diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
index e9aceea8148..bd4ad7af5b8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
 
 describe("migratedHref / legacyPageHref", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetModules();
+    vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "test");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
   });
 
   it("builds a /ui-rooted path when serverRootPath is /", async () => {
@@ -37,9 +42,48 @@ describe("migratedHref / legacyPageHref", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("dev server (NODE_ENV=development)", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "development");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
+  it("builds root-relative hrefs because next dev serves the app at /, not /ui", async () => {
+    vi.doMock("@/components/networking", () => ({ serverRootPath: "/" }));
+    const { migratedHref, legacyPageHref } = await import("./migratedPages");
+
+    expect(migratedHref("api-reference")).toBe("/api-reference");
+    expect(legacyPageHref("models")).toBe("/?page=models");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores serverRootPath, which only applies to proxy-mounted deployments", async () => {
+    vi.doMock("@/components/networking", () => ({ serverRootPath: "/team-x/" }));
+    const { migratedHref } = await import("./migratedPages");
+
+    expect(migratedHref("api-reference")).toBe("/api-reference");
+  });
+
+  it("maps a bare migrated path back to its legacy sidebar key", async () => {
+    vi.doMock("@/components/networking", () => ({ serverRootPath: "/" }));
+    const { legacyKeyForPathname } = await import("./migratedPages");
+
+    expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/api-reference/")).toBe("api_ref");
+    expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("legacyKeyForPathname", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetModules();
+    vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "test");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
   });
 
   it("maps a migrated path back to its legacy sidebar key (including trailing slash)", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
index 2c27e4fee64..d6f1e7d6f1d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export const MIGRATED_PAGES: Record<string, string> = {
 };
 
 function uiBase(): string {
+  // next dev serves the app at the root; only the proxy mounts the static export under /ui
+  // (and optionally under server_root_path). Inlined at build time, so production is unaffected.
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
+    return "";
+  }
   const root = serverRootPath && serverRootPath !== "/" ? `/${serverRootPath.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "")}` : "";
   return `${root}/ui`;
 }