diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68272e7026b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import CacheControlInjectionPointsSection from "./CacheControlInjectionPointsSection";
+
+describe("CacheControlInjectionPointsSection", () => {
+  it("should render the frontend-owned field without exposing the raw default params input", () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    render(<CacheControlInjectionPointsSection value={{}} onChange={onChange} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Cache Control Injection Points")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Default LiteLLM Params")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId("cache-control-location-select-0")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("should render persisted injection point fields", () => {
+    render(
+      <CacheControlInjectionPointsSection
+        value={{ cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message", role: "system", index: -2 }] }}
+        onChange={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("cache-control-location-select-0")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("cache-control-index-input-0")).toHaveValue("-2");
+  });
+
+  it("should add injection points without replacing other default params", async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<CacheControlInjectionPointsSection value={{ timeout: 30 }} onChange={onChange} />);
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" }));
+
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      timeout: 30,
+      cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message" }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should remove injection points without replacing other default params", async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(
+      <CacheControlInjectionPointsSection
+        value={{ timeout: 30, cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message" }] }}
+        onChange={onChange}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" }));
+
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ timeout: 30 });
+  });
+
+  it("should preserve unsupported injection point values", () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    render(
+      <CacheControlInjectionPointsSection
+        value={{ cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "tool_config" }] }}
+        onChange={onChange}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/will be preserved unchanged/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee113f32ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/CacheControlInjectionPointsSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Switch } from "antd";
+import CacheControlInjectionPointsEditor, {
+  CacheControlInjectionPoint,
+} from "../shared/cache_control_injection_points_editor";
+
+interface CacheControlInjectionPointsSectionProps {
+  value: Record<string, unknown>;
+  onChange: (value: Record<string, unknown>) => void;
+}
+
+const CACHE_CONTROL_ROLES = ["user", "system", "assistant"] as const;
+type CacheControlRole = (typeof CACHE_CONTROL_ROLES)[number];
+
+const isCacheControlRole = (value: unknown): value is CacheControlRole =>
+  CACHE_CONTROL_ROLES.some((role) => role === value);
+
+const parseInjectionPoint = (value: unknown): CacheControlInjectionPoint | undefined => {
+  if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  if (!("location" in value) || value.location !== "message") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const role = "role" in value ? value.role : undefined;
+  const index = "index" in value ? value.index : undefined;
+  const hasRole = role !== undefined && role !== null;
+  if (hasRole && !isCacheControlRole(role)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const hasIndex = index !== undefined && index !== null;
+  if (hasIndex && typeof index !== "number") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  if (typeof index === "number" && !Number.isInteger(index)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    location: "message",
+    ...(isCacheControlRole(role) ? { role } : {}),
+    ...(typeof index === "number" ? { index } : {}),
+  };
+};
+
+const parseInjectionPoints = (value: unknown): CacheControlInjectionPoint[] | undefined => {
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const points = value.map(parseInjectionPoint);
+  return points.every((point) => point !== undefined)
+    ? points.filter((point): point is CacheControlInjectionPoint => point !== undefined)
+    : undefined;
+};
+
+const CacheControlInjectionPointsSection: React.FC<CacheControlInjectionPointsSectionProps> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
+  const injectionPoints = React.useMemo(
+    () => parseInjectionPoints(value.cache_control_injection_points),
+    [value.cache_control_injection_points],
+  );
+  const enabled = injectionPoints !== undefined && injectionPoints.length > 0;
+
+  const handlePointsChange = (points: CacheControlInjectionPoint[]) => {
+    onChange({ ...value, cache_control_injection_points: points });
+  };
+
+  const handleToggle = (checked: boolean) => {
+    if (checked) {
+      handlePointsChange([{ location: "message" }]);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const nextValue = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(value).filter(([key]) => key !== "cache_control_injection_points"),
+    );
+    onChange(nextValue);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-4 max-w-3xl">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
+        <div>
+          <span className="text-xs font-medium text-gray-700 uppercase tracking-wide">
+            Cache Control Injection Points
+          </span>
+          <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-0.5">
+            Choose message locations where LiteLLM should inject cache-control markers.{" "}
+            <a
+              href="https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/tutorials/claude_code_prompt_cache_routing"
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              className="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"
+            >
+              Learn more
+            </a>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <Switch
+          checked={enabled}
+          disabled={injectionPoints === undefined}
+          onChange={handleToggle}
+          aria-label="Cache Control Injection Points"
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      {injectionPoints === undefined && (
+        <p className="text-xs text-amber-700">
+          The configured injection points use values this editor does not support and will be preserved unchanged.
+        </p>
+      )}
+
+      {enabled && <CacheControlInjectionPointsEditor value={injectionPoints} onChange={handlePointsChange} />}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default CacheControlInjectionPointsSection;
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 90f2edb6b48..8a8e468a821 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.test.tsx
@@ -156,14 +156,51 @@ describe("RouterSettingsForm", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("should not render Default LiteLLM Params when persisted values exist", () => {
+  it("should render cache-control fields without rendering the raw Default LiteLLM Params input", () => {
     const props = {
       ...baseProps,
-      value: { ...defaultValue, routerSettings: { default_litellm_params: { timeout: 30 } } },
+      value: {
+        ...defaultValue,
+        routerSettings: {
+          default_litellm_params: {
+            timeout: 30,
+            cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message", role: "system", index: -1 }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
     };
     render(<RouterSettingsForm {...props} />);
 
