diff --git a/internal/logging/request_logger.go b/internal/logging/request_logger.go
--- a/internal/logging/request_logger.go
+++ b/internal/logging/request_logger.go
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
 const (
 	WebsocketTimelineSourceContextKey    = "WEBSOCKET_TIMELINE_SOURCE"
 	APIRequestSourceContextKey           = "API_REQUEST_SOURCE"
+	DeferredAPIRequestContextKey         = "DEFERRED_API_REQUEST"
 	APIResponseSourceContextKey          = "API_RESPONSE_SOURCE"
 	APIResponseCapturedContextKey        = "API_RESPONSE_CAPTURED"
 	APIWebsocketTimelineSourceContextKey = "API_WEBSOCKET_TIMELINE_SOURCE"
 )
+
+// DeferredAPIRequest builds an upstream request log only when an error log needs it.
+type DeferredAPIRequest func() []byte
 
 type homeRequestLogClient interface {
 	HeartbeatOK() bool
diff --git a/internal/api/middleware/request_logging.go b/internal/api/middleware/request_logging.go
--- a/internal/api/middleware/request_logging.go
+++ b/internal/api/middleware/request_logging.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -15,14 +16,18 @@
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/logging"
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/util"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-const maxErrorOnlyCapturedRequestBodyBytes int64 = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
+const (
+	maxErrorOnlyCapturedRequestBodyBytes int64 = 1 << 20  // 1 MiB
+	maxDeferredErrorRequestBodyBytes     int64 = 32 << 20 // 32 MiB
+)
 
 // RequestLoggingMiddleware creates a Gin middleware that logs HTTP requests and responses.
 // It captures detailed information about the request and response, including headers and body,
 // and uses the provided RequestLogger to record this data. When full request logging is disabled,
-// body capture is limited to small known-size payloads to avoid large per-request memory spikes.
+// large and unknown-size bodies are spooled to disk and retained only for error logs.
 func RequestLoggingMiddleware(logger logging.RequestLogger) gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c *gin.Context) {
 		if logger == nil {
@@ -42,9 +47,10 @@
 		}
 
 		loggerEnabled := logger.IsEnabled()
+		captureBody := shouldCaptureRequestBody(loggerEnabled, c.Request)
 
 		// Capture request information
-		requestInfo, err := captureRequestInfo(c, shouldCaptureRequestBody(loggerEnabled, c.Request))
+		requestInfo, err := captureRequestInfo(c, captureBody)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Log error but continue processing
 			// In a real implementation, you might want to use a proper logger here
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@
 		}
 		c.Writer = wrapper
 		attachRequestLogSources(c, logger, loggerEnabled)
+		attachDeferredRequestBodyCapture(c.Request, logger, requestInfo, loggerEnabled, captureBody)
 
