diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e4b7712c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import OptionalPreCallChecksSelector from "./OptionalPreCallChecksSelector";
+
+vi.mock("antd", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("antd")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    Select: ({ value, onChange, options, "data-testid": testId }: any) => (
+      <select
+        multiple
+        data-testid={testId}
+        value={value ?? []}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(Array.from(e.target.selectedOptions).map((o: any) => o.value))}
+      >
+        {(options || []).map((option: any) => (
+          <option key={option.value} value={option.value}>
+            {option.label}
+          </option>
+        ))}
+      </select>
+    ),
+  };
+});
+
+const baseMetadata = {
+  optional_pre_call_checks: {
+    ui_field_name: "Optional Pre-call Checks",
+    field_description: "Extra checks the router runs before picking a deployment",
+    link: null,
+  },
+};
+
+const options = ["prompt_caching", "router_budget_limiting", "session_affinity"];
+
+describe("OptionalPreCallChecksSelector", () => {
+  it("should render one option per entry in options", () => {
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector value={[]} options={options} routerFieldsMetadata={{}} onChange={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+    const select = screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select") as HTMLSelectElement;
+    expect(Array.from(select.options).map((o) => o.value)).toEqual(options);
+  });
+
+  it("should display default label when no metadata is provided", () => {
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector value={[]} options={options} routerFieldsMetadata={{}} onChange={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("Optional Pre-call Checks")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should display the label and description from metadata when provided", () => {
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector
+        value={[]}
+        options={options}
+        routerFieldsMetadata={baseMetadata}
+        onChange={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("Extra checks the router runs before picking a deployment")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should render a Learn more link when metadata provides one", () => {
+    const metadata = {
+      optional_pre_call_checks: { ...baseMetadata.optional_pre_call_checks, link: "https://docs.example.com/checks" },
+    };
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector value={[]} options={options} routerFieldsMetadata={metadata} onChange={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+    const link = screen.getByRole("link", { name: /learn more/i });
+    expect(link).toHaveAttribute("href", "https://docs.example.com/checks");
+  });
+
+  it("should call onChange with the selected checks", async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector value={[]} options={options} routerFieldsMetadata={{}} onChange={onChange} />,
+    );
+
+    await user.selectOptions(screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select"), "prompt_caching");
+
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(["prompt_caching"]);
+  });
+
+  it("should reflect an already-selected value", () => {
+    render(
+      <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector
+        value={["router_budget_limiting"]}
+        options={options}
+        routerFieldsMetadata={{}}
+        onChange={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const select = screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select") as HTMLSelectElement;
+    const selected = Array.from(select.selectedOptions).map((o) => o.value);
+    expect(selected).toEqual(["router_budget_limiting"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab52bad644d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/OptionalPreCallChecksSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Select } from "antd";
+
+interface OptionalPreCallChecksSelectorProps {
+  value: string[];
+  options: string[];
+  routerFieldsMetadata: { [key: string]: any };
+  onChange: (value: string[]) => void;
+}
+
+const OptionalPreCallChecksSelector: React.FC<OptionalPreCallChecksSelectorProps> = ({
+  value,
+  options,
+  routerFieldsMetadata,
+  onChange,
+}) => {
+  const meta = routerFieldsMetadata["optional_pre_call_checks"];
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2 max-w-3xl">
+      <label className="block">
+        <span className="text-xs font-medium text-gray-700 uppercase tracking-wide">
+          {meta?.ui_field_name || "Optional Pre-call Checks"}
+        </span>
+        <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-0.5 mb-2">
+          {meta?.field_description || ""}
+          {meta?.link && (
+            <>
+              {" "}
+              <a
+                href={meta.link}
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                className="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"
+              >
+                Learn more
+              </a>
+            </>
+          )}
+        </p>
+        <Select
+          mode="multiple"
+          value={value}
+          onChange={onChange}
+          options={options.map((option) => ({ value: option, label: option }))}
+          placeholder="No pre-call checks enabled"
+          className="w-full"
+          data-testid="optional-pre-call-checks-select"
+        />
+      </label>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OptionalPreCallChecksSelector;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.test.tsx
