diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index cba18047..a0cf352e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ import {
   logUserPrompt,
   AuthType,
   getOauthClient,
+  logIdeConnection,
+  IdeConnectionEvent,
+  IdeConnectionType,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { validateAuthMethod } from './config/auth.js';
 import { setMaxSizedBoxDebugging } from './ui/components/shared/MaxSizedBox.js';
@@ -188,6 +191,11 @@ export async function main() {
 
   await config.initialize();
 
+  if (config.getIdeMode() && config.getIdeModeFeature()) {
+    await config.getIdeClient().connect();
+    logIdeConnection(config, new IdeConnectionEvent(IdeConnectionType.START));
+  }
+
   // Load custom themes from settings
   themeManager.loadCustomThemes(settings.merged.customThemes);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/index.ts b/packages/core/index.ts
index 0c2da4b0..65a214ae 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ export {
   DEFAULT_GEMINI_FLASH_MODEL,
   DEFAULT_GEMINI_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
 } from './src/config/models.js';
+export { logIdeConnection } from './src/telemetry/loggers.js';
+export {
+  IdeConnectionEvent,
+  IdeConnectionType,
+} from './src/telemetry/types.js';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
index a06c4505..d02e4153 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/config/config.ts
@@ -322,10 +322,6 @@ export class Config {
     this.folderTrust = params.folderTrust ?? false;
     this.ideMode = params.ideMode ?? false;
     this.ideClient = IdeClient.getInstance();
-    if (this.ideMode && this.ideModeFeature) {
-      this.ideClient.connect();
-      logIdeConnection(this, new IdeConnectionEvent(IdeConnectionType.START));
-    }
     this.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories =
       params.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories ?? false;
     this.chatCompression = params.chatCompression;