 		// Process the request
 		c.Next()
@@ -73,6 +80,167 @@
 
 type fileBodySourceFactory interface {
 	NewFileBodySource(prefix string) (*logging.FileBodySource, error)
+}
+
+type deferredRequestBodyCapture struct {
+	body          io.ReadCloser
+	file          *os.File
+	source        *logging.FileBodySource
+	contentLength int64
+	bytesRead     int64
+	bytesCaptured int64
+	captureErr    error
+	finished      bool
+	sawEOF        bool
+	truncated     bool
+}
+
+func attachDeferredRequestBodyCapture(req *http.Request, logger logging.RequestLogger, requestInfo *RequestInfo, loggerEnabled, bodyCaptured bool) *deferredRequestBodyCapture {
+	if loggerEnabled || bodyCaptured || req == nil || req.Body == nil || req.Body == http.NoBody || req.ContentLength == 0 || requestInfo == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	contentType := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(req.Header.Get("Content-Type")))
+	if strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "multipart/form-data") {
+		return nil
+	}
+	factory, ok := logger.(fileBodySourceFactory)
+	if !ok || factory == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	source, errSource := factory.NewFileBodySource("request-body")
+	if errSource != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	file, errPart := source.CreatePart("body")
+	if errPart != nil {
+		_ = source.Cleanup()
+		return nil
+	}
+	capture := &deferredRequestBodyCapture{
+		body:          req.Body,
+		file:          file,
+		source:        source,
+		contentLength: req.ContentLength,
+	}
+	req.Body = capture
+	requestInfo.deferredBodyCapture = capture
+	return capture
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) Read(payload []byte) (int, error) {
+	if c == nil || c.body == nil {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	n, errRead := c.body.Read(payload)
+	if errRead == io.EOF {
+		c.sawEOF = true
+	}
+	if n == 0 {
+		return n, errRead
+	}
+	c.bytesRead += int64(n)
+	if c.file == nil || c.captureErr != nil {
+		return n, errRead
+	}
+
+	remaining := maxDeferredErrorRequestBodyBytes - c.bytesCaptured
+	if remaining <= 0 {
+		c.truncated = true
+		return n, errRead
+	}
+	writeLength := int64(n)
+	if writeLength > remaining {
+		writeLength = remaining
+		c.truncated = true
+	}
+	written, errWrite := c.file.Write(payload[:int(writeLength)])
+	c.bytesCaptured += int64(written)
+	if errWrite != nil {
+		c.captureErr = errWrite
+	} else if int64(written) != writeLength {
+		c.captureErr = io.ErrShortWrite
+	}
+	if c.captureErr != nil {
+		if errClose := c.file.Close(); errClose != nil {
+			c.captureErr = fmt.Errorf("%v; close capture file: %w", c.captureErr, errClose)
+		}
+		c.file = nil
+	}
+	return n, errRead
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) Close() error {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	_ = c.Finish()
+	if c.body == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return c.body.Close()
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) Finish() error {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if c.finished {
+		return c.captureErr
+	}
+	c.finished = true
+	if c.file != nil {
+		if errClose := c.file.Close(); errClose != nil && c.captureErr == nil {
+			c.captureErr = errClose
+		}
+		c.file = nil
+	}
+	return c.captureErr
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) Bytes() ([]byte, string, error) {
+	if c == nil || c.source == nil {
+		return nil, "", nil
+	}
+	if errFinish := c.Finish(); errFinish != nil {
+		return nil, "", errFinish
+	}
+	body, errBytes := c.source.Bytes()
+	if errBytes != nil {
+		return nil, "", errBytes
+	}
+	return body, c.statusMarker(), nil
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) statusMarker() string {
+	if c == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var markers []string
+	if c.truncated {
+		markers = append(markers, fmt.Sprintf("[REQUEST BODY TRUNCATED: captured first %d bytes]", c.bytesCaptured))
+	}
+	complete := c.sawEOF || (c.contentLength >= 0 && c.bytesRead >= c.contentLength)
+	if !complete {
+		if c.contentLength >= 0 {
+			markers = append(markers, fmt.Sprintf("[REQUEST BODY CAPTURE INCOMPLETE: consumed %d of %d bytes]", c.bytesRead, c.contentLength))
+		} else {
+			markers = append(markers, fmt.Sprintf("[REQUEST BODY CAPTURE INCOMPLETE: consumed %d bytes from an unknown-length body]", c.bytesRead))
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(markers, "\n")
+}
+
+func (c *deferredRequestBodyCapture) Cleanup() {
+	if c == nil || c.source == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if errFinish := c.Finish(); errFinish != nil {
+		log.WithError(errFinish).Warn("failed to finish deferred request body capture")
+	}
+	if errCleanup := c.source.Cleanup(); errCleanup != nil {
+		log.WithError(errCleanup).Warn("failed to clean up deferred request body capture")
+	}
+	c.source = nil
 }
 
 func attachRequestLogSources(c *gin.Context, logger logging.RequestLogger, loggerEnabled bool) {
@@ -193,6 +361,41 @@
 	return decoded
 }
 
+func decodeCapturedRequestBodyForLogWithLimit(raw []byte, encoding string, limit int64) []byte {
+	if len(raw) == 0 || limit <= 0 {
+		return raw
+	}
+	encoding = strings.TrimSpace(encoding)
+	if encoding == "" || strings.EqualFold(encoding, "identity") {
+		return raw
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(encoding, ",")
+	body := raw
+	for i := len(parts) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		enc := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(parts[i]))
+		switch enc {
+		case "", "identity":
+			continue
+		case "zstd":
+			decoded, truncated, errDecode := decodeCapturedZstdRequestBodyWithLimit(body, limit)
+			if errDecode != nil {
+				return raw
+			}
+			body = decoded
+			if truncated {
+				if len(body) > 0 && !bytes.HasSuffix(body, []byte("\n")) {
+					body = append(body, '\n')
+				}
+				return append(body, "[DECOMPRESSED REQUEST BODY TRUNCATED]"...)
+			}
+		default:
+			return raw
+		}
+	}
+	return body
+}
+
 func decodeCapturedRequestBody(raw []byte, encoding string) ([]byte, error) {
 	encoding = strings.TrimSpace(encoding)
 	if encoding == "" || strings.EqualFold(encoding, "identity") {
@@ -231,6 +434,23 @@
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode zstd request body: %w", errRead)
 	}
 	return decoded, nil
+}
+
+func decodeCapturedZstdRequestBodyWithLimit(raw []byte, limit int64) ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	decoder, errNewReader := zstd.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(raw))
+	if errNewReader != nil {
+		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to create zstd request decoder: %w", errNewReader)
+	}
+	defer decoder.Close()
+
+	decoded, errRead := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(decoder, limit+1))
+	if errRead != nil {
+		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode zstd request body: %w", errRead)
+	}
+	if int64(len(decoded)) > limit {
+		return decoded[:limit], true, nil
+	}
+	return decoded, false, nil
 }
 
