diff --git a/internal/mtprotoedge/conn.go b/internal/mtprotoedge/conn.go
index 87c7aecc..56087b39 100644
--- a/internal/mtprotoedge/conn.go
+++ b/internal/mtprotoedge/conn.go
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ type Conn struct {
 	// Rewrap aliasing never delays execution. initialized stops collecting
 	// candidates after the first valid init wrapper on this physical generation.
 	rpcRewrapInitialized atomic.Bool
+	// layerRPCAdmissionTraceLogged bounds production INFO diagnostics to the
+	// first non-unknown exact-admission rejection on this physical generation.
+	// Repeated malformed requests remain visible at Debug without turning an
+	// authenticated reconnect/session into an unbounded INFO log source.
+	layerRPCAdmissionTraceLogged atomic.Bool
 	// rpcResultAcked is invoked by the sole outbound actor after it resolves an
 	// acknowledged server frame back to the rpc_result request msg_id.
 	rpcResultAcked func(*Conn, int64)
diff --git a/internal/mtprotoedge/inbound_layer_rpc.go b/internal/mtprotoedge/inbound_layer_rpc.go
index 8ab2e468..1e9a6dcd 100644
--- a/internal/mtprotoedge/inbound_layer_rpc.go
+++ b/internal/mtprotoedge/inbound_layer_rpc.go
@@ -401,16 +401,11 @@ func (s *Server) prepareInboundLayerRPCBatch(ctx context.Context, c *Conn, plan
 			if errors.Is(err, ErrLayerProfileConflict) {
 				return err
 			}
-			s.log.Debug("RPC exact admission rejected",
-				zap.String("method", method),
-				zap.String("auth_key_id", c.authKeyHex),
-				zap.Int64("session_id", c.sessionID),
-				zap.Int64("msg_id", item.msgID),
-				zap.Error(err),
-			)
+			rpcError := layerRPCAdmissionError(err)
+			s.logLayerRPCAdmissionRejection(c, item, itemState, admissionCursor, method, rpcError, err)
 			item.kind = inboundItemRPCAdmissionError
 			item.method = method
-			item.payload = layerRPCAdmissionError(err)
+			item.payload = rpcError
 			c.metrics.InboundRPCDropped(method, "layer_admission")
 			continue
 		}
@@ -1224,6 +1219,63 @@ func layerRPCAdmissionError(err error) *mt.RPCError {
 	return &mt.RPCError{ErrorCode: 400, ErrorMessage: "INPUT_REQUEST_INVALID"}
 }
 
+// logLayerRPCAdmissionRejection preserves one production-visible diagnostic for
+// an otherwise generic RPC 400 without exposing the request body. The INFO path
+// is one-shot per physical Conn; compatibility-traced unknown RPCs already have
+// their own warning and therefore do not consume this diagnostic slot.
+func (s *Server) logLayerRPCAdmissionRejection(
+	c *Conn,
+	item *inboundItem,
+	state LayerProfileSnapshot,
+	cursor layerRPCAdmissionCursor,
+	method string,
+	rpcError *mt.RPCError,
+	admissionErr error,
+) {
+	if s == nil || s.log == nil || c == nil || item == nil || rpcError == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	wireID := item.typeID
+	if wireID == 0 {
+		if id, err := (&bin.Buffer{Buf: item.body}).PeekID(); err == nil {
+			wireID = id
+		}
+	}
+	fields := []zap.Field{
+		zap.String("method", method),
+		zap.String("auth_key_id", c.authKeyHex),
+		zap.Int64("session_id", c.sessionID),
+		zap.Int64("msg_id", item.msgID),
+		zap.Uint32("top_level_wire_id", wireID),
+		zap.Int("wire_bytes", len(item.body)),
+		zap.Int("selected_profile", int(state.Profile)),
+		zap.String("profile_origin", layerProfileOriginLogName(state.Origin)),
+		zap.Uint32("profile_epoch", state.Epoch),
+		zap.Int("raw_layer_evidence", cursor.rawLayer),
+		zap.Int64("layer_evidence_msg_id", cursor.evidenceMsgID),
+		zap.Bool("explicit_layer_selector", layerRPCAdmissionHasExplicitSelector(item.body, admissionErr)),
+		zap.Int("rpc_error_code", rpcError.ErrorCode),
+		zap.String("rpc_error_message", rpcError.ErrorMessage),
+		zap.Error(admissionErr),
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(admissionErr, tlprofile.ErrUnknownRPCMethod) && c.layerRPCAdmissionTraceLogged.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
+		s.log.Info("RPC exact admission rejected", fields...)
+		return
+	}
+	s.log.Debug("RPC exact admission rejected", fields...)
