diff --git a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
index 156b501257c..b1ed31b1eee 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
@@ -1004,11 +1004,13 @@ steps:
   - tests/entrypoints/unit_tests
   - tests/entrypoints/rl/weight_transfer
   - tests/entrypoints/launchers
+  - tests/entrypoints/common
   - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/unit_tests
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/rl/weight_transfer
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/launchers
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/common
 
 - label: ":amd: (MI300) Entrypoints Integration (Responses API)" # TBD
   timeout_in_minutes: 50
diff --git a/.buildkite/test_areas/entrypoints.yaml b/.buildkite/test_areas/entrypoints.yaml
index f23a51577c5..428852a870e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test_areas/entrypoints.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test_areas/entrypoints.yaml
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ steps:
   - vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
   - tests/entrypoints/unit_tests
   - tests/entrypoints/launchers
+  - tests/entrypoints/common
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/unit_tests
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/launchers
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/common
   mirror:
     amd:
       label: ":amd: (MI355 DPX) Entrypoints Unit"
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/gen_files/generate_argparse.py b/docs/mkdocs/gen_files/generate_argparse.py
index 8e71d13ae08..3c61de01a45 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/gen_files/generate_argparse.py
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/gen_files/generate_argparse.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ DownloadKernelsSubcommand = auto_mock(
     "vllm.entrypoints.cli.download_kernels", "DownloadKernelsSubcommand"
 )
 sweep_subcommands = auto_mock("vllm.benchmarks.sweep.cli", "SUBCOMMANDS")
-openai_cli_args = auto_mock("vllm.entrypoints.launchers", "cli_args")
+openai_cli_args = auto_mock("vllm.entrypoints.common", "cli_args")
 run_batch = auto_mock("vllm.entrypoints.launchers", "run_batch")
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/rust/src/cmd/src/cli/unsupported.rs b/rust/src/cmd/src/cli/unsupported.rs
index 02e1377ff01..c31994c1f8e 100644
--- a/rust/src/cmd/src/cli/unsupported.rs
+++ b/rust/src/cmd/src/cli/unsupported.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Remove these arguments to continue."
 /// recognizes but does not support yet.
 ///
 /// Source of truth in Python vLLM:
-/// - `vllm.entrypoints.openai.cli_args.make_arg_parser(...)`
+/// - `vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args.make_arg_parser(...)`
 /// - `vllm.entrypoints.cli.serve.ServeSubcommand.subparser_init(...)`
 ///
 /// These are not part of `EngineArgs`, `AsyncEngineArgs`, `BaseFrontendArgs`,
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ pub struct EngineUnsupportedArgs {
 /// does not support yet.
 ///
 /// Source of truth in Python vLLM:
-/// - `vllm.entrypoints.openai.cli_args.BaseFrontendArgs`
-/// - `vllm.entrypoints.openai.cli_args.FrontendArgs`
+/// - `vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args.BaseFrontendArgs`
+/// - `vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args.FrontendArgs`
 ///
 /// These are not engine args. They belong to the Python OpenAI-compatible
 /// frontend / API-server layer itself, for example chat-template configuration,
diff --git a/tests/engine/test_arg_utils.py b/tests/engine/test_arg_utils.py
index 81587c652df..27d4493475f 100644
--- a/tests/engine/test_arg_utils.py
+++ b/tests/engine/test_arg_utils.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def test_compilation_config():
 
 
 def test_trust_request_mm_kwargs_cli():
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import FrontendArgs
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import FrontendArgs
 
     parser = FrontendArgs.add_cli_args(FlexibleArgumentParser())
 
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/cohere/test_registry_and_args.py b/tests/entrypoints/cohere/test_registry_and_args.py
index 71d6be27303..62bde8bb154 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/cohere/test_registry_and_args.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/cohere/test_registry_and_args.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ by the Cohere v2 chat API:
 * ``vllm/renderers/registry.py``: new ``"cohere"`` renderer entry.
 * ``vllm/tokenizers/registry.py``: new ``"cohere"`` tokenizer entry
   (aliased to the cached HF tokenizer).
-* ``vllm/entrypoints/openai/cli_args.py``: new
+* ``vllm/entrypoints/common/cli_args.py``: new
   ``cohere_is_reasoning_model`` field.
 * ``vllm/config/model.py``: ``"cohere"`` added to ``TokenizerMode``
   Literal.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import typing
 import pytest
 
 from vllm.config.model import TokenizerMode
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import BaseFrontendArgs, make_arg_parser
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import BaseFrontendArgs, make_arg_parser
 from vllm.renderers.registry import RENDERER_REGISTRY
 from vllm.tokenizers.registry import TokenizerRegistry
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/common/__init__.py b/tests/entrypoints/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_cli_args.py b/tests/entrypoints/common/test_cli_args.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_cli_args.py
rename to tests/entrypoints/common/test_cli_args.py
index 7fb555c1413..5face353f1f 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_cli_args.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/common/test_cli_args.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
 
