From 8507df483c523c837e69b993ed97e6c87f087675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: michelligabriele <gabriele.michelli@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:52:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(router): propagate model-level tags from config to
 SpendLogs (#20769)

---
 litellm/router.py                 | 11 ++++
 tests/test_litellm/test_router.py | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 42058c79c17..d9de7e7fc5a 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -1924,6 +1924,17 @@ class Router:
                 "deployment_model_name": deployment_model_name,
             }
         )
+
+        ## DEPLOYMENT-LEVEL TAGS
+        deployment_tags = deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get("tags")
+        if deployment_tags:
+            existing_tags = kwargs[metadata_variable_name].get("tags") or []
+            merged_tags = list(existing_tags)
+            for tag in deployment_tags:
+                if tag not in merged_tags:
+                    merged_tags.append(tag)
+            kwargs[metadata_variable_name]["tags"] = merged_tags
+
         kwargs["model_info"] = model_info
 
         kwargs["timeout"] = self._get_timeout(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
index 75ec806ee17..9dcb16b545e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
@@ -1990,3 +1990,94 @@ async def test_anthropic_messages_call_type_is_cached():
     # This assertion will FAIL if anthropic_messages is filtered out
     assert cached_result is not None, "Model ID should be cached for anthropic_messages call type"
     assert cached_result["model_id"] == test_model_id, f"Expected {test_model_id}, got {cached_result['model_id']}"
+
+
+def test_update_kwargs_with_deployment_propagates_model_tags():
+    """
+    Test that deployment-level tags from litellm_params are merged into
+    kwargs metadata when _update_kwargs_with_deployment is called.
+
+    This ensures model-level tags defined in config.yaml appear in SpendLogs.
+    See: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/XXXX
+    """
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4o-mini",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+                    "api_key": "fake-key",
+                    "tags": ["openai-account", "production"],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+
+    kwargs: dict = {"metadata": {}}
+    deployment = router.get_deployment_by_model_group_name(
+        model_group_name="gpt-4o-mini"
+    )
+    router._update_kwargs_with_deployment(deployment=deployment, kwargs=kwargs)
+
+    # Deployment tags should be propagated to kwargs metadata
+    assert "tags" in kwargs["metadata"]
+    assert "openai-account" in kwargs["metadata"]["tags"]
+    assert "production" in kwargs["metadata"]["tags"]
+
+
+def test_update_kwargs_with_deployment_merges_tags_without_duplicates():
+    """
+    Test that when both request-level and deployment-level tags exist,
+    they are merged without duplicates.
+    """
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4o-mini",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+                    "api_key": "fake-key",
+                    "tags": ["openai-account", "shared-tag"],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # Simulate request that already has tags (from request body or key/team level)
+    kwargs: dict = {"metadata": {"tags": ["user-tag", "shared-tag"]}}
+    deployment = router.get_deployment_by_model_group_name(
+        model_group_name="gpt-4o-mini"
+    )
+    router._update_kwargs_with_deployment(deployment=deployment, kwargs=kwargs)
+
+    # Both sources should be merged, no duplicates
+    assert "user-tag" in kwargs["metadata"]["tags"]
+    assert "openai-account" in kwargs["metadata"]["tags"]
+    assert "shared-tag" in kwargs["metadata"]["tags"]
+    assert kwargs["metadata"]["tags"].count("shared-tag") == 1
+
+
+def test_update_kwargs_with_deployment_no_tags():
+    """
+    Test that when deployment has no tags, kwargs metadata is not affected.
+    """
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4o-mini",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+                    "api_key": "fake-key",
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+
+    kwargs: dict = {"metadata": {}}
+    deployment = router.get_deployment_by_model_group_name(
+        model_group_name="gpt-4o-mini"
+    )
+    router._update_kwargs_with_deployment(deployment=deployment, kwargs=kwargs)
+
+    # No tags key should be added if deployment has no tags
+    assert "tags" not in kwargs["metadata"]