diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/serve/instrumentator/test_metrics.py b/tests/entrypoints/serve/instrumentator/test_metrics.py
index 9095f80e20f..8e6fdb70452 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/serve/instrumentator/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/serve/instrumentator/test_metrics.py
@@ -289,6 +289,17 @@ async def test_metrics_exist(
             continue
         assert metric in response.text
 
+    cache_config_samples = [
+        sample
+        for family in text_string_to_metric_families(response.text)
+        if family.name == "vllm:cache_config_info"
+        for sample in family.samples
+    ]
+    assert cache_config_samples
+    for sample in cache_config_samples:
+        assert sample.labels.get("kv_cache_size_tokens") not in (None, "None", "")
+        assert sample.labels.get("kv_cache_max_concurrency") not in (None, "None", "")
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_abort_metrics_reset(
diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
index c2eb576d895..3be24d7fb34 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_utils import (
     estimate_max_model_len,
     generate_block_hash_extra_keys,
     generate_scheduler_kv_cache_config,
+    get_kv_cache_capacity,
     get_kv_cache_configs,
     get_max_concurrency_for_kv_cache_config,
     get_request_block_hasher,
@@ -1459,6 +1460,11 @@ def test_get_max_concurrency_for_kv_cache_config():
         vllm_config, kv_cache_config_hybrid_model
     )
     assert max_concurrency_hybrid_model == 3
+    num_tokens, max_concurrency = get_kv_cache_capacity(
+        vllm_config, kv_cache_config_hybrid_model
+    )
+    assert num_tokens == max_concurrency_hybrid_model * max_model_len
+    assert max_concurrency == max_concurrency_hybrid_model
 
 
 def test_allocate_with_lookahead():
diff --git a/vllm/config/cache.py b/vllm/config/cache.py
index 352ccec3202..9b96c64513b 100644
--- a/vllm/config/cache.py
+++ b/vllm/config/cache.py
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ class CacheConfig:
     num_cpu_blocks: int | None = field(default=None, init=False)
     """The number of blocks to allocate for CPU memory."""
 
+    # Set after KV cache initialization.
+    kv_cache_size_tokens: int | None = field(default=None, init=False)
+    """Per-DP-engine KV cache capacity in tokens (group-aware). Uses
+    group-aware capacity since num_gpu_blocks * block_size can be wrong
+    for hybrid models where requests occupy multiple KV cache groups."""
+    kv_cache_max_concurrency: float | None = field(default=None, init=False)
+    """Per-DP-engine maximum concurrency at max_model_len tokens."""
+
     kv_sharing_fast_prefill: bool = False
     """This feature is work in progress and no prefill optimization takes place
     with this flag enabled currently.
@@ -204,6 +212,8 @@ class CacheConfig:
             # Post-init/derived counters
             "num_gpu_blocks",
             "num_cpu_blocks",
+            "kv_cache_size_tokens",
+            "kv_cache_max_concurrency",
             # WIP feature toggle not impacting compiled graph shape
             "kv_sharing_fast_prefill",
         }
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
index 107a89cc6b6..72ca6a2fa67 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -1717,36 +1717,17 @@ def generate_scheduler_kv_cache_config(
     return cfg
 
 
-def _report_kv_cache_config(
+def get_kv_cache_capacity(
     vllm_config: VllmConfig, kv_cache_config: KVCacheConfig
-) -> None:
+) -> tuple[int, float]:
     """
-    Log resolved KV cache configuration.
-
-    Args:
-        vllm_config: The global VllmConfig
-        kv_cache_config: The resolved KV cache configuration
+    Get the group-aware KV cache token capacity and max concurrency.
     """
     max_model_len = vllm_config.model_config.max_model_len
     max_concurrency = get_max_concurrency_for_kv_cache_config(
         vllm_config, kv_cache_config
     )
-
-    # GPU KV cache size in tokens = max_concurrency * max_model_len: the total
-    # tokens of context the pool can hold at peak utilization. Sourcing this
-    # from the concurrency calculation handles hybrid layouts correctly: SWA /
-    # chunked-local groups have a per-request block count that's capped by
-    # their window, so a naive `num_blocks // num_groups * block_size` formula
-    # underestimates capacity for these models. DCP/PCP sharding is already
-    # accounted for in each spec's `max_memory_usage_bytes`.
-    num_tokens = int(max_concurrency * max_model_len)
-
-    logger.info_once("GPU KV cache size: %s tokens", f"{num_tokens:,}")
-    logger.info_once(
-        "Maximum concurrency for %s tokens per request: %.2fx",
-        f"{max_model_len:,}",
-        max_concurrency,
-    )
+    return int(max_concurrency * max_model_len), max_concurrency
 
