diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14a4e5dcbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import CurlPreview from "./CurlPreview";
+
+const input = {
+  baseUrl: "http://localhost:4000",
+  endpoint: "/v1/systemone" as const,
+  payload: JSON.stringify({ model: "jev-latest", state: "ok" }),
+  authHeaderName: "Authorization",
+};
+
+describe("CurlPreview", () => {
+  it("shows the command and a copy button for a valid payload", () => {
+    render(<CurlPreview {...input} />);
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("cURL request")).toHaveTextContent("http://localhost:4000/v1/systemone");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /copy curl/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("hides the copy button and points back to the form while the payload has errors", () => {
+    render(<CurlPreview {...input} errorCount={2} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("Fix 2 issues on the Form tab");
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("cURL request")).toHaveTextContent("jev-latest");
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /copy curl/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.tsx
index 2e01ebb0ea8..ecefd87933b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/CurlPreview.tsx
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ interface CurlPreviewProps extends CurlCommandInput {
 
 export default function CurlPreview({ errorCount = 0, ...input }: CurlPreviewProps) {
   const command = buildCurlCommand(input);
-  const invalid = errorCount > 0;
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col rounded-md border">
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b px-3 py-2 text-sm">
         <span className="font-medium">cURL request</span>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-          {invalid ? (
+          {errorCount > 0 ? (
             <span role="alert" className="text-destructive">
               Fix {errorCount} {errorCount === 1 ? "issue" : "issues"} on the Form tab before copying
             </span>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
index f16b1e53661..ae5def7dc48 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import CurlPreview from "./CurlPreview";
 import ResponseView from "./ResponseView";
 import SystemOneForm from "./SystemOneForm";
 import OpenAIDecisionsForm from "./OpenAIDecisionsForm";
-import { validateSystemOnePayload, validateOpenAIDecisionsPayload } from "./lib/validatePayload";
+import { validateSystemOnePayload, validateOpenAIDecisionsPayload, errorCount } from "./lib/validatePayload";
 import { useDecisionModels, type ApiKeySource } from "./useDecisionModels";
 
 interface SystemOneUIProps {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export default function SystemOneUI({ accessToken, disabledPersonalKeyCreation =
                 endpoint={endpoint}
                 payload={validation.payload === undefined ? rawPayload : JSON.stringify(validation.payload)}
                 authHeaderName={getGlobalLitellmHeaderName()}
-                errorCount={validation.issues.filter((issue) => issue.severity === "error").length}
+                errorCount={errorCount(validation)}
               />
             </TabsContent>
           </Tabs>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/ValidationFeedback.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/ValidationFeedback.tsx
index 9b7f13bcfdf..369c4243857 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/ValidationFeedback.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/ValidationFeedback.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { CircleAlert, CircleCheck, TriangleAlert } from "lucide-react";
-import type { PayloadValidation } from "./lib/validatePayload";
+import { errorCount as countErrors, type PayloadValidation } from "./lib/validatePayload";
 
 export function ValidationStatus({ validation }: { validation: PayloadValidation<unknown> }) {
-  const errorCount = validation.issues.filter((issue) => issue.severity === "error").length;
+  const errorCount = countErrors(validation);
   if (errorCount > 0) {
     return (
       <Badge variant="destructive">
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/lib/validatePayload.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/lib/validatePayload.ts
index 316c98e6c92..d74923bb3e6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/lib/validatePayload.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/lib/validatePayload.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export interface PayloadValidation<T> {
 
 export type SystemOnePayloadValidation = PayloadValidation<PlaygroundRequest>;
 
+export const errorCount = (validation: PayloadValidation<unknown>): number =>
+  validation.issues.filter((issue) => issue.severity === "error").length;
+
 const invalid = (path: string, message: string) => ({
   isValid: false,
   issues: [{ path, message, severity: "error" as const }],