]}"
+        )
+        after = _poll_team(
+            client, team_id, lambda info: info.tpm_limit == 5000, "/team/info never reflected tpm_limit=5000"
+        )
+        assert after.model_copy(update={"tpm_limit": _TEAM_TPM_LIMIT}) == before, (
+            f"the update changed more than tpm_limit: before {before}, after {after}"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.covers("mgmt.team.update.team_admin_limited_to_enabled_fields")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "change",
+        [
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(rpm_limit=10), id="rpm_limit"),
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(max_budget=0.5), id="max_budget"),
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(team_alias="renamed-by-team-admin"), id="team_alias"),
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(models=["gemini-2.5-flash"]), id="models"),
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(budget_duration="1d"), id="budget_duration"),
+            pytest.param(TeamSettingsChange(metadata=TeamCustomMetadata(cost_center="team-admin")), id="metadata"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_team_admin_cannot_change_a_setting_that_is_not_enabled(
+        self, client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager, change: TeamSettingsChange
+    ) -> None:
+        (field,) = change.model_fields_set
+        team_id, admin_key = _team_with_admin(client, resources)
+        before = _read_team(client, team_id).team_info
+
+        outcome = _update_team_as(
+            client,
+            admin_key,
+            TeamSettingsUpdate.model_validate(
+                {**change.model_dump(exclude_unset=True), "team_id": team_id, "tpm_limit": 5000}
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assert outcome.status_code == 403, (
+            f"a team admin changing {field} must be 403, got {outcome.status_code}: {outcome.body[:300]}"
+        )
+        assert f"'{field}'" in outcome.body, f"403 body should name {field}, got: {outcome.body[:300]}"
+        after = _read_team(client, team_id).team_info
+        assert after == before, (
+            f"the refused update still wrote to the team, the enabled tpm_limit included: before {before}, "
+            f"after {after}"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.covers("mgmt.team.update.team_admin_resend_keeps_budget_reset")
+    def test_team_admin_resending_the_budget_settings_keeps_the_next_budget_reset(
+        self, client: ManagementClient, resources: ResourceManager
+    ) -> None:
+        """A 120s budget resets at the start of the minute after next. Resending it once the next minute has
+        started would push that reset a minute later, while the stored reset is still a minute out, so the
+        proxy's budget reset job cannot be what moves it."""
+        team_id, admin_key = _team_with_admin(client, resources)
+        _ = unwrap(
+            client.proxy.transport.post(
+                "/team/update",
+                headers=client.proxy.transport.master,
+                json=TeamSettingsUpdate(
+                    team_id=team_id,
+                    budget_duration="120s",
+                    budget_limits=[BudgetWindow(budget_duration="120s", max_budget=5.0)],
+                ),
+                response_type=NoBody,
+            )
+        )
+        budgeted = _poll_team(
+            client,
+            team_id,
+            lambda info: info.budget_reset_at is not None and bool(info.budget_limits),
+            "/team/info never reflected the 120s budget the proxy admin set",
+        )
+        assert budgeted.budget_reset_at is not None
+        next_minute = budgeted.budget_reset_at - timedelta(seconds=58)
+        time.sleep(max(0.0, (next_minute - datetime.now(UTC)).total_seconds()))
+
+        outcome = _update_team_as(
+            client,
+            admin_key,
+            TeamSettingsUpdate(
+                team_id=team_id,
+                tpm_limit=5000,
+                budget_duration=budgeted.budget_duration,
+                budget_limits=budgeted.budget_limits,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assert outcome.status_code == 200, (
+            f"resending unchanged budget settings with a new tpm_limit must succeed, got {outcome.status_code}: "
+            f"{outcome.body[:300]}"
+        )
+        after = _poll_team(
+            client, team_id, lambda info: info.tpm_limit == 5000, "/team/info never reflected tpm_limit=5000"
+        )
+        assert after.budget_reset_at == budgeted.budget_reset_at, (
+            f"the team admin pushed the budget reset from {budgeted.budget_reset_at} to {after.budget_reset_at}"
+        )
+        assert after.budget_limits == budgeted.budget_limits, (
+            f"the team admin pushed the budget window resets from {budgeted.budget_limits} to {after.budget_limits}"
+        )
diff --git a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_budget_limits.py b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_budget_limits.py
index 96a6fe7234a..a172f625e91 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_budget_limits.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_budget_limits.py
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ Pins the five helpers
 
 Driven through /team/new + /team/update.
 
-Structural finding, updated: /team/new loads the org via `get_org_object`
-WITH `include_budget_table=True`, so the org max_budget / org tpm / org rpm
-guards inside `_check_org_team_limits` are live there and are pinned as
-enforced below. /team/update still loads the org without the budget
-relation, so its budget guards remain no-ops. The `models` subset guard IS
-reachable on both because it reads `org_table.models` directly. The
+Structural finding, updated: /team/new and /team/update both load the org
+via `get_org_object` WITH `include_budget_table=True`, so the org max_budget /
+org tpm / org rpm guards inside `_check_org_team_limits` are live on both and
+are pinned as enforced below. The `models` subset guard reads
+`org_table.models` directly. The
 `_check_user_team_limits` guards reach all branches through
 `user_api_key_dict`, no relation include needed.
 """
@@ -139,9 +138,8 @@ async def test_check_org_team_limits_models_subset(
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# _check_org_team_limits — budget / tpm / rpm live on /team/new since its
-# get_org_object call passes include_budget_table=True. (/team/update still
-# loads the org without the budget relation, so its guards remain no-ops.)
+# _check_org_team_limits — budget / tpm / rpm live on /team/new and
+# /team/update since both get_org_object calls pass include_budget_table=True.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _ORG_BUDGET_ENFORCED_SCENARIOS = [
@@ -216,6 +214,35 @@ async def test_check_org_team_limits_budget_enforced(
     assert len(rows) == (1 if expected_status == 200 else 0)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "org_budget,body_extras,expected_status",
+    [(b, c, d) for (_id, b, c, d) in _ORG_BUDGET_ENFORCED_SCENARIOS],
+    ids=[s[0] for s in _ORG_BUDGET_ENFORCED_SCENARIOS],
+)
+async def test_check_org_team_limits_budget_enforced_on_update(
+    org_budget,
+    body_extras: Dict[str, Any],
+    expected_status: int,
+    proxy_client,
+    prisma,
+    scratch,
+    world,
+):
+    org_id = await create_scratch_org(prisma, scratch.prefix, **org_budget)
+    team_id = await create_scratch_team(prisma, scratch.tag("team"), organization_id=org_id)
+    seeder = world.keys[Actor.PROXY_ADMIN].cleartext
+    resp = await proxy_client.post(
+        "/team/update",
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {seeder}"},
+        json={"team_id": team_id, **body_extras},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == expected_status, f"{body_extras!r} → {resp.status_code}: {resp.text}"
+    row = await prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique(where={"team_id": team_id})
+    assert row is not None
+    persisted = {field: getattr(row, field) for field in body_extras}
+    assert (persisted == body_extras) == (expected_status == 200)
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # _check_user_team_limits — fires for standalone (no-org) teams created by
 # a non-admin caller. Each guard reads from user_api_key_dict / user_obj.
@@ -310,65 +337,40 @@ async def test_check_user_team_limits(
 # /team/update path — budget authority.
 #
 # The caller's PERSONAL limits are never applied on update (that compared the
-# wrong thing). But raising a team's spend ceiling is reserved for proxy admins:
-# a team admin may keep or LOWER the budget, only a proxy admin may RAISE it.
-# _check_user_team_limits() only runs on /team/new.
+# wrong thing). Raising a team's spend ceiling is reserved for proxy admins.
+# max_budget is not on the team-admin allow-list yet (LIT-5722), so a team
+# admin is refused in either direction; the raise-only guard underneath the
+# allow-list is pinned in the unit tests. _check_user_team_limits() only runs
+# on /team/new.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-async def test_team_admin_raise_budget_blocked(proxy_client, prisma, scratch):
-    """A team admin cannot raise the team's budget; the block is NOT based on
-    their personal budget (which here is higher than the requested value)."""
-    caller_cleartext = await _seed_scratch_actor_with_caps(
-        prisma,
-        scratch.prefix,
-        max_budget=100000.0,  # generous personal budget; must not matter
-    )
-    creator_user_id = f"{scratch.prefix}-team-creator"
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "personal_budget,requested_budget",
+    [(100000.0, 999.0), (10.0, 300.0)],
+    ids=["raise_with_generous_personal_budget", "lower_with_tiny_personal_budget"],
+)
+async def test_team_admin_cannot_change_budget_while_max_budget_is_not_editable(
+    proxy_client, prisma, scratch, personal_budget: float, requested_budget: float
+):
+    caller_cleartext = await _seed_scratch_actor_with_caps(prisma, scratch.prefix, max_budget=personal_budget)
     team_id = await create_scratch_team(
         prisma,
         team_id=scratch.tag("team"),
-        admin_user_ids=[creator_user_id],
-        max_budget=50.0,
-    )
-    # Raise the team budget 50 -> 999 as a team admin.
-    resp = await proxy_client.post(
-        "/team/update",
-        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {caller_cleartext}"},
-        json={"team_id": team_id, "max_budget": 999.0},
-    )
-    assert resp.status_code == 403, resp.text
-
-    row = await prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique(where={"team_id": team_id})
-    assert row is not None
-    assert row.max_budget == 50.0, "team budget must not change on a blocked raise"
-
-
-async def test_team_admin_lower_budget_allowed(proxy_client, prisma, scratch):
-    """A team admin may freely lower (or keep) the team's budget."""
-    caller_cleartext = await _seed_scratch_actor_with_caps(
-        prisma,
-        scratch.prefix,
-        max_budget=10.0,  # below both the old and new team budget; must not matter
-    )
-    creator_user_id = f"{scratch.prefix}-team-creator"
-    team_id = await create_scratch_team(
-        prisma,
-        team_id=scratch.tag("team"),
-        admin_user_ids=[creator_user_id],
+        admin_user_ids=[f"{scratch.prefix}-team-creator"],
         max_budget=500.0,
     )
-    # Lower the team budget 500 -> 300 as a team admin.
     resp = await proxy_client.post(
         "/team/update",
         headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {caller_cleartext}"},
-        json={"team_id": team_id, "max_budget": 300.0},
+        json={"team_id": team_id, "max_budget": requested_budget},
     )
-    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    assert resp.status_code == 403, resp.text
+    assert "Team admin editable fields" in resp.text, resp.text
 
     row = await prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique(where={"team_id": team_id})
     assert row is not None
-    assert row.max_budget == 300.0, "team admin should be able to lower the budget"
+    assert row.max_budget == 500.0, "a refused update must leave the team budget unchanged"
 
 
 async def test_proxy_admin_raise_budget_allowed(proxy_client, prisma, scratch):
diff --git a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_update.py b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_update.py
index 23ea89fa74d..eaf4e88e24b 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_update.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_behavior/management/test_team_update.py
@@ -9,31 +9,31 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
 
