diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.test.tsx
index cd58c51a86..25233725da 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.test.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiConfig/useUIConfig", () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/utils/cookieUtils", () => ({
-  getCookie: vi.fn(),
+  clearTokenCookies: vi.fn(),
+  getCookieFromDocument: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/utils/jwtUtils", () => ({
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ vi.mock("@/hooks/useWorker", () => ({
 }));
 
 import { useUIConfig } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiConfig/useUIConfig";
-import { getCookie } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
+import { getCookieFromDocument } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
 import { isJwtExpired } from "@/utils/jwtUtils";
 
 const createQueryClient = () =>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
     render(
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(validToken);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(validToken);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(false);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(invalidToken);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(invalidToken);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(true);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(invalidToken);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(invalidToken);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(true);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(validToken);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(validToken);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(false);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
     render(
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(true);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
       },
       isLoading: false,
     });
-    (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
+    (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
     (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(true);
 
     const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
         },
         isLoading: false,
       });
-      (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
+      (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(null);
       (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(false);
 
       const queryClient = createQueryClient();
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ describe("LoginPage", () => {
         },
         isLoading: false,
       });
-      (getCookie as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue("legitimate-session-jwt");
+      (getCookieFromDocument as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue("legitimate-session-jwt");
       (isJwtExpired as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(false);
 
       const queryClient = createQueryClient();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.tsx
index 74ee9f9de5..2db9594730 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/login/LoginPage.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useLogin } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/login/useLogin";
 import { useUIConfig } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/uiConfig/useUIConfig";
 import LoadingScreen from "@/components/common_components/LoadingScreen";
 import { exchangeLoginCode, getProxyBaseUrl, switchToWorkerUrl } from "@/components/networking";
-import { clearTokenCookies, getCookie } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
+import { clearTokenCookies, getCookieFromDocument } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
 import { isJwtExpired } from "@/utils/jwtUtils";
 import { consumeReturnUrl, getReturnUrl, isValidReturnUrl } from "@/utils/returnUrlUtils";
 import { InfoCircleOutlined, CloudServerOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function LoginPageContent() {
       return;
     }
 
-    const rawToken = getCookie("token");
+    const rawToken = getCookieFromDocument("token");
     if (rawToken && !isJwtExpired(rawToken)) {
       // User already logged in - redirect to return URL or default
       const returnUrl = consumeReturnUrl();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/cookieUtils.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/cookieUtils.ts
index da232e72e2..66eb807ed2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/cookieUtils.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/cookieUtils.ts
@@ -105,22 +105,35 @@ export function storeLoginToken(token: string) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Reads a cookie value directly from document.cookie with no fallback.
+ *
+ * Use this in flows that decide whether to redirect on the basis of "is the user
+ * still authenticated?". sessionStorage is per-origin and survives a logout
+ * triggered from a different origin (e.g. dev UI on :3000 cannot reach
+ * sessionStorage on the proxy origin :4000), which produces an infinite
+ * logout/login redirect.
+ */
+export function getCookieFromDocument(name: string) {
+  if (typeof document === "undefined") return null;
+  const row = document.cookie.split("; ").find((r) => r.startsWith(name + "="));
+  if (!row) return null;
+  const raw = row.split("=").slice(1).join("=");
+  try {
+    return decodeURIComponent(raw);
+  } catch {
+    return raw;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets a cookie value by name
  * @param name The name of the cookie to retrieve
  * @returns The cookie value or null if not found
  */
 export function getCookie(name: string) {
-  if (typeof document === "undefined") return null;
-  const row = document.cookie.split("; ").find((r) => r.startsWith(name + "="));
-  if (row) {
-    const raw = row.split("=").slice(1).join("=");
-    try {
-      return decodeURIComponent(raw);
-    } catch {
-      return raw;
-    }
-  }
+  const fromCookie = getCookieFromDocument(name);
+  if (fromCookie !== null) return fromCookie;
   // Fallback to sessionStorage — covers the case where a reverse proxy
   // added HttpOnly to the server-set cookie, making it invisible to JS.
   if (name === "token" && typeof window !== "undefined") {