diff --git a/FuelBoard/SettingsView.swift b/FuelBoard/SettingsView.swift
index 4df1a37..7b1d326 100644
--- a/FuelBoard/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/FuelBoard/SettingsView.swift
@@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     @State private var debugMode: Bool = FuelStore.loadDebugMode()
     @State private var versionTapCount = 0
     @State private var lastVersionTap = Date.distantPast
+    /// Widget diagnostics: the extension's last makeEntry beacon (keychain)
+    /// + the installed-widget inventory from WidgetCenter.
+    @State private var widgetDiagBeacon: String?
+    @State private var installedWidgets: String = ""
+
+    private func refreshWidgetDiag() {
+        widgetDiagBeacon = FuelStore.loadWidgetDiag()
+        WidgetCenter.shared.getCurrentConfigurations { result in
+            let text: String
+            switch result {
+            case .success(let widgets):
+                text = widgets.isEmpty
+                    ? "No widgets installed"
+                    : widgets.map { "\($0.kind) · \($0.family)" }.joined(separator: "\n")
+            case .failure(let error):
+                text = "Error: \(error.localizedDescription)"
+            }
+            Task { @MainActor in
+                installedWidgets = text
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
@@ -110,6 +132,32 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                         Text("The first button applies the real criteria — cheapest \(alertsFuel.displayName.lowercased()) station within \(distanceUnit.format(alertsRadiusKM)) of you — and sends the actual station's name, price and coordinates. The second fires with no criteria at all (nearest seller), still carrying a real station, just to verify a notification appears and tapping it opens directions. Cheapest in range mirrors the app list (selected fuel + distance); the in-range count mirrors the alert radius.")
                     }
                     .onAppear { onRefreshDebugStatus() }
+
+                    Section {
+                        Button {
+                            refreshWidgetDiag()
+                        } label: {
+                            Label("Refresh widget diagnostics", systemImage: "arrow.clockwise")
+                        }
+                        if let widgetDiagBeacon {
+                            Text(widgetDiagBeacon)
+                                .font(.caption2)
+                                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                        } else {
+                            Text("No widget beacon yet — add a widget on the home screen, then refresh.")
+                                .font(.caption2)
+                                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                        }
+                        Text(installedWidgets.isEmpty ? "No widgets installed" : installedWidgets)
+                            .font(.caption2)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    } header: {
+                        Text("Widget Diagnostics")
+                    } footer: {
+                        Text("The beacon is written by the widget extension at the end of every timeline entry (keychain, so it survives free-SideStore installs). Installed widgets come from WidgetCenter.")
+                    }
+                    .onAppear { refreshWidgetDiag() }
                 }
 
                 Section {
diff --git a/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelPriceWidget.swift b/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelPriceWidget.swift
index 68e87e9..0c4186c 100644
--- a/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelPriceWidget.swift
+++ b/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelPriceWidget.swift
@@ -127,6 +127,36 @@ struct FuelPriceTimelineProvider<Configuration: WidgetConfigurationIntent & Widg
     }
 
     private func makeEntry(configuration: Configuration) async -> FuelPriceEntry {
+        let entry = await makeEntryCore(configuration: configuration)
+        Self.writeDiagBeacon(entry: entry)
+        return entry
+    }
+
+    /// Fire-and-forget diagnostics beacon: writes the entry state to keychain
+    /// (app-readable) and GETs the relay so its access log records that a
+    /// widget timeline actually ran in the extension and what it produced.
+    /// Deliberately outside the timeline result — can never affect rendering.
+    private static func writeDiagBeacon(entry: FuelPriceEntry) {
+        let first = entry.stations.first
+        let json = """
+        {"intent":"\(Configuration.self)","source":"\(entry.locationSource)",\
+        "n":\(entry.stations.count),"fuel":"\(entry.fuel.rawValue)",\
+        "sort":"\(entry.sort.rawValue)","fav":\(entry.isFavourites),\
+        "station":"\(first?.name ?? "")","price":\(first?.prices[entry.fuel] ?? -1)}
+        """
+        FuelStore.saveWidgetDiag(json)
+        guard let url = URLComponents(
+            url: RelayFuelProvider().baseURL.appendingPathComponent("api/v1/widget-diag"),
+            resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false
+        )?.url else { return }
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+        request.timeoutInterval = 2
+        Task {
+            _ = try? await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func makeEntryCore(configuration: Configuration) async -> FuelPriceEntry {
         // Per-widget config: fuel + sort + distance come from THIS widget instance.
         let fuel = FuelType(rawValue: configuration.fuel.rawValue) ?? .e10
         let isFavourites = configuration.sort == .favourites
diff --git a/Shared/FuelStore.swift b/Shared/FuelStore.swift
index b6a7b05..f68615a 100644
--- a/Shared/FuelStore.swift
+++ b/Shared/FuelStore.swift
@@ -696,4 +696,16 @@ struct FuelStore {
         UserDefaults(suiteName: appGroupSuite)?.set(value, forKey: service)
         writeKeychain(data: Data(value.utf8), service: service)
     }
+
+    // Widget diagnostics beacon — the widget extension writes its last
+    // makeEntry state here (keychain survives on free SideStore accounts where
+    // the app-group container isn't provisioned); the app's Debug section
+    // reads it to see whether a widget timeline ran and what it produced.
+    static func saveWidgetDiag(_ json: String) {
+        saveString(json, service: "widget.diag")
+    }
+
+    static func loadWidgetDiag() -> String? {
+        loadString(service: "widget.diag")
+    }
 }