diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.test.tsx
index 5304a4b2811..79fa2dab4f8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.test.tsx
@@ -210,6 +210,29 @@ describe("AddAutoRouterTab", () => {
     expect(handleAddAutoRouterSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("creates the router once when the form is submitted again mid dry-run", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getMissingTiersError).mockReturnValue(null);
+    let resolveVerdict: (verdict: { valid: boolean }) => void = () => {};
+    validateAutoRouterConfig.mockImplementationOnce(
+      () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          resolveVerdict = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+
+    const { container } = renderWithProviders(<Harness />);
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByPlaceholderText(/smart_router/i), { target: { value: "double-submit-router" } });
+
+    fireEvent.submit(container.querySelector("form")!);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /add auto router/i })).toBeDisabled());
+    fireEvent.submit(container.querySelector("form")!);
+
+    resolveVerdict({ valid: true });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /add auto router/i })).toBeEnabled());
+    expect(validateAutoRouterConfig).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(handleAddAutoRouterSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("submits when the dry-run passes, so the gate is not simply blocking everything", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     vi.mocked(getMissingTiersError).mockReturnValue(null);
@@ -652,6 +675,27 @@ describe("AddAutoRouterTab", () => {
       await waitFor(() => expect(toast.fromError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("no longer available")));
       expect(handleAddAutoRouterSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it("carries a preset's per-tier reasoning effort through to the create payload", async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      mockFetchAvailableModels.mockResolvedValue(ALL_FAMILY_MODELS);
+
+      renderWithProviders(<Harness />);
+      await waitForPresetEnabled("Anthropic Family");
+      await selectTemplate("Anthropic Family");
+
+      await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText(/smart_router/i), "anthropic-router");
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /add auto router/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(handleAddAutoRouterSubmit).toHaveBeenCalled());
+      expect(vi.mocked(handleAddAutoRouterSubmit).mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+        complexity_router_config: {
+          tier_model_configs: {
+            REASONING: [{ model_name: "claude-opus-5", litellm_params: { reasoning_effort: "high" } }],
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe("default model pin", () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.tsx
index 18a0c231899..df6b5334d55 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_auto_router_tab.tsx
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ const AddAutoRouterTab: React.FC<AddAutoRouterTabProps> = ({
   };
 
   const handleAutoRouterSubmit = async () => {
+    if (isSubmitting) return;
     const name = form.getValues("auto_router_name");
     if (!name) {
       setShowValidationErrors(true);