diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 134ceef3a8..fdbee69c58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic",
     "pyyaml",
     "nest-asyncio",
+    # Every CLI command imports studio.backend.*, which reaches structlog at
+    # module level. The rest of the server stack lives in the studio extra.
+    "structlog>=24.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -90,6 +93,33 @@ include = ["unsloth*", "unsloth_cli*", "studio", "studio.backend*"]
 exclude = ["images*", "tests*", "*.node_modules", "*.node_modules.*"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
+# Studio's server stack. Mirrors studio/backend/requirements/studio.txt;
+# test_studio_extra_matches_requirements.py catches drift.
+studio = [
+    "typer",
+    "fastapi",
+    "uvicorn",
+    "pydantic",
+    "packaging",
+    "matplotlib==3.10.9",
+    "pandas",
+    "nest_asyncio",
+    "datasets==4.3.0",
+    "pyjwt",
+    "huggingface-hub==0.36.2",
+    "structlog>=24.1.0",
+    "diceware",
+    "ddgs",
+    "cryptography>=42.0.0",
+    "boto3>=1.34.0",
+    "httpx>=0.27.0",
+    "fastmcp>=3.0.2",
+    "sqlite-vec==0.1.9",
+    "pymupdf==1.27.2.3",
+    "pymupdf4llm==0.3.4",
+    "python-docx==1.2.0",
+]
+
 triton = [
     "triton>=3.0.0 ; ('linux' in sys_platform)",
     "triton-windows ; (sys_platform == 'win32') and (platform_machine == 'AMD64' or platform_machine == 'x86_64')",
diff --git a/studio/backend/loggers/handlers.py b/studio/backend/loggers/handlers.py
index 716c4f40d2..7f085439d4 100644
--- a/studio/backend/loggers/handlers.py
+++ b/studio/backend/loggers/handlers.py
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@ filter_sensitive_data (structlog processor for sanitization), and
 get_logger (factory for structured loggers).
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import re
 import time
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import structlog
-from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Message, Receive, Scope, Send
+
+# Annotations only: importing at runtime would make the ASGI stack a hard
+# dependency of every CLI command.
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Message, Receive, Scope, Send
 
 from utils.native_path_leases import redact_native_paths
 
diff --git a/tests/studio/install/test_studio_extra_matches_requirements.py b/tests/studio/install/test_studio_extra_matches_requirements.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a74d52ff40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/studio/install/test_studio_extra_matches_requirements.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+# Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved. See /studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0
+
+"""The studio extra must mirror studio/backend/requirements/studio.txt.
+
+Nothing else keeps them in sync, and drift reintroduces #4701 / #5260 / #7147.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pathlib
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+REPO_ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+PYPROJECT = REPO_ROOT / "pyproject.toml"
+STUDIO_TXT = REPO_ROOT / "studio" / "backend" / "requirements" / "studio.txt"
+
+# Imported at module scope by the studio.backend chain every CLI command walks.
+CORE_RUNTIME_PACKAGES = ("structlog",)
+
+
+def _load_pyproject() -> dict:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        import tomllib
+    else:
+        tomllib = pytest.importorskip("tomli")
+    return tomllib.loads(PYPROJECT.read_text(encoding = "utf-8"))
+
+
+def _requirement_lines(path: pathlib.Path) -> list[str]:
+    out = []
+    for line in path.read_text(encoding = "utf-8").splitlines():
+        text = line.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
+        if text and not text.startswith("-"):
+            out.append(text)
+    return out
+
+
+def _normalise(name: str) -> str:
+    """PEP 503 normalisation, so PyJWT/pyjwt and nest_asyncio/nest-asyncio match."""
+    head = name
+    for sep in ("===", "==", ">=", "<=", "~=", "!=", ">", "<", "[", ";", " "):
+        idx = head.find(sep)
+        if idx > 0:
+            head = head[:idx]
+    return head.strip().lower().replace("_", "-").replace(".", "-")
+
+
+def test_studio_extra_exists():
+    extras = _load_pyproject()["project"]["optional-dependencies"]
+    assert "studio" in extras, (
+        "pyproject.toml has no `studio` extra. The wheel ships studio/ and "
+        "studio.backend*, so their dependencies need a pip-installable home."
+    )
+
+
+def test_studio_extra_matches_requirements_file():
+    extras = _load_pyproject()["project"]["optional-dependencies"]
+    extra = sorted(_normalise(entry) for entry in extras["studio"])
+    required = sorted(_normalise(entry) for entry in _requirement_lines(STUDIO_TXT))
+
+    missing = sorted(set(required) - set(extra))
+    surplus = sorted(set(extra) - set(required))
+    assert not missing, (
+        f"studio.txt lists {missing} but the `studio` extra does not. "
+        '`pip install "unsloth[studio]"` would build a venv the Studio server '
+        "cannot boot in. Add them to [project.optional-dependencies] studio."
+    )
+    assert not surplus, (
+        f"The `studio` extra lists {surplus} but studio.txt does not. "
+        "Remove them, or add them to studio.txt if install.sh needs them too."
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("package", CORE_RUNTIME_PACKAGES)
+def test_cli_runtime_packages_are_core_dependencies(package):
+    core = [_normalise(entry) for entry in _load_pyproject()["project"]["dependencies"]]
+    assert _normalise(package) in core, (
+        f"{package} is imported at module scope by the studio.backend chain "
+        f"`unsloth train` / `unsloth export` walk, so a plain `pip install "
+        f"unsloth` must provide it or they die with ModuleNotFoundError."
+    )