diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/fixtures/migratedPages.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/fixtures/migratedPages.ts
index f2ba66147ea4..b14c9c365775 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/fixtures/migratedPages.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/fixtures/migratedPages.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
  *   - server-root-path mount:  SERVER_ROOT_PATH=/<root> npm run e2e:migration:root
  *
  * Keep this in lockstep with MIGRATED_PAGES in src/utils/migratedPages.ts.
- * Pending (uncomment as each PR lands): playground, and the leaf-pages batch
- * (budgets, caching, cost-tracking, guardrails, guardrails-monitor, logs,
- * mcp-servers, memory, policies, projects, prompts, search-tools, skills,
- * tag-management, tool-policies, transform-request, ui-theme, vector-stores,
- * workflows, access-groups).
+ * Pending (add as each PR lands): the leaf-pages batch (budgets, caching,
+ * cost-tracking, guardrails, guardrails-monitor, logs, mcp-servers, memory,
+ * policies, projects, prompts, search-tools, skills, tag-management,
+ * tool-policies, transform-request, ui-theme, vector-stores, workflows,
+ * access-groups).
  */
-export const MIGRATED_E2E_SEGMENTS: string[] = ["api-reference"];
+export const MIGRATED_E2E_SEGMENTS: string[] = ["api-reference", "playground"];
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/navigation/sidebar.spec.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/navigation/sidebar.spec.ts
index b8fb95b764d0..474be30899b6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/navigation/sidebar.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/navigation/sidebar.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ const sidebarButtons = {
   [Role.ProxyAdmin]: ["Virtual Keys", "Playground", "Models", "Usage", "Teams", "Internal Users", "AI Hub"],
 };
 
+// Route segment for pages migrated to path routes; mirror of MIGRATED_PAGES in src/utils/migratedPages.ts.
+const migratedPageSegments: Partial<Record<Page, string>> = {
+  [Page.ApiRef]: "api-reference",
+  [Page.LlmPlayground]: "playground",
+};
+
+function expectedUrlPattern(pageKey: Page): RegExp {
+  const segment = migratedPageSegments[pageKey];
+  return segment ? new RegExp(`/ui/${segment}/?($|\\?)`) : new RegExp(`[?&]page=${pageKey}(&|$)`);
+}
+
 const roles = [{ role: Role.ProxyAdmin, storage: ADMIN_STORAGE_PATH }];
 
 for (const { role, storage } of roles) {
@@ -35,8 +46,7 @@ for (const { role, storage } of roles) {
 
         await tab.click();
 
-        // Verify URL contains the correct page query parameter
-        await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]page=${expectedPage}(&|$)`));
+        await expect(page).toHaveURL(expectedUrlPattern(expectedPage));
       }
     });
 
@@ -50,13 +60,13 @@ for (const { role, storage } of roles) {
 
       // Test direct navigation to verify the helper function works
       await navigateToPage(page, Page.ApiKeys);
-      await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]page=${Page.ApiKeys}(&|$)`));
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(expectedUrlPattern(Page.ApiKeys));
 
       await navigateToPage(page, Page.Models);
-      await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]page=${Page.Models}(&|$)`));
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(expectedUrlPattern(Page.Models));
 
       await navigateToPage(page, Page.LlmPlayground);
-      await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]page=${Page.LlmPlayground}(&|$)`));
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(expectedUrlPattern(Page.LlmPlayground));
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/page.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/page.tsx
index 12dd39a1c21f..996f63966d81 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import SidebarProvider from "@/app/(dashboard)/components/SidebarProvider";
 import OldModelDashboard from "@/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/ModelsAndEndpointsView";
-import PlaygroundPage from "@/app/(dashboard)/playground/page";
 import AdminPanel from "@/components/AdminPanel";
 import AgentsPanel from "@/components/agents";
 import BudgetPanel from "@/components/budgets/budget_panel";
@@ -406,8 +405,6 @@ function CreateKeyPageContent() {
                     premiumUser={premiumUser}
                     teams={teams}
                   />
-                ) : page == "llm-playground" ? (
-                  <PlaygroundPage />
                 ) : page == "users" ? (
                   <ViewUserDashboard
                     userID={userID}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
index e9aceea81489..432b882b43dd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.test.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ describe("migratedHref / legacyPageHref", () => {
     expect(migratedHref("/api-reference")).toBe("/ui/api-reference");
   });
 
-  it("maps both the api_ref id and the hyphenated alias to the api-reference route", async () => {
+  it("maps legacy page ids (and the hyphenated api-reference alias) to their route segments", async () => {
     vi.doMock("@/components/networking", () => ({ serverRootPath: "/" }));
     const { MIGRATED_PAGES } = await import("./migratedPages");
 
     expect(MIGRATED_PAGES.api_ref).toBe("api-reference");
     expect(MIGRATED_PAGES["api-reference"]).toBe("api-reference");
+    expect(MIGRATED_PAGES["llm-playground"]).toBe("playground");
   });
 });
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ describe("legacyKeyForPathname", () => {
     // Resolves to the sidebar key api_ref, not the hyphenated alias, so highlighting works.
     expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/ui/api-reference")).toBe("api_ref");
     expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/ui/api-reference/")).toBe("api_ref");
+    expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/ui/playground")).toBe("llm-playground");
+    expect(legacyKeyForPathname("/ui/playground/")).toBe("llm-playground");
   });
 
   it("returns null for a not-yet-migrated path", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
index 2c27e4fee64d..e20e8b5a8ea3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/migratedPages.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const MIGRATED_PAGES: Record<string, string> = {
   api_ref: "api-reference",
   // Legacy alias: older bookmarks used the hyphenated ?page=api-reference form.
   "api-reference": "api-reference",
+  "llm-playground": "playground",
 };
 
 function uiBase(): string {