 
 def _max_memory_usage_bytes_from_groups(
@@ -2085,7 +2066,21 @@ def get_kv_cache_configs(
             tensor.size = tensor.size // num_blocks_old * min_num_blocks
 
         if len(kv_cache_config.kv_cache_groups) > 0:
-            _report_kv_cache_config(vllm_config, kv_cache_config)
+            max_model_len = vllm_config.model_config.max_model_len
+            # GPU KV cache size in tokens = max_concurrency * max_model_len:
+            # the total tokens of context the pool can hold at peak
+            # utilization. Sourcing this from the concurrency calculation
+            # handles hybrid layouts correctly.
+            num_tokens, max_concurrency = get_kv_cache_capacity(
+                vllm_config, kv_cache_config
+            )
+
+            logger.info_once("GPU KV cache size: %s tokens", f"{num_tokens:,}")
+            logger.info_once(
+                "Maximum concurrency for %s tokens per request: %.2fx",
+                f"{max_model_len:,}",
+                max_concurrency,
+            )
 
     return kv_cache_configs
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/__init__.py b/vllm/v1/engine/__init__.py
index 848f530ce33..fbfe1c144cc 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/__init__.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/__init__.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class EngineCoreReadyResponse:
     dp_stats_address: str | None
     dtype: str
     vllm_version: str
+    # KV cache capacity (None for encoder-only/attention-free models).
+    kv_cache_size_tokens: int | None = None
+    kv_cache_max_concurrency: float | None = None
 
 
 class EngineCoreRequest(
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
index 91ca1f30317..bf89f3e9d5c 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from vllm.utils.system_utils import decorate_logs, set_process_title
 from vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_utils import (
     BlockHash,
     generate_scheduler_kv_cache_config,
+    get_kv_cache_capacity,
     get_kv_cache_configs,
     get_request_block_hasher,
     init_none_hash,
@@ -286,6 +287,11 @@ class EngineCore:
             vllm_config.cache_config.block_size = min(
                 g.kv_cache_spec.block_size for g in kv_cache_groups
             )
+            num_tokens, max_concurrency = get_kv_cache_capacity(
+                vllm_config, scheduler_kv_cache_config
+            )
+            vllm_config.cache_config.kv_cache_size_tokens = num_tokens
+            vllm_config.cache_config.kv_cache_max_concurrency = max_concurrency
 
         vllm_config.validate_block_size()
 
@@ -1494,6 +1500,12 @@ class EngineCoreProc(EngineCore):
                 dp_stats_address=self.frontend_stats_publish_address,
                 dtype=str(self.vllm_config.model_config.dtype).removeprefix("torch."),
                 vllm_version=VLLM_VERSION,
+                kv_cache_size_tokens=(
+                    self.vllm_config.cache_config.kv_cache_size_tokens
+                ),
+                kv_cache_max_concurrency=(
+                    self.vllm_config.cache_config.kv_cache_max_concurrency
+                ),
             )
             ready_payload = msgspec.msgpack.encode(ready_response)
             for input_socket in input_sockets:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
index 32f2d091eb3..195cfeecf42 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
@@ -720,14 +720,26 @@ class MPClient(EngineCoreClient):
         )
 
         # Setup KV cache config with initialization state from
-        # engine core process. Sum values from all engines in DP case.
+        # engine core process. Sum num_gpu_blocks from all engines in DP case.
         num_gpu_blocks = vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks or 0
         num_gpu_blocks += response.num_gpu_blocks
         vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = num_gpu_blocks
 
         # Sync block_size: may be enlarged by _align_hybrid_block_size in the
         # worker for hybrid Mamba models.
-        vllm_config.cache_config.block_size = response.block_size
+        cache_config = vllm_config.cache_config
+        cache_config.block_size = response.block_size
+        # Keep these as per-engine cache_config_info values; do not sum across DP.
+        cache_config.kv_cache_size_tokens = (
+            getattr(cache_config, "kv_cache_size_tokens", None)
+            if getattr(cache_config, "kv_cache_size_tokens", None) is not None
+            else response.kv_cache_size_tokens
+        )
+        cache_config.kv_cache_max_concurrency = (
+            getattr(cache_config, "kv_cache_max_concurrency", None)
+            if getattr(cache_config, "kv_cache_max_concurrency", None) is not None
+            else response.kv_cache_max_concurrency
+        )
 
         # In external DP LB mode, the coordinator address that the
         # front-end procs connect to is obtained by each engine via it's