diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 651997321a3..5e8f4246cef 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from litellm._logging import (
     turn_on_json,
     log_level,
 )
+from litellm._logging import suppress_startup_output as suppress_startup_output
 import re
 from litellm.constants import (
     DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE,
diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 8974f85f517..5279cb233b4 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping
 from datetime import datetime
 from logging import Formatter
+from types import FrameType
 from typing import Final, TextIO
 from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter
+from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict
 
 import litellm
 from litellm.constants import (
@@ -598,6 +600,7 @@ _LOG_FORMAT_PREFIX: Final = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s:%(levelname)s"
 _LOG_FORMAT_SUFFIX: Final = ": %(filename)s:%(lineno)s - %(message)s"
 _PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT: Final = _LOG_FORMAT_PREFIX + _LOG_FORMAT_SUFFIX
 _COLOR_LOG_FORMAT: Final = f"\033[92m{_LOG_FORMAT_PREFIX}\033[0m{_LOG_FORMAT_SUFFIX}"
+_ANSI_ESCAPE: Final = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*m")
 
 
 def _stream_is_tty(stream: TextIO | None) -> bool:
@@ -612,15 +615,28 @@ def _stream_is_tty(stream: TextIO | None) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-def _plain_log_format(stdout: TextIO | None, stderr: TextIO | None) -> str:
-    """The plain-text log format, colorized only when both streams are an interactive terminal.
+def _color_enabled(stream: TextIO | None) -> bool:
+    """True when ANSI colors written to the stream reach an interactive terminal.
 
     Honors the NO_COLOR convention from no-color.org: color is disabled when
     NO_COLOR is present with a non-empty value.
     """
-    if os.environ.get("NO_COLOR"):
-        return _PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT
-    return _COLOR_LOG_FORMAT if _stream_is_tty(stdout) and _stream_is_tty(stderr) else _PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT
+    return not os.environ.get("NO_COLOR") and _stream_is_tty(stream)
+
+
+def _terminal_colors(stdout: TextIO | None, stderr: TextIO | None) -> bool:
+    """True when both streams are an interactive color terminal, the one rule for log lines and startup prints."""
+    return _color_enabled(stdout) and _color_enabled(stderr)
+
+
+def terminal_text(message: str) -> str:
+    """The message with its ANSI colors kept only on a color terminal, by the rule the plain log format uses."""
+    return message if _terminal_colors(sys.stdout, sys.stderr) else _ANSI_ESCAPE.sub("", message)
+
+
+def _plain_log_format(stdout: TextIO | None, stderr: TextIO | None) -> str:
+    """The plain-text log format, colorized only when both streams are an interactive terminal."""
+    return _COLOR_LOG_FORMAT if _terminal_colors(stdout, stderr) else _PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT
 
 
 class LevelRoutingStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
@@ -642,8 +658,8 @@ class LevelRoutingStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
         super().emit(record)
 
 
-def _parse_json_logs_env(value: str | None) -> bool:
-    """Strict opt-in parse for the JSON_LOGS env var: only "true" (any case) enables JSON logs.
+def _parse_env_flag(value: str | None) -> bool:
+    """Strict opt-in parse for a boolean env var such as JSON_LOGS: only "true" (any case) enables it.
 
     Matches the reader in litellm-proxy-extras/_logging.py. The previous
     bool(os.getenv(...)) treated any non-empty value, including "false" and "0",
@@ -656,7 +672,18 @@ def resolve_log_level(log_level: str) -> int:
     return getattr(logging, log_level.upper())
 
 
-json_logs: Final = _parse_json_logs_env(os.getenv("JSON_LOGS"))
+json_logs: Final = _parse_env_flag(os.getenv("JSON_LOGS"))
+suppress_startup_output: Final = _parse_env_flag(os.getenv("LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT"))
+
+
+class StartupOutputSettings(TypedDict, total=False):
+    json_logs: ReadOnly[object]
+    suppress_startup_output: ReadOnly[object]
+
+
+STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS: Final = TypeAdapter(StartupOutputSettings)
+
+
 # Create a handler for the logger (you may need to adapt this based on your needs)
 log_level: Final = os.getenv("LITELLM_LOG", "DEBUG")
 numeric_level: Final[int] = resolve_log_level(log_level)
@@ -743,7 +770,7 @@ class JsonFormatter(Formatter):
         return dt.isoformat()
 
     def format(self, record):
-        message_str: Final = record.getMessage()
+        message_str: Final = _ANSI_ESCAPE.sub("", record.getMessage())
         json_record: Final[dict[str, object]] = {
             "message": message_str,
             "level": record.levelname,
@@ -799,12 +826,14 @@ class CorrelationPlainFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     """Appends trace_id/session_id to plain-text log lines stamped by CorrelationContextFilter.
 
     Mirrors JsonFormatter's handling of these two fields so request_correlation_in_logs
-    behaves the same whether or not json_logs is enabled.
+    behaves the same whether or not json_logs is enabled. Unless it was built with the color format,
+    it also drops the ANSI color codes a message carries, which a piped log would store as text.
     """
 
     def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
         rendered: Final = super().format(record)
-        formatted: Final = rendered if _is_redacted(record) else redact_string(rendered)
+        uncolored: Final = rendered if self._fmt == _COLOR_LOG_FORMAT else _ANSI_ESCAPE.sub("", rendered)
+        formatted: Final = uncolored if _is_redacted(record) else redact_string(uncolored)
         trace_id: Final = getattr(record, "trace_id", None)
         session_id: Final = getattr(record, "session_id", None)
         if not trace_id and not session_id:
@@ -898,29 +927,46 @@ verbose_proxy_logger.addFilter(_diagnostic_filter)
 verbose_proxy_stdout_logger.addFilter(_diagnostic_filter)
 verbose_logger.addFilter(_diagnostic_filter)
 
-_ANSI_ESCAPE: Final = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*m")
-
 
 def print_startup_message(message: str) -> None:
     """Write a boot-time message meant for the operator's terminal.
 
-    Plain mode prints it unchanged, colors and spacing included. With JSON logs on, every line of
-    stdout is read by a log pipeline, so the message goes out as one INFO record of the proxy logger
-    instead, on stdout like the print whatever handlers the logging config gave that logger, with the
-    ANSI color codes and surrounding blank lines removed, located at the caller and emitted at any log
-    level, whole and unredacted as the print showed it; a blank spacer produces no record.
+    LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT or litellm_settings.suppress_startup_output turns every one of them
+    off; a warning goes through print_startup_warning instead. Plain mode prints it with its spacing,
+    keeping the ANSI colors only on a color terminal by the same check as the plain log format, so a
+    container log never stores escape codes.
+    With JSON logs on, every line of stdout is read by a log pipeline, so the message goes out as one
+    INFO record of the proxy logger instead, on stdout like the print whatever handlers the logging
+    config gave that logger, with the ANSI color codes and surrounding blank lines removed, located at
+    the caller and emitted at any log level, whole and unredacted as the print showed it; a blank
+    spacer produces no record.
     """
+    if litellm.suppress_startup_output is True:
+        return
+    frame: Final = inspect.currentframe()
+    _write_startup_message(message, frame.f_back if frame is not None else None, logging.INFO)
+
+
+def print_startup_warning(message: str) -> None:
+    """Write a boot-time warning as print_startup_message writes a message, even with suppress_startup_output
+    on, since it names something the operator has to fix. With JSON logs on it is a WARNING record, on
+    stdout where the print put it, so a collector that filters on the level field keeps it."""
+    frame: Final = inspect.currentframe()
+    _write_startup_message(message, frame.f_back if frame is not None else None, logging.WARNING)
+
+
+def _write_startup_message(message: str, caller: FrameType | None, level: int) -> None:
     if not litellm.json_logs:
-        print(message)  # noqa: T201  # plain mode: this is the operator-terminal print it replaces
+        import click
+
+        click.echo(terminal_text(message))
         return
     text: Final = _ANSI_ESCAPE.sub("", message).strip("\n")
     if not text:
         return
-    frame: Final = inspect.currentframe()
-    caller: Final = frame.f_back if frame is not None else None
     record: Final = verbose_proxy_logger.makeRecord(
         verbose_proxy_logger.name,
-        logging.INFO,
+        level,
         caller.f_code.co_filename if caller is not None else __file__,
         caller.f_lineno if caller is not None else 0,
         text,
@@ -934,8 +980,8 @@ def print_startup_message(message: str) -> None:
 
 
 def _startup_json_handler() -> logging.Handler:
-    """The proxy's JSON handler on stdout, filters included, for one startup message."""
-    handler: Final = LevelRoutingStreamHandler()
+    """The proxy's JSON handler on stdout, filters included, for one startup message or warning."""
+    handler: Final = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
     handler.setFormatter(JsonFormatter())
     handler.addFilter(_secret_filter)
     handler.addFilter(_correlation_filter)
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index bc8344fa686..d15956c0e95 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -1173,8 +1173,8 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
         # Build label filters from valid configurations
         label_filters: Final = self._build_label_filters(parsed_configs)
 