 
 # POST /team/update — actor x team-shape matrix (shapes built by _seed_target).
-# Each request carries the team's own organization_id so a non-proxy-admin can
-# reach the org-scoped branch of the route-permission gate (401 on denial),
-# which fronts the handler's _verify_team_access. Only PROXY_ADMIN and an
-# ORG_ADMIN of the team's org pass: an internal_user team admin is filtered by
-# the route gate before _verify_team_access's team-admin branch is reached.
+# The route is self-managed (LIT-5722), so every authenticated caller reaches
+# update_team and denials are the handler's 403, never the route gate's 401.
+# Only PROXY_ADMIN and an ORG_ADMIN of the team's org pass: a team admin is
+# admitted by _resolve_team_access but then refused because no team field is
+# enabled for team admins (team_admin_editable_team_fields defaults to empty).
 MARKER_ALIAS = "behavior-pin-update-marker-alias"
 
 _MATRIX = [
     ("alpha/proxy_admin", Actor.PROXY_ADMIN, "alpha", 200),
     ("alpha/org_admin", Actor.ORG_ADMIN, "alpha", 200),
-    ("alpha/team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/owner", Actor.OWNER, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/unrelated_same_org", Actor.UNRELATED_SAME_ORG, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/cross_org_user", Actor.CROSS_ORG_USER, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/service_account", Actor.SERVICE_ACCOUNT, "alpha", 401),
-    ("alpha/org_b_admin", Actor.ORG_B_ADMIN, "alpha", 401),
+    ("alpha/team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/owner", Actor.OWNER, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/unrelated_same_org", Actor.UNRELATED_SAME_ORG, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/cross_org_user", Actor.CROSS_ORG_USER, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/service_account", Actor.SERVICE_ACCOUNT, "alpha", 403),
+    ("alpha/org_b_admin", Actor.ORG_B_ADMIN, "alpha", 403),
     ("beta/proxy_admin", Actor.PROXY_ADMIN, "beta", 200),
-    ("beta/org_admin", Actor.ORG_ADMIN, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/owner", Actor.OWNER, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/unrelated_same_org", Actor.UNRELATED_SAME_ORG, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/cross_org_user", Actor.CROSS_ORG_USER, "beta", 401),
-    ("beta/service_account", Actor.SERVICE_ACCOUNT, "beta", 401),
+    ("beta/org_admin", Actor.ORG_ADMIN, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/owner", Actor.OWNER, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/unrelated_same_org", Actor.UNRELATED_SAME_ORG, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/cross_org_user", Actor.CROSS_ORG_USER, "beta", 403),
+    ("beta/service_account", Actor.SERVICE_ACCOUNT, "beta", 403),
     ("beta/org_b_admin", Actor.ORG_B_ADMIN, "beta", 200),
 ]
 
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ async def test_team_update_org_admin_resolved_from_team_without_org_context(
 ):
     """With no organization_id in the body the route gate resolves the target
     team's org from team_id, so an org admin of the team's own org is allowed
-    (200), same as PROXY_ADMIN. A team admin of that same team stays denied
-    (401): the resolution grants org admins access, not team admins."""
+    (200), same as PROXY_ADMIN. A team admin of that same team reaches the
+    handler but is refused (403) until a proxy admin enables fields for team
+    admins, and the response says so."""
     await _seed_target(prisma, world, "alpha", scratch.prefix)
 
     allowed_org_admin = await proxy_client.post(
@@ -133,21 +134,25 @@ async def test_team_update_org_admin_resolved_from_team_without_org_context(
         headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {world.keys[Actor.TEAM_ADMIN].cleartext}"},
         json={"team_id": scratch.prefix, "team_alias": MARKER_ALIAS},
     )
-    assert denied_team_admin.status_code == 401, denied_team_admin.text
+    assert denied_team_admin.status_code == 403, denied_team_admin.text
+    assert "cannot edit team settings" in denied_team_admin.text, denied_team_admin.text
+    assert "Team admin editable fields" in denied_team_admin.text, denied_team_admin.text
 
 
 # Relocation gate — moving a team to a different org. The scratch team starts
 # in ORG_A; each scenario relocates it to ORG_B. PROXY_ADMIN bypasses;
-# ORG_B_ADMIN clears the route gate (dest-org admin) but fails
-# _verify_team_access on the source team (403); the rest fail the route gate
-# (401). The relocation-*allowed* branch (caller is org admin of both orgs) is
-# covered by test_team_update_org_relocation_allowed_for_dual_org_admin below.
+# ORG_B_ADMIN reaches the handler but holds no role on the source team (403);
+# ORG_ADMIN holds the source team but not the destination org (403 from the
+# relocation gate); the team admin is refused by the empty field allow-list and
+# the internal user holds no role at all (403). The relocation-*allowed* branch
+# (caller is org admin of both orgs) is covered by
+# test_team_update_org_relocation_allowed_for_dual_org_admin below.
 _RELOCATION = [
     ("proxy_admin", Actor.PROXY_ADMIN, 200),
     ("org_b_admin", Actor.ORG_B_ADMIN, 403),
-    ("org_admin", Actor.ORG_ADMIN, 401),
-    ("team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, 401),
-    ("internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, 401),
+    ("org_admin", Actor.ORG_ADMIN, 403),
+    ("team_admin", Actor.TEAM_ADMIN, 403),
+    ("internal_user", Actor.INTERNAL_USER, 403),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
index 806c55d51ce..72c7011e6f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
@@ -2892,45 +2892,49 @@ def test_team_update_gate_allows_org_admin_with_resolved_org():
     )
 
 
-def test_team_update_gate_rejects_without_org_context():
-    """Without organization_id (i.e. resolution found no org, or a non-org-admin),
-    the gate still rejects /team/update — the fix adds no blanket allow. Guards
-    against re-widening the route (e.g. dropping it into self_managed_routes)."""
+def test_team_update_gate_admits_internal_user_without_org_context():  # test-quality-ok: the gate's only success signal is not raising; the handler's team-admin 403s are pinned in test_team_endpoints
+    """/team/update is self-managed (LIT-5722): the coarse gate admits any authenticated
+    caller and update_team resolves proxy, org or team admin itself, then filters team admins
+    through the team_admin_editable_team_fields setting. Before that the gate 401'd every
+    team admin, which left the handler's team-admin branch unreachable."""
+    user_obj = LiteLLM_UserTable(
+        user_id="team-admin-user",
+        user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value,
+        organization_memberships=None,
+    )
+    valid_token = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="team-admin-user", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value)
+    request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
+    request.method = "POST"
+    request.query_params = {}
+
+    RouteChecks.non_proxy_admin_allowed_routes_check(
+        user_obj=user_obj,
+        _user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value,
+        route="/team/update",
+        request=request,
+        valid_token=valid_token,
+        request_data={"team_id": "team-1", "max_budget": 42},
+    )
+
+
+def test_team_update_gate_defers_cross_org_admin_to_the_handler():  # test-quality-ok: the gate's only success signal is not raising; the handler's 403 it defers to is pinned in test_team_endpoints
+    """An org admin of a DIFFERENT org clears the coarse gate like any internal user;
+    update_team's _resolve_team_access finds no role on the team and 403s (pinned in
+    test_team_endpoints), so there is still no cross-org escalation."""
     user_obj = _make_org_admin_user("org-1")
     valid_token = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="org-admin-user", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value)
     request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
     request.method = "POST"
     request.query_params = {}
 
-    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Only proxy admin can be used to generate"):
-        RouteChecks.non_proxy_admin_allowed_routes_check(
-            user_obj=user_obj,
-            _user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value,
-            route="/team/update",
-            request=request,
-            valid_token=valid_token,
-            request_data={"team_id": "team-1", "max_budget": 42},
-        )
-
-
-def test_team_update_gate_rejects_cross_org_admin_with_resolved_org():
-    """Even after the target team's org is resolved, an org admin of a DIFFERENT
-    org is rejected at the gate (no cross-org escalation)."""
-    user_obj = _make_org_admin_user("org-1")
-    valid_token = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="org-admin-user", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value)
-    request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
-    request.method = "POST"
-    request.query_params = {}
-
-    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Only proxy admin can be used to generate"):
-        RouteChecks.non_proxy_admin_allowed_routes_check(
-            user_obj=user_obj,
-            _user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value,
-            route="/team/update",
-            request=request,
-            valid_token=valid_token,
-            request_data={"team_id": "team-1", "organization_id": "org-2"},
-        )
+    RouteChecks.non_proxy_admin_allowed_routes_check(
+        user_obj=user_obj,
+        _user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER.value,
+        route="/team/update",
+        request=request,
+        valid_token=valid_token,
+        request_data={"team_id": "team-1", "organization_id": "org-2"},
+    )
 
 
 # ── PATCH /team/{team_id}: same org-context + role reach as POST /team/update ──
@@ -2993,23 +2997,6 @@ async def test_add_team_org_context_noop_for_static_team_route():
     assert out == body
 
