diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts b/packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts
index cb0dd07b..3929dd26 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   logApiRequest,
   logApiResponse,
   logApiError,
-  combinedUsageMetadata,
+  getFinalUsageMetadata,
 } from '../telemetry/loggers.js';
 import {
   getStructuredResponse,
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export class GeminiChat {
       const fullText = getStructuredResponseFromParts(allParts);
       await this._logApiResponse(
         durationMs,
-        combinedUsageMetadata(chunks),
+        getFinalUsageMetadata(chunks),
         fullText,
       );
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/telemetry/index.ts b/packages/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
index 32e98144..6329b401 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export {
   logApiRequest,
   logApiError,
   logApiResponse,
-  combinedUsageMetadata,
+  getFinalUsageMetadata,
 } from './loggers.js';
 export {
   UserPromptEvent,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.test.ts b/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.test.ts
index 5b1cb707..3f61530f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.test.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import {
   logUserPrompt,
   logToolCall,
   ToolCallDecision,
+  getFinalUsageMetadata,
 } from './loggers.js';
 import * as metrics from './metrics.js';
 import * as sdk from './sdk.js';
 import { vi, describe, beforeEach, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { GenerateContentResponse } from '@google/genai';
 
 vi.mock('@gemini-cli/cli/dist/src/utils/version', () => ({
   getCliVersion: () => 'test-version',
@@ -520,3 +522,75 @@ describe('loggers', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('getFinalUsageMetadata', () => {
+  const createMockResponse = (
+    usageMetadata?: GenerateContentResponse['usageMetadata'],
+  ): GenerateContentResponse =>
+    ({
+      text: () => '',
+      data: () => ({}) as Record<string, unknown>,
+      functionCalls: () => [],
+      executableCode: () => [],
+      codeExecutionResult: () => [],
+      usageMetadata,
+    }) as unknown as GenerateContentResponse;
+
+  it('should return the usageMetadata from the last chunk that has it', () => {
+    const chunks: GenerateContentResponse[] = [
+      createMockResponse({
+        promptTokenCount: 10,
+        candidatesTokenCount: 20,
+        totalTokenCount: 30,
+      }),
+      createMockResponse(),
+      createMockResponse({
+        promptTokenCount: 15,
+        candidatesTokenCount: 25,
+        totalTokenCount: 40,
+      }),
+      createMockResponse(),
+    ];
+
+    const result = getFinalUsageMetadata(chunks);
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      promptTokenCount: 15,
+      candidatesTokenCount: 25,
+      totalTokenCount: 40,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return undefined if no chunks have usageMetadata', () => {
+    const chunks: GenerateContentResponse[] = [
+      createMockResponse(),
+      createMockResponse(),
+      createMockResponse(),
+    ];
+
+    const result = getFinalUsageMetadata(chunks);
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should return the metadata from the only chunk if it has it', () => {
+    const chunks: GenerateContentResponse[] = [
+      createMockResponse({
+        promptTokenCount: 1,
+        candidatesTokenCount: 2,
+        totalTokenCount: 3,
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    const result = getFinalUsageMetadata(chunks);
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      promptTokenCount: 1,
+      candidatesTokenCount: 2,
+      totalTokenCount: 3,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return undefined for an empty array of chunks', () => {
+    const chunks: GenerateContentResponse[] = [];
+    const result = getFinalUsageMetadata(chunks);
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts b/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts
index 76b91f7b..f7edca5e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts
@@ -288,42 +288,14 @@ export function logApiResponse(
   recordTokenUsageMetrics(config, event.model, event.tool_token_count, 'tool');
 }
 
-export function combinedUsageMetadata(
+export function getFinalUsageMetadata(
   chunks: GenerateContentResponse[],
-): GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata {
-  const metadataKeys: Array<keyof GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata> = [
-    'promptTokenCount',
-    'candidatesTokenCount',
-    'cachedContentTokenCount',
-    'thoughtsTokenCount',
-    'toolUsePromptTokenCount',
-    'totalTokenCount',
-  ];
+): GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata | undefined {
+  // Only the last streamed item has the final token count.
+  const lastChunkWithMetadata = chunks
+    .slice()
+    .reverse()
+    .find((chunk) => chunk.usageMetadata);
 
-  const totals: Record<keyof GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata, number> = {
-    promptTokenCount: 0,
-    candidatesTokenCount: 0,
-    cachedContentTokenCount: 0,
-    thoughtsTokenCount: 0,
-    toolUsePromptTokenCount: 0,
-    totalTokenCount: 0,
-    cacheTokensDetails: 0,
-    candidatesTokensDetails: 0,
-    promptTokensDetails: 0,
-    toolUsePromptTokensDetails: 0,
-    trafficType: 0,
-  };
-
-  for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    if (chunk.usageMetadata) {
-      for (const key of metadataKeys) {
-        const chunkValue = chunk.usageMetadata[key];
-        if (typeof chunkValue === 'number') {
-          totals[key] += chunkValue;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return totals as unknown as GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata;
+  return lastChunkWithMetadata?.usageMetadata;
 }