 // shouldLogRequest determines whether the request should be logged.
diff --git a/internal/api/middleware/request_logging_test.go b/internal/api/middleware/request_logging_test.go
--- a/internal/api/middleware/request_logging_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/middleware/request_logging_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
+	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/config"
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/logging"
+	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/runtime/executor/helps"
 )
 
 func TestShouldSkipMethodForRequestLogging(t *testing.T) {
@@ -153,6 +156,111 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDeferredRequestBodyCaptureDoesNotDrainUnreadBody(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	logger := logging.NewFileRequestLogger(false, t.TempDir(), "", 10)
+	request := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/responses", strings.NewReader("remaining-body"))
+	request.ContentLength = -1
+	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	requestInfo := &RequestInfo{Headers: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"application/json"}}}
+	capture := attachDeferredRequestBodyCapture(request, logger, requestInfo, false, false)
+	if capture == nil {
+		t.Fatal("deferred request body capture was not attached")
+	}
+	defer capture.Cleanup()
+
+	firstByte := make([]byte, 1)
+	if _, errRead := request.Body.Read(firstByte); errRead != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read first request byte: %v", errRead)
+	}
+	captured, marker, errCaptured := capture.Bytes()
+	if errCaptured != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read captured body: %v", errCaptured)
+	}
+	if string(captured) != "r" {
+		t.Fatalf("captured body = %q, want %q", string(captured), "r")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(marker, "REQUEST BODY CAPTURE INCOMPLETE") {
+		t.Fatalf("capture marker = %q, want incomplete marker", marker)
+	}
+	remaining, errRemaining := io.ReadAll(capture.body)
+	if errRemaining != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read remaining body: %v", errRemaining)
+	}
+	if string(remaining) != "emaining-body" {
+		t.Fatalf("remaining body = %q, want %q", string(remaining), "emaining-body")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRequestLoggingMiddlewareCapturesLargeErrorRequestAndDeferredAPIRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	logsDir := t.TempDir()
+	logger := logging.NewFileRequestLogger(false, logsDir, "", 10)
+	payload := append([]byte(`{"marker":"large-error-body","padding":"`), bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), int(maxErrorOnlyCapturedRequestBodyBytes))...)
+	payload = append(payload, []byte(`"}`)...)
+	upstreamBody := []byte(`{"model":"upstream-model","input":"translated"}`)
+
+	router := gin.New()
+	router.Use(RequestLoggingMiddleware(logger))
+	router.POST("/v1/responses", func(c *gin.Context) {
+		body, errRead := io.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
+		if errRead != nil {
+			c.Status(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(body, payload) {
+			c.Status(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		executorCtx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "gin", c)
+		helps.RecordAPIRequest(executorCtx, &config.Config{}, helps.UpstreamRequestLog{
+			URL:     "https://api.example.com/v1/responses",
+			Method:  http.MethodPost,
+			Headers: http.Header{"Content-Type": []string{"application/json"}},
+			Body:    upstreamBody,
+		})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "upstream rejected request"})
+	})
+
+	request := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/responses", bytes.NewReader(payload))
+	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	response := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	router.ServeHTTP(response, request)
+
+	if response.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("response status = %d, want %d", response.Code, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+	entries, errReadDir := os.ReadDir(logsDir)
+	if errReadDir != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read logs dir: %v", errReadDir)
+	}
+	var logPath string
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name(), "error-") && strings.HasSuffix(entry.Name(), ".log") {
+			logPath = logsDir + string(os.PathSeparator) + entry.Name()
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if logPath == "" {
+		t.Fatal("forced error log was not created")
+	}
+	content, errReadLog := os.ReadFile(logPath)
+	if errReadLog != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read error log: %v", errReadLog)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(content, payload) {
+		t.Fatal("error log does not contain the complete large request body")
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(content, []byte("=== API REQUEST 1 ===")) {
+		t.Fatal("error log does not contain the deferred API request section")
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(content, upstreamBody) {
+		t.Fatal("error log does not contain the deferred upstream request body")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAttachRequestLogSourcesUsesLoggerLogsDir(t *testing.T) {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
 
