diff --git a/modules/sd_hijack_triton.py b/modules/sd_hijack_triton.py
index a92bd5131..3a9ff84a6 100644
--- a/modules/sd_hijack_triton.py
+++ b/modules/sd_hijack_triton.py
@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
+import math
 from modules.logger import log, get_console
 
 
 installed = False
-status = {'session': None}
+status = {'session': None, 'pending': None, 'reported': set()}
 slow_compile_seconds = 1.0
 
 
+def config_key(config):
+    """Compact form of a tuned config: the block shape is what separates a good candidate from one
+    that cannot fit its accumulator in registers."""
+    if config is None:
+        return 'unknown'
+    kwargs = getattr(config, 'kwargs', None) or {}
+    parts = [f'{k.replace("BLOCK_SIZE_", "B").replace("GROUP_SIZE_", "G")}={v}' for k, v in kwargs.items()]
+    parts.append(f'warps={getattr(config, "num_warps", "?")}')
+    parts.append(f'stages={getattr(config, "num_stages", "?")}')
+    return ','.join(parts)
+
+
+def timing_spread(configs_timings):
+    """(ratio, unusable) over a sweep: how many times slower the worst candidate was than the best,
+    and how many could not run at all. A large ratio means the config list holds candidates the
+    hardware cannot execute well, which costs the sweep far more than it costs the chosen kernel."""
+    values = []
+    unusable = 0
+    for timing in (configs_timings or {}).values():
+        value = timing[0] if isinstance(timing, (list, tuple)) and len(timing) > 0 else timing
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and math.isfinite(value) and value > 0:
+            values.append(value)
+        else:
+            unusable += 1
+    if len(values) < 2:
+        return None, unusable
+    return max(values) / min(values), unusable
+
+
 def kernel_name(fn):
     while fn is not None and not hasattr(fn, '__name__'):
         fn = getattr(fn, 'fn', None)
@@ -95,7 +125,11 @@ def make_autotune_listener(prior):
                 log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: kernel={name} shape={shape} cached')
             else:
                 compile_s = (session['compile_us'] / 1e6) if session is not None else 0
-                log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: kernel={name} shape={shape} time={duration or 0:.2f} compile={compile_s:.2f}')
+                ratio, unusable = timing_spread(configs_timings)
+                spread = f' spread={ratio:.0f}x' if ratio is not None else ''
+                rejected = f' unusable={unusable}' if unusable else ''
+                log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: kernel={name} shape={shape} time={duration or 0:.2f} compile={compile_s:.2f} best="{config_key(best_config)}"{spread}{rejected}')
+                status['pending'] = (name, config_key(best_config)) # the chosen kernel is only loaded once run() returns, so its register use is reported there
         except Exception as e:
             log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: report error: {e}')
         if prior is not None:
@@ -103,6 +137,31 @@ def make_autotune_listener(prior):
     return listener
 
 
+def run_hook(orig):
+    """Report the register use of the config a sweep just chose. n_regs and n_spills are filled in
+    when the driver loads the binary, so they exist only once the kernel has run, not at compile."""
+    def wrapped(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        res = orig(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        pending = status.get('pending', None)
+        if pending is not None:
+            status['pending'] = None
+            name, config = pending
+            try:
+                regs, spills = getattr(res, 'n_regs', None), getattr(res, 'n_spills', None)
+                if spills:
+                    seen = f'{name}:{config}:{spills}'
+                    if seen not in status['reported']: # the same kernel tunes once per shape, so warn on each distinct config only
+                        status['reported'].add(seen)
+                        # the sweep line carries the config too, but it is debug and filtered out at default level
+                        log.warning(f'Kernel autotune: kernel={name} register spill config="{config}" regs={regs} spills={spills}')
+                elif regs is not None:
+                    log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: kernel={name} regs={regs} spills=0')
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.debug(f'Kernel autotune: report error: {e}')
+        return res
+    return wrapped
+
+
 def make_compile_listener(prior):
     def listener(*, src=None, metadata=None, metadata_group=None, times=None, cache_hit=False, **kwargs):
         try:
@@ -145,6 +204,7 @@ def install():
         knobs.autotuning.listener = make_autotune_listener(getattr(knobs.autotuning, 'listener', None))
         knobs.compilation.listener = make_compile_listener(getattr(knobs.compilation, 'listener', None))
         Autotuner._bench = bench_hook(Autotuner._bench) # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        Autotuner.run = run_hook(Autotuner.run)
         # log.debug('Kernel autotune: reporting installed')
     except Exception as e:
         log.warning(f'Kernel autotune: reporting install failed: {e}')