-import vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args as cli_args_module
+import vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args as cli_args_module
 from tests.utils import VLLM_PATH
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import (
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
     make_arg_parser,
     validate_parsed_serve_args,
 )
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/unit_tests/test_offline_utils.py b/tests/entrypoints/common/test_offline.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/entrypoints/unit_tests/test_offline_utils.py
rename to tests/entrypoints/common/test_offline.py
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/common/test_startup.py b/tests/entrypoints/common/test_startup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9717ff9fcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/common/test_startup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+from argparse import Namespace
+
+from vllm.entrypoints.common import startup
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import redact_sensitive_args
+
+
+class TestRedactSensitiveArgs:
+    API_KEY = "sk-test-secret-12345"
+
+    def test_redact_replaces_sensitive_values_only(self):
+        args = {
+            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
+            "hf_token": "hf_secret",
+            "watermark_config": {"algorithm": "gumbel", "key": 42},
+            "other": "visible",
+        }
+        redacted = redact_sensitive_args(args)
+        assert redacted == {
+            "api_key": "***",
+            "hf_token": "***",
+            "watermark_config": "***",
+            "other": "visible",
+        }
+        # original dict must not be mutated
+        assert args == {
+            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
+            "hf_token": "hf_secret",
+            "watermark_config": {"algorithm": "gumbel", "key": 42},
+            "other": "visible",
+        }
+
+    def test_no_sensitive_fields_returns_original(self):
+        args = {"model_tag": "org/model", "other": "visible"}
+        assert redact_sensitive_args(args) is args
+
+    def test_api_key_not_in_log(self, monkeypatch, caplog):
+        non_default = {
+            "model_tag": "org/model",
+            "default_chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False},
+            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
+            "enable_auto_tool_choice": True,
+            "tool_call_parser": "qwen3_coder",
+        }
+        monkeypatch.setattr(startup, "get_non_default_args", lambda args: non_default)
+        with caplog.at_level("INFO", logger="vllm.entrypoints.common.startup"):
+            startup.log_non_default_args(args=Namespace())
+        message = caplog.text
+        assert self.API_KEY not in message
+        assert "'api_key': '***'" in message
+        # non-sensitive args are still logged
+        assert "org/model" in message
+        assert "qwen3_coder" in message
+
+    def test_hf_token_not_in_log(self, monkeypatch, caplog):
+        hf_token = "hf_TESTTOKENVALUE123"
+        non_default = {
+            "model_tag": "org/model",
+            "hf_token": hf_token,
+            "tool_call_parser": "qwen3_coder",
+        }
+        monkeypatch.setattr(startup, "get_non_default_args", lambda args: non_default)
+        with caplog.at_level("INFO", logger="vllm.entrypoints.common.startup"):
+            startup.log_non_default_args(args=Namespace())
+        message = caplog.text
+        assert hf_token not in message
+        assert "'hf_token': '***'" in message
+        assert "org/model" in message
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/test_api_server_process_manager.py b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/test_api_server_process_manager.py
index 318f57b86ff..e90f8d0a7fb 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/test_api_server_process_manager.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/test_api_server_process_manager.py
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def test_rust_frontend_launch_log_redacts_credentials(monkeypatch):
     Credentials must not reach the log line."""
     import subprocess as subprocess_mod
 
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
     from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
     from vllm.v1.utils import RustFrontendProcessManager
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def test_rust_frontend_uses_config_model_as_model_tag(monkeypatch, caplog, tmp_p
     """Config-only model selection must be forwarded to the Rust frontend."""
     import subprocess as subprocess_mod
 
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
     from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
     from vllm.v1.utils import RustFrontendProcessManager
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def test_rust_frontend_inherits_grpc_listener(monkeypatch):
     """The Python-bound gRPC socket is passed to Rust like the HTTP one."""
     import subprocess as subprocess_mod
 
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
     from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
     from vllm.v1.utils import RustFrontendProcessManager
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ def test_rust_frontend_inherits_grpc_listener(monkeypatch):
 
 def test_rust_frontend_spawn_failure_cleans_up_listeners(tmp_path):
     """No child owns the listeners when Popen fails, so the parent removes them."""
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
     from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
     from vllm.v1.utils import RustFrontendProcessManager
 
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/render/test_app_state.py b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/render/test_app_state.py
index f0f54d9bafd..424b7eb112b 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/render/test_app_state.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/render/test_app_state.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from starlette.datastructures import State
 
 import vllm.entrypoints.launchers.render.app_state as app_state_mod
 from vllm.config import ModelConfig, VllmConfig
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
 
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_launch_cli.py b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_launch_cli.py
index 55093c5685d..3464e99ae8a 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_launch_cli.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/launchers/test_launch_cli.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from vllm.entrypoints.cli.launch import (
     RenderSubcommand,
     cmd_init,
 )
+from vllm.entrypoints.common import startup
 from vllm.snapshot.controller import (
     LocalSnapshotTools,
     SnapshotCreateError,
@@ -159,9 +160,7 @@ def test_snapshot_environment_contract(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
     capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
 ):
-    from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils import api_utils
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(api_utils, "cli_env_setup", pytest.fail)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(startup, "cli_env_setup", pytest.fail)
     secret = "snapshot-secret"
     monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_API_KEY", secret)
     monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_USER_SETTING", secret)
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/serve/middleware/test_cors_middleware.py b/tests/entrypoints/serve/middleware/test_cors_middleware.py
index 543c101a930..a63c2db831b 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/serve/middleware/test_cors_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/serve/middleware/test_cors_middleware.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import FrontendArgs
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import FrontendArgs
 from vllm.entrypoints.serve.middleware.register import init_entrypoints_middleware
 