@@ -207,6 +315,29 @@
 		if source, ok := value.(*logging.FileBodySource); ok && source != nil {
 			_ = source.Cleanup()
 		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeCapturedRequestBodyForLogWithLimitTruncatesZstdExpansion(t *testing.T) {
+	payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 1024)
+	var compressed bytes.Buffer
+	encoder, errNewWriter := zstd.NewWriter(&compressed)
+	if errNewWriter != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("zstd.NewWriter: %v", errNewWriter)
+	}
+	if _, errWrite := encoder.Write(payload); errWrite != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("zstd write: %v", errWrite)
+	}
+	if errClose := encoder.Close(); errClose != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("zstd close: %v", errClose)
+	}
+
+	decoded := decodeCapturedRequestBodyForLogWithLimit(compressed.Bytes(), "zstd", 64)
+	if len(decoded) > 128 {
+		t.Fatalf("limited decoded body length = %d, want bounded output", len(decoded))
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(decoded, []byte("DECOMPRESSED REQUEST BODY TRUNCATED")) {
+		t.Fatalf("decoded body = %q, want truncation marker", string(decoded))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/api/middleware/response_writer.go b/internal/api/middleware/response_writer.go
--- a/internal/api/middleware/response_writer.go
+++ b/internal/api/middleware/response_writer.go
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 
 // RequestInfo holds essential details of an incoming HTTP request for logging purposes.
 type RequestInfo struct {
-	URL       string              // URL is the request URL.
-	Method    string              // Method is the HTTP method (e.g., GET, POST).
-	Headers   map[string][]string // Headers contains the request headers.
-	Body      []byte              // Body is the raw request body.
-	RequestID string              // RequestID is the unique identifier for the request.
-	Timestamp time.Time           // Timestamp is when the request was received.
+	URL                 string                      // URL is the request URL.
+	Method              string                      // Method is the HTTP method (e.g., GET or POST).
+	Headers             map[string][]string         // Headers contains the request headers.
+	Body                []byte                      // Body is the raw request body.
+	RequestID           string                      // RequestID is the unique identifier for the request.
+	Timestamp           time.Time                   // Timestamp is when the request was received.
+	deferredBodyCapture *deferredRequestBodyCapture // deferredBodyCapture spools large error-only request bodies.
 }
 
 // ResponseWriterWrapper wraps the standard gin.ResponseWriter to intercept and log response data.
@@ -258,6 +259,9 @@
 // For non-streaming responses, it logs the complete request and response details,
 // including any API-specific request/response data stored in the Gin context.
 func (w *ResponseWriterWrapper) Finalize(c *gin.Context) error {
+	if w.requestInfo != nil && w.requestInfo.deferredBodyCapture != nil {
+		defer w.requestInfo.deferredBodyCapture.Cleanup()
+	}
 	if w.logger == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -361,7 +365,11 @@
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return w.logRequest(w.extractRequestBody(c), finalStatusCode, w.cloneHeaders(), w.extractResponseBody(c), w.extractWebsocketTimeline(c), websocketTimelineSource, w.extractAPIRequest(c), apiRequestSource, w.extractAPIResponse(c), apiResponseSource, w.extractAPIWebsocketTimeline(c), apiWebsocketTimelineSource, w.extractAPIResponseTimestamp(c), slicesAPIResponseError, forceLog)
+	apiRequest := w.extractAPIRequest(c)
+	if forceLog && len(apiRequest) == 0 {
+		apiRequest = w.extractDeferredAPIRequest(c)
+	}
+	return w.logRequest(w.extractRequestBody(c), finalStatusCode, w.cloneHeaders(), w.extractResponseBody(c), w.extractWebsocketTimeline(c), websocketTimelineSource, apiRequest, apiRequestSource, w.extractAPIResponse(c), apiResponseSource, w.extractAPIWebsocketTimeline(c), apiWebsocketTimelineSource, w.extractAPIResponseTimestamp(c), slicesAPIResponseError, forceLog)
 }
 
