diff --git a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
index 7d8f6d4fe..54d9286c9 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ model_list:
       model: openai/fake
       api_key: fake-key
       api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+      tags: ["teamA"]
+    model_info:
+      id: "teama"
+  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/fake
+      api_key: fake-key
+      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+      tags: ["teamB"]
+    model_info:
+      id: "teamb"
   - model_name: rerank-english-v3.0
     litellm_params:
       model: cohere/rerank-english-v3.0
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
index 5f9f99d57..1afac20cd 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 model_list:
-  - model_name: gpt-4
+  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
     litellm_params:
       model: openai/fake
       api_key: fake-key
       api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
-      tags: ["teamA"] # 👈 Key Change
-  - model_name: gpt-4
+      tags: ["teamA"]
+    model_info:
+      id: "teama"
+  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
     litellm_params:
-      model: openai/gpt-4o
-      api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
-      tags: ["teamB"] # 👈 Key Change
+      model: openai/fake
+      api_key: fake-key
+      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+      tags: ["teamB"]
+    model_info:
+      id: "teamb"
+    
 
 router_settings:
   enable_tag_filtering: True # 👈 Key Change
diff --git a/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py b/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
index 56bf361a8..390e7dce6 100644
--- a/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
+++ b/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
@@ -119,3 +119,14 @@ async def test_team_tag_routing():
             print(response_b)
             print(headers)
             assert headers["x-litellm-model-id"] == "teamb", "Model ID should be teamB"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio()
+async def test_chat_completion_with_no_tags():
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        key = LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
+        response, headers = await chat_completion(session, key)
+        headers = dict(headers)
+        print(response)
+        print(headers)
+        assert response is not None