diff --git a/server/internal/services/consoleproxy.go b/server/internal/services/consoleproxy.go
index d2ee18e..4e7717c 100644
--- a/server/internal/services/consoleproxy.go
+++ b/server/internal/services/consoleproxy.go
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ func ClaimProxyStream(instanceID, serverID, proxyID string) (*proxy.Session, err
 	})
 
 	addr := proxyAddr{Host: proxyAdvertiseHost(), Port: sess.Port()}
+
+	// Logged on the success path, not just on failure. The address guacd is
+	// about to be sent to is chosen per pod (POD_IP), so when a console fails
+	// for some replicas and not others this line is the difference between
+	// seeing which one answered and inferring it from silence.
+	log.Printf("proxy %s (server %s): relay bound on %s:%d, node %s",
+		proxyID, serverID, addr.Host, addr.Port, bus.NodeID())
+
 	if _, err := bus.Publish(ctx, bus.ProxyAddrChannel+proxyID, addr); err != nil {
 		// Nobody will ever dial this listener, so it is closed now rather than
 		// left to sit out its rendezvous timeout.