 
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/serve/utils/test_api_utils.py b/tests/entrypoints/serve/utils/test_api_utils.py
index 4dcf2dcffed..e9f8ce34f27 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoints/serve/utils/test_api_utils.py
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/serve/utils/test_api_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
-
 import asyncio
-from argparse import Namespace
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@ from vllm.entrypoints.generate.base.protocol import StreamOptions
 from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils import api_utils
 from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import (
     get_max_tokens,
-    redact_sensitive_args,
     should_include_usage,
 )
 
@@ -165,66 +162,3 @@ class TestGetMaxTokens:
                 input_length=150,
                 default_sampling_params={"max_tokens": 2048},
             )
-
-
-class TestRedactSensitiveArgs:
-    API_KEY = "sk-test-secret-12345"
-
-    def test_redact_replaces_sensitive_values_only(self):
-        args = {
-            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
-            "hf_token": "hf_secret",
-            "watermark_config": {"algorithm": "gumbel", "key": 42},
-            "other": "visible",
-        }
-        redacted = redact_sensitive_args(args)
-        assert redacted == {
-            "api_key": "***",
-            "hf_token": "***",
-            "watermark_config": "***",
-            "other": "visible",
-        }
-        # original dict must not be mutated
-        assert args == {
-            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
-            "hf_token": "hf_secret",
-            "watermark_config": {"algorithm": "gumbel", "key": 42},
-            "other": "visible",
-        }
-
-    def test_no_sensitive_fields_returns_original(self):
-        args = {"model_tag": "org/model", "other": "visible"}
-        assert redact_sensitive_args(args) is args
-
-    def test_api_key_not_in_log(self, monkeypatch, caplog):
-        non_default = {
-            "model_tag": "org/model",
-            "default_chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False},
-            "api_key": self.API_KEY,
-            "enable_auto_tool_choice": True,
-            "tool_call_parser": "qwen3_coder",
-        }
-        monkeypatch.setattr(api_utils, "get_non_default_args", lambda args: non_default)
-        with caplog.at_level("INFO", logger="vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils"):
-            api_utils.log_non_default_args(args=Namespace())
-        message = caplog.text
-        assert self.API_KEY not in message
-        assert "'api_key': '***'" in message
-        # non-sensitive args are still logged
-        assert "org/model" in message
-        assert "qwen3_coder" in message
-
-    def test_hf_token_not_in_log(self, monkeypatch, caplog):
-        hf_token = "hf_TESTTOKENVALUE123"
-        non_default = {
-            "model_tag": "org/model",
-            "hf_token": hf_token,
-            "tool_call_parser": "qwen3_coder",
-        }
-        monkeypatch.setattr(api_utils, "get_non_default_args", lambda args: non_default)
-        with caplog.at_level("INFO", logger="vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils"):
-            api_utils.log_non_default_args(args=Namespace())
-        message = caplog.text
-        assert hf_token not in message
-        assert "'hf_token': '***'" in message
-        assert "org/model" in message
diff --git a/tests/plugins_tests/test_endpoint_plugins.py b/tests/plugins_tests/test_endpoint_plugins.py
index 864c915fe08..41d00884692 100644
--- a/tests/plugins_tests/test_endpoint_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/plugins_tests/test_endpoint_plugins.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import pytest
 from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI
 from vllm_add_dummy_endpoint_plugin import DummyAdminEndpointPlugin
 
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
 from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.app import build_app
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
 from vllm.plugins import load_endpoint_plugins
 from vllm.plugins.endpoint_plugins.interface import (
     EndpointPlugin,
diff --git a/tools/pre_commit/mypy.py b/tools/pre_commit/mypy.py
index 876e19e1fdb..1823052f6c4 100755
--- a/tools/pre_commit/mypy.py
+++ b/tools/pre_commit/mypy.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ SILENT_GROUPS = [
     "tests/entrypoints/serve",
     "tests/entrypoints/tool_parsers",
     "tests/entrypoints/unit_tests",
+    "tests/entrypoints/common",
     "tests/kernels/attention",
     "tests/kernels/core",
     "tests/kernels/helion",
diff --git a/vllm/benchmarks/sweep/cli.py b/vllm/benchmarks/sweep/cli.py
index 96d26c47539..fb8f746323f 100644
--- a/vllm/benchmarks/sweep/cli.py
+++ b/vllm/benchmarks/sweep/cli.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 import argparse
 
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
 from .plot import SweepPlotArgs
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/benchmark/main.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/benchmark/main.py
index d540c9ddded..c71e8bf0756 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/benchmark/main.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/benchmark/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import typing
 from vllm import envs
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.benchmark.base import BenchmarkSubcommandBase
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.types import CLISubcommand
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/launch.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/launch.py
index bde58aabf57..442becf87d0 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/launch.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/launch.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import inspect
 import uvloop
 