 
-def test_patch_team_route_has_same_reach_as_team_update():
-    """/team/{team_id} is reachable by org admins (in org_admin_allowed_routes) but
-    NOT by regular internal users or the role-agnostic self_managed_routes — the
-    latter would open /team/new (the collision footgun) to any authenticated user."""
-    from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLMRoutes
-
-    assert RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.org_admin_allowed_routes.value
-    )
-    assert not RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.internal_user_routes.value
-    )
-    assert not RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.self_managed_routes.value
-    )
-
-
 def _patch_team_request() -> MagicMock:
     request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
     request.method = "PATCH"
@@ -3897,7 +3884,6 @@ def test_team_disable_logging_stays_proxy_admin_only():
     "route",
     [
         "/team/06bda574-5ca9-43d3-beb8-3b23c2f17112",
-        "/team/update",
         "/team/06bda574-5ca9-43d3-beb8-3b23c2f17112/model/add",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_admin_field_permissions.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_admin_field_permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b31089f91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_admin_field_permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import pytest
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_ModelTable, LiteLLM_TeamTable, UpdateTeamRequest
+from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_admin_field_permissions import (
+    TeamAdminEditAllowed,
+    TeamAdminEditingDisabled,
+    TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted,
+    changed_team_fields,
+    resolve_team_admin_editable_fields,
+    team_admin_edit_verdict,
+    team_admin_request_or_raise,
+)
+
+_SUPPORTED = frozenset({"tpm_limit", "rpm_limit", "team_alias"})
+
+
+def _team(**overrides):
+    return LiteLLM_TeamTable(team_id="team-1", **overrides)
+
+
+class TestResolveTeamAdminEditableFields:
+    def test_missing_setting_means_nothing_editable(self):
+        assert resolve_team_admin_editable_fields({}, _SUPPORTED) == frozenset()
+
+    def test_keeps_only_supported_names(self):
+        configured = {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit", "blocked", "organization_id"]}
+        assert resolve_team_admin_editable_fields(configured, _SUPPORTED) == frozenset({"tpm_limit"})
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("raw", ["tpm_limit", 7, {"tpm_limit": True}, [1, 2]])
+    def test_malformed_setting_fails_closed(self, raw):
+        assert resolve_team_admin_editable_fields({"team_admin_editable_team_fields": raw}, _SUPPORTED) == frozenset()
+
+
+class TestChangedTeamFields:
+    def test_team_id_alone_changes_nothing(self):
+        assert changed_team_fields(UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1"), _team()) == frozenset()
+
+    def test_column_echoing_stored_value_is_not_a_change(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", tpm_limit=5, team_alias="alpha", max_budget=None)
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team(tpm_limit=5, team_alias="alpha")) == frozenset()
+
+    def test_column_with_different_value_is_a_change(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", tpm_limit=6, team_alias="alpha")
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team(tpm_limit=5, team_alias="alpha")) == frozenset({"tpm_limit"})
+
+    def test_explicit_null_clearing_a_stored_column_is_a_change(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", max_budget=None)
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team(max_budget=30.0)) == frozenset({"max_budget"})
+
+    def test_folded_field_sent_top_level_is_named_not_metadata(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", guardrails=["b"])
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team(metadata={"guardrails": ["a"]})) == frozenset({"guardrails"})
+
+    def test_folded_field_sent_inside_metadata_is_named_not_metadata(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", metadata={"guardrails": ["b"]})
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team(metadata={"guardrails": ["a"]})) == frozenset({"guardrails"})
+
+    def test_custom_metadata_key_change_is_attributed_to_metadata(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", metadata={"guardrails": ["a"], "cost_center": "b"})
+        existing = _team(metadata={"guardrails": ["a"], "cost_center": "a"})
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, existing) == frozenset({"metadata"})
+
+    def test_metadata_echo_with_top_level_override_only_names_the_override(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", guardrails=["b"], metadata={"guardrails": ["a"], "cost_center": "a"})
+        existing = _team(metadata={"guardrails": ["a"], "cost_center": "a"})
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, existing) == frozenset({"guardrails"})
+
+    def test_dropping_a_stored_key_from_submitted_metadata_is_a_change(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", metadata={"cost_center": "a"})
+        existing = _team(metadata={"cost_center": "a", "tags": ["x"], "logging": [{"callback": "langfuse"}]})
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, existing) == frozenset({"tags", "logging"})
+
+    def test_server_managed_metadata_key_is_ignored(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", metadata={"cost_center": "a"})
+        existing = _team(metadata={"cost_center": "a", "team_member_budget_id": "budget-1"})
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, existing) == frozenset()
+
+    def test_model_aliases_compare_against_the_model_table(self):
+        table = LiteLLM_ModelTable(model_aliases='{"fast": "gpt-4o-mini"}', created_by="a", updated_by="a")
+        same = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", model_aliases={"fast": "gpt-4o-mini"})
+        different = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", model_aliases={"fast": "gpt-4o"})
+        assert changed_team_fields(same, _team(litellm_model_table=table)) == frozenset()
+        assert changed_team_fields(different, _team(litellm_model_table=table)) == frozenset({"model_aliases"})
+
+    def test_empty_model_aliases_against_no_model_table_is_not_a_change(self):
+        assert changed_team_fields(UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", model_aliases={}), _team()) == frozenset()
+
+    def test_field_without_a_stored_counterpart_counts_as_changed_when_sent(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", team_member_budget=10.0)
+        assert changed_team_fields(data, _team()) == frozenset({"team_member_budget"})
+
+
+class TestTeamAdminEditVerdict:
+    def test_no_permitted_fields_disables_editing_even_for_a_no_op(self):
+        verdict = team_admin_edit_verdict(UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1"), _team(), frozenset())
+        assert verdict == TeamAdminEditingDisabled()
+
+    def test_allowed_request_keeps_only_the_changed_fields(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", tpm_limit=6, team_alias="alpha", budget_duration="30d")
+        existing = _team(team_alias="alpha", budget_duration="30d")
+        verdict = team_admin_edit_verdict(data, existing, frozenset({"tpm_limit"}))
+        assert isinstance(verdict, TeamAdminEditAllowed)
+        assert verdict.request.model_dump(exclude_unset=True) == {"team_id": "team-1", "tpm_limit": 6}
+
+    def test_permitted_field_changed_inside_metadata_keeps_the_metadata(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", metadata={"guardrails": ["b"]}, team_alias="alpha")
+        existing = _team(team_alias="alpha", metadata={"guardrails": ["a"]})
+        verdict = team_admin_edit_verdict(data, existing, frozenset({"guardrails"}))
+        assert isinstance(verdict, TeamAdminEditAllowed)
+        assert verdict.request.model_dump(exclude_unset=True) == {
+            "team_id": "team-1",
+            "metadata": {"guardrails": ["b"]},
+        }
+
+    def test_first_blocked_field_in_sorted_order_is_reported(self):
+        data = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", tpm_limit=6, rpm_limit=6, blocked=True)
+        verdict = team_admin_edit_verdict(data, _team(), frozenset({"tpm_limit"}))
+        assert verdict == TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted(field="blocked")
+
+
+class TestTeamAdminRequestOrRaise:
+    def test_allowed_hands_back_its_request(self):
+        request = UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="team-1", tpm_limit=6)
+        assert team_admin_request_or_raise(TeamAdminEditAllowed(request=request)) is request
+
+    def test_disabled_is_a_403_pointing_at_the_proxy_admin(self):
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+            team_admin_request_or_raise(TeamAdminEditingDisabled())
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 403
+        assert "cannot edit team settings" in exc.value.detail
+        assert "Settings > UI > Team admin editable fields" in exc.value.detail
+
+    def test_field_not_permitted_is_a_403_naming_the_field(self):
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+            team_admin_request_or_raise(TeamAdminFieldNotPermitted(field="blocked"))
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 403
+        assert "'blocked'" in exc.value.detail
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
index 6478b18e553..3dfd994bcee 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, contextmanager
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Final, Optional, cast
@@ -76,6 +76,31 @@ from litellm.types.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints import (
 client = TestClient(app)
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def _team_admin_may_edit(*fields: str):
+    """Let team admins change ``fields`` on /team/update for the duration of the block.
+
+    The registry only lists the fields shipped so far (LIT-5722 adds them one PR at a time), so tests that
+    exercise the gates layered underneath the allow-list widen it here instead of asserting the early 403."""
+    with (
+        patch(  # test-quality-ok: the registry is a module constant update_team reads directly; no seam to inject
+            "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints.SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS",
+            frozenset(fields),
+        ),
+        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": list(fields)}),  # test-quality-ok: update_team reads general_settings as a proxy_server module global
+    ):
+        yield
+
+
+def _not_org_admin():
+    """update_team asks whether the caller administers the team's org before it settles for team admin;
+    a MagicMock prisma cannot answer that lookup, so pin it to False."""
+    return patch(  # test-quality-ok: the org-admin lookup needs a real prisma client this file's MagicMock cannot provide
+        "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._is_user_org_admin_for_team",
+        AsyncMock(return_value=False),
+    )
+
+
 def _wire_team_create_tx(prisma_client):
     """`/team/new` inserts the team and mirrors it onto the access groups in one transaction,
     so a mocked client has to hand its team table back out of `db.tx()`.
@@ -6393,6 +6418,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_budget_raise_blocked_for_team_admin():
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6549,6 +6575,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_budget_removal_blocked_for_team_admin():
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6618,6 +6645,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_uncapped_team_admin_sets_finite_allowed(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6712,6 +6740,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_unchanged_budget_allowed(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget", "tpm_limit"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6810,6 +6839,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_lower_budget_allowed(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6912,6 +6942,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_budget_exceeds_org_limit():
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = mock_budget_table
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -6992,6 +7024,7 @@ async def test_update_team_standalone_models_not_gated_by_user_limit(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("models"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7091,6 +7124,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_budget_bypasses_user_limit(
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = mock_budget_table
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("max_budget"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7202,6 +7237,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_models_bypasses_user_limit(
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = None
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("models"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7304,6 +7341,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_models_not_in_org_models():
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = None
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("models"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7393,6 +7432,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_models_with_all_proxy_models(
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = None
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("models"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7502,6 +7543,7 @@ async def test_update_team_tpm_limit_not_gated_by_user_limit(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("tpm_limit"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7584,6 +7626,7 @@ async def test_update_team_rpm_limit_not_gated_by_user_limit(
     dummy_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("rpm_limit"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -7981,6 +8024,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_tpm_exceeds_org_limit():
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = mock_budget_table
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("tpm_limit"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -8067,6 +8112,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_rpm_exceeds_org_limit():
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = mock_budget_table
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("rpm_limit"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -8158,6 +8205,8 @@ async def test_update_team_org_scoped_tpm_rpm_bypasses_user_limit(
     mock_org.litellm_budget_table = mock_budget_table
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("tpm_limit", "rpm_limit"),
+        _not_org_admin(),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -8286,6 +8335,7 @@ async def test_update_team_guardrails_with_org_id(
     }
 
     with (
+        _team_admin_may_edit("guardrails", "organization_id"),
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client") as mock_prisma,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_cache") as mock_cache,
         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin"),
@@ -11177,8 +11227,8 @@ async def test_update_team_blocks_non_admin_passthrough_routes(mock_db_client):
     mock_db_client.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=existing)
 
     with patch(
-        "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._verify_team_access",
-        AsyncMock(return_value=None),
+        "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._resolve_team_access",
+        AsyncMock(return_value="org_admin"),
     ):
         with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
             await update_team(
@@ -13246,6 +13296,7 @@ async def test_update_team_output_token_estimate_lowered_rejected_for_team_admin
 
