diff --git a/crates/neuron/src/harness/tp/tp_qwen3_5.rs b/crates/neuron/src/harness/tp/tp_qwen3_5.rs
index 90826a0..0ec4942 100644
--- a/crates/neuron/src/harness/tp/tp_qwen3_5.rs
+++ b/crates/neuron/src/harness/tp/tp_qwen3_5.rs
@@ -782,8 +782,9 @@ impl TpQwen3_5Model {
 
         let vb_l = text_vb.pp("layers");
         let mut layers = Vec::with_capacity(cfg.num_hidden_layers);
+        log_vram(&device, rank, "before layer 0");
         for i in 0..cfg.num_hidden_layers {
-            layers.push(TpQwen3_5DecoderLayer::load(
+            let layer = TpQwen3_5DecoderLayer::load(
                 cfg,
                 rotary.clone(),
                 i,
@@ -791,7 +792,13 @@ impl TpQwen3_5Model {
                 rank,
                 world_size,
                 comm.clone(),
-            )?);
+            )
+            .with_context(|| {
+                let (free_mb, total_mb) = cuda_mem_mb(&device);
+                format!("load layer {i} (rank {rank}): free={free_mb}MB / total={total_mb}MB")
+            })?;
+            layers.push(layer);
+            log_vram(&device, rank, &format!("after layer {i}"));
         }
 
         let norm = Qwen3_5RmsNorm::load(&text_vb.pp("norm"), cfg.hidden_size, cfg.rms_norm_eps)?;
@@ -1053,3 +1060,48 @@ fn load_fused_qkv_slice_3d(
         .contiguous()
         .with_context(|| format!("materialise fused conv slice for rank {r}"))
 }
+
+/// Query the cuda driver for free/total VRAM on the current device.
+/// Returns `(free_mb, total_mb)`. Returns `(0, 0)` if the query fails
+/// (so logging never crashes the load path).
+#[cfg(feature = "cuda")]
+fn cuda_mem_mb(device: &Device) -> (usize, usize) {
+    use candle_core::cuda::cudarc::driver::result;
+    use candle_core::cuda_backend::WrapErr;
+    let Device::Cuda(dev) = device else {
+        return (0, 0);
+    };
+    let Ok(()) = dev.cuda_stream().context().bind_to_thread().w() else {
+        return (0, 0);
+    };
+    match result::mem_get_info() {
+        Ok((free, total)) => (free / (1024 * 1024), total / (1024 * 1024)),
+        Err(_) => (0, 0),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cuda"))]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn cuda_mem_mb(_device: &Device) -> (usize, usize) {
+    (0, 0)
+}
+
+/// Info-log the current device's free VRAM with a tag. No-op when the
+/// query fails or on cpu.
+#[cfg(feature = "cuda")]
+fn log_vram(device: &Device, rank: u32, tag: &str) {
+    let (free_mb, total_mb) = cuda_mem_mb(device);
+    if total_mb > 0 {
+        tracing::info!(
+            target: "neuron::tp::load",
+            rank,
+            free_mb,
+            total_mb,
+            "{tag}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cuda"))]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn log_vram(_device: &Device, _rank: u32, _tag: &str) {}