diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 112f70f..4d91900 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Format: [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) · semantic ver
 
 ### Changed
 
+- **fix(logs):** the console request line now tags a skipped conversion as
+  `savings:skip(<reason>)` instead of a bare reason word, so skip reasons are
+  greppable in `omniglyph` stdout and `wrangler tail`. Extracted to a pure
+  `skipReasonTag` helper shared by the Node and Worker hosts.
+
 - **perf(render):** harden the rendered-page LRU with canonical full SHA-256
   keys, race-safe byte accounting, smaller Worker defaults, runtime budget
   control and cache-pressure counters in `/proxy-stats`. (thanks
diff --git a/src/log-tags.ts b/src/log-tags.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0eb714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/log-tags.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/** Console request-log formatting shared by the Node and Worker hosts. */
+
+/** Tag a non-compressed outcome's skip reason for the stdout / `wrangler tail`
+ *  request line. Empty string when there is no reason, so the caller can append
+ *  it unconditionally without a spurious `savings:skip()`. */
+export function skipReasonTag(reason: string | undefined): string {
+  return reason ? `savings:skip(${reason})` : '';
+}
diff --git a/src/node.ts b/src/node.ts
index cd7380b..54d85a4 100644
--- a/src/node.ts
+++ b/src/node.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from './core/safety-policy.js';
 import type { TransformOptions } from './core/transform.js';
 import { resolveOpenAIApiKey } from './node-auth.js';
+import { skipReasonTag } from './log-tags.js';
 import {
   parseExportArgv,
   runExportCore,
@@ -1018,7 +1019,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
       const extraTag = extra.length > 0 ? ` (${extra.join(' ')})` : '';
       const tag = e.info?.compressed
         ? `compressed ${e.info.origChars}ch → ${e.info.imageCount}img/${e.info.imageBytes}B${extraTag}`
-        : (e.info?.reason ?? '');
+        : skipReasonTag(e.info?.reason);
       const cacheRead = e.usage?.cache_read_input_tokens ?? 0;
       const inputTokens = e.usage?.input_tokens ?? 0;
       const usageTag =
diff --git a/src/worker.ts b/src/worker.ts
index dc29cee..6a4ce34 100644
--- a/src/worker.ts
+++ b/src/worker.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import type { TransformOptions } from './core/transform.js';
 import { toTrackEvent, JsonLogTracker, noopTracker, type Tracker } from './core/tracker.js';
 import { setRenderCacheMaxBytes } from './core/render-cache.js';
+import { skipReasonTag } from './log-tags.js';
 
 export interface Env {
   /** Optional single upstream base for every API family. Family-specific env vars override it. */
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ export default {
         // shows up in `wrangler tail`).
         const tag = e.info?.compressed
           ? `compressed ${e.info.origChars}ch → ${e.info.imageCount}img/${e.info.imageBytes}B`
-          : (e.info?.reason ?? '');
+          : skipReasonTag(e.info?.reason);
         const cacheRead = e.usage?.cache_read_input_tokens ?? 0;
         console.log(`${e.method} ${e.path} → ${e.status} (${e.durationMs}ms) ${tag} cache_read=${cacheRead}`);
 
diff --git a/tests/log-tags.test.ts b/tests/log-tags.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d495313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/log-tags.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { skipReasonTag } from '../src/log-tags.js';
+
+/** The console request-log line tags a non-compressed outcome so skip reasons
+ *  are greppable in `omniglyph` stdout / `wrangler tail` (e.g. savings:skip(not_profitable)). */
+describe('skipReasonTag', () => {
+  it('wraps a skip reason as savings:skip(<reason>)', () => {
+    expect(skipReasonTag('not_profitable')).toBe('savings:skip(not_profitable)');
+    expect(skipReasonTag('below_threshold')).toBe('savings:skip(below_threshold)');
+  });
+
+  it('is empty when there is no reason (no spurious tag)', () => {
+    expect(skipReasonTag(undefined)).toBe('');
+    expect(skipReasonTag('')).toBe('');
+  });
+});