     with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
         _wire_update_team(stack, {_TEAM_ESTIMATE: 4000})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("default_estimated_output_tokens"))
         with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
             await update_team(
                 data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", default_estimated_output_tokens=1),
@@ -13277,6 +13328,7 @@ async def test_update_team_output_token_estimate_unchanged_allows_team_admin_edi
 
     with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
         prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {_TEAM_ESTIMATE: 4000})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("team_alias"))
         await update_team(
             data=UpdateTeamRequest(
                 team_id="test_team_id",
@@ -13336,6 +13388,7 @@ async def test_update_team_batch_enqueued_token_limit_raised_rejected_for_team_a
 
     with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
         _wire_update_team(stack, {_TEAM_BATCH_LIMIT: 100000})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("metadata"))
         with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
             await update_team(
                 data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", metadata={_TEAM_BATCH_LIMIT: 10**12}),
@@ -14894,3 +14947,369 @@ async def test_update_team_model_max_budget_raise_blocked_for_team_admin():
     assert exc.value.code == "403"
     assert "proxy admin" in str(exc.value.message).lower()
     mock_prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# LIT-5722: team admins reach update_team through self_managed_routes and are
+# filtered by the team_admin_editable_team_fields setting.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+    user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER, api_key="sk-team-admin", user_id="team-admin"
+)
+_PROXY_ADMIN_CALLER = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN, api_key="sk-admin", user_id="admin")
+
+
+def _update_request_stub():
+    from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+    from fastapi import Request
+
+    return Mock(spec=Request)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_team_admin_is_refused_before_any_write_when_no_fields_are_enabled():
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit())
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", team_alias="renamed"),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+
+    assert str(exc.value.code) == "403"
+    assert "cannot edit team settings" in str(exc.value.message)
+    assert not prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_configured_but_unsupported_field_does_not_open_editing():
+    """Only fields in SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS count, whatever general_settings says."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["team_alias"]})  # test-quality-ok: update_team reads general_settings as a proxy_server module global
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", team_alias="renamed"),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+
+    assert str(exc.value.code) == "403"
+    assert "cannot edit team settings" in str(exc.value.message)
+    assert not prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_team_admin_changing_an_unpermitted_field_is_refused_by_name():
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("team_alias"))
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", team_alias="renamed", tpm_limit=10),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+
+    assert str(exc.value.code) == "403"
+    assert "'tpm_limit'" in str(exc.value.message)
+    assert not prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_team_admin_echoing_unpermitted_fields_unchanged_is_allowed(
+    disable_audit_logging_for_mocked_team,
+):
+    """The dashboard resends the whole form, so only a value that differs from what is stored counts."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("team_alias"))
+        result = await update_team(
+            data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", team_alias="renamed", tpm_limit=None, models=[]),
+            http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+            user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+        )
+
+    assert result["data"].team_id == "test_team_id"
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_team_admin_changes_tpm_limit_once_a_proxy_admin_enables_it(
+    disable_audit_logging_for_mocked_team,
+):
+    """tpm_limit is the first field a proxy admin can open to team admins; every other field stays admin-only."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(
+            patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"]})  # test-quality-ok: update_team reads general_settings as a proxy_server module global
+        )
+        await update_team(
+            data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", tpm_limit=5000),
+            http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+            user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as refused:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", tpm_limit=6000, rpm_limit=10),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.await_count == 1
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.call_args.kwargs["data"]["tpm_limit"] == 5000
+    assert str(refused.value.code) == "403"
+    assert "'rpm_limit'" in str(refused.value.message)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_team_admin_resending_budget_settings_does_not_push_back_budget_resets(
+    disable_audit_logging_for_mocked_team,
+):
+    """A resent budget_duration or budget_limits would otherwise recompute the reset timestamps from now."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    stored_windows = [{"budget_duration": "7d", "max_budget": 5.0, "reset_at": "2026-09-20T00:00:00Z"}]
+    budgeted_team = MagicMock()
+    budgeted_team.metadata = {}
+    budgeted_team.model_dump.return_value = {
+        "team_id": "test_team_id",
+        "team_alias": "test_team",
+        "metadata": {},
+        "budget_duration": "30d",
+        "budget_limits": stored_windows,
+        "members_with_roles": [{"user_id": "team-admin", "role": "admin"}],
+    }
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=budgeted_team)
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("tpm_limit"))
+        await update_team(
+            data=UpdateTeamRequest(
+                team_id="test_team_id", tpm_limit=5000, budget_duration="30d", budget_limits=stored_windows
+            ),
+            http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+            user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+        )
+
+    written = prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.call_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert written["tpm_limit"] == 5000
+    assert not {"budget_duration", "budget_reset_at", "budget_limits"} & written.keys()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_holds_a_team_admin_to_the_org_tpm_limit(disable_audit_logging_for_mocked_team):
+    """The org ceiling lives on the org's budget row, so /team/update must load it to enforce the cap."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    capped_org = LiteLLM_OrganizationTable(
+        organization_id="capped-org",
+        budget_id="capped-budget",
+        created_by="admin",
+        updated_by="admin",
+        litellm_budget_table=LiteLLM_BudgetTable(tpm_limit=10000),
+    )
+
+    async def org_lookup(**kwargs):
+        return capped_org if kwargs.get("include_budget_table") else capped_org.model_copy(
+            update={"litellm_budget_table": None}
+        )
+
+    org_team = MagicMock()
+    org_team.metadata = {}
+    org_team.organization_id = "capped-org"
+    org_team.model_dump.return_value = {
+        "team_id": "test_team_id",
+        "team_alias": "test_team",
+        "organization_id": "capped-org",
+        "metadata": {},
+        "members_with_roles": [{"user_id": "team-admin", "role": "admin"}],
+    }
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=org_team)
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit("tpm_limit"))
+        stack.enter_context(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: the org-admin lookup needs a real prisma client this file's MagicMock cannot provide
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._is_user_org_admin_for_team",
+                AsyncMock(return_value=False),
+            )
+        )
+        stack.enter_context(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: update_team reads orgs through this module-level import; no seam to inject
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints.get_org_object",
+                AsyncMock(side_effect=org_lookup),
+            )
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as over_cap:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", tpm_limit=20000),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+        await update_team(
+            data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", tpm_limit=8000),
+            http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+            user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+        )
+
+    assert str(over_cap.value.code) == "400"
+    assert "exceeds organization's tpm_limit (10000)" in str(over_cap.value.message)
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.await_count == 1
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.call_args.kwargs["data"]["tpm_limit"] == 8000
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_org_admin_is_not_filtered_by_the_team_admin_field_list(
+    disable_audit_logging_for_mocked_team,
+):
+    """A caller who is both org admin and roster admin keeps unrestricted edits."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        stack.enter_context(_team_admin_may_edit())
+        stack.enter_context(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: the org-admin lookup needs a real prisma client this file's MagicMock cannot provide
+                "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._is_user_org_admin_for_team",
+                AsyncMock(return_value=True),
+            )
+        )
+        result = await update_team(
+            data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="test_team_id", team_alias="renamed"),
+            http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+            user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+        )
+
+    assert result["data"].team_id == "test_team_id"
+    assert prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.update.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_team_unknown_team_is_403_for_non_proxy_admins_and_404_for_proxy_admins():
+    """Now that any authenticated caller reaches the handler, 'team not found' must not leak team ids."""
+    import contextlib
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        prisma = _wire_update_team(stack, {})
+        prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as denied:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="no-such-team", team_alias="renamed"),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_TEAM_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as missing:
+            await update_team(
+                data=UpdateTeamRequest(team_id="no-such-team", team_alias="renamed"),
+                http_request=_update_request_stub(),
+                user_api_key_dict=_PROXY_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            )
+
+    assert str(denied.value.code) == "403"
+    assert "do not have access to this team" in str(denied.value.message)
+    assert "no-such-team" not in str(denied.value.message)
+    assert str(missing.value.code) == "404"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_team_access_ranks_proxy_admin_then_org_admin_then_team_admin():
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints import _resolve_team_access
+
+    team = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
+        team_id="team-1",
+        organization_id="org-1",
+        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id="team-admin", role="admin")],
+    )
+    roster_admin = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER, user_id="team-admin")
+    outsider = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER, user_id="someone-else")
+    org_lookup = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+
+    with patch("litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints._is_user_org_admin_for_team", org_lookup):  # test-quality-ok: the org-admin lookup needs a real prisma client this file's MagicMock cannot provide
+        assert await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team, user_api_key_dict=_PROXY_ADMIN_CALLER) == "proxy_admin"
+        assert org_lookup.await_count == 0
+        assert await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team, user_api_key_dict=roster_admin) == "team_admin"
+        assert await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team, user_api_key_dict=outsider) is None
+        org_lookup.return_value = True
+        assert await _resolve_team_access(team_obj=team, user_api_key_dict=roster_admin) == "org_admin"
+
+
+_ROSTER_ADMIN_CALLER = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER, user_id="admin-1")
+_MEMBER_CALLER = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.INTERNAL_USER, user_id="member-1")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "caller, org_admin, enabled_fields, expected",
+    [
+        pytest.param(_PROXY_ADMIN_CALLER, False, (), {"kind": "unrestricted"}, id="proxy-admin"),
+        pytest.param(
+            UserAPIKeyAuth(user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN_VIEW_ONLY, user_id="viewer"),
+            False,
+            ("tpm_limit",),
+            {"kind": "none"},
+            id="proxy-admin-viewer",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(_ROSTER_ADMIN_CALLER, True, (), {"kind": "unrestricted"}, id="org-admin-who-is-also-team-admin"),
+        pytest.param(_ROSTER_ADMIN_CALLER, False, (), {"kind": "team_admin_disabled"}, id="team-admin-nothing-enabled"),
+        pytest.param(
+            _ROSTER_ADMIN_CALLER,
+            False,
+            ("tpm_limit",),
+            {"kind": "team_admin", "editable_fields": ["tpm_limit"]},
+            id="team-admin-field-enabled",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(_MEMBER_CALLER, False, ("tpm_limit",), {"kind": "none"}, id="plain-member"),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_team_info_reports_what_the_caller_may_edit(caller, org_admin, enabled_fields, expected):
+    """The dashboard gates its edit form on this field instead of guessing the caller's role from the org list,
+    which is premium-gated and can be empty for a dual-role org admin."""
+    from fastapi import Request
+
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints import team_endpoints
+
+    team_row = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
+        team_id="team-1",
+        organization_id="org-1",
+        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id="admin-1", role="admin"), Member(user_id="member-1", role="user")],
+    )
+    mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+    mock_prisma.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=team_row)
+    mock_prisma.db.litellm_usertable.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+    mock_prisma.get_data = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+
+    with (
+        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma),  # test-quality-ok: no seam on team_info
+        patch.object(team_endpoints, "get_all_team_memberships", AsyncMock(return_value=[])),  # test-quality-ok: no seam on team_info
+        patch.object(  # test-quality-ok: the org-admin lookup needs a real prisma client this file's MagicMock cannot provide
+            team_endpoints, "_is_user_org_admin_for_team", AsyncMock(return_value=org_admin)
+        ),
+        _team_admin_may_edit(*enabled_fields),
+    ):
+        response = await team_endpoints.team_info(
+            http_request=MagicMock(spec=Request),
+            team_id="team-1",
+            user_api_key_dict=caller,
+        )
+
+    assert response["team_info"].caller_edit_access.model_dump(mode="json") == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
index 9a9b47ce3bb..c3660b5c880 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
@@ -3938,3 +3938,58 @@ async def test_ProxyConfig__init_guardrails_in_db_skips_only_the_unloadable_row(
 