index c3f791697e6..9ba218b20c5 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.test.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ describe("ReliabilityRetriesSection", () => {
     expect(inputNames).not.toContain("model_group_retry_policy");
   });
 
+  it("should not render a raw-text input for optional_pre_call_checks (owned by its own multi-select)", () => {
+    render(
+      <ReliabilityRetriesSection
+        routerSettings={{ ...baseSettings, optional_pre_call_checks: ["prompt_caching"] }}
+        routerFieldsMetadata={{}}
+      />,
+    );
+    const inputs = screen.queryAllByRole("textbox");
+    const inputNames = inputs.map((el) => el.getAttribute("name"));
+    expect(inputNames).not.toContain("optional_pre_call_checks");
+  });
+
   it("should use ui_field_name from metadata as the label", () => {
     const metadata = {
       num_retries: { ui_field_name: "Number of Retries", field_description: "How many times to retry" },
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.tsx
index da089552b11..477c393f743 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/ReliabilityRetriesSection.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const ReliabilityRetriesSection: React.FC<ReliabilityRetriesSectionProps> = ({
               param != "enable_tag_filtering" &&
               param != "retry_policy" &&
               param != "model_group_retry_policy" &&
-              param != "routing_groups",
+              param != "routing_groups" &&
+              param != "optional_pre_call_checks",
           )
           .map(([param, value]) => (
             <div key={param} className="space-y-2">
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx
index 850bc8c20be..c28633af171 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx
@@ -11,11 +11,29 @@ vi.mock("antd", async (importOriginal) => {
   return {
     ...actual,
     Select: Object.assign(
-      ({ value, onChange, children }: any) => (
-        <select data-testid="strategy-select" value={value ?? ""} onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}>
-          {children}
-        </select>
-      ),
+      ({ value, onChange, children, mode, options, "data-testid": testId }: any) =>
+        mode === "multiple" ? (
+          <select
+            multiple
+            data-testid={testId || "multi-select"}
+            value={value ?? []}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(Array.from(e.target.selectedOptions).map((o: any) => o.value))}
+          >
+            {(options || []).map((option: any) => (
+              <option key={option.value} value={option.value}>
+                {option.label}
+              </option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        ) : (
+          <select
+            data-testid={testId || "strategy-select"}
+            value={value ?? ""}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          >
+            {children}
+          </select>
+        ),
       {
         Option: ({ value, children }: any) => <option value={value}>{children}</option>,
       },
@@ -110,4 +128,44 @@ describe("RouterSettingsForm", () => {
     render(<RouterSettingsForm {...baseProps} />);
     expect(screen.getByText("Reliability & Retries")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it("should not show the optional pre-call checks selector when no options are known", () => {
+    render(<RouterSettingsForm {...baseProps} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should show the optional pre-call checks selector populated from field metadata options", () => {
+    const props = {
+      ...baseProps,
+      routerFieldsMetadata: {
+        optional_pre_call_checks: { ui_field_name: "Optional Pre-call Checks", options: ["prompt_caching", "router_budget_limiting"] },
+      },
+    };
+    render(<RouterSettingsForm {...props} />);
+
+    const select = screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select") as HTMLSelectElement;
+    const optionValues = Array.from(select.options).map((o) => o.value);
+    expect(optionValues).toEqual(["prompt_caching", "router_budget_limiting"]);
+  });
+
+  it("should call onChange with the updated optional_pre_call_checks when the selector changes", async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const props = {
+      ...baseProps,
+      onChange,
+      routerFieldsMetadata: {
+        optional_pre_call_checks: { ui_field_name: "Optional Pre-call Checks", options: ["prompt_caching"] },
+      },
+    };
+    render(<RouterSettingsForm {...props} />);
+
+    await user.selectOptions(screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select"), "prompt_caching");
+
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        routerSettings: expect.objectContaining({ optional_pre_call_checks: ["prompt_caching"] }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
index 7a2dfcbffeb..ffa81e0246d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import LatencyBasedConfiguration from "./LatencyBasedConfiguration";
+import OptionalPreCallChecksSelector from "./OptionalPreCallChecksSelector";
 import ReliabilityRetriesSection from "./ReliabilityRetriesSection";
 import RoutingStrategySelector from "./RoutingStrategySelector";
 import TagFilteringToggle from "./TagFilteringToggle";
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ const RouterSettingsForm: React.FC<RouterSettingsFormProps> = ({
     });
   };
 
+  const handleOptionalPreCallChecksChange = (checks: string[]) => {
+    onChange({
+      ...value,
+      routerSettings: { ...value.routerSettings, optional_pre_call_checks: checks },
+    });
+  };
+
+  const optionalPreCallCheckOptions: string[] = routerFieldsMetadata["optional_pre_call_checks"]?.options || [];
+
   return (