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.types import CLISubcommand
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import (
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
     make_arg_parser,
     validate_parsed_serve_args,
 )
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.render.entry import run_launch_fastapi
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/main.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/main.py
index c85bec4f180..a07d8a754c5 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/main.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/main.py
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ def main():
     import vllm.entrypoints.cli.run_batch
     import vllm.entrypoints.cli.serve
     import vllm.entrypoints.cli.snapshot
-    from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import (
-        VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG,
-        cli_env_setup,
-    )
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG, cli_env_setup
     from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
     CMD_MODULES = [
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/preload.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/preload.py
index 90e746fdb68..f8912a29483 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/preload.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/preload.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import Response
 
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import EngineArgs
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.types import CLISubcommand
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.model_executor.model_loader.weight_cache.protocol import (
     check_ipc_platform_support,
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/run_batch.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/run_batch.py
index 5fa626a6a57..a8be4cee8a9 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/run_batch.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/run_batch.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import importlib.metadata
 import typing
 
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.types import CLISubcommand
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/serve.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
index 94e6545c089..40f116514d3 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/serve.py
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ import uvloop
 import vllm
 import vllm.envs as envs
 from vllm.entrypoints.cli.types import CLISubcommand
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.api_server.entry import run_server, setup_server
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import (
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
     make_arg_parser,
     propagate_flash_late_interaction,
     validate_parsed_serve_args,
 )
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
+from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.api_server.entry import run_server, setup_server
 from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.dp_supervisor import run_dp_supervisor
 from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.launcher import create_server_socket
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.reasoning import ReasoningParserManager
 from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/snapshot.py b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/snapshot.py
index f5201675d40..36d6728ca8f 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/cli/snapshot.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/cli/snapshot.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class SnapshotSubcommand(CLISubcommand):
             "create", help="Create a snapshot from an initialized TP1 engine."
         )
         if self.create_requested:
-            from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+            from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
 