 func (w *ResponseWriterWrapper) cloneHeaders() map[string][]string {
@@ -387,6 +395,28 @@
 		return nil
 	}
 	return data
+}
+
+func (w *ResponseWriterWrapper) extractDeferredAPIRequest(c *gin.Context) []byte {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	value, exists := c.Get(logging.DeferredAPIRequestContextKey)
+	if !exists {
+		return nil
+	}
+	requests, ok := value.([]logging.DeferredAPIRequest)
+	if !ok || len(requests) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+	for _, buildRequest := range requests {
+		if buildRequest == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		body.Write(buildRequest())
+	}
+	return body.Bytes()
 }
 
 func (w *ResponseWriterWrapper) extractAPIResponse(c *gin.Context) []byte {
@@ -440,10 +470,35 @@
 	if body := extractBodyOverride(c, requestBodyOverrideContextKey); len(body) > 0 {
 		return body
 	}
-	if w.requestInfo != nil && len(w.requestInfo.Body) > 0 {
+	if w.requestInfo == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if len(w.requestInfo.Body) > 0 {
 		return w.requestInfo.Body
 	}
-	return nil
+	if w.requestInfo.deferredBodyCapture == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	body, statusMarker, errRead := w.requestInfo.deferredBodyCapture.Bytes()
+	if errRead != nil {
+		log.WithError(errRead).Warn("failed to read deferred request body capture")
+		return nil
+	}
+	encoding := ""
+	for key, values := range w.requestInfo.Headers {
+		if strings.EqualFold(key, "Content-Encoding") && len(values) > 0 {
+			encoding = values[0]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	body = decodeCapturedRequestBodyForLogWithLimit(body, encoding, maxDeferredErrorRequestBodyBytes)
+	if statusMarker == "" {
+		return body
+	}
+	if len(body) > 0 && !bytes.HasSuffix(body, []byte("\n")) {
+		body = append(body, '\n')
+	}
+	return append(body, statusMarker...)
 }
 
 func (w *ResponseWriterWrapper) extractResponseBody(c *gin.Context) []byte {
diff --git a/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers.go b/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers.go
--- a/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers.go
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 )
 
 const (
-	apiAttemptsKey          = "API_UPSTREAM_ATTEMPTS"
-	apiRequestKey           = "API_REQUEST"
-	apiResponseKey          = "API_RESPONSE"
-	apiWebsocketTimelineKey = "API_WEBSOCKET_TIMELINE"
-	creditsUsedKey          = "__antigravity_credits_used__"
+	apiAttemptsKey                 = "API_UPSTREAM_ATTEMPTS"
+	apiRequestKey                  = "API_REQUEST"
+	apiResponseKey                 = "API_RESPONSE"
+	apiWebsocketTimelineKey        = "API_WEBSOCKET_TIMELINE"
+	deferredAPIRequestBytesKey     = "DEFERRED_API_REQUEST_BYTES"
+	creditsUsedKey                 = "__antigravity_credits_used__"
+	maxDeferredAPIRequestBodyBytes = 32 << 20 // 32 MiB
 )
 
 // UpstreamRequestLog captures the outbound upstream request details for logging.
@@ -60,34 +62,21 @@
 
 // RecordAPIRequest stores the upstream request metadata in Gin context for request logging.
 func RecordAPIRequest(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, info UpstreamRequestLog) {
-	if !requestLogCaptureEnabled(cfg) {
+	if cfg == nil || cfg.CommercialMode {
 		return
 	}
 	ginCtx := ginContextFrom(ctx)
 	if ginCtx == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	if !cfg.RequestLog {
+		deferAPIRequest(ginCtx, info)
+		return
+	}
 
 	attempts := getAttempts(ginCtx)
 	index := len(attempts) + 1
-
-	builder := &strings.Builder{}
-	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("=== API REQUEST %d ===\n", index))
-	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Timestamp: %s\n", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)))
-	if info.URL != "" {
-		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Upstream URL: %s\n", info.URL))
-	} else {
-		builder.WriteString("Upstream URL: <unknown>\n")
-	}
-	if info.Method != "" {
-		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP Method: %s\n", info.Method))
-	}
-	if auth := formatAuthInfo(info); auth != "" {
-		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Auth: %s\n", auth))
-	}
-	builder.WriteString("\nHeaders:\n")
-	writeHeaders(builder, info.Headers)
-	builder.WriteString("\nBody:\n")
+	builder := newAPIRequestLogBuilder(index, info, time.Now())
 
