diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py b/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py
index 1334fb789aa4..cf3b2944bc3a 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ def __init__(
             executor_class=executor_class,
             log_stats=self.log_stats,
         )
-
+        for stat_logger in self.stat_loggers[0]:
+            stat_logger.log_engine_initialized()
         self.output_handler: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
         try:
             # Start output handler eagerly if we are in the asyncio eventloop.
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
index 80807665e779..5912318f19ff 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import json
 import os
 import queue
 import signal
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def __init__(self,
             logger.info("Batch queue is enabled with size %d",
                         self.batch_queue_size)
             self.batch_queue = queue.Queue(self.batch_queue_size)
+        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
 
     def _initialize_kv_caches(
             self, vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> tuple[int, int, KVCacheConfig]:
@@ -507,7 +509,12 @@ def process_input_socket(self, input_path: str, engine_index: int):
                             bind=False) as socket:
 
             # Send ready message to front-end once input socket is connected.
-            socket.send(b'READY')
+            message_dict = {
+                'type': 'READY',
+                'num_gpu_blocks': self.vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks,
+            }
+            message = json.dumps(message_dict).encode('utf-8')
+            socket.send(message)
 
             while True:
                 # (RequestType, RequestData)
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
index dd5190996196..0d5d92f72537 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
+import json
 import queue
 import uuid
 import weakref
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ def __init__(
         executor_class: type[Executor],
         log_stats: bool,
     ):
+        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
         # Serialization setup.
         self.encoder = MsgpackEncoder()
         self.decoder = MsgpackDecoder(EngineCoreOutputs)
@@ -430,14 +432,19 @@ def _wait_for_engine_startup(self):
                 raise RuntimeError("Engine core initialization failed. "
                                    "See root cause above.")
 
-            eng_id_bytes, msg = sync_input_socket.recv_multipart()
+            eng_id_bytes, data = sync_input_socket.recv_multipart()
             eng_id = int.from_bytes(eng_id_bytes, byteorder="little")
             if eng_id not in identities:
                 raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected or duplicate engine: {eng_id}")
-            if msg != b'READY':
-                raise RuntimeError(f"Engine {eng_id} failed: {msg.decode()}")
+            message_dict = json.loads(data.decode('utf-8'))
+            if message_dict['type'] != 'READY':
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Engine {eng_id} failed: {data.decode()}")
             logger.info("Core engine process %d ready.", eng_id)
             identities.discard(eng_id)
+            # Setup KV cache config with initialization state from
+            # engine core process.
+            self.vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = message_dict[
+                'num_gpu_blocks']
 
     def _init_core_engines(
         self,
diff --git a/vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py b/vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py
index 7051c681b1a0..9109bdcf42f2 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ def record(self, scheduler_stats: SchedulerStats,
                iteration_stats: Optional[IterationStats]):
         ...
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def log_engine_initialized(self):
+        ...
+
     def log(self):  # noqa
         pass
 
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ class LoggingStatLogger(StatLoggerBase):
 
     def __init__(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, engine_index: int = 0):
         self.engine_index = engine_index
+        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
         self._reset(time.monotonic())
         self.last_scheduler_stats = SchedulerStats()
         # Prefix cache metrics. This cannot be reset.
@@ -127,12 +132,19 @@ def log(self):
         if scheduler_stats.spec_decoding_stats is not None:
             self.spec_decoding_logging.log(log_fn=log_fn)
 
+    def log_engine_initialized(self):
+        logger.info(
+            "vllm cache_config_info with initialization " \
+            "after num_gpu_blocks is: %d",
+            self.vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks)
+
 
 class PrometheusStatLogger(StatLoggerBase):
 
     def __init__(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, engine_index: int = 0):
         self._unregister_vllm_metrics()
-
+        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
+        self.engine_index = engine_index
         # Use this flag to hide metrics that were deprecated in
         # a previous release and which will be removed future
         self.show_hidden_metrics = \
@@ -342,13 +354,9 @@ def __init__(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, engine_index: int = 0):
                         self.labelname_running_lora_adapters,
                     ])
 
-        #
-        # Cache config info metric
-        #
-        self.log_metrics_info("cache_config", vllm_config.cache_config)
-
     def log_metrics_info(self, type: str, config_obj: SupportsMetricsInfo):
         metrics_info = config_obj.metrics_info()
+        metrics_info["engine"] = self.engine_index
 
         name, documentation = None, None
         if type == "cache_config":
@@ -442,6 +450,9 @@ def _unregister_vllm_metrics():
             if hasattr(collector, "_name") and "vllm" in collector._name:
                 prometheus_client.REGISTRY.unregister(collector)
 
+    def log_engine_initialized(self):
+        self.log_metrics_info("cache_config", self.vllm_config.cache_config)
+
 
 def build_buckets(mantissa_lst: list[int], max_value: int) -> list[int]:
     """