             create_parser = make_arg_parser(create_parser)
         else:
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/cli_args.py b/vllm/entrypoints/common/cli_args.py
similarity index 95%
rename from vllm/entrypoints/launchers/cli_args.py
rename to vllm/entrypoints/common/cli_args.py
index 34475a3a610..38bb3468ddc 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/cli_args.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/common/cli_args.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs, optional_type
 from vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.protocol import (
     AnthropicDisabledThinkingEffortOption,
 )
+from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.utils.constants import (
+    H11_MAX_HEADER_COUNT_DEFAULT,
+    H11_MAX_INCOMPLETE_EVENT_SIZE_DEFAULT,
+)
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.protocol import LoRAModulePath
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.renderers.chat_utils import (
@@ -27,11 +31,6 @@ from vllm.tool_parsers import ToolParserManager
 from vllm.tool_parsers.tool_strict_level import ToolStrictLevelName
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
-from .utils.constants import (
-    H11_MAX_HEADER_COUNT_DEFAULT,
-    H11_MAX_INCOMPLETE_EVENT_SIZE_DEFAULT,
-)
-
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -571,3 +570,33 @@ def propagate_flash_late_interaction(args, engine_args) -> None:
         engine_args.pooler_config = PoolerConfig(enable_flash_late_interaction=False)
     else:
         engine_args.pooler_config.enable_flash_late_interaction = False
+
+
+def init_parser_plugin(args: argparse.Namespace):
+    from vllm.reasoning import ReasoningParserManager
+
+    if args.tool_parser_plugin and len(args.tool_parser_plugin) > 3:
+        ToolParserManager.import_tool_parser(args.tool_parser_plugin)
+
+    if args.reasoning_parser_plugin and len(args.reasoning_parser_plugin) > 3:
+        ReasoningParserManager.import_reasoning_parser(args.reasoning_parser_plugin)
+
+
+def validate_api_server_args(args: argparse.Namespace):
+    from vllm.reasoning import ReasoningParserManager
+
+    valid_tool_parses = ToolParserManager.list_registered()
+    if args.enable_auto_tool_choice and args.tool_call_parser not in valid_tool_parses:
+        raise KeyError(
+            f"invalid tool call parser: {args.tool_call_parser} "
+            f"(chose from {{ {','.join(valid_tool_parses)} }})"
+        )
+
+    valid_reasoning_parsers = ReasoningParserManager.list_registered()
+    if (
+        reasoning_parser := args.structured_outputs_config.reasoning_parser
+    ) and reasoning_parser not in valid_reasoning_parsers:
+        raise KeyError(
+            f"invalid reasoning parser: {reasoning_parser} "
+            f"(chose from {{ {','.join(valid_reasoning_parsers)} }})"
+        )
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/common/startup.py b/vllm/entrypoints/common/startup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a40be680d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/common/startup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+import dataclasses
+import os
+from argparse import Namespace
+from logging import Logger
+from string import Template
+from typing import Any
+
+from vllm import EngineArgs, envs
+from vllm.logger import current_formatter_type, init_logger
+
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def log_version_and_model(lgr: Logger, version: str, model_name: str) -> None:
+    if envs.VLLM_DISABLE_LOG_LOGO or (formatter := current_formatter_type(lgr)) is None:
+        message = "vLLM server version %s, serving model %s"
+    else:
+        logo_template = Template(
+            "\n       ${w}█     █     █▄   ▄█${r}\n"
+            " ${o}▄▄${r} ${b}▄█${r} ${w}█     █     █ ▀▄▀ █${r}  version ${w}%s${r}\n"
+            "  ${o}█${r}${b}▄█▀${r} ${w}█     █     █     █${r}  model   ${w}%s${r}\n"
+            "   ${b}▀▀${r}  ${w}▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀     ▀${r}\n"
+        )
+        colors = {
+            "w": "\033[1m",  # bold, default foreground
+            "o": "\033[93m",  # orange
+            "b": "\033[94m",  # blue
+            "r": "\033[0m",  # reset
+        }
+        if formatter != "color":
+            # monochrome logo (no ansi escape codes)
+            colors = dict.fromkeys(colors, "")
+
+        message = logo_template.substitute(colors)
+
+    lgr.info(message, version, model_name)
+
+
+VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG = (
+    "For full list:            vllm {subcmd} --help=all\n"
+    "For a section:            vllm {subcmd} --help=ModelConfig    (case-insensitive)\n"  # noqa: E501
+    "For a flag:               vllm {subcmd} --help=max-model-len  (_ or - accepted)\n"  # noqa: E501
+    "Documentation:            https://docs.vllm.ai\n"
+)
+
+
+# Fields whose values must never be logged verbatim.
+_SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS = frozenset({"api_key", "hf_token", "watermark_config"})
+
+
+def redact_sensitive_args(args: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return a copy of `args` with sensitive values redacted for logging."""
+    if not any(key in _SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS for key in args):
+        return args
+    return {
+        key: ("***" if key in _SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS else value)
+        for key, value in args.items()
+    }
+
+
+def get_non_default_args(args: Namespace | EngineArgs) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import make_arg_parser
+    from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
+
+    non_default_args = {}
+
+    # Handle Namespace
+    if isinstance(args, Namespace):
+        parser = make_arg_parser(FlexibleArgumentParser())
+        for arg, default in vars(parser.parse_args([])).items():
+            if default != getattr(args, arg):
+                non_default_args[arg] = getattr(args, arg)
+
+    # Handle EngineArgs instance
+    elif isinstance(args, EngineArgs):
+        default_args = EngineArgs(model=args.model)  # Create default instance
+        for field in dataclasses.fields(args):
+            current_val = getattr(args, field.name)
+            default_val = getattr(default_args, field.name)
+            if current_val != default_val:
+                non_default_args[field.name] = current_val
+        if default_args.model != EngineArgs.model:
+            non_default_args["model"] = default_args.model
+    else:
+        raise TypeError(
+            "Unsupported argument type. Must be Namespace or EngineArgs instance."
+        )
+
+    return non_default_args
+
+
+def log_non_default_args(args: Namespace | EngineArgs):
+    non_default_args = get_non_default_args(args)
+    logger.info("non-default args: %s", redact_sensitive_args(non_default_args))
+
+
+def _jsonify_arg_value(value: Any) -> Any:
+    if value is None or isinstance(value, bool | int | float | str):
+        return value
+    if dataclasses.is_dataclass(value) and not isinstance(value, type):
+        return {
+            key: _jsonify_arg_value(val)
+            for key, val in dataclasses.asdict(value).items()
+        }
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return {str(key): _jsonify_arg_value(val) for key, val in value.items()}
+    if isinstance(value, tuple | list):
+        return [_jsonify_arg_value(item) for item in value]
+    if (model_dump := getattr(value, "model_dump", None)) is not None:
+        return _jsonify_arg_value(model_dump(mode="json"))
+    if (to_dict := getattr(value, "dict", None)) is not None:
+        return _jsonify_arg_value(to_dict())
+    return repr(value)
+
+
+def jsonify_non_default_args(
+    args: Namespace | EngineArgs,
+    *,
+    exclude: set[str] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    non_default_args = get_non_default_args(args)
+    if exclude is not None:
+        for key in exclude:
+            non_default_args.pop(key, None)
+
+    return {key: _jsonify_arg_value(value) for key, value in non_default_args.items()}
+
+
+def cli_env_setup():
+    # The safest multiprocessing method is `spawn`, as the default `fork` method
+    # is not compatible with some accelerators. The default method will be
+    # changing in future versions of Python, so we should use it explicitly when
+    # possible.
+    #
+    # We only set it here in the CLI entrypoint, because changing to `spawn`
+    # could break some existing code using vLLM as a library. `spawn` will cause
+    # unexpected behavior if the code is not protected by
+    # `if __name__ == "__main__":`.
+    #
+    # References:
+    # - https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods
+    # - https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/notes/multiprocessing.html#cuda-in-multiprocessing
+    # - https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/multiprocessing.html#sharing-cuda-tensors
+    # - https://docs.habana.ai/en/latest/PyTorch/Getting_Started_with_PyTorch_and_Gaudi/Getting_Started_with_PyTorch.html?highlight=multiprocessing#torch-multiprocessing-for-dataloaders
+    if "VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD" not in os.environ:
+        logger.debug("Setting VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD to 'spawn'")
+        os.environ["VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD"] = "spawn"
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/app_state.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/app_state.py
index ff87dbea491..567fded4ea1 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/app_state.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/app_state.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from typing import cast
 from starlette.datastructures import State
 