     assert sorted(handler.IN_MEMORY_GUARDRAILS) == ["first", "last"]
     assert handler.reconciled_with == [{"first", "broken", "last"}]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# add_deployment: UI settings convergence
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_add_deployment_re_reads_ui_settings_so_other_pods_converge(monkeypatch):
+    """The periodic config reload picks up a UI setting written through another pod.
+
+    Startup used to be the only read, so a proxy admin flipping a runtime flag reached the pod
+    that served the PATCH and nowhere else until every other pod restarted.
+    """
+    general_settings: Dict[str, Any] = {"allow_agents_for_team_admins": False}
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+
+    prisma_client = MagicMock()
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_config.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_config.find_first = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_credentialstable.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=SimpleNamespace(
+            ui_settings=json.dumps({"allow_agents_for_team_admins": True, "enable_chat_ui": False})
+        )
+    )
+
+    config = ProxyConfig()
+    config._should_load_db_object = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+    config._init_non_llm_objects_in_db = AsyncMock()
+
+    await config.add_deployment(prisma_client=prisma_client, proxy_logging_obj=MagicMock())
+
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique.assert_awaited_once_with(where={"id": "ui_settings"})
+    assert general_settings["allow_agents_for_team_admins"] is True
+    assert "enable_chat_ui" not in general_settings
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_add_deployment_syncs_ui_settings_even_when_the_model_reconcile_fails(monkeypatch):
+    """A broken model reconcile must not strand every pod on stale settings."""
+    general_settings: Dict[str, Any] = {"allow_agents_for_team_admins": False}
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+
+    prisma_client = MagicMock()
+    prisma_client.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=SimpleNamespace(ui_settings={"allow_agents_for_team_admins": True})
+    )
+
+    config = ProxyConfig()
+    config._should_load_db_object = MagicMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("db down"))
+
+    await config.add_deployment(prisma_client=prisma_client, proxy_logging_obj=MagicMock())
+
+    assert general_settings["allow_agents_for_team_admins"] is True
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index 709447d23c0..06df39ede99 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -3266,3 +3266,174 @@ class TestPtuCostAttributionUISetting:
         assert response.status_code == 400
         assert "enable_ptu_cost_attribution" in str(response.json()["detail"])
         assert not mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.upsert.called
+
+
+class TestTeamAdminEditableTeamFieldsSetting:
+    """team_admin_editable_team_fields: the proxy-wide allow-list update_team applies to team admins."""
+
+    def _as_proxy_admin(self, monkeypatch):
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+        from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
+
+        app.dependency_overrides[user_api_key_auth] = lambda: UserAPIKeyAuth(
+            user_id="test-user-123",
+            user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN,
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.store_model_in_db", True)
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.upsert = AsyncMock()
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma)
+        return mock_prisma
+
+    def test_patch_rejects_field_names_the_proxy_does_not_support(self, monkeypatch):
+        mock_prisma = self._as_proxy_admin(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.proxy_setting_endpoints.SUPPORTED_TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS",
+            frozenset({"tpm_limit"}),
+        )
+
+        try:
+            response = client.patch(
+                "/update/ui_settings",
+                json={"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit", "blocked", "organization_id"]},
+            )
+        finally:
+            app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        detail = response.json()["detail"]["error"]
+        assert "['blocked', 'organization_id']" in detail
+        assert "['tpm_limit']" in detail
+        assert not mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.upsert.called
+
+    def test_patch_rejects_a_non_list_value(self, monkeypatch):
+        self._as_proxy_admin(monkeypatch)
+
+        try:
+            response = client.patch("/update/ui_settings", json={"team_admin_editable_team_fields": "tpm_limit"})
+        finally:
+            app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+        assert response.status_code == 422
+
+    def test_patch_persists_and_syncs_the_list_to_general_settings(self, monkeypatch):
+        mock_prisma = self._as_proxy_admin(monkeypatch)
+        general_settings: dict = {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": []}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+
+        try:
+            response = client.patch("/update/ui_settings", json={"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"]})
+        finally:
+            app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        stored = json.loads(mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]["ui_settings"])
+        assert stored["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["tpm_limit"]
+        assert general_settings["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["tpm_limit"]
+
+    def test_patch_with_an_empty_list_turns_team_admin_editing_off_again(self, monkeypatch):
+        mock_prisma = self._as_proxy_admin(monkeypatch)
+        general_settings: dict = {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"]}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+
+        try:
+            response = client.patch("/update/ui_settings", json={"team_admin_editable_team_fields": []})
+        finally:
+            app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        stored = json.loads(mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]["ui_settings"])
+        assert stored["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == []
+        assert general_settings["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == []
+
+    def test_get_reports_the_stored_list_and_advertises_supported_fields(self, mock_auth, monkeypatch):
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        mock_db_record = MagicMock()
+        mock_db_record.ui_settings = {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"]}
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_db_record)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma)
+        general_settings: dict = {}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+
+        response = client.get("/get/ui_settings")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["values"]["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["tpm_limit"]
+        assert general_settings["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["tpm_limit"]
+        field_schema = data["field_schema"]["properties"]["team_admin_editable_team_fields"]
+        assert field_schema["type"] == "array"
+        assert field_schema["items"]["type"] == "string"
+        assert "tpm_limit" in field_schema["items"]["enum"]
+
+
+class TestSyncUiSettingsToGeneralSettings:
+    """The DB re-read each pod runs on startup and on every config reload."""
+
+    def _sync(self):
+        from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints.proxy_setting_endpoints import (
+            sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings,
+        )
+
+        return sync_ui_settings_to_general_settings
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_applies_runtime_flags_and_leaves_other_ui_settings_alone(self, monkeypatch):
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        general_settings: dict = {"allow_agents_for_team_admins": False}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        record = MagicMock()
+        record.ui_settings = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "allow_agents_for_team_admins": True,
+                "team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"],
+                "enable_chat_ui": False,
+            }
+        )
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=record)
+
+        applied = await self._sync()(mock_prisma)
+
+        assert dict(applied) == {
+            "allow_agents_for_team_admins": True,
+            "team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["tpm_limit"],
+        }
+        assert general_settings["allow_agents_for_team_admins"] is True
+        assert general_settings["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["tpm_limit"]
+        assert "enable_chat_ui" not in general_settings
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_reads_a_row_the_prisma_client_already_deserialized(self, monkeypatch):
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        general_settings: dict = {}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        record = MagicMock()
+        record.ui_settings = {"team_admin_editable_team_fields": ["rpm_limit"]}
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=record)
+
+        await self._sync()(mock_prisma)
+
+        assert general_settings["team_admin_editable_team_fields"] == ["rpm_limit"]
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_without_a_stored_row_general_settings_is_left_untouched(self, monkeypatch):
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+        general_settings: dict = {"allow_agents_for_team_admins": True}
+        monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.general_settings", general_settings)
+        mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+
+        applied = await self._sync()(mock_prisma)
+
+        assert dict(applied) == {}
+        assert general_settings == {"allow_agents_for_team_admins": True}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/admin-panel/_components/AdminPanel.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/admin-panel/_components/AdminPanel.tsx
index 1f35f46dcd4..1c8425251fd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/admin-panel/_components/AdminPanel.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/admin-panel/_components/AdminPanel.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import SCIMConfig from "@/components/SCIM";
 import LoggingSettings from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/LoggingSettings/LoggingSettings";
 import SSOSettings from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/SSOSettings/SSOSettings";
 import UISettings from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/UISettings";
+import TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings";
 import UserBannerSettings from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UserBannerSettings/UserBannerSettings";
 import CyberArk from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/CyberArk/CyberArk";
 import HashicorpVault from "@/components/Settings/AdminSettings/HashicorpVault/HashicorpVault";
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ const AdminPanel: React.FC<AdminPanelProps> = ({ proxySettings }) => {
       children: (
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
           <UISettings />
+          <TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />
           <UserBannerSettings />
         </div>
       ),
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e1a8e9fd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { fireEvent, renderWithProviders, screen, waitFor } from "@/../tests/test-utils";
+import { toast } from "@/lib/toast";
+
+import TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings from "./TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings";
+
+const mockUseUISettings = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+const mockUseUpdateUISettings = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useAuthorized", () => ({
+  default: () => ({ accessToken: "test-token" }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUISettings", () => ({
+  useUISettings: mockUseUISettings,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUpdateUISettings", () => ({
+  useUpdateUISettings: mockUseUpdateUISettings,
+}));
+
+const TPM_LABEL = "Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)";
+
+const mockSettings = (supported: readonly string[], enabled: readonly string[]) =>
+  mockUseUISettings.mockReturnValue({
+    isLoading: false,
+    data: {
+      field_schema: {
+        properties: {
+          team_admin_editable_team_fields: {
+            description: "Fields a team admin may change",
+            items: { type: "string", enum: supported },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      values: { team_admin_editable_team_fields: enabled },
+    },
+  });
+
+const mockSave = ({
+  isPending = false,
+  outcome = "success",
+}: {
+  isPending?: boolean;
+  outcome?: "success" | "error";
+}) => {
+  const mutate = vi.fn((_settings: unknown, options: { onSuccess: () => void; onError: (error: Error) => void }) =>
+    outcome === "success" ? options.onSuccess() : options.onError(new Error("save failed")),
+  );
+  mockUseUpdateUISettings.mockReturnValue({ mutate, isPending });
+  return mutate;
+};
+
+const saveButton = () => screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" });
+
+describe("TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("explains that nothing can be enabled when the proxy supports no fields", () => {
+    mockSettings([], []);
+    mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Team admins cannot edit team settings")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/does not support enabling any team settings fields/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("checkbox")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Save" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders one checkbox per supported field, checked for the saved ones, with Save disabled until something changes", () => {
+    mockSettings(["max_budget", "tpm_limit"], ["tpm_limit"]);
+    mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Team admin editable fields")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("1 field enabled")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Fields a team admin may change")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: "max_budget" })).not.toBeChecked();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it("only saves a ticked field once Save is clicked", async () => {
+    mockSettings(["max_budget", "tpm_limit"], ["tpm_limit"]);
+    const mutate = mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: "max_budget" }));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: "max_budget" })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    fireEvent.click(saveButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(toast.success).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Team admin editable fields updated successfully"));
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { team_admin_editable_team_fields: ["max_budget", "tpm_limit"] },
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it("saves the list without an unticked field", async () => {
+    mockSettings(["max_budget", "tpm_limit"], ["max_budget", "tpm_limit"]);
+    const mutate = mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+    fireEvent.click(saveButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ team_admin_editable_team_fields: ["max_budget"] }, expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("disables Save again when the draft is ticked back to the saved list", () => {
+    mockSettings(["tpm_limit"], []);
+    mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeEnabled();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL })).not.toBeChecked();
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it("treats a saved list in another order, or with fields this proxy dropped, as the same selection", () => {
+    mockSettings(["max_budget", "tpm_limit"], ["tpm_limit", "retired_field", "max_budget"]);
+    mockSave({});
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("2 fields enabled")).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the draft and shows the error when the save fails", async () => {
+    mockSettings(["tpm_limit"], []);
+    const mutate = mockSave({ outcome: "error" });
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+    fireEvent.click(saveButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(toast.fromError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(toast.success).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(saveButton()).toBeEnabled();
+  });
+
+  it("blocks ticking and saving while a save is in flight", () => {
+    mockSettings(["tpm_limit"], []);
+    const mutate = mockSave({ isPending: true });
+
+    renderWithProviders(<TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL }));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("checkbox", { name: TPM_LABEL })).not.toBeChecked();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Saving..." })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e671a4a47b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UISettings/TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { Controller } from "react-hook-form";
+import { z } from "zod/v4";
+
+import { useUISettings } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUISettings";
+import { useUpdateUISettings } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUpdateUISettings";
+import useAuthorized from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useAuthorized";
+import {
+  parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields,
+  parseTeamAdminEditableFields,
+  teamAdminFieldLabel,
+} from "@/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Checkbox } from "@/components/ui/checkbox";
+import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
+import { useZodForm } from "@/lib/forms/useZodForm";
+import { toast } from "@/lib/toast";
+
+const editableFieldsSchema = z.object({ team_admin_editable_team_fields: z.array(z.string()) });
+
+type SaveEditableFields = ReturnType<typeof useUpdateUISettings>["mutate"];
+
+export default function TeamAdminEditableFieldsSettings() {
+  const { accessToken } = useAuthorized();
+  const { data, isLoading } = useUISettings();
+  const { mutate: saveSettings, isPending } = useUpdateUISettings(accessToken);
+  const supportedFields = parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields(data?.field_schema);
+  const savedFields = parseTeamAdminEditableFields(data?.values);
+  const enabledFields = supportedFields.filter((field) => savedFields.includes(field));
+
+  return (
+    <Card>
+      <CardHeader>
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          <CardTitle>Team admin editable fields</CardTitle>
+          <Badge variant={enabledFields.length > 0 ? "secondary" : "outline"}>
+            {enabledFields.length > 0
+              ? `${enabledFields.length} field${enabledFields.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} enabled`
+              : "Team admins cannot edit team settings"}
+          </Badge>
+        </div>
+        <CardDescription>
+          {data?.field_schema?.properties?.team_admin_editable_team_fields?.description ??
+            "Team settings fields a team admin may change on the teams they administer."}
+        </CardDescription>
+      </CardHeader>
+      <CardContent>
+        {isLoading ? (
+          <Skeleton className="h-16 w-full" />
+        ) : (
+          <TeamAdminEditableFieldsForm
+            key={enabledFields.join(",")}
+            enabledFields={enabledFields}
+            supportedFields={supportedFields}
+            isPending={isPending}
+            saveSettings={saveSettings}
+          />
+        )}
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+interface TeamAdminEditableFieldsFormProps {
+  enabledFields: readonly string[];
+  supportedFields: readonly string[];
+  isPending: boolean;
+  saveSettings: SaveEditableFields;
+}
+
+function TeamAdminEditableFieldsForm({
+  enabledFields,
+  supportedFields,
+  isPending,
+  saveSettings,
+}: TeamAdminEditableFieldsFormProps) {
+  const form = useZodForm(editableFieldsSchema, {
+    defaultValues: { team_admin_editable_team_fields: [...enabledFields] },
+  });
+  const submit = form.handleSubmit((values) =>
+    saveSettings(values, {
+      onSuccess: () => {
+        form.reset(values);
+        toast.success("Team admin editable fields updated successfully");
+      },
+      onError: (error) => {
+        toast.fromError(error);
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+
+  if (supportedFields.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <p className="text-sm italic text-muted-foreground">
+        This proxy version does not support enabling any team settings fields for team admins yet.
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={(event) => void submit(event)} className="space-y-4">
+      <Controller
+        control={form.control}
+        name="team_admin_editable_team_fields"
+        render={({ field }) => (
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            {supportedFields.map((name) => {
+              const checkboxId = `team-admin-editable-${name}`;
+              return (
+                <label key={name} htmlFor={checkboxId} className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2">
+                  <Checkbox
+                    id={checkboxId}
+                    checked={field.value.includes(name)}
+                    disabled={isPending}
+                    onCheckedChange={(checked) =>
+                      field.onChange(
+                        supportedFields.filter((item) => (item === name ? checked : field.value.includes(item))),
+                      )
+                    }
+                  />
+                  <span className="text-sm text-foreground">{teamAdminFieldLabel(name)}</span>
+                </label>
+              );
+            })}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      />
+      <div className="flex justify-end">
+        <Button type="submit" disabled={isPending || !form.formState.isDirty}>
+          {isPending ? "Saving..." : "Save"}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UserBannerSettings/UserBannerSettings.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UserBannerSettings/UserBannerSettings.tsx
index 82c25150ec5..21e9ab0f7d9 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UserBannerSettings/UserBannerSettings.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Settings/AdminSettings/UserBannerSettings/UserBannerSettings.tsx
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function UserBannerSettingsForm({ persisted, isLoading, isPending, saveBanner }:
               </div>
             )}
 