-        # Pretty print the processed configuration
-        self._pretty_print_prometheus_config(label_filters)
+        if litellm.suppress_startup_output is not True:
+            self._pretty_print_prometheus_config(label_filters)
         return label_filters
 
     def _parse_exclude_config(self) -> tuple[frozenset[str], frozenset[str]]:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py b/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
index 83cc4501466..d126f112f90 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 from typing import Final
 
-from litellm._logging import print_startup_message, verbose_logger
+from litellm._logging import print_startup_message, print_startup_warning, verbose_logger
 
 
 def extract_sql_commands(diff_output: str) -> list[str]:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def check_prisma_schema_diff_helper(db_url: str) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
             run_prisma,
         )
     except ImportError as e:
-        print_startup_message(
+        print_startup_warning(
             f"Skipping the migration diff: litellm-proxy-extras has no Prisma runner. Error: {e}",
         )
         return False, []
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ def check_prisma_schema_diff_helper(db_url: str) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
         else:
             return False, []
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-        print_startup_message(
+        print_startup_warning(
             f"Timed out after {timeout}s generating the migration diff. "
             f"Raise {PRISMA_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_ENV_VAR} if this database needs longer.",
         )
         return False, []
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         error_message: Final = f"Failed to generate migration diff. Error: {e.stderr}"
-        print_startup_message(error_message)
+        print_startup_warning(error_message)
         return False, []
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/policy_engine/init_policies.py b/litellm/proxy/policy_engine/init_policies.py
index 59d15b0ba0a..2d0e9d25368 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/policy_engine/init_policies.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/policy_engine/init_policies.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from itertools import chain
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, Optional
 
-from litellm._logging import print_startup_message, verbose_proxy_logger
+from litellm._logging import print_startup_message, print_startup_warning, verbose_proxy_logger
 from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.attachment_registry import get_attachment_registry
 from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_registry import get_policy_registry
 from litellm.proxy.policy_engine.policy_validator import PolicyValidator
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def _print_policies_on_startup(
         )
     else:
         print_startup_message("\n".join((header, *policy_lines)))
-        print_startup_message(
+        print_startup_warning(
             f"\n{_yellow_color_code}Warning: No policy_attachments configured. Policies will not be applied to any requests.{_reset_color_code}\n",
         )
     sys.stdout.flush()
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 909f6de40cd..0d8ab98a0b1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ import sys
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated, Any, Final
 
 import click
 import httpx
 from click.core import ParameterSource
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from pydantic import ConfigDict
+from pydantic import BeforeValidator, ConfigDict, TypeAdapter
+from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict
 
 import litellm
-from litellm._logging import print_startup_message
+from litellm._logging import StartupOutputSettings, print_startup_message, print_startup_warning, terminal_text
 from litellm.constants import DEFAULT_NUM_WORKERS_LITELLM_PROXY
 from litellm.proxy.db.pgbouncer import (
     PgBouncerError,
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def deprecated_v2_flag_passed_on_cli() -> bool:
 
 
 def _print_enforce_prisma_migration_check_notice() -> None:
-    print_startup_message(
+    print_startup_warning(
         "\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --enforce_prisma_migration_check is "
         "deprecated and has no effect, because the proxy always exits "
         "when database setup fails at startup. You can safely remove it.\033[0m",
@@ -227,6 +228,36 @@ def _print_or_hold_enforce_prisma_migration_check_notice(
     return print_once
 
 
+def _empty_as_none(value: object) -> object:
+    return value or None
+
+
+class _ConfigStartupOutputSettings(TypedDict, total=False):
+    litellm_settings: ReadOnly[Annotated[StartupOutputSettings | None, BeforeValidator(_empty_as_none)]]
+
+
+_CONFIG_STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS: Final = TypeAdapter(_ConfigStartupOutputSettings)
+
+
+def _apply_config_suppress_startup_output(litellm_settings: StartupOutputSettings | None) -> None:
+    if litellm_settings is None or litellm_settings.get("suppress_startup_output") is not True:
+        return
+    litellm.suppress_startup_output = True
+    os.environ["LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT"] = "true"
+
+
+def _apply_config_logging_settings(litellm_settings: StartupOutputSettings | None) -> None:
+    """Turn on the config's json_logs and suppress_startup_output before any worker starts. Workers that
+    uvicorn or granian spawn import litellm afresh and read both from the env at import, so they log JSON
+    and stay quiet from their first line instead of from when load_config reaches the key."""
+    _apply_config_suppress_startup_output(litellm_settings)
+    if litellm_settings is None or litellm_settings.get("json_logs") is not True:
+        return
+    litellm.json_logs = True
+    os.environ["JSON_LOGS"] = "true"
+    litellm.turn_on_json()
+
+
 class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
     @staticmethod
     def echo_litellm_version():
@@ -373,7 +404,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
             if "timeout_worker_healthcheck" in inspect.signature(uvicorn.Config.__init__).parameters:
                 uvicorn_args["timeout_worker_healthcheck"] = timeout_worker_healthcheck
             else:
-                print_startup_message(
+                print_startup_warning(
                     f"\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --timeout_worker_healthcheck "
                     f"requires uvicorn>=0.37.0, but installed uvicorn=={uvicorn.__version__}. "
                     f"Ignoring the flag.\033[0m",
@@ -396,7 +427,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
         import uvicorn
 
         if max_requests_before_restart is None:
-            print_startup_message(
+            print_startup_warning(
                 "\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --max_requests_before_restart_jitter "
                 "has no effect without --max_requests_before_restart\033[0m\n",
             )
@@ -404,7 +435,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
         if "limit_max_requests_jitter" in inspect.signature(uvicorn.Config.__init__).parameters:
             uvicorn_args["limit_max_requests_jitter"] = jitter
         else:
-            print_startup_message(
+            print_startup_warning(
                 f"\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --max_requests_before_restart_jitter "
                 f"requires uvicorn>=0.41.0, but installed uvicorn=={uvicorn.__version__}. "
                 f"Ignoring the flag.\033[0m",
@@ -571,12 +602,12 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
 
         print_startup_message(f"\033[1;32mLiteLLM Proxy: Starting server on {host}:{port} using Granian\033[0m\n")
         if max_requests_before_restart is not None:
-            print_startup_message(
+            print_startup_warning(
                 "\033[1;33mLiteLLM: --max_requests_before_restart is not supported by Granian "
                 "(Granian uses workers_lifetime in seconds, not a per-request limit).\033[0m\n",
             )
         if ciphers is not None:
-            print_startup_message("\033[1;33mLiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian.\033[0m\n")
+            print_startup_warning("\033[1;33mLiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian.\033[0m\n")
 
         kwargs: Final[dict[str, object]] = {
             "target": "litellm.proxy.proxy_server:app",
@@ -698,7 +729,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
             gunicorn_options["max_requests"] = max_requests_before_restart
         if max_requests_before_restart_jitter is not None:
             if max_requests_before_restart is None:
-                print_startup_message(
+                print_startup_warning(
                     "\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --max_requests_before_restart_jitter "
                     "has no effect without --max_requests_before_restart\033[0m\n",
                 )
@@ -739,7 +770,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
             with open(os.devnull, "w") as devnull:
                 subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
         except Exception as e:
-            print_startup_message(f"""
+            print_startup_warning(f"""
                 LiteLLM Warning: proxy started with `ollama` model\n`ollama serve` failed with Exception{e}. \nEnsure you run `ollama serve`
             """)
 
@@ -1325,6 +1356,19 @@ def run_server(
                 os.environ[k] = v
 
         litellm_settings = None
+        env_config_file: Final = os.environ.get("CONFIG_FILE_PATH")
+        if (
+            env_config_file
+            and os.environ.get("LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME") is None
+            and ProxyConfig().is_yaml(config_file_path=env_config_file)
+        ):
+            import asyncio
+
+            _apply_config_suppress_startup_output(
+                _CONFIG_STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS.validate_python(
+                    asyncio.run(ProxyConfig().read_config_file(config_file_path=env_config_file))
+                ).get("litellm_settings")
+            )
         if config is not None:
             """
             Allow user to pass in db url via config
@@ -1342,17 +1386,9 @@ def run_server(
 
