diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/tag_routing.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/tag_routing.md
index 603c47fad..4b2621fa8 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/tag_routing.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/tag_routing.md
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ model_list:
       model: openai/gpt-4o
       api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
       tags: ["paid"] # 👈 Key Change
+  - model_name: gpt-4
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/gpt-4o
+      api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
+      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+      tags: ["default"] # OPTIONAL - All untagged requests will get routed to this
+  
 
 router_settings:
   enable_tag_filtering: True # 👈 Key Change
@@ -136,6 +143,46 @@ Response
 }
 ```
 
+## Setting Default Tags 
+
+Use this if you want all untagged requests to be routed to specific deployments
+
+1. Set default tag on your yaml
+```yaml
+  model_list:
+    - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+      litellm_params:
+        model: openai/fake
+        api_key: fake-key
+        api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+        tags: ["default"] # 👈 Key Change - All untagged requests will get routed to this
+      model_info:
+        id: "default-model" # used for identifying model in response headers
+```
+
+2. Start proxy
+```shell
+$ litellm --config /path/to/config.yaml
+```
+
+3. Make request with no tags
+```shell
+curl -i http://localhost:4000/v1/chat/completions \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
+  -d '{
+    "model": "fake-openai-endpoint",
+    "messages": [
+      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Claude gm!"}
+    ]
+  }'
+```
+
+Expect to see the following response header when this works
+```shell
+x-litellm-model-id: default-model
+```
+
 ## ✨ Team based tag routing (Enterprise)
 
 LiteLLM Proxy supports team-based tag routing, allowing you to associate specific tags with teams and route requests accordingly. Example **Team A can access gpt-4 deployment A, Team B can access gpt-4 deployment B** (LLM Access Control For Teams)
@@ -170,6 +217,12 @@ Here's how to set up and use team-based tag routing using curl commands:
         tags: ["teamB"] # 👈 Key Change
       model_info:
         id: "team-b-model" # used for identifying model in response headers
+    - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+      litellm_params:
+        model: openai/fake
+        api_key: fake-key
+        api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+        tags: ["default"] # OPTIONAL - All untagged requests will get routed to this
 
   router_settings:
     enable_tag_filtering: True # 👈 Key Change
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
index b407b0d7a..4b84fc269 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 model_list:
   - model_name: openai/*
     litellm_params:
-      model: gpt-3.5-turbo
+      model: openai/*
       api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
-
-litellm_settings:
-  success_callback: ["prometheus"]
-  failure_callback: ["prometheus"]
-
-guardrails:
-  - guardrail_name: "presidio-pre-guard"
+    model_info:
+      id: "good-openai"
+  - model_name: openai/*
     litellm_params:
-      guardrail: presidio  # supported values: "aporia", "lakera", "presidio"
-      mode: "pre_call"  # pre_call, during_call, post_call
-      output_parse_pii: True
+      model: openai/*
+      api_key: os.environ/non-exsitent-env-var
+      tags: ["bad-model"]
+    model_info:
+      id: "test-openai"
+
+
+
+router_settings:
+ enable_tag_filtering: True # 👈 Key Chang
 
-litellm_settings:
-  callbacks: ["prometheus"]
 
 general_settings: 
  master_key: sk-1234 
  alerting: ["slack"]
  spend_report_frequency: "1d"
 
+
+litellm_settings:
+  success_callback: ["prometheus"]
+  failure_callback: ["prometheus"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/tag_based_routing.py b/litellm/router_strategy/tag_based_routing.py
index ed350109c..78bc5e4f9 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/tag_based_routing.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/tag_based_routing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 """
-Use this to route requests between free and paid tiers
+Use this to route requests between Teams
+
+- If tags in request is a subset of tags in deployment, return deployment
+- if deployments are set with default tags, return all default deployment
+- If no default_deployments are set, return all deployments
 """
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, TypedDict, Union
@@ -25,14 +29,14 @@ async def get_deployments_for_tag(
 
     if request_kwargs is None:
         verbose_logger.debug(
-            "get_deployments_for_tier: request_kwargs is None returning healthy_deployments: %s",