-            <div>
+            <div className="flex justify-end">
               <Button onClick={handleSave} disabled={isPending || messageMissing}>
                 {isPending ? "Saving..." : "Save banner"}
               </Button>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..677c8859eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+
+import { fireEvent, renderWithProviders, screen, waitFor } from "@/../tests/test-utils";
+
+import TeamAdminSettingsForm from "./TeamAdminSettingsForm";
+
+const renderForm = (editableFields: ReadonlySet<string>, overrides: { isSaving?: boolean } = {}) => {
+  const onSave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  const onCancel = vi.fn();
+  renderWithProviders(
+    <TeamAdminSettingsForm
+      initialValues={{ tpm_limit: 1000 }}
+      editableFields={editableFields}
+      isSaving={overrides.isSaving ?? false}
+      onCancel={onCancel}
+      onSave={onSave}
+    />,
+  );
+  return { onSave, onCancel };
+};
+
+describe("TeamAdminSettingsForm", () => {
+  it("shows the team's current TPM limit when the proxy lets team admins edit it", () => {
+    renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)")).toHaveValue(1000);
+  });
+
+  it("hides the TPM limit when the proxy has not enabled it for team admins", () => {
+    renderForm(new Set(["max_budget"]));
+
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("saves the new TPM limit and nothing else", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const { onSave } = renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)"), { target: { value: "5000" } });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ tpm_limit: 5000 }));
+  });
+
+  it("saves a cleared TPM limit as no limit", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const { onSave } = renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)"), { target: { value: "" } });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ tpm_limit: null }));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps Save disabled until the TPM limit differs from the team's", () => {
+    renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+    const tpmInput = screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)");
+    const save = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i });
+
+    expect(save).toBeDisabled();
+    fireEvent.change(tpmInput, { target: { value: "5000" } });
+    expect(save).toBeEnabled();
+    fireEvent.change(tpmInput, { target: { value: "1000" } });
+    expect(save).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it("closes without saving on cancel", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const { onSave, onCancel } = renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }));
+
+    expect(onCancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onSave).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("locks both buttons while a save is in flight", () => {
+    renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]), { isSaving: true });
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)"), { target: { value: "5000" } });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i })).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..140533fada5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { Save } from "lucide-react";
+import { useWatch } from "react-hook-form";
+import { z } from "zod/v4";
+
+import { FormField } from "@/components/shared/form/FormField";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { FieldGroup } from "@/components/ui/field";
+import { UiLoadingSpinner } from "@/components/ui/ui-loading-spinner";
+import { useZodForm } from "@/lib/forms/useZodForm";
+
+import NumericalInput from "../shared/numerical_input";
+import {
+  teamAdminFieldLabel,
+  teamAdminSettingsChanges,
+  type TeamAdminSettingsChanges,
+  type TeamAdminSettingsValues,
+} from "./teamAdminEditAccess";
+
+const teamAdminSettingsSchema = z.object({
+  tpm_limit: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]).nullish(),
+});
+
+interface TeamAdminSettingsFormProps {
+  initialValues: TeamAdminSettingsValues;
+  editableFields: ReadonlySet<string>;
+  isSaving: boolean;
+  onCancel: () => void;
+  onSave: (changes: TeamAdminSettingsChanges) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export default function TeamAdminSettingsForm({
+  initialValues,
+  editableFields,
+  isSaving,
+  onCancel,
+  onSave,
+}: TeamAdminSettingsFormProps) {
+  const form = useZodForm(teamAdminSettingsSchema, { defaultValues: initialValues });
+  const draft = useWatch({ control: form.control });
+  const hasChanges = Object.keys(teamAdminSettingsChanges(draft, initialValues, editableFields)).length > 0;
+  const submit = form.handleSubmit((values) => onSave(teamAdminSettingsChanges(values, initialValues, editableFields)));
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={(event) => void submit(event)}>
+      <FieldGroup>
+        <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          A proxy admin chose which settings team admins can change. Ask a proxy admin to change anything else.
+        </p>
+        {editableFields.has("tpm_limit") && (
+          <FormField control={form.control} name="tpm_limit" label={teamAdminFieldLabel("tpm_limit")}>
+            {({ ref, value, ...field }) => <NumericalInput {...field} ref={ref} value={value ?? ""} step={1} />}
+          </FormField>
+        )}
+      </FieldGroup>
+
+      <div className="mt-6 flex items-center justify-end gap-2">
+        <Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={onCancel} disabled={isSaving}>
+          Cancel
+        </Button>
+        <Button type="submit" disabled={isSaving || !hasChanges}>
+          {isSaving ? <UiLoadingSpinner className="size-4" /> : <Save className="size-4" />}
+          Save Changes
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
index 16eb70fdf5e..e954bc1c581 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/teams/useTeamMetadataSchema", () => ({
   useTeamMetadataSchema: vi.fn(() => ({ data: [], isLoading: false })),
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUISettings", () => ({
+  useUISettings: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels", () => ({
   useAllProxyModels: vi.fn(),
 }));
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ import { useCurrentUser } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/users/useCurrentUser";
 import { useMCPServers } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/mcpServers/useMCPServers";
 import { useMCPToolsets } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/mcpServers/useMCPToolsets";
 import { useAccessGroups } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/accessGroups/useAccessGroups";
+import { useUISettings } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiSettings/useUISettings";
 