             ### LITELLM SETTINGS ###
             litellm_settings = _config.get("litellm_settings", None)
-            if (
-                litellm_settings is not None
-                and "json_logs" in litellm_settings
-                and litellm_settings["json_logs"] is True
-            ):
-                import litellm
-
-                litellm.json_logs = True
-                os.environ["JSON_LOGS"] = "true"
-
-                litellm.turn_on_json()
+            _apply_config_logging_settings(
+                _CONFIG_STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS.validate_python(_config).get("litellm_settings")
+            )
             if held_prisma_notice is not None:
                 held_prisma_notice()
             ### GENERAL SETTINGS ###
@@ -1450,7 +1486,9 @@ def run_server(
                 _bad_scheme = unsupported_db_scheme(_candidate_url)
                 if _bad_scheme is not None:
                     print(
-                        f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: {unsupported_db_scheme_message(_db_env, _bad_scheme)}\033[0m",
+                        terminal_text(
+                            f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: {unsupported_db_scheme_message(_db_env, _bad_scheme)}\033[0m"
+                        ),
                         file=sys.stderr,
                         flush=True,
                     )
@@ -1553,7 +1591,7 @@ def run_server(
                         env_value=os.getenv("USE_V2_MIGRATION_RESOLVER"),
                     )
                     if deprecated_v2_flag_passed_on_cli() and use_v2_resolver:
-                        print_startup_message(
+                        print_startup_warning(
                             "\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: --use_v2_migration_resolver is "
                             "deprecated and has no effect, because the v2 migration "
                             "resolver is now the default. You can safely remove it. To "
@@ -1561,7 +1599,7 @@ def run_server(
                             "--use_legacy_migration_resolver.\033[0m",
                         )
                     if not use_v2_resolver:
-                        print_startup_message(
+                        print_startup_warning(
                             "\033[1;33mLiteLLM Proxy: Using the legacy (v1) migration "
                             "resolver. It performs the diff-and-force recovery that can "
                             "cause schema thrashing during rolling deploys where two "
@@ -1583,22 +1621,26 @@ def run_server(
                         # issues, and any `prisma db push` against a
                         # partitioned LiteLLM_SpendLogs.
                         print(
-                            f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: Database migration cannot proceed. {e}\033[0m",
+                            terminal_text(f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: Database migration cannot proceed. {e}\033[0m"),
                             file=sys.stderr,
                             flush=True,
                         )
                         sys.exit(2)
                     if not setup_ok:
                         print(
-                            "\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: Database setup failed after multiple retries. "
-                            "The proxy cannot start safely. Please check your database connection and migration status.\033[0m"
+                            terminal_text(
+                                "\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: Database setup failed after multiple retries. "
+                                "The proxy cannot start safely. Please check your database connection and migration status.\033[0m"
+                            )
                         )
                         sys.exit(1)
             else:
                 print(
-                    "\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: a database URL is set but the prisma CLI is neither on PATH nor importable "
-                    "as a package, so the database cannot be set up. Install it with `pip install 'litellm[extra_proxy]'` "
-                    "or run a shipped LiteLLM image.\033[0m"
+                    terminal_text(
+                        "\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: a database URL is set but the prisma CLI is neither on PATH nor importable "
+                        "as a package, so the database cannot be set up. Install it with `pip install 'litellm[extra_proxy]'` "
+                        "or run a shipped LiteLLM image.\033[0m"
+                    )
                 )
                 sys.exit(1)
         pgbouncer_settings: Final = PgBouncerSettings()
@@ -1609,8 +1651,10 @@ def run_server(
             )
             if isinstance(pooled_database_url, PgBouncerError):
                 print(
-                    f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_ENABLED is set but the in-container pgbouncer "
-                    f"could not start: {pooled_database_url.reason}\033[0m",
+                    terminal_text(
+                        f"\033[1;31mLiteLLM Proxy: LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_ENABLED is set but the in-container pgbouncer "
+                        f"could not start: {pooled_database_url.reason}\033[0m"
+                    ),
                     file=sys.stderr,
                     flush=True,
                 )
@@ -1675,7 +1719,7 @@ def run_server(
                 run_gunicorn=run_gunicorn is True,
             )
             if single_worker_warning is not None:
-                print_startup_message(f"\033[1;33m{single_worker_warning}\033[0m\n")
+                print_startup_warning(f"\033[1;33m{single_worker_warning}\033[0m\n")
         if run_gunicorn is False and run_hypercorn is False and run_granian is False:
             if limit_concurrency is not None:
                 uvicorn_args["limit_concurrency"] = limit_concurrency
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 5e37ff1ba65..5d034a72934 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ import litellm._redis
 from litellm import Router
 from litellm._internal_context import service_target, with_service_target
 from litellm._logging import (
+    STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS,
     print_startup_message,
     redact_string,
     verbose_proxy_logger,
@@ -5805,6 +5806,12 @@ class ProxyConfig:
         # verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"loaded config={json.dumps(config, indent=4)}")
         return config
 
+    async def read_config_file(self, config_file_path: str) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+        """The config file with its includes merged, without the bucket, database and secret steps of get_config."""
+        return await self._process_includes(
+            config=self._load_yaml_file(config_file_path), config_file_path=os.path.abspath(config_file_path)
+        )
+
     async def _process_includes(self, config: dict, config_file_path: str) -> dict:
         """
         Process includes by appending their contents to the main config
@@ -6429,13 +6436,8 @@ class ProxyConfig:
 
         search_tools_parsed: Final[list[SearchToolTypedDict]] = []
 
-        print_startup_message("\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:\033[0m")
-
         for search_tool in search_tools_raw:
-            # Display loaded search tool
             search_tool_name = search_tool.get("search_tool_name", "")
-            search_provider = search_tool.get("litellm_params", {}).get("search_provider", "")
-            print_startup_message(f"\033[32m    {search_tool_name} ({search_provider})\033[0m")
 
             # Handle os.environ/ variables in litellm_params
             litellm_params = search_tool.get("litellm_params", {})
@@ -6605,13 +6607,15 @@ class ProxyConfig:
             from litellm.types.integrations.prometheus import validate_caller_identity_settings
 
             validate_caller_identity_settings(litellm_settings)
+            if STARTUP_OUTPUT_SETTINGS.validate_python(litellm_settings).get("suppress_startup_output") is True:
+                litellm.suppress_startup_output = True
 
             # ANSI escape code for blue text
             blue_color_code: Final = "\033[94m"
             reset_color_code: Final = "\033[0m"
             for key, value in litellm_settings.items():
                 if key == "cache" and value is True:
-                    print_startup_message(f"{blue_color_code}\nSetting Cache on Proxy{reset_color_code}")
+                    print_startup_message(f"\n{blue_color_code}Setting Cache on Proxy{reset_color_code}")
                     from litellm.caching.caching import Cache
 
                     cache_params = {}
@@ -6926,6 +6930,8 @@ class ProxyConfig:
                     setattr(litellm, key, value)
                 elif key == "drop_params":
                     litellm.drop_params = drop_params_flag(value, "litellm_settings.drop_params", verbose_proxy_logger)
+                elif key == "suppress_startup_output":
+                    continue
                 else:
                     verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                         "%s setting litellm.%s=%s%s",
@@ -7281,6 +7287,13 @@ class ProxyConfig:
 
         ## SEARCH TOOLS SETTINGS
         search_tools: Final[list[SearchToolTypedDict] | None] = self.parse_search_tools(config)
+        if search_tools:
+            print_startup_message("\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:\033[0m")
+            for tool in search_tools:
+                print_startup_message(
+                    f"\033[32m    {tool.get('search_tool_name', '')} "
+                    f"({tool.get('litellm_params', {}).get('search_provider', '')})\033[0m"
+                )
 
         ## SANDBOX TOOLS SETTINGS
         from litellm.sandbox.sandbox_tools import register_sandbox_tools
@@ -9683,12 +9696,9 @@ async def initialize(
         master_key, \
         user_custom_auth, \
         prisma_client
-    from litellm.proxy.common_utils.banner import LITELLM_BANNER, show_banner
+    from litellm.proxy.common_utils.banner import LITELLM_BANNER
 