+            "get_deployments_for_tag: request_kwargs is None returning healthy_deployments: %s",
             healthy_deployments,
         )
         return healthy_deployments
 
     if healthy_deployments is None:
         verbose_logger.debug(
-            "get_deployments_for_tier: healthy_deployments is None returning healthy_deployments"
+            "get_deployments_for_tag: healthy_deployments is None returning healthy_deployments"
         )
         return healthy_deployments
 
@@ -43,7 +47,9 @@ async def get_deployments_for_tag(
 
         new_healthy_deployments = []
         if request_tags:
-            verbose_logger.debug("parameter routing: router_keys: %s", request_tags)
+            verbose_logger.debug(
+                "get_deployments_for_tag routing: router_keys: %s", request_tags
+            )
             # example this can be router_keys=["free", "custom"]
             # get all deployments that have a superset of these router keys
             for deployment in healthy_deployments:
@@ -66,9 +72,26 @@ async def get_deployments_for_tag(
                         request_tags,
                     )
                     new_healthy_deployments.append(deployment)
+                elif "default" in deployment_tags:
+                    verbose_logger.debug(
+                        "adding default deployment with tags: %s, request tags: %s",
+                        deployment_tags,
+                        request_tags,
+                    )
+                    new_healthy_deployments.append(deployment)
 
             return new_healthy_deployments
 
+    # for Untagged requests use default deployments if set
+    _default_deployments_with_tags = []
+    for deployment in healthy_deployments:
+        if "default" in deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get("tags", []):
+            _default_deployments_with_tags.append(deployment)
+
+    if len(_default_deployments_with_tags) > 0:
+        return _default_deployments_with_tags
+
+    # if no default deployment is found, return healthy_deployments
     verbose_logger.debug(
         "no tier found in metadata, returning healthy_deployments: %s",
         healthy_deployments,
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_router_tag_routing.py b/litellm/tests/test_router_tag_routing.py
index 67f100d79..f71a9b762 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_router_tag_routing.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_router_tag_routing.py
@@ -91,3 +91,72 @@ async def test_router_free_paid_tier():
         print("response_extra_info: ", response_extra_info)
 
         assert response_extra_info["model_id"] == "very-expensive-model"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio()
+async def test_default_tagged_deployments():
+    """
+    - only use default deployment for untagged requests
+    - if a request has tag "default", use default deployment
+    """
+
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "gpt-4o",
+                    "api_base": "https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/",
+                    "tags": ["default"],
+                },
+                "model_info": {"id": "default-model"},
+            },
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "gpt-4o",
+                    "api_base": "https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/",
+                },
+                "model_info": {"id": "default-model-2"},
+            },
+            {
+                "model_name": "gpt-4",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+                    "api_base": "https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/",
+                    "tags": ["teamA"],
+                },
+                "model_info": {"id": "very-expensive-model"},
+            },
+        ],
+        enable_tag_filtering=True,
+    )
+
+    for _ in range(5):
+        # Untagged request, this should pick model with id == "default-model"
+        response = await router.acompletion(
+            model="gpt-4",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a joke."}],
+        )
+
+        print("Response: ", response)
+
+        response_extra_info = response._hidden_params
+        print("response_extra_info: ", response_extra_info)
+
+        assert response_extra_info["model_id"] == "default-model"
+
+    for _ in range(5):
+        # requests tagged with "default", this should pick model with id == "default-model"
+        response = await router.acompletion(
+            model="gpt-4",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a joke."}],
+            metadata={"tags": ["default"]},
+        )
+
+        print("Response: ", response)
+
+        response_extra_info = response._hidden_params
+        print("response_extra_info: ", response_extra_info)
+
+        assert response_extra_info["model_id"] == "default-model"