 const mockUseAllProxyModels = vi.mocked(useAllProxyModels);
 const mockUseKeys = vi.mocked(useKeys);
@@ -237,6 +242,7 @@ const mockUseCurrentUser = vi.mocked(useCurrentUser);
 const mockUseMCPServers = vi.mocked(useMCPServers);
 const mockUseMCPToolsets = vi.mocked(useMCPToolsets);
 const mockUseAccessGroups = vi.mocked(useAccessGroups);
+const mockUseUISettings = vi.mocked(useUISettings);
 
 const createMockTeamData = (overrides = {}) => ({
   team_id: "123",
@@ -305,6 +311,10 @@ const seedDefaultMocks = () => {
     isLoading: false,
     isError: false,
   } as any);
+  mockUseUISettings.mockReturnValue({
+    data: { values: {} },
+    isLoading: false,
+  } as any);
   mockUseKeys.mockReturnValue({
     data: { keys: [], total_count: 0, current_page: 1, total_pages: 1 },
     isPending: false,
@@ -656,19 +666,9 @@ describe("TeamInfoView", () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it("shows edit tabs when the fetched team data marks the session user as team admin, even without the is_team_admin prop", async () => {
+    it("shows edit tabs when the proxy reports the session user may edit, even without the is_team_admin prop", async () => {
       vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
-        createMockTeamData({
-          members_with_roles: [
-            {
-              user_id: "user-1",
-              user_email: "admin@test.com",
-              role: "admin",
-              spend: 0,
-              budget_id: "budget1",
-            },
-          ],
-        }),
+        createMockTeamData({ caller_edit_access: { kind: "team_admin_disabled" } }),
       );
 
       renderWithProviders(<TeamInfoView {...defaultProps} is_team_admin={false} is_proxy_admin={false} />);
@@ -1863,6 +1863,92 @@ describe("TeamInfoView", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("team admin edit access", () => {
+    const teamAdminProps = { ...defaultProps, is_proxy_admin: false, is_team_admin: true };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      authState.userRole = "Internal User";
+    });
+
+    it("tells a team admin to ask a proxy admin when the proxy reports no team field is enabled for them", async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+      vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
+        createMockTeamData({ caller_edit_access: { kind: "team_admin_disabled" } }),
+      );
+
+      renderWithProviders(<TeamInfoView {...teamAdminProps} />);
+
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Settings" }));
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+
+      expect(toast.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Team admins cannot edit team settings on this proxy", {
+        description: "Ask a proxy admin to enable fields under Settings > UI > Team admin editable fields.",
+      });
+      expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Team Name")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("gives a team admin only the fields the proxy enabled and sends only those on save", async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+      vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
+        createMockTeamData({
+          tpm_limit: 1000,
+          caller_edit_access: { kind: "team_admin", editable_fields: ["tpm_limit"] },
+        }),
+      );
+      vi.mocked(networking.teamUpdateCall).mockResolvedValue({ data: {}, team_id: "123" } as any);
+
+      renderWithProviders(<TeamInfoView {...teamAdminProps} />);
+
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Settings" }));
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+
+      const tpmInput = await screen.findByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)");
+      expect(tpmInput).toHaveValue(1000);
+      expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Team Name")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Requests per minute Limit (RPM)")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      fireEvent.change(tpmInput, { target: { value: "5000" } });
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(networking.teamUpdateCall).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+      expect(vi.mocked(networking.teamUpdateCall).mock.calls[0][1]).toStrictEqual({ team_id: "123", tpm_limit: 5000 });
+      expect(toast.success).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Team settings updated successfully");
+      expect(toast.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("opens the form when the proxy reports unrestricted access although the props only mark a team admin", async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+      vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
+        createMockTeamData({ caller_edit_access: { kind: "unrestricted" } }),
+      );
+
+      renderWithProviders(<TeamInfoView {...teamAdminProps} />);
+
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Settings" }));
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+
+      expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Team Name")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(toast.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("never gates a proxy admin on the team admin field list", async () => {
+      authState.userRole = "Admin";
+      const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+      vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
+        createMockTeamData({ caller_edit_access: { kind: "unrestricted" } }),
+      );
+
+      renderWithProviders(<TeamInfoView {...defaultProps} />);
+
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("tab", { name: "Settings" }));
+      await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+
+      expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Team Name")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(toast.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("TeamInfoView - which team member fields reach the update payload depends on the open sections", () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
index c476f3492a3..30b648fc53c 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useFieldArray } from "react-hook-form";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 import GuardrailsSelect from "./GuardrailsSelect";
+import {
+  type CallerEditAccess,
+  parseTeamEditAccess,
+  TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_DESCRIPTION,
+  TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_TITLE,
+  type TeamAdminSettingsChanges,
+} from "./teamAdminEditAccess";
+import TeamAdminSettingsForm from "./TeamAdminSettingsForm";
 import { copyToClipboard as utilCopyToClipboard } from "../../utils/dataUtils";
 import AccessGroupSelector from "../common_components/AccessGroupSelector";
 import BudgetDurationDropdown, { NEVER_RESETS_BUDGET_DURATION } from "../common_components/budget_duration_dropdown";
@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@ export interface TeamData {
     guardrails?: string[];
     policies?: string[];
     object_permission?: ObjectPermission | null;
+    caller_edit_access?: CallerEditAccess;
     team_member_budget_table: {
       max_budget: number;
       budget_duration: string | null;
@@ -315,7 +324,6 @@ export interface TeamInfoProps {
   accessToken: string | null;
   is_team_admin: boolean;
   is_proxy_admin: boolean;
-  is_org_admin?: boolean;
   userModels: string[];
   editTeam: boolean;
   premiumUser?: boolean;
@@ -531,7 +539,6 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
   accessToken,
   is_team_admin,
   is_proxy_admin,
-  is_org_admin = false,
   userModels,
   editTeam,
   premiumUser = false,
@@ -575,7 +582,7 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
   const [teamModelMaxBudget, setTeamModelMaxBudget] = useState<ModelMaxBudget>({});
   const routerSettingsRef = React.useRef<RouterSettingsAccordionRef>(null);
   const [organization, setOrganization] = useState<Organization | null>(null);
-  const { userRole, userId } = useAuthorized();
+  const { userRole } = useAuthorized();
   const { data: allMcpServers = [], isError: mcpServersFailed, isLoading: mcpServersLoading } = useMCPServers();
   const { data: allMcpToolsets = [], isError: mcpToolsetsFailed, isLoading: mcpToolsetsLoading } = useMCPToolsets();
   const { data: allAccessGroups = [], isError: accessGroupsFailed, isLoading: accessGroupsLoading } = useAccessGroups();
@@ -585,14 +592,6 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
   const { data: teamMetadataSchemaFields = [], isLoading: isTeamMetadataSchemaLoading } = useTeamMetadataSchema();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
-  // Check if user is org admin for this team's organization
-  const isOrgAdminForTeam = useMemo(() => {
-    const teamOrgId = teamData?.team_info?.organization_id;
-    if (!teamOrgId || !userId) return false;
-    const org = userOrganizations.find((o) => o.organization_id === teamOrgId);
-    return org?.members?.some((m: any) => m.user_id === userId && m.user_role === "org_admin") ?? false;
-  }, [teamData, userOrganizations, userId]);
-
   // Models currently selected in the team edit form, used to scope the per-model
   // rate limit dropdown to models this team actually has access to.
   const watchedModels = form.watch("models");
@@ -616,15 +615,8 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
     return unfurlWildcardModelsInList(selected, userModels);
   }, [watchedModels, teamData, userModels]);
 
-  const isTeamAdminFromTeamData = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      teamData?.team_info?.members_with_roles?.some(
-        (member) => member.user_id != null && member.user_id === userId && member.role === "admin",
-      ) ?? false,
-    [teamData, userId],
-  );
-
-  const canEditTeam = is_team_admin || is_proxy_admin || is_org_admin || isOrgAdminForTeam || isTeamAdminFromTeamData;
+  const teamEditAccess = useMemo(() => parseTeamEditAccess(teamData?.team_info?.caller_edit_access), [teamData]);
+  const canEditTeam = is_team_admin || is_proxy_admin || teamEditAccess.kind !== "none";
   const visibleTabs = useMemo(() => getTeamInfoVisibleTabs(canEditTeam), [canEditTeam]);
   const defaultTabKey = useMemo(() => getTeamInfoDefaultTab(editTeam, canEditTeam), [editTeam, canEditTeam]);
   const { onTabChange, hasVisited } = useVisitedTabs(defaultTabKey);
@@ -644,6 +636,15 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
     setIsEditing(true);
   };
 
+  const openSettingsEditor = (modelAliases: Record<string, string>) => {
+    if (teamEditAccess.kind === "team_admin_disabled") {
+      toast.error(TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_TITLE, { description: TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_DESCRIPTION });
+      return;
+    }
+    setTeamModelAliases(modelAliases);
+    startEditing();
+  };
+
   const applyKillSwitchToGuardrails = (checked: boolean) => {
     const current = form.getValues("guardrails") ?? [];
     const nonGlobals = current.filter((name) => !globalGuardrailNames.has(name));
@@ -863,6 +864,27 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
     setMemberToDelete(null);
   };
 