-    if litellm.json_logs:
-        print_startup_message(LITELLM_BANNER)
-    else:
-        show_banner()
+    print_startup_message(f"\n{LITELLM_BANNER}\n")
     if os.getenv("LITELLM_DONT_SHOW_FEEDBACK_BOX", "").lower() != "true":
         generate_feedback_box()
     user_model = model
diff --git a/tests/integration/configuration/test_startup_output.py b/tests/integration/configuration/test_startup_output.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe9a5031778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/configuration/test_startup_output.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+from pydantic import JsonValue
+
+from tests.integration._support.client import Gateway, eventually
+from tests.integration._support.process import owned_proxy_process
+
+STARTED_WORKER: Final = "Started server process"
+RELOAD_LINE: Final = "search tool(s) into router"
+RELOADS_PER_WORKER: Final = 3
+RELOAD_WAIT_SECONDS: Final = 60
+SEARCH_TOOLS_HEADER: Final = "Proxy initialized with Search Tools:"
+STARTUP_MESSAGES: Final = (
+    "██╗",
+    "Give Feedback / Get Help",
+    "Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:",
+    "Setting Cache on Proxy",
+    SEARCH_TOOLS_HEADER,
+    "Postgres connection budget",
+)
+ANSI_ESCAPE: Final = "\x1b["
+WORKER_COUNTS: Final = (1, 2)
+CACHE_SETTINGS: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = {"cache": True, "cache_params": {"type": "redis"}}
+
+
+def _lines_with(log: str, text: str) -> int:
+    return sum(text in line for line in log.splitlines())
+
+
+def _write_config(
+    directory: Path, upstream_url: str, model: str, search_tool: str, litellm_settings: Mapping[str, JsonValue]
+) -> Path:
+    config: Final = directory / f"startup_output_{uuid.uuid4().hex}.yaml"
+    config.write_text(
+        yaml.safe_dump(
+            {
+                "model_list": [
+                    {
+                        "model_name": model,
+                        "litellm_params": {
+                            "model": f"openai/{model}",
+                            "api_base": f"{upstream_url}/v1",
+                            "api_key": "integration-provider-key",
+                        },
+                    }
+                ],
+                "search_tools": [
+                    {
+                        "search_tool_name": search_tool,
+                        "litellm_params": {"search_provider": "tavily", "api_key": "integration-search-key"},
+                    }
+                ],
+                "litellm_settings": dict(litellm_settings),
+                "general_settings": {
+                    "master_key": "os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY",
+                    "database_url": "os.environ/DATABASE_URL",
+                    "proxy_config_reload_interval_seconds": 1,
+                },
+            },
+            sort_keys=False,
+        )
+    )
+    return config
+
+
+def _boot_reload_and_stop(
+    gateway: Gateway,
+    directory: Path,
+    litellm_settings: Mapping[str, JsonValue],
+    overrides: Mapping[str, str],
+    workers: int,
+) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    stamp: Final = uuid.uuid4().hex
+    model: Final = f"startup-output-{stamp}"
+    search_tool: Final = f"startup-output-search-{stamp}"
+    config: Final = _write_config(directory, gateway.upstream_url, model, search_tool, litellm_settings)
+    with owned_proxy_process(
+        gateway,
+        directory,
+        {"LITELLM_LOG": "INFO", **overrides},
+        config=config,
+        workers=workers,
+    ) as owned:
+        reply: Final = owned.gateway.chat(model, text=f"startup output {stamp}")
+        assert reply["model"] == model, reply
+        reloads: Final = eventually(
+            lambda: _lines_with(owned.log.read_text(), RELOAD_LINE),
+            lambda count: count >= RELOADS_PER_WORKER * workers,
+            seconds=RELOAD_WAIT_SECONDS,
+            return_last_on_timeout=True,
+        )
+        assert reloads >= RELOADS_PER_WORKER * workers, reloads
+        log: Final = owned.log
+    return log.read_text(), search_tool
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("workers", WORKER_COUNTS)
+def test_startup_messages_reach_a_piped_stdout_once_and_without_color_codes(
+    gateway: Gateway, tmp_path: Path, workers: int
+) -> None:
+    log, search_tool = _boot_reload_and_stop(gateway, tmp_path, CACHE_SETTINGS, {}, workers)
+
+    for message in STARTUP_MESSAGES:
+        assert message in log, (message, log)
+    assert _lines_with(log, SEARCH_TOOLS_HEADER) == workers, log
+    assert _lines_with(log, f"{search_tool} (tavily)") == workers, log
+    colored: Final = tuple(line for line in log.splitlines() if ANSI_ESCAPE in line)
+    assert colored == (), "lines with ANSI color codes on a piped stdout:\n" + "\n".join(colored)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("litellm_settings", "overrides"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(CACHE_SETTINGS, {"LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT": "true"}, id="env-plain"),
+        pytest.param({**CACHE_SETTINGS, "json_logs": True, "suppress_startup_output": True}, {}, id="config-json"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_suppress_startup_output_leaves_out_every_startup_message(
+    gateway: Gateway, tmp_path: Path, litellm_settings: Mapping[str, JsonValue], overrides: Mapping[str, str]
+) -> None:
+    workers: Final = 2
+    log, search_tool = _boot_reload_and_stop(gateway, tmp_path, litellm_settings, overrides, workers)
+
+    assert _lines_with(log, STARTED_WORKER) == workers, log
+    printed: Final = tuple(message for message in (*STARTUP_MESSAGES, search_tool) if message in log)
+    assert printed == (), (printed, log)
diff --git a/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py b/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
index 987cfa03a5e..fc4a729ec98 100644
--- a/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
+++ b/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
@@ -217,6 +217,26 @@ def test_future_metrics_with_end_user_are_filtered():
         litellm.enable_end_user_cost_tracking_prometheus_only = original_setting
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("suppressed", [False, True])
+def test_prometheus_config_panel_obeys_suppress_startup_output(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], suppressed: bool
+):
+    """The processed-config panel is a startup print like the banner, so suppress_startup_output turns it off
+    while the label filters still load."""
+    clear_prometheus_registry()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", suppressed)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        litellm,
+        "prometheus_metrics_config",
+        [{"group": "service_metrics", "metrics": ["litellm_deployment_total_requests"], "include_labels": ["team"]}],
+    )
+
+    label_filters = PrometheusLogger()._parse_prometheus_config()
+
+    assert label_filters["litellm_deployment_total_requests"] == ["team"]
+    assert ("Prometheus Configuration Processed" in capfd.readouterr().out) is not suppressed
+
+
 def test_prometheus_config_parsing():
     """Test that prometheus metrics configuration is parsed correctly"""
     # Clear registry before test
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
index b5685676941..3cc3d8c6713 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_a_skipped_migration_diff_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None:
     """
-    With json_logs on, the notice that the migration diff was skipped is one INFO record on stdout,
+    With json_logs on, the notice that the migration diff was skipped is one WARNING record on stdout,
     also while the loggers sit at WARNING, as they do at boot without LITELLM_LOG.
     """
     from litellm.proxy.db.check_migration import check_prisma_schema_diff_helper
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_a_skipped_migration_diff_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
     assert len(lines) == 1, lines
     record: Final = json.loads(lines[0])
     assert (record["level"], record["message"]) == (
-        "INFO",
+        "WARNING",
         "Skipping the migration diff: litellm-proxy-extras has no Prisma runner. "
         "Error: import of litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain halted; None in sys.modules",
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/policy_engine/test_init_policies.py b/tests/unit/proxy/policy_engine/test_init_policies.py
index b9b5f278252..ce0c48096d0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/policy_engine/test_init_policies.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/policy_engine/test_init_policies.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """The policy table printed at boot keeps its terminal form in plain mode and is JSON when json_logs is on."""
 
 import json
+import re
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from io import StringIO
 from typing import Final
 
 import pytest
@@ -40,6 +42,15 @@ NO_ATTACHMENTS_WARNING: Final = (
 )
 
 
+class _Stream(StringIO):
+    def __init__(self, terminal: bool) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._terminal = terminal
+
+    def isatty(self) -> bool:
+        return self._terminal
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("attachments", "expected"),
     [
@@ -53,18 +64,24 @@ NO_ATTACHMENTS_WARNING: Final = (
     ],
     ids=["with-attachments", "without-attachments"],
 )
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("terminal", [True, False], ids=["terminal", "piped"])
 def test_policy_table_prints_unchanged_in_plain_mode(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
-    capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
     attachments: Sequence[Mapping[str, object]] | None,
     expected: str,
+    terminal: bool,
 ) -> None:
-    """Operators without JSON logs keep the colored policy table byte for byte."""
+    """Operators without JSON logs keep the colored policy table byte for byte on a terminal, and the same text
+    without color codes on a piped stdout."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("NO_COLOR", raising=False)
+    stdout: Final = _Stream(terminal)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", stdout)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stderr", _Stream(terminal))
 
     _print_policies_on_startup(POLICIES, attachments)
 
