diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/advanced_settings.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/advanced_settings.tsx
index eb12e49ca89..1ad2d132135 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/advanced_settings.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/advanced_settings.tsx
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ const AdvancedSettings: React.FC<AdvancedSettingsProps> = ({
                     label: tag.name,
                     description: tag.description || undefined,
                   }))}
+                  searchDescriptions={false}
                   allowCustomValues
                 />
               )}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.test.tsx
index 610c7e225ff..7d411b7c006 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.test.tsx
@@ -84,8 +84,16 @@ describe("MultiSelect", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("Showing first 100 of 5000 matches. Type to narrow results.")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("does not match the option description", async () => {
-    const { input } = renderMultiSelect({ options: LARGE_OPTIONS });
+  it("matches option descriptions by default", async () => {
+    const { input } = renderMultiSelect();
+    await userEvent.type(input, "second store");
+
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole("option")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("option", { name: /beta-kb/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("skips descriptions when searchDescriptions is false", async () => {
+    const { input } = renderMultiSelect({ options: LARGE_OPTIONS, searchDescriptions: false });
     await userEvent.type(input, "shared spend");
 
     expect(screen.queryAllByRole("option")).toHaveLength(0);
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.tsx
index aed8ccec591..e7c85615324 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/MultiSelect.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ interface MultiSelectProps {
   disabled?: boolean;
   loading?: boolean;
   allowCustomValues?: boolean;
+  searchDescriptions?: boolean;
   className?: string;
 }
 
@@ -43,13 +44,13 @@ const splitOnCommas = (raw: string): string[] =>
     .map((part) => part.trim())
     .filter((part) => part.length > 0);
 
-const matchesQuery = (option: MultiSelectOption, query: string): boolean => {
+const matchesQuery = (option: MultiSelectOption, query: string, searchDescriptions: boolean): boolean => {
   const normalizedQuery = query.trim().toLowerCase();
-  return (
-    !normalizedQuery ||
-    option.label.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery) ||
-    option.value.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery)
-  );
+  const matchesLabelOrValue =
+    option.label.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery) || option.value.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery);
+  const matchesDescription =
+    searchDescriptions && (option.description?.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery) ?? false);
+  return !normalizedQuery || matchesLabelOrValue || matchesDescription;
 };
 
 export function MultiSelect({
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export function MultiSelect({
   disabled = false,
   loading = false,
   allowCustomValues = false,
+  searchDescriptions = true,
   className,
 }: MultiSelectProps) {
   const anchor = useComboboxAnchor();
@@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ export function MultiSelect({
     [options],
   );
   const matchingOptions = useMemo(
-    () => safeOptions.filter((option) => matchesQuery(option, query)),
-    [safeOptions, query],
+    () => safeOptions.filter((option) => matchesQuery(option, query, searchDescriptions)),
+    [safeOptions, query, searchDescriptions],
   );
   const visibleOptions = matchingOptions.slice(0, MAX_VISIBLE_OPTIONS);
   const selectedOptions = value
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.test.tsx
index 4b02dffa406..2672d32ac7a 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
-import { fireEvent, render } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { tagListCall } from "../networking";
 import TagSelector from "./TagSelector";
 
+vi.mock("../networking", () => ({
+  tagListCall: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockTagListCall = vi.mocked(tagListCall);
+
 describe("TagSelector", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    mockTagListCall.mockResolvedValue({});
+  });
+
   it("should render the tag selector", () => {
     render(<TagSelector onChange={() => {}} accessToken="test-token" />);
   });
@@ -18,4 +31,35 @@ describe("TagSelector", () => {
       expect(tagSelector).toHaveValue("new-tag");
     }
   });
+
+  it("does not match shared dynamic tag descriptions", async () => {
+    mockTagListCall.mockResolvedValue({
+      first: {
+        name: "dynamic-tag-one",
+        description: "This is just a spend tag that was passed dynamically",
+        models: [],
+        created_at: "2025-01-01",
+        updated_at: "2025-01-01",
+      },
+      second: {
+        name: "dynamic-tag-two",
+        description: "This is just a spend tag that was passed dynamically",
+        models: [],
+        created_at: "2025-01-01",
+        updated_at: "2025-01-01",
+      },
+    });
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<TagSelector onChange={() => {}} accessToken="test-token" />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mockTagListCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith("test-token"));
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(input).toBeEnabled());
+    await user.click(input);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: /dynamic-tag-one/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await user.type(input, "spend tag");
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: 'Create "spend tag"' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole("option")).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.tsx
index 7ca809a0610..cbacbf0d761 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/tag_management/TagSelector.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const TagSelector: React.FC<TagSelectorProps> = ({ onChange, value, className, a
       loading={loading}
       className={className}
       allowCustomValues
+      searchDescriptions={false}
       options={tags.map((tag) => ({
         label: tag.name,
         value: tag.name,