diff --git a/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_store.go b/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_store.go
index 2ce102296a..85b43e2c0d 100644
--- a/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_store.go
+++ b/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_store.go
@@ -136,14 +136,28 @@ func (m *ConfigManager) Reload(ctx context.Context) error {
 	previous := m.snapshot.Load()
 	m.snapshot.Store(&activeConfigSnapshot{storage: cloneStorageConfig(storage), active: cloneActiveConfig(active), loadedAt: now})
 	m.configUntrusted.Store(false)
-	m.clearLoadError()
+	recovered := m.clearLoadError()
 	m.logInvalidTokenEndpoints(previous, active)
-	LogInfo(EventConfigLoaded, map[string]any{
-		"config_version": storage.ConfigVersion, "status": "loaded",
-	})
+	// refreshLoop calls Reload every 5s, so logging every successful load turns
+	// config_loaded into a heartbeat that buries real config changes.
+	if recovered || shouldLogConfigLoaded(previous, storage, active) {
+		LogInfo(EventConfigLoaded, map[string]any{
+			"config_version": storage.ConfigVersion, "status": "loaded",
+		})
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// shouldLogConfigLoaded reports whether a successful reload carries news: the
+// first snapshot, a new config version (every admin save bumps it under the
+// advisory lock in UpdateConfig) or a flip of the global risk control gate,
+// which lives in its own setting and so leaves the version untouched.
+func shouldLogConfigLoaded(previous *activeConfigSnapshot, storage storageConfig, active ActiveConfig) bool {
+	return previous == nil ||
+		previous.storage.ConfigVersion != storage.ConfigVersion ||
+		previous.active.RiskControlEnabled != active.RiskControlEnabled
+}
+
 // logInvalidTokenEndpoints warns once per change (not on every 5s refresh)
 // when stored endpoint tokens cannot be decrypted with the current key.
 func (m *ConfigManager) logInvalidTokenEndpoints(previous *activeConfigSnapshot, active ActiveConfig) {
@@ -490,11 +504,15 @@ func (m *ConfigManager) recordLoadError(_ error) {
 	m.stateMu.Unlock()
 }
 
-func (m *ConfigManager) clearLoadError() {
+// clearLoadError drops the recorded load failure and reports whether one was
+// pending, so callers can tell a recovery apart from an unchanged reload.
+func (m *ConfigManager) clearLoadError() bool {
 	m.stateMu.Lock()
+	recovered := m.lastLoadError != ""
 	m.lastLoadError = ""
 	m.lastErrorAt = nil
 	m.stateMu.Unlock()
+	return recovered
 }
 
 func cloneStorageConfig(cfg storageConfig) storageConfig {
diff --git a/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_test.go b/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_test.go
index 48175947c2..eb7bfcfa02 100644
--- a/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/securityaudit/prompt_config_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package securityaudit
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -454,3 +456,51 @@ func TestUpdateConfigStrictBoundsAndKnownValues(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// Regression coverage for issue #5732: refreshLoop reloads every 5s, so
+// config_loaded must stay a change signal instead of ~17k identical lines a
+// day, while still reporting the first load, real config changes and a
+// recovery from a failed reload.
+func TestConfigLoadedIsLoggedOnlyWhenSomethingChanged(t *testing.T) {
+	storage := DefaultStorageConfig()
+	storage.ConfigVersion = 4
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(storage)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repository := &switchableSettingRepository{staticSettingRepository: staticSettingRepository{values: map[string]string{
+		SettingKeyPromptAuditConfig: string(raw),
+		SettingKeyRiskControl:       "false",
+	}}}
+	manager := NewConfigManager(nil, repository, nil, prefixEncryptor{}, testTotpKeyConfig())
+
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	previous := slog.Default()
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&output, nil)))
+	t.Cleanup(func() { slog.SetDefault(previous) })
+	loadedCount := func() int { return strings.Count(output.String(), EventConfigLoaded) }
+
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 1, loadedCount(), "the first successful load must be logged")
+
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 1, loadedCount(), "TTL refreshes of an unchanged config must stay silent")
+
+	repository.values[SettingKeyRiskControl] = "true"
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 2, loadedCount(), "flipping the global risk control gate must be logged")
+
+	storage.ConfigVersion = 5
+	raw, err = json.Marshal(storage)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repository.values[SettingKeyPromptAuditConfig] = string(raw)
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 3, loadedCount(), "a new config version must be logged")
+
+	repository.loadErr = errors.New("settings unavailable")
+	require.Error(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 3, loadedCount(), "a failed reload must not claim a load")
+
+	repository.loadErr = nil
+	require.NoError(t, manager.Reload(context.Background()))
+	require.Equal(t, 4, loadedCount(), "recovering from a failed reload must be visible")
+}