+  const persistTeamUpdate = async (token: string, updateData: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    await teamUpdateCall(token, updateData);
+    queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: organizationKeys.all });
+
+    toast.success("Team settings updated successfully");
+    setIsEditing(false);
+    fetchTeamInfo();
+  };
+
+  const saveTeamAdminSettings = async (changes: TeamAdminSettingsChanges) => {
+    if (!accessToken) return;
+    setIsTeamSaving(true);
+    try {
+      await persistTeamUpdate(accessToken, { team_id: teamId, ...changes });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error updating team:", error);
+    } finally {
+      setIsTeamSaving(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleTeamUpdate = async (values: any) => {
     try {
       if (!accessToken) return;
@@ -1113,12 +1135,7 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
         }
       }
 
-      await teamUpdateCall(accessToken, updateData);
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: organizationKeys.all });
-
-      toast.success("Team settings updated successfully");
-      setIsEditing(false);
-      fetchTeamInfo();
+      await persistTeamUpdate(accessToken, updateData);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error updating team:", error);
     } finally {
@@ -1136,6 +1153,17 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
 
   const { team_info: info } = teamData;
 
+  const teamAdminSettingsEditor =
+    teamEditAccess.kind === "team_admin" ? (
+      <TeamAdminSettingsForm
+        initialValues={{ tpm_limit: info.tpm_limit }}
+        editableFields={teamEditAccess.editableFields}
+        isSaving={isTeamSaving}
+        onCancel={() => setIsEditing(false)}
+        onSave={saveTeamAdminSettings}
+      />
+    ) : null;
+
   const inheritedMcpServers = computeInheritedGrants(
     info.access_group_mcp_server_ids,
     info.access_group_details,
@@ -1340,10 +1368,7 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
             {canEditTeam && !isEditing && (
               <Button
                 variant="outline"
-                onClick={() => {
-                  setTeamModelAliases(info.litellm_model_table?.model_aliases ?? {});
-                  startEditing();
-                }}
+                onClick={() => openSettingsEditor(info.litellm_model_table?.model_aliases ?? {})}
               >
                 <Pencil />
                 Edit Settings
@@ -1351,8 +1376,8 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
             )}
           </div>
 
-          {isEditing && isGuardrailsLoading ? (
-            <div className="p-4">Loading...</div>
+          {isEditing && (teamAdminSettingsEditor !== null || isGuardrailsLoading) ? (
+            teamAdminSettingsEditor ?? <div className="p-4">Loading...</div>
           ) : isEditing ? (
             <TooltipProvider>
               <form onSubmit={(event) => void form.handleSubmit(onTeamUpdateSubmit)(event)}>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ded6d775ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields,
+  parseTeamAdminEditableFields,
+  parseTeamEditAccess,
+  teamAdminFieldLabel,
+  teamAdminSettingsChanges,
+} from "./teamAdminEditAccess";
+
+describe("teamAdminFieldLabel", () => {
+  it("names tpm_limit the way the team settings form does", () => {
+    expect(teamAdminFieldLabel("tpm_limit")).toBe("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the raw field name for a field the dashboard has no label for", () => {
+    expect(teamAdminFieldLabel("max_budget")).toBe("max_budget");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("teamAdminSettingsChanges", () => {
+  const tpmEnabled = new Set(["tpm_limit"]);
+  const stored = { tpm_limit: 1000 };
+
+  it.each([
+    ["a typed number string", "5000", 5000],
+    ["a number", 1200, 1200],
+    ["zero", "0", 0],
+    ["an emptied input", "", null],
+    ["whitespace", "  ", null],
+    ["no limit", null, null],
+    ["an unset value", undefined, null],
+  ])("sends tpm_limit changed to %s", (_label, tpm_limit, expected) => {
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit }, stored, tpmEnabled)).toStrictEqual({ tpm_limit: expected });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["the stored number", 1000, { tpm_limit: 1000 }],
+    ["the stored number typed back in", "1000", { tpm_limit: 1000 }],
+    ["an emptied input over no stored limit", "", { tpm_limit: null }],
+    ["an unset value over no stored limit", undefined, { tpm_limit: null }],
+  ])("sends nothing for %s", (_label, tpm_limit, initialValues) => {
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit }, initialValues, tpmEnabled)).toStrictEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("leaves tpm_limit out when the proxy did not enable it for team admins", () => {
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit: "5000" }, stored, new Set(["max_budget"]))).toStrictEqual({});
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseTeamAdminEditableFields", () => {
+  it("returns the configured list", () => {
+    expect(parseTeamAdminEditableFields({ team_admin_editable_team_fields: ["tpm_limit", "rpm_limit"] })).toEqual([
+      "tpm_limit",
+      "rpm_limit",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["no values yet", undefined],
+    ["setting missing", {}],
+    ["setting is null", { team_admin_editable_team_fields: null }],
+    ["setting is a string", { team_admin_editable_team_fields: "tpm_limit" }],
+    ["list holds a non-string", { team_admin_editable_team_fields: ["tpm_limit", 7] }],
+  ])("fails closed to an empty list when %s", (_label, values) => {
+    expect(parseTeamAdminEditableFields(values)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields", () => {
+  it("reads the enum the proxy advertises on the setting's items schema", () => {
+    const schema = {
+      properties: {
+        team_admin_editable_team_fields: {
+          type: "array",
+          items: { type: "string", enum: ["max_budget", "tpm_limit"] },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields(schema)).toEqual(["max_budget", "tpm_limit"]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["schema not loaded", undefined],
+    ["property absent", { properties: {} }],
+    ["items has no enum", { properties: { team_admin_editable_team_fields: { items: { type: "string" } } } }],
+    ["enum is not a string list", { properties: { team_admin_editable_team_fields: { items: { enum: [1] } } } }],
+  ])("returns no supported fields when %s", (_label, schema) => {
+    expect(parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields(schema)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseTeamEditAccess", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["unrestricted", { kind: "unrestricted" }],
+    ["team_admin_disabled", { kind: "team_admin_disabled" }],
+    ["none", { kind: "none" }],
+  ])("passes the proxy's %s verdict through", (_kind, verdict) => {
+    expect(parseTeamEditAccess(verdict)).toEqual(verdict);
+  });
+
+  it("hands a team admin the fields the proxy enabled", () => {
+    expect(parseTeamEditAccess({ kind: "team_admin", editable_fields: ["tpm_limit"] })).toEqual({
+      kind: "team_admin",
+      editableFields: new Set(["tpm_limit"]),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["the proxy sent nothing", undefined],
+    ["the kind is unknown", { kind: "owner" }],
+    ["a team admin verdict lacks its field list", { kind: "team_admin" }],
+    ["the field list holds a non-string", { kind: "team_admin", editable_fields: [7] }],
+  ])("fails closed to no access when %s", (_label, value) => {
+    expect(parseTeamEditAccess(value)).toEqual({ kind: "none" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73129923907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { z } from "zod/v4";
+
+export const TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING = "team_admin_editable_team_fields";
+
+export const TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_TITLE = "Team admins cannot edit team settings on this proxy";
+export const TEAM_ADMIN_EDITING_DISABLED_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Ask a proxy admin to enable fields under Settings > UI > Team admin editable fields.";
+
+const callerEditAccessSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("kind", [
+  z.object({ kind: z.literal("unrestricted") }),
+  z.object({ kind: z.literal("team_admin"), editable_fields: z.array(z.string()) }),
+  z.object({ kind: z.literal("team_admin_disabled") }),
+  z.object({ kind: z.literal("none") }),
+]);
+
+export type CallerEditAccess = z.infer<typeof callerEditAccessSchema>;
+
+export type TeamEditAccess =
+  | { readonly kind: "unrestricted" }
+  | { readonly kind: "team_admin"; readonly editableFields: ReadonlySet<string> }
+  | { readonly kind: "team_admin_disabled" }
+  | { readonly kind: "none" };
+
+const fieldListSchema = z.array(z.string()).catch([]);
+
+export const parseTeamAdminEditableFields = (uiSettingsValues: unknown): readonly string[] => {
+  const values = z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).catch({}).parse(uiSettingsValues);
+  return fieldListSchema.parse(values[TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING]);
+};
+
+export const parseSupportedTeamAdminEditableFields = (uiSettingsFieldSchema: unknown): readonly string[] => {
+  const property = z
+    .object({ properties: z.object({ [TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING]: z.object({ items: z.unknown() }) }) })
+    .safeParse(uiSettingsFieldSchema);
+  if (!property.success) return [];
+  const items = z
+    .object({ enum: z.unknown() })
+    .safeParse(property.data.properties[TEAM_ADMIN_EDITABLE_TEAM_FIELDS_SETTING].items);
+  return items.success ? fieldListSchema.parse(items.data.enum) : [];
+};
+
+const TEAM_ADMIN_FIELD_LABELS: ReadonlyMap<string, string> = new Map([["tpm_limit", "Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)"]]);
+
+export const teamAdminFieldLabel = (field: string): string => TEAM_ADMIN_FIELD_LABELS.get(field) ?? field;
+
+export interface TeamAdminSettingsValues {
+  readonly tpm_limit?: string | number | null;
+}
+
+export interface TeamAdminSettingsChanges {
+  readonly tpm_limit?: number | null;
+}
+
+const numberOrNull = (value: string | number | null | undefined): number | null => {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined || String(value).trim() === "") return null;
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isNaN(parsed) ? null : parsed;
+};
+
+export const teamAdminSettingsChanges = (
+  values: TeamAdminSettingsValues,
+  initialValues: TeamAdminSettingsValues,
+  editableFields: ReadonlySet<string>,
+): TeamAdminSettingsChanges => {
+  const tpmLimit = numberOrNull(values.tpm_limit);
+  return editableFields.has("tpm_limit") && tpmLimit !== numberOrNull(initialValues.tpm_limit)
+    ? { tpm_limit: tpmLimit }
+    : {};
+};
+
+export const parseTeamEditAccess = (callerEditAccess: unknown): TeamEditAccess => {
+  const parsed = callerEditAccessSchema.safeParse(callerEditAccess);
+  if (!parsed.success) return { kind: "none" };
+  if (parsed.data.kind === "team_admin") {
+    return { kind: "team_admin", editableFields: new Set(parsed.data.editable_fields) };
+  }
+  return parsed.data;
+};