 from vllm.engine.protocol import EngineClient
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import resolve_default_chat_template_kwargs
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import resolve_default_chat_template_kwargs
 from vllm.entrypoints.mcp.tool_server import init_tool_server
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.protocol import BaseModelPath
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.serving import OpenAIServingModels
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/entry.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/entry.py
index e5ba536e112..a856ac0d93f 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/entry.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/api_server/entry.py
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ from typing import Any
 import vllm.envs as envs
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
 from vllm.engine.protocol import EngineClient
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import init_parser_plugin
 from vllm.logger import configure_logging_from_args, init_logger
-from vllm.reasoning import ReasoningParserManager
-from vllm.tool_parsers import ToolParserManager
 from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
 from vllm.utils.system_utils import decorate_logs
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ async def build_async_engine_client(
     # Context manager to handle engine_client lifecycle
     # Ensures everything is shutdown and cleaned up on error/exit
     engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs.from_cli_args(args)
-    from ..cli_args import propagate_flash_late_interaction
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import propagate_flash_late_interaction
 
     propagate_flash_late_interaction(args, engine_args)
     if client_config:
@@ -181,11 +180,7 @@ async def run_server_worker(
     listen_address, sock, args, client_config=None, **uvicorn_kwargs
 ) -> None:
     """Run a single API server worker."""
-    if args.tool_parser_plugin and len(args.tool_parser_plugin) > 3:
-        ToolParserManager.import_tool_parser(args.tool_parser_plugin)
-
-    if args.reasoning_parser_plugin and len(args.reasoning_parser_plugin) > 3:
-        ReasoningParserManager.import_reasoning_parser(args.reasoning_parser_plugin)
+    init_parser_plugin(args)
 
     peer_loads = None
     if client_config and "api_server_loads" in client_config:
@@ -209,13 +204,12 @@ async def run_server_worker(
 def main():
     import uvloop
 
-    from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import cli_env_setup
-    from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
-
-    from ..cli_args import (
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
         make_arg_parser,
         validate_parsed_serve_args,
     )
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import cli_env_setup
+    from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
     # NOTE(simon):
     # This section should be in sync with vllm/entrypoints/cli/main.py for CLI
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/grpc_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/grpc_server.py
index 2f3808526a0..9cdb18b6bc7 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/grpc_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/grpc_server.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import uvloop
 
 from vllm import envs
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import log_version_and_model
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import log_version_and_model
 from vllm.logger import configure_logging_from_args, init_logger
 from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
 from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/launcher.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/launcher.py
index 1db294cfc6f..ebaf2f3cad0 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/launcher.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/launcher.py
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 from vllm import envs
 from vllm.engine.protocol import EngineClient
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.utils.ssl import SSLCertRefresher
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import (
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
+    init_parser_plugin,
+    validate_api_server_args,
+)
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import (
     log_non_default_args,
     log_version_and_model,
 )
+from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.utils.ssl import SSLCertRefresher
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
-from vllm.reasoning import ReasoningParserManager
-from vllm.tool_parsers import ToolParserManager
 from vllm.tracing import instrument
 from vllm.utils.network_utils import find_process_using_port, is_valid_ipv6_address
 from vllm.utils.system_utils import set_ulimit
@@ -359,36 +361,12 @@ def create_server_unix_socket(path: str) -> socket.socket:
     return sock
 
 
-def validate_api_server_args(args):
-    valid_tool_parses = ToolParserManager.list_registered()
-    if args.enable_auto_tool_choice and args.tool_call_parser not in valid_tool_parses:
-        raise KeyError(
-            f"invalid tool call parser: {args.tool_call_parser} "
-            f"(chose from {{ {','.join(valid_tool_parses)} }})"
-        )
-
-    valid_reasoning_parsers = ReasoningParserManager.list_registered()
-    if (
-        reasoning_parser := args.structured_outputs_config.reasoning_parser
-    ) and reasoning_parser not in valid_reasoning_parsers:
-        raise KeyError(
-            f"invalid reasoning parser: {reasoning_parser} "
-            f"(chose from {{ {','.join(valid_reasoning_parsers)} }})"
-        )
-
-
 @instrument(span_name="API server setup")
 def setup_server(args, *, reuse_port: bool):
     """Validate API server args and create the server socket."""
     log_version_and_model(logger, VLLM_VERSION, args.model)
     log_non_default_args(args)
-
-    if args.tool_parser_plugin and len(args.tool_parser_plugin) > 3:
-        ToolParserManager.import_tool_parser(args.tool_parser_plugin)
-
-    if args.reasoning_parser_plugin and len(args.reasoning_parser_plugin) > 3:
-        ReasoningParserManager.import_reasoning_parser(args.reasoning_parser_plugin)
-
+    init_parser_plugin(args)
     validate_api_server_args(args)
 
     # workaround to make sure that we bind the port before the engine is set up.
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/app_state.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/app_state.py
index d25263f56b5..b498e394312 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/app_state.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/app_state.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from argparse import Namespace
 from starlette.datastructures import State
 
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
-from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import resolve_default_chat_template_kwargs
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import resolve_default_chat_template_kwargs
 from vllm.entrypoints.mcp.tool_server import init_tool_server
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.protocol import BaseModelPath
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.serving import OpenAIModelRegistry
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/entry.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/entry.py
index 92c29ea320d..77040a8f68f 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/entry.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/render/entry.py
@@ -108,13 +108,12 @@ async def run_launch_fastapi(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import uvloop
 
