diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/test_disable_log_stats_routing.py b/tests/entrypoints/test_disable_log_stats_routing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9dd2da4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/test_disable_log_stats_routing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+
+from vllm_omni.config.omni_config import (
+    _NON_STAGE_ENGINE_CLI_FIELDS,
+    VllmOmniConfig,
+    _global_stage_cli_fields,
+)
+from vllm_omni.config.pipeline_registry import OMNI_PIPELINES
+from vllm_omni.config.resolver import OmniConfigResolution
+from vllm_omni.config.stage_config import PipelineConfig
+from vllm_omni.engine.async_omni_engine import AsyncOmniEngine
+from vllm_omni.entrypoints.cli.serve import run_headless
+from vllm_omni.utils.tracking_parser import TrackingNamespace
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu]
+
+
+def test_disable_log_stats_is_not_a_stage_config_field() -> None:
+    assert "disable_log_stats" in _NON_STAGE_ENGINE_CLI_FIELDS
+    assert "disable_log_stats" not in _global_stage_cli_fields()
+
+
+def test_structured_tts_config_accepts_disable_log_stats() -> None:
+    pipeline = OMNI_PIPELINES["qwen3_tts"]
+    assert isinstance(pipeline, PipelineConfig)
+
+    config = VllmOmniConfig.from_pipeline_config(
+        pipeline,
+        cli_overrides={"disable_log_stats": True},
+    )
+
+    assert len(config.stage_configs) == len(pipeline.stages)
+
+
+def test_async_engine_consumes_disable_log_stats_before_resolution(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def fake_resolve(model: str, kwargs: dict[str, Any], **unused: Any) -> OmniConfigResolution:
+        captured["model"] = model
+        captured["kwargs"] = dict(kwargs)
+        return OmniConfigResolution(
+            config_path="config.yaml",
+            stage_configs=(),
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "vllm_omni.engine.async_omni_engine.load_and_resolve_stage_configs",
+        fake_resolve,
+    )
+    engine = SimpleNamespace(_apply_strategy_lb_policy=lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+
+    config_path, stage_configs = AsyncOmniEngine._resolve_stage_configs(
+        engine,
+        "fake-model",
+        {"disable_log_stats": True},
+        trust_remote_code=False,
+    )
+
+    assert captured["model"] == "fake-model"
+    assert "disable_log_stats" not in captured["kwargs"]
+    assert config_path == "config.yaml"
+    assert stage_configs == []
+
+
+def test_headless_consumes_disable_log_stats_before_resolution(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def fake_resolve(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> OmniConfigResolution:
+        captured.update(kwargs)
+        return OmniConfigResolution(
+            config_path=None,
+            stage_configs=(SimpleNamespace(stage_id=99),),
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("vllm_omni.config.resolver.resolve_omni_config", fake_resolve)
+    namespace = argparse.Namespace(
+        model="fake-model",
+        stage_id=0,
+        omni_master_address="127.0.0.1",
+        omni_master_port=26000,
+        worker_backend="multi_process",
+        omni_replica_address=None,
+        omni_dp_size_local=1,
+        disable_log_stats=True,
+        log_stats=False,
+    )
+    args = TrackingNamespace(
+        unfiltered_ns=namespace,
+        explicit_keys=frozenset({"disable_log_stats"}),
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No stage config found"):
+        run_headless(args)
+
+    assert "disable_log_stats" not in captured["cli_overrides"]
diff --git a/vllm_omni/config/omni_config.py b/vllm_omni/config/omni_config.py
index 1a1c0c3ae..e6825bd17 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/config/omni_config.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/config/omni_config.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ _PIPELINE_DEPLOY_CLI_FIELDS = PIPELINE_WIDE_ENGINE_FIELDS
 _NON_STAGE_ENGINE_CLI_FIELDS = frozenset(
     {
         "async_chunk",
+        "disable_log_stats",
         "model",
         "omni",
         "output_modalities",
diff --git a/vllm_omni/engine/async_omni_engine.py b/vllm_omni/engine/async_omni_engine.py
index 4f1a5beb5..4c34f5898 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/engine/async_omni_engine.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/engine/async_omni_engine.py
@@ -1025,6 +1025,9 @@ class AsyncOmniEngine:
             if legacy_arg in kwargs:
                 raise ValueError(f"`{legacy_arg}` is no longer supported; use `deploy_config` instead.")
 
+        # log_stats is captured by __init__; its CLI-only negative alias must
+        # not cross into per-stage structured config ownership validation.
+        kwargs.pop("disable_log_stats", None)
         deploy_config_path = kwargs.pop("deploy_config", None)
         strategy_config_path = kwargs.pop("strategy_config", None)
         # CLI callers arrive pre-parsed; offline Python callers may use the
diff --git a/vllm_omni/entrypoints/cli/serve.py b/vllm_omni/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
index 25f25d23c..78b212f98 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
@@ -993,6 +993,9 @@ def run_headless(args: TrackingNamespace) -> None:
 
     # Filter down to a dict of things explicitly requested by the user
     args_dict = args.get_explicit_kwargs_dict()
+    # This CLI-only negative alias is consumed below when selecting the
+    # launcher log_stats value; it is not a per-stage config override.
+    args_dict.pop("disable_log_stats", None)
 
     deploy_config_path = args_dict.pop("deploy_config", None)
     strategy_config_path = args_dict.pop("strategy_config", None)