diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index cda596fabf99..5c557160c402 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - Add auto detection for application ID from connection string if not set 
   ([#44644](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44644))
 - Add support for user id and authId
-([#44662](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44662))
+  ([#44662](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44662))
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
   ([#44852](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44852))
 
 ### Other Changes
+- Feature tracking for when customer sdkstats is disabled by the user
+  ([#44888](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44888))
 - Update maximum size of custom properties
-([#44684](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44684))
+  ([#44684](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44684))
 - Declare support for Python 3.13 and 3.14
-([#44550](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44550))
+  ([#44550](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44550))
 
 ## 1.0.0b46 (2025-12-04)
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_customer_sdkstats.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_customer_sdkstats.py
index 36cf51865df9..dfe5a586ce96 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_customer_sdkstats.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_customer_sdkstats.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._state import set_statsbeat_customer_sdkstats_feature_set
 
 from ._state import get_customer_stats_manager
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ def collect_customer_sdkstats(exporter: "BaseExporter") -> None:  # type: ignore
     if not customer_stats.is_initialized:
         # The initialize method is thread-safe and handles double-initialization
         customer_stats.initialize(connection_string=exporter._connection_string)  # type: ignore
-    set_statsbeat_customer_sdkstats_feature_set()
 
 
 def shutdown_customer_sdkstats_metrics() -> None:
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_manager.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_manager.py
index c5f6f1f01f30..e0ffee9e281d 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_manager.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/customer/_manager.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     get_compute_type,
 )
 
+from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._state import set_statsbeat_customer_sdkstats_feature_set
 from ._utils import get_customer_sdkstats_export_interval, categorize_status_code, is_customer_sdkstats_enabled
 
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             self._status = CustomerSdkStatsStatus.UNINITIALIZED
         else:
             self._status = CustomerSdkStatsStatus.DISABLED
+            set_statsbeat_customer_sdkstats_feature_set()
 
         self._counters = _CustomerSdkStatsTelemetryCounters()
         self._language = _CUSTOMER_SDKSTATS_LANGUAGE