diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 23065d2..68b8c3b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ static float  g_borderlessDpi    = 1.0f;   // DPI scale, updated from SDL each f
 // Custom WndProc that removes the native title bar by extending the
 // client area to cover the entire window (WM_NCCALCSIZE) and provides
 // resize borders + caption drag zone (WM_NCHITTEST).
+static void winlog(const char* fmt, ...);   // [WINLOG] tracer (defined below)
+
 static LRESULT CALLBACK BorderlessWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg,
                                           WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
@@ -315,6 +317,12 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK BorderlessWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg,
         // Scale min window size by DPI so it matches the SDL-side minimum.
         mmi->ptMinTrackSize.x = (LONG)(1024 * g_borderlessDpi);
         mmi->ptMinTrackSize.y = (LONG)(720  * g_borderlessDpi);
+        static float s_lastBd = -1.0f;   // [WINLOG] log only when g_borderlessDpi changes (this fires a lot)
+        if (g_borderlessDpi != s_lastBd) {
+            s_lastBd = g_borderlessDpi;
+            winlog("WM_GETMINMAXINFO g_borderlessDpi=%.3f -> minTrack=%ldx%ld",
+                   g_borderlessDpi, (long)mmi->ptMinTrackSize.x, (long)mmi->ptMinTrackSize.y);
+        }
         return 0;
     }
     }
@@ -556,6 +564,18 @@ static void winlogState(SDL_Window* w, const char* tag)
     SDL_DisplayID did = SDL_GetDisplayForWindow(w);
     winlog("%-20s size=%dx%d px=%dx%d min=%dx%d dispScale=%.3f storedScale=%.3f display=%u",
            tag, sw, sh, pw, ph, mw, mh, ds, st, (unsigned)did);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    HWND hwnd = (HWND)SDL_GetPointerProperty(SDL_GetWindowProperties(w),
+                                             SDL_PROP_WINDOW_WIN32_HWND_POINTER, nullptr);
+    if (hwnd) {
+        RECT wr = {}, cr = {};
+        GetWindowRect(hwnd, &wr);
+        GetClientRect(hwnd, &cr);
+        winlog("%-20s   native win=%ldx%ld client=%ldx%ld pos=%ld,%ld",
+               tag, (long)(wr.right - wr.left), (long)(wr.bottom - wr.top),
+               (long)(cr.right - cr.left), (long)(cr.bottom - cr.top), (long)wr.left, (long)wr.top);
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 // Handle SDL_EVENT_WINDOW_DISPLAY_SCALE_CHANGED: save the old-scale size,
@@ -1364,6 +1384,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
                 winlog("RETRY done: reached target %dx%d", dpiTargetW, dpiTargetH);
                 dpiResizeRetries = 0;
             }
+            if (dpiResizeRetries == 1) winlogState(window, "RETRY-last(stuck?)");
             --dpiResizeRetries;
             needsRedraw = true;
         }