-    assert capfd.readouterr() == (expected, "")
+    assert stdout.getvalue() == (expected if terminal else re.sub(r"\x1b\[\d+m", "", expected))
 
 
 def test_policy_table_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
@@ -98,8 +115,8 @@ def test_policy_table_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
 def test_missing_attachments_warning_is_a_second_json_record(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None:
-    """Without attachments the table and the yellow warning are two INFO records on stdout, where the two
-    prints put them."""
+    """Without attachments the table and the yellow warning are an INFO and a WARNING record on stdout,
+    where the two prints put them."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", True)
     monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
     turn_on_json()
@@ -113,4 +130,4 @@ def test_missing_attachments_warning_is_a_second_json_record(
         "\n".join(("LiteLLM Policy Engine: Loaded 1 policies", "", *POLICY_ROWS)),
         NO_ATTACHMENTS_WARNING,
     ]
-    assert {record["level"] for record in records} == {"INFO"}
+    assert [record["level"] for record in records] == ["INFO", "WARNING"]
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py b/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
index e59dd19271c..20a4ca87d42 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/proxy_server/test_proxy_config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ from prisma.errors import DataError
 from pydantic import JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 
 import litellm
+from litellm._logging import turn_on_json
 from litellm.proxy._types import CommonProxyErrors, ConfigGeneralSettings
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import encrypt_value_helper
 from litellm.types.router import Deployment, LiteLLM_Params
@@ -2088,6 +2090,118 @@ def test_ProxyConfig_parse_search_tools_missing_returns_none():
     assert pc.parse_search_tools({}) is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ProxyConfig_lists_search_tools_once_at_startup_not_on_every_reparse(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+):
+    """The search tools reload job and add_deployment re-parse search_tools every config reload interval, so
+    the startup listing belongs to load_config alone, or a container log repeats it every 30 seconds."""
+    config_file: Final = tmp_path / "search.yaml"
+    config_file.write_text(
+        "model_list: []\n"
+        "search_tools:\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: web-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: tavily\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.store_model_in_db", False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME", raising=False)
+    proxy_config: Final = ProxyConfig()
+
+    await proxy_config.load_config(router=None, config_file_path=str(config_file))
+    for _ in range(3):
+        assert proxy_config.parse_search_tools(proxy_config.get_config_state()) is not None
+
+    out: Final = capfd.readouterr().out
+    assert out.count("Proxy initialized with Search Tools:") == 1, out
+    assert out.count("web-search (tavily)") == 1, out
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ProxyConfig_lists_each_search_tool_as_its_own_json_record(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+):
+    """With json_logs on, the startup listing is a header record and one record per tool, so a pipeline that
+    reads one tool per record keeps working."""
+    config_file: Final = tmp_path / "search.yaml"
+    config_file.write_text(
+        "model_list: []\n"
+        "search_tools:\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: web-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: tavily\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: news-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: exa_ai\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.store_model_in_db", False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME", raising=False)
+    turn_on_json()
+
+    await ProxyConfig().load_config(router=None, config_file_path=str(config_file))
+
+    messages: Final = [json.loads(raw)["message"] for raw in capfd.readouterr().out.splitlines() if raw.strip()]
+    listing: Final = [message for message in messages if "Search Tools" in message or "-search (" in message]
+    assert listing == [
+        "LiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:",
+        "    web-search (tavily)",
+        "    news-search (exa_ai)",
+    ], messages
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("already_on", "config_value"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(True, False, id="env-var-on-and-config-false"),
+        pytest.param(False, True, id="config-key-below-cache"),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_ProxyConfig_load_config_keeps_startup_output_off_once_either_setting_turns_it_on(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+    already_on: bool,
+    config_value: bool,
+):
+    """Only `true` turns suppress_startup_output on, from the env var or the config key, and a config `false`
+    never turns the env var back off. The key applies before any other litellm_settings key, so a `cache: true`
+    above it prints nothing either."""
+    config_file: Final = tmp_path / "suppress.yaml"
+    config_file.write_text(
+        "model_list: []\n"
+        "litellm_settings:\n"
+        "  cache: true\n"
+        "  cache_params:\n"
+        "    type: local\n"
+        f"  suppress_startup_output: {str(config_value).lower()}\n"
+        "search_tools:\n"
+        "  - search_tool_name: web-search\n"
+        "    litellm_params:\n"
+        "      search_provider: tavily\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", already_on)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "cache", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.store_model_in_db", False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME", raising=False)
+
+    await ProxyConfig().load_config(router=None, config_file_path=str(config_file))
+
+    out: Final = capfd.readouterr().out
+    assert litellm.suppress_startup_output is True
+    assert "Setting Cache on Proxy" not in out, out
+    assert "Proxy initialized with Search Tools:" not in out, out
+
+
+
 def test_ProxyConfig_merge_config_and_db_search_tools_returns_superset():
     config_tools = [
         {
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_max_budget_env_var.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_max_budget_env_var.py
index ec71f70fa8f..95074ed1edd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_max_budget_env_var.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_max_budget_env_var.py
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ async def test_max_budget_string_converted_to_float():
     string. initialize() should convert it to float so the comparison
     `litellm.max_budget > 0` doesn't raise TypeError.
     """
-    with (
-        patch("litellm.proxy.common_utils.banner.show_banner"),
-        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.generate_feedback_box"),
-    ):
+    with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.generate_feedback_box"):
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import initialize
 
         original = litellm.max_budget
@@ -36,10 +33,7 @@ async def test_max_budget_string_converted_to_float():
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_max_budget_float_stays_float():
     """max_budget as float should still work."""
-    with (
-        patch("litellm.proxy.common_utils.banner.show_banner"),
-        patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.generate_feedback_box"),
-    ):
+    with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.generate_feedback_box"):
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import initialize
 
         original = litellm.max_budget
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
index d77731aa83b..afefae0dbb1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
@@ -215,6 +215,23 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
         )
         assert args["timeout_worker_healthcheck"] == 30
 
+    def test_an_old_uvicorn_drops_worker_healthcheck_and_warns_with_startup_output_suppressed(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        class _UvicornConfigWithoutWorkerHealthcheck:
+            def __init__(self, app=None):
+                pass
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", True)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+        with patch("uvicorn.Config", _UvicornConfigWithoutWorkerHealthcheck):
+            args: Final = ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_default_unvicorn_init_args(
+                "localhost", 8000, timeout_worker_healthcheck=15
+            )
+
+        assert "timeout_worker_healthcheck" not in args
+        assert "--timeout_worker_healthcheck requires uvicorn>=0.37.0" in capsys.readouterr().out
+
     def test_get_reload_options_no_config_still_watches_env(self):
         opts = ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_reload_options(None)
         assert opts["reload"] is True
@@ -1835,10 +1852,9 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
         assert "uvicorn exits" not in warning
 
     @patch("uvicorn.run")
-    @patch("builtins.print")
     @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database")
     def test_single_worker_max_requests_warning_printed_on_uvicorn(
-        self, mock_setup_db, mock_print, mock_uvicorn_run
+        self, mock_setup_db, mock_uvicorn_run
     ):
         """uvicorn single-worker startup prints the does-not-recycle warning"""
         from click.testing import CliRunner
@@ -1881,11 +1897,8 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
             assert (
                 result.exit_code == 0
             ), f"exit_code={result.exit_code}, output={result.output}"
-            assert any(
-                "--max_requests_before_restart 123 with --num_workers 1" in str(c)
-                and "uvicorn exits the process" in str(c)
-                for c in mock_print.call_args_list
-            )
+            assert "--max_requests_before_restart 123 with --num_workers 1" in result.output
+            assert "uvicorn exits the process" in result.output
 
     @patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.start_query_engine_reaper")
     @patch("uvicorn.run")
@@ -1942,10 +1955,9 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
 
     @patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.ProxyInitializationHelpers.run_gunicorn_server")
     @patch("uvicorn.run")
-    @patch("builtins.print")
     @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database")
     def test_single_worker_max_requests_warning_printed_on_gunicorn(
-        self, mock_setup_db, mock_print, mock_uvicorn_run, mock_run_gunicorn
+        self, mock_setup_db, mock_uvicorn_run, mock_run_gunicorn
     ):
         """--run_gunicorn single-worker startup prints the gunicorn warning variant"""
         from click.testing import CliRunner
@@ -1989,11 +2001,8 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
             assert (
                 result.exit_code == 0
             ), f"exit_code={result.exit_code}, output={result.output}"
-            assert any(
-                "--max_requests_before_restart 123 with --num_workers 1" in str(c)
-                and "gunicorn accepts no connections" in str(c)
-                for c in mock_print.call_args_list
-            )
+            assert "--max_requests_before_restart 123 with --num_workers 1" in result.output
+            assert "gunicorn accepts no connections" in result.output
 
     @patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.ProxyInitializationHelpers.init_hypercorn_server")
     @patch("uvicorn.run")
@@ -2149,7 +2158,7 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
         assert [call.args for call in reserved_before_run] == [("the gunicorn master",)]
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="gunicorn server path skips Windows")
-    def test_gunicorn_jitter_without_base_warns(self):
+    def test_gunicorn_jitter_without_base_warns(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]):
         """gunicorn path warns when jitter is set without --max_requests_before_restart"""
         pytest.importorskip("gunicorn")
 
