diff --git a/src/sse/handlers/chat.ts b/src/sse/handlers/chat.ts
index 941d9f5290..778f6b2883 100644
--- a/src/sse/handlers/chat.ts
+++ b/src/sse/handlers/chat.ts
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ async function handleSingleModelChat(
         getTargetFormat(provider, credentials.providerSpecificData) ||
         targetFormat;
 
-      // 5. Log proxy + translation events
-      safeLogEvents({
+      // 5. Log proxy + translation events (fire-and-forget; never blocks the response)
+      void safeLogEvents({
         result,
         proxyInfo,
         proxyLatency,
diff --git a/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts b/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
index 3c4756d7ce..678a387de6 100644
--- a/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/sse/handlers/chatHelpers.ts
@@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ export async function safeResolveProxy(connectionId: string, apiKeyId?: string)
   }
 }
 
-export function safeLogEvents({
+// Async because the egress-IP lookup lazy-imports proxyEgress; callers treat
+// this as fire-and-forget logging (the internal try/catch swallows everything).
+export async function safeLogEvents({
   result,
   proxyInfo,
   proxyLatency,