diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
index 82f33337f..d1a7d2c9e 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
@@ -3723,6 +3723,19 @@ class Scheduler(
             self.running_batch.batch_is_full = False
             self.chunked_req = None
 
+        # Surface the paused state to dashboards immediately. The scheduler
+        # event loop short-circuits before reaching ``on_idle`` while paused,
+        # so without this hop ``gen_throughput`` retains its last non-zero
+        # value and KV events are not flushed for the entire pause window
+        # (e.g. across a weight update). Zero the gauge, force a one-shot
+        # idle log by resetting the rate-limit timestamp, and flush pending
+        # KV events.
+        self.metrics_reporter.last_gen_throughput = 0.0
+        if self.metrics_reporter.current_scheduler_metrics_enabled:
+            self.metrics_reporter.metrics_collector.last_log_time = 0.0
+            self.metrics_reporter._maybe_log_idle_metrics()
+        self.kv_events_publisher.publish_kv_events()
+
     def continue_generation(self, recv_req: ContinueGenerationReqInput):
         if recv_req.torch_empty_cache:
             before_mb = torch.cuda.memory_reserved() / (1024 * 1024)
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/managers/test_scheduler_pause_generation.py b/test/registered/unit/managers/test_scheduler_pause_generation.py
index 170e8bac0..7b3e9b20b 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/managers/test_scheduler_pause_generation.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/managers/test_scheduler_pause_generation.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ class TestSchedulerPauseGeneration(unittest.TestCase):
                 full_evictable_size=0,
             )
         )
+        # pause_generation zeros gen_throughput and flushes KV events.
+        scheduler.metrics_reporter = MagicMock()
+        scheduler.metrics_reporter.current_scheduler_metrics_enabled = False
+        scheduler.kv_events_publisher = MagicMock()
         return scheduler
 
     def test_inplace_only_sets_flag(self):