 	requestText := ""
 	if source, ok := apiRequestSource(ginCtx); ok {
@@ -133,6 +122,68 @@
 	if requestText != "" {
 		updateAggregatedRequest(ginCtx, attempts)
 	}
+}
+
+func deferAPIRequest(ginCtx *gin.Context, info UpstreamRequestLog) {
+	if ginCtx == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	var requests []logging.DeferredAPIRequest
+	if value, exists := ginCtx.Get(logging.DeferredAPIRequestContextKey); exists {
+		requests, _ = value.([]logging.DeferredAPIRequest)
+	}
+	index := len(requests) + 1
+	capturedInfo := info
+	capturedAt := time.Now()
+	capturedBytes, _ := ginCtx.Get(deferredAPIRequestBytesKey)
+	bytesUsed, _ := capturedBytes.(int)
+	remaining := maxDeferredAPIRequestBodyBytes - bytesUsed
+	if remaining < 0 {
+		remaining = 0
+	}
+	captureLength := len(info.Body)
+	if captureLength > remaining {
+		captureLength = remaining
+	}
+	capturedInfo.Body = bytes.Clone(info.Body[:captureLength])
+	bodyEmpty := len(info.Body) == 0
+	bodyTruncated := captureLength < len(info.Body)
+	ginCtx.Set(deferredAPIRequestBytesKey, bytesUsed+captureLength)
+	requests = append(requests, func() []byte {
+		builder := newAPIRequestLogBuilder(index, capturedInfo, capturedAt)
+		if bodyEmpty {
+			builder.WriteString("<empty>")
+		} else {
+			builder.Write(capturedInfo.Body)
+			if bodyTruncated {
+				builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n[API REQUEST BODY TRUNCATED: captured first %d bytes]", captureLength))
+			}
+		}
+		builder.WriteString("\n\n")
+		return []byte(builder.String())
+	})
+	ginCtx.Set(logging.DeferredAPIRequestContextKey, requests)
+}
+
+func newAPIRequestLogBuilder(index int, info UpstreamRequestLog, timestamp time.Time) *strings.Builder {
+	builder := &strings.Builder{}
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("=== API REQUEST %d ===\n", index))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Timestamp: %s\n", timestamp.Format(time.RFC3339Nano)))
+	if info.URL != "" {
+		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Upstream URL: %s\n", info.URL))
+	} else {
+		builder.WriteString("Upstream URL: <unknown>\n")
+	}
+	if info.Method != "" {
+		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP Method: %s\n", info.Method))
+	}
+	if auth := formatAuthInfo(info); auth != "" {
+		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Auth: %s\n", auth))
+	}
+	builder.WriteString("\nHeaders:\n")
+	writeHeaders(builder, info.Headers)
+	builder.WriteString("\nBody:\n")
+	return builder
 }
 
 // RecordAPIResponseMetadata captures upstream response status/header information for the latest attempt.
diff --git a/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers_test.go b/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers_test.go
--- a/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/executor/helps/logging_helpers_test.go
@@ -3,11 +3,42 @@
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/config"
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v7/internal/logging"
 )
+
+func TestRecordAPIRequestClonesDeferredBodyWhenRequestLogDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	ginCtx, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(recorder)
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "gin", ginCtx)
+	body := []byte(`{"model":"original"}`)
+
+	RecordAPIRequest(ctx, &config.Config{}, UpstreamRequestLog{
+		URL:    "https://api.example.com/v1/responses",
+		Method: http.MethodPost,
+		Body:   body,
+	})
+	body[10] = 'X'
+
+	value, exists := ginCtx.Get(logging.DeferredAPIRequestContextKey)
+	if !exists {
+		t.Fatal("deferred API request was not captured")
+	}
+	requests, ok := value.([]logging.DeferredAPIRequest)
+	if !ok || len(requests) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("deferred API requests = %#v, want one request", value)
+	}
+	captured := string(requests[0]())
+	if !strings.Contains(captured, `{"model":"original"}`) {
+		t.Fatalf("captured API request = %q, want original body", captured)
+	}
+}
 
 func TestRecordAPIResponseMetadataStoresHeadersWhenRequestLogDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := logging.WithResponseHeadersHolder(context.Background())