+}
+
+func layerProfileOriginLogName(origin LayerProfileOrigin) string {
+	switch origin {
+	case LayerProfileInherited:
+		return "inherited"
+	case LayerProfileExplicit:
+		return "explicit"
+	default:
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *Server) layerRPCDependencies(c *Conn, msgID int64, request tlprofile.Admission) layerRPCDependencySet {
 	result := layerRPCDependencySet{}
 	seen := make(map[int64]struct{})
diff --git a/internal/mtprotoedge/layer_admission_budget_test.go b/internal/mtprotoedge/layer_admission_budget_test.go
index 20489819..8f14b267 100644
--- a/internal/mtprotoedge/layer_admission_budget_test.go
+++ b/internal/mtprotoedge/layer_admission_budget_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iamxvbaba/td/proto"
 	"github.com/iamxvbaba/td/tg"
 	"github.com/iamxvbaba/td/tgerr"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest/observer"
 
 	"github.com/iamxvbaba/td/tlprofile"
 	appfiles "telesrv/internal/app/files"
@@ -218,10 +220,10 @@ func TestLayerRPCAdmissionAdmitsTDLibUploadParts(t *testing.T) {
 		bare        bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:   "small_file_part",
+			name:   "pixel_9a_small_file_part_negative_file_id",
 			method: "upload.saveFilePart",
 			body: &tg.UploadSaveFilePartRequest{
-				FileID:   91,
+				FileID:   -3596058967254453060,
 				FilePart: 0,
 				Bytes:    make([]byte, 1071),
 			},
@@ -324,6 +326,86 @@ func TestLayerRPCAdmissionAdmitsTDLibUploadParts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLayerRPCAdmissionRejectionLogsBoundedMetadataWithoutUploadBody(t *testing.T) {
+	const marker = "DO_NOT_LOG_UPLOAD_BODY_MARKER"
+	payload := make([]byte, 1071)
+	copy(payload, marker)
+	body := tdlibWrappedBody(t, tlprofile.Profile228, &tg.UploadSaveFilePartRequest{
+		FileID:   -3596058967254453060,
+		FilePart: 0,
+		Bytes:    payload,
+	})
+	// Remove the final TL padding byte. Exact admission must reject the malformed
+	// wire while the edge still records its explicit wrapper and bounded cause.
+	body = body[:len(body)-1]
+
+	core, logs := observer.New(zap.DebugLevel)
+	router := rpc.New(rpc.Config{DC: 2}, rpc.Deps{}, zap.New(core), clock.System)
+	s := New(Options{DC: 2, LayerRPC: router, Logger: zap.New(core)})
+	c := &Conn{
+		authKeyID:  [8]byte{8, 34},
+		authKeyHex: "0822000000000000",
+		sessionID:  834,
+		metrics:    NopMetrics{},
+	}
+	c.startInboundRPCScheduler(s.rpcScheduler, 1, 2, time.Second)
+	defer func() {
+		c.closeInboundRPCScheduler()
+		s.rpcScheduler.stop(time.Second)
+	}()
+
+	for attempt := 0; attempt < 2; attempt++ {
+		plan := &inboundPlan{items: []inboundItem{{
+			kind:   inboundItemRPC,
+			msgID:  int64(100 + attempt*4),
+			typeID: tg.InvokeWithLayerRequestTypeID,
+			body:   body,
+		}}}
+		if err := s.prepareInboundLayerRPCBatch(context.Background(), c, plan); err != nil {
+			plan.close()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if item := plan.items[0]; item.kind != inboundItemRPCAdmissionError {
+			plan.close()
+			t.Fatalf("malformed upload attempt %d kind = %d, want admission error", attempt, item.kind)
+		}
+		plan.close()
+	}
+
+	entries := logs.FilterMessage("RPC exact admission rejected").All()
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("admission rejection log count = %d, want 2", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Level != zap.InfoLevel || entries[1].Level != zap.DebugLevel {
+		t.Fatalf("admission rejection levels = %s/%s, want info/debug", entries[0].Level, entries[1].Level)
+	}
+	fields := entries[0].ContextMap()
+	for key, want := range map[string]any{
+		"method":                  "invokeWithLayer#da9b0d0d",
+		"auth_key_id":             "0822000000000000",
+		"session_id":              int64(834),
+		"msg_id":                  int64(100),
+		"top_level_wire_id":       uint32(tg.InvokeWithLayerRequestTypeID),
+		"wire_bytes":              int64(len(body)),
+		"profile_origin":          "unknown",
+		"explicit_layer_selector": true,
+		"rpc_error_code":          int64(400),
+		"rpc_error_message":       "INPUT_REQUEST_INVALID",
+	} {
+		if got := fields[key]; got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("admission rejection field %q = %#v (%T), want %#v (%T); all=%#v", key, got, got, want, want, fields)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if strings.Contains(entry.Message, marker) || strings.Contains(entry.ContextMap()["error"].(string), marker) {
+			t.Fatalf("admission rejection leaked upload body marker: %#v", entry.ContextMap())
+		}
+		if _, ok := entry.ContextMap()["body"]; ok {
+			t.Fatalf("admission rejection exposed body field: %#v", entry.ContextMap())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLayerRPCAdmissionAdmitsTDLibFirstUploadContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	router := rpc.New(rpc.Config{DC: 2}, rpc.Deps{}, zaptest.NewLogger(t), clock.System)
 	s := New(Options{DC: 2, LayerRPC: router, Logger: zaptest.NewLogger(t)})