diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.test.tsx
index bc276c95fdd..8b3c840949b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.test.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ describe("fetchAvailableModels", () => {
     expect(await fetchAvailableModels("token")).toEqual([{ model_group: "gpt-4o" }]);
   });
 
+  it("excludes the all-proxy-models permission sentinel from fallback options", async () => {
+    modelHubCallMock.mockResolvedValue({ data: [] });
+    modelAvailableCallMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      data: [{ id: "all-proxy-models" }, { id: "gpt-4o", mode: "chat" }],
+    });
+
+    expect(await fetchAvailableModels("token")).toEqual([{ model_group: "gpt-4o", mode: "chat" }]);
+  });
+
   it("returns an empty list when both routes come back empty", async () => {
     modelHubCallMock.mockResolvedValue({ data: [] });
     modelAvailableCallMock.mockResolvedValue({ data: [] });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx
index 03c06e0f155..f8769c3c5b4 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/fetch_models.tsx
@@ -70,5 +70,14 @@ export const fetchAvailableModels = async (accessToken: string): Promise<ModelGr
   }
 
   const response = await modelAvailableCall(accessToken, "", "");
-  return dedupeByGroup(toModelGroups(response?.data));
+  // Same permission sentinel excludeProxyWideSentinel filters elsewhere: it is
+  // a marker, not a selectable model.
+  const selectable = new Set(
+    excludeProxyWideSentinel(
+      (Array.isArray(response?.data) ? response.data : []).map(
+        (model: AvailableModel) => (model.model_group || model.id || model.model_name) ?? "",
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+  return dedupeByGroup(toModelGroups(response?.data).filter((model) => selectable.has(model.model_group)));
 };