-    from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import cli_env_setup
-    from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
-
-    from ..cli_args import (
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
         make_arg_parser,
         validate_parsed_serve_args,
     )
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import cli_env_setup
+    from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
     cli_env_setup()
     parser = FlexibleArgumentParser(
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/run_batch.py b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/run_batch.py
index 266592a731a..5a7f9f3d93d 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/run_batch.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/launchers/run_batch.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from vllm.config import config
 from vllm.connections import HTTPResponseSizeExceededError, global_http_connection
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
 from vllm.engine.protocol import EngineClient
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import BaseFrontendArgs
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.chat_completion.protocol import (
     ChatCompletionRequest,
     ChatCompletionResponse,
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ from vllm.utils.mem_constants import MiB_bytes
 from vllm.version import __version__ as VLLM_VERSION
 
 from .api_server.entry import init_app_state
-from .cli_args import BaseFrontendArgs
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
index 6b7f91d08e4..8c605d84c66 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@ from vllm.config.model import (
 from vllm.config.quantization import QuantizationConfigArgs
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import EngineArgs
 from vllm.entrypoints.common.offline import _O, _R, OfflineInferenceMixin
+from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import log_non_default_args
 from vllm.entrypoints.generate.beam_search.offline import BeamSearchOfflineMixin
 from vllm.entrypoints.pooling.offline import PoolingOfflineMixin
 from vllm.entrypoints.rl.offline import RLOfflineMixin
-from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import log_non_default_args
 from vllm.inputs import PromptType
 from vllm.logger import configure_logging_if_needed, init_logger
 from vllm.lora.request import LoRARequest
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization import QuantizationMethods
 from vllm.outputs import PoolingRequestOutput, RequestOutput
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
+from vllm.renderers import ChatParams
 from vllm.renderers.chat_utils import (
     ChatCompletionMessageParam,
     ChatTemplateContentFormatOption,
@@ -52,8 +53,6 @@ from vllm.v1.engine import PauseMode
 from vllm.v1.engine.llm_engine import LLMEngine
 from vllm.v1.sample.logits_processor import LogitsProcessor
 
-from ..renderers import ChatParams
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.v1.metrics.reader import Metric
 
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/api_utils.py b/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/api_utils.py
index 14de8b558a5..6ddec1d6f64 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/api_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/api_utils.py
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
 import asyncio
-import dataclasses
 import functools
-import os
-from argparse import Namespace
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from logging import Logger
-from string import Template
 from typing import Any
 
 from fastapi import Request
@@ -17,23 +12,13 @@ from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTask, BackgroundTasks
 
-from vllm import envs
-from vllm.engine.arg_utils import EngineArgs
 from vllm.entrypoints.generate.base.protocol import StreamOptions
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.models.protocol import LoRAModulePath
-from vllm.logger import current_formatter_type, init_logger
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
-from vllm.utils.argparse_utils import FlexibleArgumentParser
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-VLLM_SUBCMD_PARSER_EPILOG = (
-    "For full list:            vllm {subcmd} --help=all\n"
-    "For a section:            vllm {subcmd} --help=ModelConfig    (case-insensitive)\n"  # noqa: E501
-    "For a flag:               vllm {subcmd} --help=max-model-len  (_ or - accepted)\n"  # noqa: E501
-    "Documentation:            https://docs.vllm.ai\n"
-)
-
 
 async def listen_for_disconnect(request: Request) -> None:
     """Returns if a disconnect message is received."""
@@ -216,27 +201,6 @@ def load_aware_call(func):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def cli_env_setup():
-    # The safest multiprocessing method is `spawn`, as the default `fork` method
-    # is not compatible with some accelerators. The default method will be
-    # changing in future versions of Python, so we should use it explicitly when
-    # possible.
-    #
-    # We only set it here in the CLI entrypoint, because changing to `spawn`
-    # could break some existing code using vLLM as a library. `spawn` will cause
-    # unexpected behavior if the code is not protected by
-    # `if __name__ == "__main__":`.
-    #
-    # References:
-    # - https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods
-    # - https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/notes/multiprocessing.html#cuda-in-multiprocessing
-    # - https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/multiprocessing.html#sharing-cuda-tensors
-    # - https://docs.habana.ai/en/latest/PyTorch/Getting_Started_with_PyTorch_and_Gaudi/Getting_Started_with_PyTorch.html?highlight=multiprocessing#torch-multiprocessing-for-dataloaders
-    if "VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD" not in os.environ:
-        logger.debug("Setting VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD to 'spawn'")
-        os.environ["VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD"] = "spawn"
-
-
 def get_max_tokens(
     max_model_len: int,
     max_tokens: int | None,
@@ -276,87 +240,6 @@ def get_max_tokens(
     )
 