     expect(screen.queryByText("Default LiteLLM Params")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("Cache Control Injection Points")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Cache Control Injection Points")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("cache-control-index-input-0")).toHaveValue("-1");
+  });
+
+  it("should mark default_litellm_params as modified when cache control changes", async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const props = {
+      ...baseProps,
+      onChange,
+      value: {
+        ...defaultValue,
+        routerSettings: { default_litellm_params: { timeout: 30 } },
+      },
+    };
+    render(<RouterSettingsForm {...props} />);
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" }));
+
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        routerSettings: {
+          default_litellm_params: {
+            timeout: 30,
+            cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message" }],
+          },
+        },
+        modifiedRouterSettings: ["default_litellm_params"],
+      }),
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
index b1d95d228fb..d006d813d1f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/RouterSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
+import CacheControlInjectionPointsSection from "./CacheControlInjectionPointsSection";
 import LatencyBasedConfiguration from "./LatencyBasedConfiguration";
 import OptionalPreCallChecksSelector from "./OptionalPreCallChecksSelector";
 import ReliabilityRetriesSection from "./ReliabilityRetriesSection";
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export interface RouterSettingsFormValue {
   routerSettings: { [key: string]: any };
   selectedStrategy: string | null;
   enableTagFiltering: boolean;
+  modifiedRouterSettings?: string[];
 }
 
 interface RouterSettingsFormProps {
@@ -19,6 +21,9 @@ interface RouterSettingsFormProps {
   routingStrategyDescriptions: { [key: string]: string };
 }
 
+const markSettingModified = (modifiedSettings: string[] | undefined, setting: string): string[] =>
+  modifiedSettings?.includes(setting) ? modifiedSettings : [...(modifiedSettings || []), setting];
+
 const RouterSettingsForm: React.FC<RouterSettingsFormProps> = ({
   value,
   onChange,
@@ -44,6 +49,15 @@ const RouterSettingsForm: React.FC<RouterSettingsFormProps> = ({
     onChange({
       ...value,
       routerSettings: { ...value.routerSettings, optional_pre_call_checks: checks },
+      modifiedRouterSettings: markSettingModified(value.modifiedRouterSettings, "optional_pre_call_checks"),
+    });
+  };
+
+  const handleCacheControlInjectionPointsChange = (defaultLitellmParams: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    onChange({
+      ...value,
+      routerSettings: { ...value.routerSettings, default_litellm_params: defaultLitellmParams },
+      modifiedRouterSettings: markSettingModified(value.modifiedRouterSettings, "default_litellm_params"),
     });
   };
 