@@ -2160,7 +2169,6 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
 
         with (
             patch("gunicorn.app.base.BaseApplication.run", capture_run),
-            patch("builtins.print") as mock_print,
             patch(  # test-quality-ok: option tests must not start a thread or change the pytest worker's child ownership
                 "litellm.proxy.proxy_cli.start_query_engine_reaper"
             ),
@@ -2178,7 +2186,7 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
 
         assert "max_requests" not in captured["options"]
         assert "max_requests_jitter" not in captured["options"]
-        assert any("has no effect" in str(c) for c in mock_print.call_args_list)
+        assert "has no effect" in capsys.readouterr().out
 
     def test_apply_uvicorn_jitter_sets_arg_when_supported(self):
         class _NewUvicornConfig:
@@ -2194,16 +2202,13 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
             )
         assert uvicorn_args["limit_max_requests_jitter"] == 50
 
-    def test_apply_uvicorn_jitter_skipped_on_old_uvicorn(self):
+    def test_apply_uvicorn_jitter_skipped_on_old_uvicorn(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]):
         class _FakeUvicornConfig:
             def __init__(self, limit_max_requests=None):
                 pass
 
         uvicorn_args: dict = {}
-        with (
-            patch("uvicorn.Config", _FakeUvicornConfig),
-            patch("builtins.print") as mock_print,
-        ):
+        with patch("uvicorn.Config", _FakeUvicornConfig):
             ProxyInitializationHelpers._apply_uvicorn_max_requests_jitter(
                 uvicorn_args=uvicorn_args,
                 max_requests_before_restart=1000,
@@ -2211,19 +2216,18 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
             )
 
         assert "limit_max_requests_jitter" not in uvicorn_args
-        assert any("0.41.0" in str(c) for c in mock_print.call_args_list)
+        assert "0.41.0" in capsys.readouterr().out
 
-    def test_apply_uvicorn_jitter_without_base_warns(self):
+    def test_apply_uvicorn_jitter_without_base_warns(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]):
         uvicorn_args: dict = {}
-        with patch("builtins.print") as mock_print:
-            ProxyInitializationHelpers._apply_uvicorn_max_requests_jitter(
-                uvicorn_args=uvicorn_args,
-                max_requests_before_restart=None,
-                jitter=50,
-            )
+        ProxyInitializationHelpers._apply_uvicorn_max_requests_jitter(
+            uvicorn_args=uvicorn_args,
+            max_requests_before_restart=None,
+            jitter=50,
+        )
 
         assert "limit_max_requests_jitter" not in uvicorn_args
-        assert any("has no effect" in str(c) for c in mock_print.call_args_list)
+        assert "has no effect" in capsys.readouterr().out
 
     @patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True)
     def test_construct_database_url_from_env_vars(self):
@@ -2648,10 +2652,56 @@ class TestRunServerDbSetup:
             assert exit_info.value.code == 1
             assert "a database URL is set but the prisma CLI is neither on PATH nor importable" in out
             assert "pip install 'litellm[extra_proxy]'" in out
+            assert "\x1b[" not in out
         else:
             assert "prisma CLI" not in out
             assert "Setup complete" in out
 
+    @patch("atexit.register")
+    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database", return_value=True)
+    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.build_request_log_indexes", return_value=True)
+    def test_a_pgbouncer_that_cannot_start_stops_the_cli_with_an_uncolored_error_off_a_terminal(
+        self,
+        mock_build_indexes,
+        mock_setup_database,
+        mock_atexit_register,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        mock_proxy_module: Final = MagicMock(
+            app=MagicMock(),
+            ProxyConfig=ProxyConfig,
+            KeyManagementSettings=MagicMock(),
+            save_worker_config=MagicMock(),
+        )
+        clean_env: Final = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in os.environ.items()
+            if not k.startswith(("DATABASE_URL", "DIRECT_URL", "LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_", "DISABLE_SCHEMA_UPDATE"))
+        }
+        pgbouncer_env: Final = {
+            "DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test",
+            "LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_ENABLED": "true",
+            "LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_BINARY": str(tmp_path / "missing-pgbouncer"),
+        }
+
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {**clean_env, **pgbouncer_env}, clear=True),
+            patch.dict(
+                "sys.modules",
+                {"proxy_server": mock_proxy_module, "litellm.proxy.proxy_server": mock_proxy_module},
+            ),
+            pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_info,
+        ):
+            run_server.main(["--local", "--skip_server_startup"], standalone_mode=False)
+
+        error: Final = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert exit_info.value.code == 1
+        assert "LITELLM_PGBOUNCER_ENABLED is set but the in-container pgbouncer could not start" in error
+        assert "\x1b[" not in error
+
     @patch("subprocess.run")
     @patch("atexit.register")
     @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database")
@@ -2726,6 +2776,7 @@ class TestRunServerDbSetup:
         mock_setup_database,
         mock_atexit_register,
         mock_subprocess_run,
+        capsys,
     ):
         """A sqlite DATABASE_URL must exit immediately, before any prisma call,
         instead of stalling on a migration against the postgresql-only schema."""
@@ -2764,6 +2815,9 @@ class TestRunServerDbSetup:
                 )
             assert exc_info.value.code == 1
             mock_setup_database.assert_not_called()
+        err: Final = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "sqlite" in err
+        assert "\x1b[" not in err
 
     @patch("subprocess.run")
     @patch("atexit.register")
@@ -2825,6 +2879,51 @@ class TestRunServerDbSetup:
         mock_setup_database.assert_called_once_with(use_migrate=True, use_v2_resolver=True)
         assert "--use_v2_migration_resolver is deprecated" not in capsys.readouterr().out
 
+    @patch("subprocess.run", return_value=MagicMock(returncode=0))
+    @patch("atexit.register")
+    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.setup_database", return_value=True)
+    @patch("litellm.proxy.db.prisma_client.PrismaManager.build_request_log_indexes")
+    def test_the_deprecated_v2_resolver_flag_warns_with_startup_output_suppressed(
+        self,
+        mock_build_indexes,
+        mock_setup_database,
+        mock_atexit_register,
+        mock_subprocess_run,
+        monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        mock_proxy_module: Final = MagicMock(
+            app=MagicMock(),
+            ProxyConfig=ProxyConfig,
+            KeyManagementSettings=MagicMock(),
+            save_worker_config=MagicMock(),
+        )
+        clean_env: Final = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in os.environ.items()
+            if k not in ("DATABASE_URL", "DIRECT_URL", "USE_V2_MIGRATION_RESOLVER", "DISABLE_SCHEMA_UPDATE")
+        }
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", True)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+
+        with (
+            patch.dict(
+                os.environ, {**clean_env, "DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test"}, clear=True
+            ),
+            patch.dict(
+                "sys.modules",
+                {"proxy_server": mock_proxy_module, "litellm.proxy.proxy_server": mock_proxy_module},
+            ),
+        ):
+            run_server.main(
+                ["--local", "--skip_server_startup", "--use_v2_migration_resolver"], standalone_mode=False
+            )
+
+        mock_setup_database.assert_called_once_with(use_migrate=True, use_v2_resolver=True)
+        assert "--use_v2_migration_resolver is deprecated and has no effect" in capsys.readouterr().out
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ("arguments", "environment", "warned"),
         (
@@ -3968,11 +4067,104 @@ def _boot_from_config_file(config_path: Path, *flags: str) -> str | None:
         return os.environ.get("JSON_LOGS")
 
