diff --git a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
index c23cde6052e..cc49ae574cc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
@@ -1796,6 +1796,7 @@ async def test_model_connection(
         "audio_speech",
         "audio_transcription",
         "image_generation",
+        "image_edit",
         "video_generation",
         "batch",
         "rerank",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
index 72c6f77a4f7..b75d8809c31 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import httpx
 import pytest
+import respx
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from prisma.errors import ClientNotConnectedError, HTTPClientClosedError, PrismaError
 
+import litellm
 import litellm.proxy.health_endpoints._health_endpoints as _health_endpoints_module
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.health_check_helpers import TEST_IMAGE_BASE64
 
 from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles, UserAPIKeyAuth
 from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
@@ -2674,3 +2677,38 @@ class TestNoRedisWarning:
         ):
             details = await _health_endpoints_module._get_health_readiness_details()
         assert details["show_no_redis_warning"] is False
+
+
+def test_test_model_connection_accepts_image_edit_mode(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Regression: /health/test_connection rejected mode=image_edit with a 422
+    before image_edit was added to its mode Literal, breaking the UI Test
+    Connection button for image edit deployments.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "disable_aiohttp_transport", True)
+    litellm.in_memory_llm_clients_cache.flush_cache()
+
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.include_router(_health_endpoints_module.router)
+    app.dependency_overrides[user_api_key_auth] = lambda: UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN
+    )
+    client = TestClient(app)
+
+    with (
+        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", MagicMock()),  # test-quality-ok: the endpoint reads the proxy-global DB client and 500s when it is None; it has no injection seam
+        respx.mock(assert_all_called=True) as respx_mock,
+    ):
+        respx_mock.post(host="api.openai.com", path="/v1/images/edits").respond(
+            json={"created": 1700000000, "data": [{"b64_json": TEST_IMAGE_BASE64}]}
+        )
+        response = client.post(
+            "/health/test_connection",
+            json={
+                "mode": "image_edit",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-image-2", "api_key": "sk-test"},
+            },
+        )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+    assert response.json()["status"] == "success"
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_model_modes.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_model_modes.tsx
index 30deb79469c..81d89cc41fd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_model_modes.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/add_model_modes.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const TEST_MODES = [
   { value: "audio_speech", label: "Audio Speech - /audio/speech" },
   { value: "audio_transcription", label: "Audio Transcription - /audio/transcriptions" },
   { value: "image_generation", label: "Image Generation - /images/generations" },
+  { value: "image_edit", label: "Image Edit - /images/edits" },
   { value: "video_generation", label: "Video Generation - /videos" },
   { value: "rerank", label: "Rerank - /rerank" },
   { value: "realtime", label: "Realtime - /realtime" },
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
index e0b8cf19159..0f99ead1536 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
@@ -22703,7 +22703,7 @@ export interface components {
              * Mode
              * @description The mode to test the model with. If not provided, auto-detected from model capabilities.
              */
-            mode?: ("chat" | "completion" | "embedding" | "audio_speech" | "audio_transcription" | "image_generation" | "video_generation" | "batch" | "rerank" | "realtime" | "responses" | "ocr") | null;
+            mode?: ("chat" | "completion" | "embedding" | "audio_speech" | "audio_transcription" | "image_generation" | "image_edit" | "video_generation" | "batch" | "rerank" | "realtime" | "responses" | "ocr") | null;
             /**
              * Model Info
              * @description Model info for the health check