 
-def get_non_default_args(args: Namespace | EngineArgs) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import make_arg_parser
-
-    non_default_args = {}
-
-    # Handle Namespace
-    if isinstance(args, Namespace):
-        parser = make_arg_parser(FlexibleArgumentParser())
-        for arg, default in vars(parser.parse_args([])).items():
-            if default != getattr(args, arg):
-                non_default_args[arg] = getattr(args, arg)
-
-    # Handle EngineArgs instance
-    elif isinstance(args, EngineArgs):
-        default_args = EngineArgs(model=args.model)  # Create default instance
-        for field in dataclasses.fields(args):
-            current_val = getattr(args, field.name)
-            default_val = getattr(default_args, field.name)
-            if current_val != default_val:
-                non_default_args[field.name] = current_val
-        if default_args.model != EngineArgs.model:
-            non_default_args["model"] = default_args.model
-    else:
-        raise TypeError(
-            "Unsupported argument type. Must be Namespace or EngineArgs instance."
-        )
-
-    return non_default_args
-
-
-def _jsonify_arg_value(value: Any) -> Any:
-    if value is None or isinstance(value, bool | int | float | str):
-        return value
-    if dataclasses.is_dataclass(value) and not isinstance(value, type):
-        return {
-            key: _jsonify_arg_value(val)
-            for key, val in dataclasses.asdict(value).items()
-        }
-    if isinstance(value, dict):
-        return {str(key): _jsonify_arg_value(val) for key, val in value.items()}
-    if isinstance(value, tuple | list):
-        return [_jsonify_arg_value(item) for item in value]
-    if (model_dump := getattr(value, "model_dump", None)) is not None:
-        return _jsonify_arg_value(model_dump(mode="json"))
-    if (to_dict := getattr(value, "dict", None)) is not None:
-        return _jsonify_arg_value(to_dict())
-    return repr(value)
-
-
-def jsonify_non_default_args(
-    args: Namespace | EngineArgs,
-    *,
-    exclude: set[str] | None = None,
-) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    non_default_args = get_non_default_args(args)
-    if exclude is not None:
-        for key in exclude:
-            non_default_args.pop(key, None)
-
-    return {key: _jsonify_arg_value(value) for key, value in non_default_args.items()}
-
-
-# Fields whose values must never be logged verbatim.
-_SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS = frozenset({"api_key", "hf_token", "watermark_config"})
-
-
-def redact_sensitive_args(args: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Return a copy of `args` with sensitive values redacted for logging."""
-    if not any(key in _SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS for key in args):
-        return args
-    return {
-        key: ("***" if key in _SENSITIVE_ARG_FIELDS else value)
-        for key, value in args.items()
-    }
-
-
-def log_non_default_args(args: Namespace | EngineArgs):
-    non_default_args = get_non_default_args(args)
-    logger.info("non-default args: %s", redact_sensitive_args(non_default_args))
-
-
 def should_include_usage(
     stream_options: StreamOptions | None, enable_force_include_usage: bool
 ) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
@@ -393,31 +276,6 @@ def process_lora_modules(
     return lora_modules
 
 
-def log_version_and_model(lgr: Logger, version: str, model_name: str) -> None:
-    if envs.VLLM_DISABLE_LOG_LOGO or (formatter := current_formatter_type(lgr)) is None:
-        message = "vLLM server version %s, serving model %s"
-    else:
-        logo_template = Template(
-            "\n       ${w}█     █     █▄   ▄█${r}\n"
-            " ${o}▄▄${r} ${b}▄█${r} ${w}█     █     █ ▀▄▀ █${r}  version ${w}%s${r}\n"
-            "  ${o}█${r}${b}▄█▀${r} ${w}█     █     █     █${r}  model   ${w}%s${r}\n"
-            "   ${b}▀▀${r}  ${w}▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀     ▀${r}\n"
-        )
-        colors = {
-            "w": "\033[1m",  # bold, default foreground
-            "o": "\033[93m",  # orange
-            "b": "\033[94m",  # blue
-            "r": "\033[0m",  # reset
-        }
-        if formatter != "color":
-            # monochrome logo (no ansi escape codes)
-            colors = dict.fromkeys(colors, "")
-
-        message = logo_template.substitute(colors)
-
-    lgr.info(message, version, model_name)
-
-
 async def validate_json_request(raw_request: Request):
     content_type = raw_request.headers.get("content-type", "").lower()
     media_type = content_type.split(";", maxsplit=1)[0]
diff --git a/vllm/snapshot/server.py b/vllm/snapshot/server.py
index 2dc0f3384ae..724739e6d6d 100644
--- a/vllm/snapshot/server.py
+++ b/vllm/snapshot/server.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ async def wait_for_release_marker(
 
 
 def parse_vllm_args(argv: list[str]) -> Any:
-    from vllm.entrypoints.launchers.cli_args import (
+    from vllm.entrypoints.common.cli_args import (
         make_arg_parser,
         validate_parsed_serve_args,
     )
diff --git a/vllm/v1/utils.py b/vllm/v1/utils.py
index b8d98ff1cf7..4a3a09d5a7f 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/utils.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class RustFrontendProcessManager:
             inherited_fds.append(grpc_fd)
         if stats_update_address is not None:
             cmd.extend(["--coordinator-address", stats_update_address])
-        from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import jsonify_non_default_args
+        from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import jsonify_non_default_args
 
         args_dict = jsonify_non_default_args(
             args,
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class RustFrontendProcessManager:
 
         # The subprocess needs the real values, but the log must not carry
         # credentials such as api_key or hf_token.
-        from vllm.entrypoints.serve.utils.api_utils import redact_sensitive_args
+        from vllm.entrypoints.common.startup import redact_sensitive_args
 
         redacted_json = json.dumps(redact_sensitive_args(args_dict), sort_keys=True)
         logger.info("Launching Rust frontend: %s", " ".join(cmd[:-1] + [redacted_json]))