diff --git a/core/dit_hooks.py b/core/dit_hooks.py
index 1cdf1b5c..0a2a91a0 100644
--- a/core/dit_hooks.py
+++ b/core/dit_hooks.py
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ def target_rows(mod_segments, seq_len, device, stream):
     for _spec, provider in registry.current().providers("target_rows"):
         try:
             mask = provider(mod_segments, seq_len, device, stream)
-        except Exception:                        # noqa: BLE001
+        except Exception as exc:                 # noqa: BLE001
+            from . import log
+            log.once(f"provider:target_rows:{_spec.id}:{type(exc).__name__}", log.WARNING, f"target_rows provider {_spec.id}",
+                     f"failed while answering -- {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}")         # skipped, but the callers' "could not find the rows" now has a cause
             continue
         if mask is not None:
             return mask
diff --git a/core/tests/test_registry.py b/core/tests/test_registry.py
index f49b03c3..d0663db6 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_registry.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_registry.py
@@ -274,3 +274,19 @@ def test_a_provider_that_fails_in_a_new_way_is_said_again():
     reg.ask("cap"); reg.ask("cap")
     said = [r["message"] for r in log.history() if "failed while answering" in r["message"]]
     assert len(said) == 2 and "ValueError" in said[0] and "MemoryError" in said[1]
+
+
+def test_the_same_kind_of_failure_with_new_text_every_call_is_said_once():
+    """The spam guard: a provider asked on every sampling step must not fill the log."""
+    from core import log
+    from core.schema import validate
+    log._reset()
+    n = iter(range(100))
+
+    def noisy():
+        raise ValueError(f"row {next(n)}")
+    reg = registry_mod.Registry()
+    reg.add(validate({"id": "noisy", "title": "N", "mount": "m", "provides": {"cap": noisy}}, source="a"))
+    for _ in range(30):
+        reg.ask("cap")
+    assert len([r for r in log.history() if "failed while answering" in r["message"]]) == 1
diff --git a/modules/sampling/modifiers/nodes.py b/modules/sampling/modifiers/nodes.py
index 6d8eec1c..16096a43 100644
--- a/modules/sampling/modifiers/nodes.py
+++ b/modules/sampling/modifiers/nodes.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class FunPackLoadModifiers(io.ComfyNode):
         known = registry_mod.current().specs
         for module_id in (settings or {}):
             if module_id not in known and module_id not in control_mod.RESERVED:
-                log.once(f"stale_module:{module_id}", log.WARNING, "FunPack Load Modifiers",
+                log.once(f"stale_module_load:{module_id}", log.WARNING, "FunPack Load Modifiers",
                          f"saved settings for {module_id!r} ignored: no module with that id is loaded")
         for spec in ordered:
             values, said = schema_mod.check_values(