 
+COUNTING_SECRET_MANAGER_MODULE: Final = """
+import os
+
+from litellm.integrations.custom_secret_manager import CustomSecretManager
+
+
+class CountingSecretManager(CustomSecretManager):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._log("constructed")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _log(event):
+        with open(os.environ["SECRET_READ_LOG"], "a") as f:
+            f.write(event + "\\n")
+
+    def sync_read_secret(self, secret_name, optional_params=None, timeout=None, **kwargs):
+        self._log(secret_name)
+        return "from-secret-manager"
+
+    async def async_read_secret(self, secret_name, optional_params=None, timeout=None, **kwargs):
+        self._log(secret_name)
+        return "from-secret-manager"
+"""
+
+SECRET_MANAGER_BACKED_CONFIG: Final = """
+model_list:
+  - model_name: my-model
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/gpt-5.4-mini
+      api_key: os.environ/MY_PROVIDER_KEY
+
+litellm_settings:
+  suppress_startup_output: true
+
+general_settings:
+  key_management_system: custom
+  key_management_settings:
+    custom_secret_manager: counting_secret_manager.CountingSecretManager
+    hosted_keys:
+      - MY_PROVIDER_KEY
+"""
+
+
 class TestJsonLogsConfigReachesSpawnedWorkers:
     """`litellm_settings.json_logs: true` turns JSON on inside the CLI process, but the workers that
     uvicorn or granian spawn are fresh interpreters that pick plain or JSON from the JSON_LOGS
     environment variable at import. The CLI has to export it, or every worker logs plain text until
-    its own load_config reaches the key."""
+    its own load_config reaches the key. `suppress_startup_output` has the same problem with the banner
+    each worker prints before its load_config."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_config(path: Path, litellm_settings: dict[str, object]) -> Path:
+        path.write_text(yaml.dump({"model_list": [], "litellm_settings": litellm_settings}))
+        return path
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _env_after_boot(
+        name: str,
+        config: Path | None = None,
+        config_file_path_env: Path | None = None,
+        extra_env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        proxy_config_class: object = None,
+    ) -> str | None:
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        mock_proxy_module: Final = MagicMock(
+            app=MagicMock(),
+            ProxyConfig=proxy_config_class or ProxyConfig,
+            KeyManagementSettings=MagicMock(),
+            save_worker_config=MagicMock(),
+        )
+        clean_env: Final = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in os.environ.items()
+            if k
+            not in (
+                "DATABASE_URL",
+                "DIRECT_URL",
+                "JSON_LOGS",
+                "LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT",
+                "CONFIG_FILE_PATH",
+                "LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME",
+            )
+        }
+        config_env: Final = {} if config_file_path_env is None else {"CONFIG_FILE_PATH": str(config_file_path_env)}
+        config_args: Final = [] if config is None else ["--config", str(config)]
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {**clean_env, **config_env, **(extra_env or {})}, clear=True),
+            patch.dict(
+                "sys.modules",
+                {"proxy_server": mock_proxy_module, "litellm.proxy.proxy_server": mock_proxy_module},
+            ),
+            patch("atexit.register"),
+            patch("litellm.turn_on_json"),  # test-quality-ok: it swaps every logger handler in this pytest worker
+        ):
+            run_server.main([*config_args, "--local", "--skip_server_startup"], standalone_mode=False)
+            return os.environ.get(name)
 
     def test_json_logs_true_exports_json_logs_to_spawned_workers(
         self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
@@ -3991,11 +4183,126 @@ class TestJsonLogsConfigReachesSpawnedWorkers:
 
         assert _boot_from_config_file(config_path) is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("litellm_settings", [[], "", 0, False])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("via_config_file_path_env", [False, True])
+    def test_an_empty_litellm_settings_still_boots(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, litellm_settings: object, via_config_file_path_env: bool
+    ) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        config_file: Final = tmp_path / "config.yaml"
+        config_file.write_text(yaml.dump({"model_list": [], "litellm_settings": litellm_settings}))
+        exported: Final = (
+            self._env_after_boot("LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config_file_path_env=config_file)
+            if via_config_file_path_env
+            else self._env_after_boot("LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config=config_file)
+        )
+        assert exported is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(("setting", "exported"), [(True, "true"), ("true", None), (False, None)])
+    def test_only_a_boolean_suppress_startup_output_reaches_spawned_workers(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, setting: object, exported: str | None
+    ) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        config: Final = self._write_config(tmp_path / "config.yaml", {"suppress_startup_output": setting})
+        assert self._env_after_boot("LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config=config) == exported
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(("name", "exported"), [("LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", "true"), ("JSON_LOGS", None)])
+    def test_a_config_named_by_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_passes_only_suppress_startup_output_to_spawned_workers(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, name: str, exported: str | None
+    ) -> None:
+        """Its json_logs stays the workers' own to read, as before, so uvicorn's lines keep their plain format."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        settings: Final[dict[str, object]] = {"json_logs": True, "suppress_startup_output": True}
+        config_file: Final = self._write_config(tmp_path / "config.yaml", settings)
+        assert self._env_after_boot(name, config_file_path_env=config_file) == exported
+
+    def test_a_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_quiet_config_wins_over_a_cli_config_too(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """Workers load CONFIG_FILE_PATH ahead of --config, so its key quiets the CLI when both are set."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        cli_config: Final = self._write_config(tmp_path / "cli.yaml", {})
+        env_config: Final = self._write_config(tmp_path / "env.yaml", {"suppress_startup_output": True})
+        exported: Final = self._env_after_boot(
+            "LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config=cli_config, config_file_path_env=env_config
+        )
+        assert exported == "true"
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("config_file", "env_file", "extra_env"),
+        [
+            ("config.yaml", "missing.yaml", {}),
+            ("config.json", "config.json", {}),
+            ("config.yaml", "config.yaml", {"LITELLM_CONFIG_BUCKET_NAME": "litellm-configs"}),
+        ],
+        ids=["missing-file", "not-yaml", "bucket-config"],
+    )
+    def test_a_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_workers_skip_is_skipped_by_the_cli_too(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+        config_file: str,
+        env_file: str,
+        extra_env: dict[str, str],
+    ) -> None:
+        """Workers load CONFIG_FILE_PATH only when it names a YAML file and no config bucket is set, and a boot
+        with any other value starts, so the CLI reads nothing from it either instead of failing the boot."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        self._write_config(tmp_path / config_file, {"suppress_startup_output": True})
+        exported: Final = self._env_after_boot(
+            "LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config_file_path_env=tmp_path / env_file, extra_env=extra_env
+        )
+        assert exported is None
+
+    def test_a_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_boot_reads_no_secret_before_the_workers_do(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """The CLI takes only the suppress key from CONFIG_FILE_PATH, so a config backed by a secret manager is
+        read from it once per worker, as before, not once more by the CLI."""
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "secret_manager_client", None)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "_key_management_system", None)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "_key_management_settings", litellm._key_management_settings)
+        reads: Final = tmp_path / "secret_reads.log"
+        (tmp_path / "counting_secret_manager.py").write_text(COUNTING_SECRET_MANAGER_MODULE)
+        config_file: Final = tmp_path / "config.yaml"
+        config_file.write_text(SECRET_MANAGER_BACKED_CONFIG)
+
+        exported: Final = self._env_after_boot(
+            "LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT",
+            config_file_path_env=config_file,
+            extra_env={"SECRET_READ_LOG": str(reads)},
+            proxy_config_class=ProxyConfig,
+        )
+
+        assert exported == "true"
+        assert not reads.exists(), reads.read_text()
+
+    def test_a_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_key_set_in_an_included_file_reaches_spawned_workers(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        self._write_config(tmp_path / "quiet.yaml", {"suppress_startup_output": True})
+        config_file: Final = tmp_path / "config.yaml"
+        config_file.write_text(yaml.dump({"include": ["quiet.yaml"], "model_list": []}))
+
+        exported: Final = self._env_after_boot(
+            "LITELLM_SUPPRESS_STARTUP_OUTPUT", config_file_path_env=config_file, proxy_config_class=ProxyConfig
+        )
+
+        assert exported == "true"
+
 
 class TestEnforcePrismaMigrationCheckNoticeAroundTheConfigRead:
     """With a config file, the `--enforce_prisma_migration_check` deprecation notice waits until the config
-    is read, so a `json_logs: true` set only there makes it a JSON record. It is printed once either way,
-    and a boot whose config read fails still prints it before the error, as it did before the wait."""
+    is read, so a `json_logs: true` set only there makes it a JSON record, while `suppress_startup_output: true`
+    leaves it, since it is a warning. Otherwise it is printed once, and a boot whose config read fails still
+    prints it before the error, as it did before the wait."""
 
     NOTICE: Final = "--enforce_prisma_migration_check is deprecated and has no effect"
     FLAG: Final = "--enforce_prisma_migration_check"
@@ -4035,13 +4342,26 @@ class TestEnforcePrismaMigrationCheckNoticeAroundTheConfigRead:
         assert len(notice_lines) == 1, notice_lines
         assert self.NOTICE in json.loads(notice_lines[0])["message"]
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("json_logs", [False, True])
+    def test_a_config_only_suppress_startup_output_keeps_the_notice(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], json_logs: bool
+    ) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", json_logs)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+        config_path: Final = tmp_path / "config.yaml"
+        config_path.write_text(yaml.dump({"model_list": [], "litellm_settings": {"suppress_startup_output": True}}))
+
+        _boot_from_config_file(config_path, self.FLAG)
+
+        assert capsys.readouterr().out.count(self.NOTICE) == 1
+
 
 def test_granian_flag_notices_are_json_records_in_json_mode(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None:
     """The yellow notices for the flags Granian ignores (`--max_requests_before_restart`, `--ciphers`) are
-    printed while the launcher starts; with json_logs on they are INFO records on stdout like every other
-    line, not plaintext between the records."""
+    printed while the launcher starts; with json_logs on they are WARNING records on stdout after the INFO
+    start line, not plaintext between the records."""
     pytest.importorskip("granian")
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", True)
     monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
@@ -4072,4 +4392,4 @@ def test_granian_flag_notices_are_json_records_in_json_mode(
         "(Granian uses workers_lifetime in seconds, not a per-request limit).",
         "LiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian.",
     ]
-    assert {record["level"] for record in records} == {"INFO"}
+    assert [record["level"] for record in records] == ["INFO", "WARNING", "WARNING"]
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
index 55d1587669a..0c83d6c6c37 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
@@ -15615,8 +15615,8 @@ def test_feedback_box_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
 async def test_initialize_prints_the_banner_between_blank_lines_in_plain_mode(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None:
-    """Operators without JSON logs see the banner exactly as before, through show_banner()'s flushing
-    click.echo."""
+    """Operators without JSON logs see the banner exactly as before, flushed at once as show_banner()'s
+    click.echo did."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_DONT_SHOW_FEEDBACK_BOX", "true")
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_logging.py b/tests/unit/test_logging.py
index 195d5afe000..fcd835e93dd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_logging.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import logging
 import re
 import sys
 import time
-from io import StringIO
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO, TextIOWrapper
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final, List
 