     <div className="w-full space-y-8 py-2">
       {/* Routing Settings Section */}
@@ -65,6 +75,16 @@ const RouterSettingsForm: React.FC<RouterSettingsFormProps> = ({
           routerFieldsMetadata={routerFieldsMetadata}
           onToggle={handleTagFilteringToggle}
         />
+
+        {/* Optional Pre-call Checks */}
+        {optionalPreCallCheckOptions.length > 0 && (
+          <OptionalPreCallChecksSelector
+            value={value.routerSettings.optional_pre_call_checks || []}
+            options={optionalPreCallCheckOptions}
+            routerFieldsMetadata={routerFieldsMetadata}
+            onChange={handleOptionalPreCallChecksChange}
+          />
+        )}
       </div>
 
       {/* Divider */}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx
index 67f4ada046b..536548a95b9 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,29 @@ vi.mock("antd", async (importOriginal) => {
   return {
     ...actual,
     Select: Object.assign(
-      ({ value, onChange, children }: any) => (
-        <select data-testid="strategy-select" value={value ?? ""} onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}>
-          {children}
-        </select>
-      ),
+      ({ value, onChange, children, mode, options, "data-testid": testId }: any) =>
+        mode === "multiple" ? (
+          <select
+            multiple
+            data-testid={testId || "multi-select"}
+            value={value ?? []}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(Array.from(e.target.selectedOptions).map((o: any) => o.value))}
+          >
+            {(options || []).map((option: any) => (
+              <option key={option.value} value={option.value}>
+                {option.label}
+              </option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        ) : (
+          <select
+            data-testid={testId || "strategy-select"}
+            value={value ?? ""}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          >
+            {children}
+          </select>
+        ),
       {
         Option: ({ value, children }: any) => <option value={value}>{children}</option>,
       },
@@ -188,11 +206,12 @@ describe("RouterSettings", () => {
     expect(NotificationsManager.success).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("should round-trip default_litellm_params and optional_pre_call_checks as JSON on save", async () => {
-    // Regression test: these two fields hold dicts/lists (e.g. cache_control_injection_points,
-    // ["prompt_caching"]), not plain strings. Without listing them in the save handler's
-    // jsonKeys set, they'd be persisted as raw stringified text instead of parsed JSON,
-    // silently corrupting the setting the next time the router reads it.
+  it("should round-trip default_litellm_params and optional_pre_call_checks unmodified on save", async () => {
+    // Regression test: default_litellm_params holds a dict (e.g. cache_control_injection_points),
+    // not a plain string - without listing it in the save handler's jsonKeys set, it'd be persisted
+    // as raw stringified text instead of parsed JSON. optional_pre_call_checks is a list owned by
+    // its own multi-select (no DOM input); without the fallback-to-state path in parseInputValue,
+    // an untouched value would be silently dropped instead of round-tripping through Save.
     vi.mocked(getCallbacksCall).mockResolvedValue({
       router_settings: {
         ...mockCallbacksResponse.router_settings,
@@ -221,4 +240,46 @@ describe("RouterSettings", () => {
       ),
     );
   });
+
+  it("should save a newly-selected optional pre-call check picked from the multi-select", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getCallbacksCall).mockResolvedValue({
+      router_settings: {
+        ...mockCallbacksResponse.router_settings,
+        optional_pre_call_checks: [],
+      },
+    });
+    vi.mocked(getRouterSettingsCall).mockResolvedValue({
+      ...mockRouterSettingsResponse,
+      fields: [
+        ...mockRouterSettingsResponse.fields,
+        {
+          field_name: "optional_pre_call_checks",
+          ui_field_name: "Optional Pre-call Checks",
+          field_description: "Extra checks the router runs before picking a deployment",
+          options: ["prompt_caching", "router_budget_limiting"],
+          link: null,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderWithProviders(<RouterSettings {...defaultProps} />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    await user.selectOptions(screen.getByTestId("optional-pre-call-checks-select"), "prompt_caching");
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(setCallbacksCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "test-token",
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          router_settings: expect.objectContaining({
+            optional_pre_call_checks: ["prompt_caching"],
+          }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
index c229b3e65ee..2dec5c0c3dc 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const RouterSettings: React.FC<RouterSettingsProps> = ({ accessToken, userRole,
     const router_settings = formValue.routerSettings;
 
     const numberKeys = new Set(["allowed_fails", "cooldown_time", "num_retries", "timeout", "retry_after"]);
-    const jsonKeys = new Set(["model_group_alias", "default_litellm_params", "optional_pre_call_checks"]);
+    const jsonKeys = new Set(["model_group_alias", "default_litellm_params"]);
     // retry_policy and model_group_retry_policy are owned by the Model Retry Settings tab;
     // routing_groups is owned by the Routing Groups tab. This page must not read or write them.
     const tabOwnedKeys = new Set(["retry_policy", "model_group_retry_policy", "routing_groups"]);