@@ -88,6 +102,13 @@ const RouterSettingsForm: React.FC<RouterSettingsFormProps> = ({
 
       <div className="border-t border-gray-200" />
 
+      <CacheControlInjectionPointsSection
+        value={value.routerSettings.default_litellm_params || {}}
+        onChange={handleCacheControlInjectionPointsChange}
+      />
+
+      <div className="border-t border-gray-200" />
+
       {/* Other Settings */}
       <ReliabilityRetriesSection routerSettings={value.routerSettings} routerFieldsMetadata={routerFieldsMetadata} />
     </div>
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 46d0bdaeb8c..55bd76709af 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.test.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe("RouterSettings", () => {
       expect(screen.getByTestId("strategy-select")).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
     expect(screen.queryByText("Default LiteLLM Params")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("Cache Control Injection Points")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Cache Control Injection Points")).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe("RouterSettings", () => {
     expect(NotificationsManager.success).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("should round-trip default_litellm_params and optional_pre_call_checks unmodified on save", async () => {
+  it("should preserve untouched default_litellm_params by omitting it from an unrelated save", async () => {
     vi.mocked(getCallbacksCall).mockResolvedValue({
       router_settings: {
         ...mockCallbacksResponse.router_settings,
@@ -227,15 +227,76 @@ describe("RouterSettings", () => {
 
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
 
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(setCallbacksCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "test-token",
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          router_settings: expect.not.objectContaining({
+            default_litellm_params: expect.anything(),
+          }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should save frontend-owned cache-control fields after an explicit edit", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getCallbacksCall).mockResolvedValue({
+      router_settings: {
+        ...mockCallbacksResponse.router_settings,
+        default_litellm_params: { timeout: 30 },
+      },
+    });
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderWithProviders(<RouterSettings {...defaultProps} />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" }));
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
     await waitFor(() =>
       expect(setCallbacksCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         "test-token",
         expect.objectContaining({
           router_settings: expect.objectContaining({
             default_litellm_params: {
-              cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message", role: "system", index: 2 }],
+              timeout: 30,
+              cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message" }],
             },
-            optional_pre_call_checks: ["prompt_caching"],
+          }),
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should remove cache-control fields after they are explicitly disabled", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getCallbacksCall).mockResolvedValue({
+      router_settings: {
+        ...mockCallbacksResponse.router_settings,
+        default_litellm_params: {
+          timeout: 30,
+          cache_control_injection_points: [{ location: "message", index: -1 }],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderWithProviders(<RouterSettings {...defaultProps} />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId("cache-control-index-input-0")).toHaveValue("-1");
+    });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cache Control Injection Points" }));
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(setCallbacksCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "test-token",
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          router_settings: expect.objectContaining({
+            default_litellm_params: { timeout: 30 },
           }),
         }),
       ),
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
index aea08425388..a78863558dc 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/router_settings/index.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const RouterSettings: React.FC<RouterSettingsProps> = ({ accessToken, userRole,
     }
 
     const router_settings = formValue.routerSettings;
+    const modifiedRouterSettings = formValue.modifiedRouterSettings || [];
 
     const numberKeys = new Set(["allowed_fails", "cooldown_time", "num_retries", "timeout", "retry_after"]);
     const jsonKeys = new Set(["model_group_alias"]);
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ const RouterSettings: React.FC<RouterSettingsProps> = ({ accessToken, userRole,
           if (tabOwnedKeys.has(key)) {
             return null;
           }
+          if (key === "default_litellm_params" && !modifiedRouterSettings.includes(key)) {
+            return null;
+          }
           if (key !== "routing_strategy_args" && key !== "routing_strategy" && key !== "enable_tag_filtering") {
             const inputEl = document.querySelector(`input[name="${key}"]`) as HTMLInputElement | null;
             const parsed = parseInputValue(key, inputEl?.value, value);