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ from litellm._logging import (
     StdoutLogTruncationFilter,
     _get_uvicorn_json_log_config,
     _initialize_loggers_with_handler,
-    _parse_json_logs_env,
+    _parse_env_flag,
     _plain_log_format,
     _stdout_truncation_marker,
     print_startup_message,
+    print_startup_warning,
     turn_on_json,
     format_base64_size,
     session_id_var,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ from litellm._logging import (
     verbose_router_logger,
 )
 from litellm.constants import LITELLM_TRUNCATED_PAYLOAD_FIELD
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.banner import LITELLM_BANNER
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils import secret_redaction
 from litellm.types.utils import StandardLoggingPayload
@@ -1402,6 +1404,32 @@ def test_plain_log_format_survives_hostile_streams(stdout, stderr):
     assert _plain_log_format(stdout, stderr) == _PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT
 
 
+def _router_success_record() -> logging.LogRecord:
+    return logging.LogRecord(
+        "LiteLLM Router", logging.INFO, "router.py", 1, "litellm.acompletion(model=%s)\033[32m 200 OK\033[0m", ("gpt-5.6",), None
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("log_format", "want_suffix"),
+    [
+        (_COLOR_LOG_FORMAT, "litellm.acompletion(model=gpt-5.6)\033[32m 200 OK\033[0m"),
+        (_PLAIN_LOG_FORMAT, "router.py:1 - litellm.acompletion(model=gpt-5.6) 200 OK"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_plain_formatter_keeps_message_colors_only_with_the_color_format(log_format: str, want_suffix: str):
+    """A message that embeds color codes keeps them on a color terminal. Piped, or under NO_COLOR, the plain
+    format is chosen and the codes go too, so a container log never stores them as text."""
+    assert CorrelationPlainFormatter(log_format).format(_router_success_record()).endswith(want_suffix)
+
+
+def test_json_formatter_drops_color_codes_from_the_message():
+    """A JSON log line is read by a log pipeline, never a terminal, so a colored message arrives as plain text."""
+    assert json.loads(JsonFormatter().format(_router_success_record()))["message"] == (
+        "litellm.acompletion(model=gpt-5.6) 200 OK"
+    )
+
+
 def test_level_routing_handler_falls_back_to_stderr_when_stdout_is_unusable(monkeypatch, capsys):
     logger = logging.getLogger("test_level_routing_fallback")
     logger.handlers.clear()
@@ -1436,9 +1464,9 @@ def test_level_routing_handler_falls_back_to_stderr_when_stdout_is_unusable(monk
         (None, False),
     ],
 )
-def test_parse_json_logs_env_enables_only_on_true(value, want):
+def test_parse_env_flag_enables_only_on_true(value: str | None, want: bool):
     """JSON_LOGS=false / 0 must not enable JSON logs (LIT-5558)."""
-    assert _parse_json_logs_env(value) is want
+    assert _parse_env_flag(value) is want
 
 
 def test_plain_log_format_survives_none_streams():
@@ -1813,17 +1841,98 @@ def test_print_verbose_formats_args_only_when_set_verbose_is_on(monkeypatch, cap
     assert capsys.readouterr().out == "key k1 value cached-vector\n"
 
 
-def test_print_startup_message_prints_plain_mode_text_unchanged(
-    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
-) -> None:
-    """Operators without JSON logs keep the colored, spaced terminal output exactly as before."""
+class _CapturedStream(StringIO):
+    def __init__(self, tty: bool) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._tty = tty
+
+    def isatty(self) -> bool:
+        return self._tty
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "stdout_tty, stderr_tty, no_color, want_color",
+    [(True, True, None, True), (False, True, None, False), (True, False, None, False), (True, True, "1", False)],
+)
+def test_print_startup_message_keeps_colors_only_on_a_color_terminal(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, stdout_tty: bool, stderr_tty: bool, no_color: str | None, want_color: bool
+):
+    """Operators without JSON logs keep the colored, spaced output on a terminal. A container runtime reads
+    stdout through a pipe and stores the escape codes as text, so there, and under NO_COLOR, the colors go.
+    The rule is the plain log format's, so a `2>file` run drops the colors from prints and log lines alike."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+    if no_color is None:
+        monkeypatch.delenv("NO_COLOR", raising=False)
+    else:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("NO_COLOR", no_color)
+    stdout: Final = _CapturedStream(stdout_tty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", stdout)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stderr", _CapturedStream(stderr_tty))
+    assert (_plain_log_format(sys.stdout, sys.stderr) == _COLOR_LOG_FORMAT) is want_color
 
     print_startup_message("\n\033[1;32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:\033[0m\n")
 
+    assert stdout.getvalue() == (
+        "\n\033[1;32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:\033[0m\n\n"
+        if want_color
+        else "\nLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:\n\n"
+    )
+
+
+def test_print_startup_message_writes_the_banner_as_utf8_to_an_ascii_stdout(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", False)
+    raw: Final = BytesIO()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", TextIOWrapper(raw, encoding="ascii"))
+
+    print_startup_message(f"\n{LITELLM_BANNER}\n")
+
+    assert raw.getvalue().decode("utf-8") == f"\n{LITELLM_BANNER}\n\n"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("json_logs", [False, True])
+def test_print_startup_message_writes_nothing_when_suppressed(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], json_logs: bool
+):
+    """suppress_startup_output turns the startup messages off in plain and JSON mode alike, for operators
+    whose log pipeline wants only the logger's own lines."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", json_logs)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
+    if json_logs:
+        turn_on_json()
+
+    print_startup_message("\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Search Tools:\033[0m\n\033[32m    web-search (tavily)\033[0m")
+
+    assert capfd.readouterr() == ("", "")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("json_logs", [False, True])
+def test_print_startup_warning_still_prints_when_suppressed(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], json_logs: bool
+):
+    """A warning names something the operator has to fix, like an ignored flag or a failed migration diff,
+    so suppress_startup_output leaves it in place. In JSON mode it is a WARNING record at the caller's
+    location, on stdout where the print put it, so a collector's WARNING filter keeps it."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", json_logs)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "suppress_startup_output", True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
+    if json_logs:
+        turn_on_json()
+
+    print_startup_warning("\033[1;33mLiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian.\033[0m\n")
+
     out, err = capfd.readouterr()
-    assert out == "\n\033[1;32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:\033[0m\n\n"
     assert err == ""
+    lines: Final = [raw for raw in out.splitlines() if raw.strip()]
+    assert len(lines) == 1, lines
+    if json_logs:
+        record: Final = json.loads(lines[0])
+        assert record["message"] == "LiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian."
+        assert record["level"] == "WARNING"
+        assert str(record["logger"]).startswith("test_logging.py:"), record["logger"]
+    else:
+        assert lines[0] == "LiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian."
 
 
 def test_print_startup_message_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
@@ -1852,27 +1961,6 @@ def test_print_startup_message_is_one_json_record_in_json_mode(
     assert str(record["logger"]).startswith("test_logging.py:"), record["logger"]
 
 
-def test_print_startup_message_yellow_notice_is_an_info_record_on_stdout(
-    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
-) -> None:
-    """An operator notice printed in yellow (an ignored flag, a deprecation) stays on stdout in JSON mode,
-    where the print put it, as one INFO record with the color codes removed."""
-    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "json_logs", True)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "excepthook", sys.excepthook)
-    turn_on_json()
-    verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-    print_startup_message("\033[1;33mLiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian.\033[0m\n")
-
-    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
-    assert err == ""
-    lines: Final = [raw for raw in out.splitlines() if raw.strip()]
-    assert len(lines) == 1, lines
-    record: Final = json.loads(lines[0])
-    assert record["message"] == "LiteLLM: --ciphers is not applied when using --run_granian."
-    assert record["level"] == "INFO"
-
-
 def test_print_startup_message_shows_above_the_json_handler_level(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None: