diff --git a/runtime/dispatch.c b/runtime/dispatch.c
index a9d6e0df..89a460b5 100644
--- a/runtime/dispatch.c
+++ b/runtime/dispatch.c
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ void rt_fatal_notes(void) {
 
 __attribute__((weak)) void fs_save_crash_wait(void) {}   // fs_host.c; builds without it (the unit checks) have no saves
 
+// The frame-time summary and the stutter map at a fatal error (perf.c); builds without perf.c (the unit checks) have
+// none.
+__attribute__((weak)) void perf_summary_flush_try(void) {}
+
 // HD rumble's neutral value before a failed run ends (input.c input_rumble_hd_stop); builds without input.c (the unit
 // checks) have no controller.
 __attribute__((weak)) void input_rumble_hd_stop(void) {}
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ static void fatal_end(int code, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
     rt_fatal_notes();
     kern_free_cores_note();
     fs_save_crash_wait();   // a save the game already reported as done finishes first (bounded)
+    perf_summary_flush_try();   // "frametime: at a fatal error" and the stutter map: the session's last period
     prof_sampler_write();   // NX2NAVI_PROFILE: what was sampled until now, else a crash loses the whole profile
     // RivaTuner Statistics Server's profile as it was: left with the game's limit in it, the next run would take that
     // limit for the player's own (rtss_limit.c; it gives up after a second if the failing thread holds its lock)
diff --git a/runtime/host.h b/runtime/host.h
index 8220c15d..ee1ceef9 100644
--- a/runtime/host.h
+++ b/runtime/host.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void perf_present(uint64_t frame);
 void perf_cpu_start(void);   // the process's logical processors (NX2NAVI_CACHE_DIE, NX2NAVI_ONE_PER_CORE), at start
 int perf_cpu_on_cache_die(void);   // 1 while the process runs on the die with the largest L3 cache alone (perf.c cpu_placement)
 void perf_summary_flush(void);                  // prints the frame-time summary of the running period (exit); the 60 s lines come from perf_present
+void perf_summary_flush_try(void);              // the same at a fatal error, the stutter map only if its lock is free
 void perf_focus_lost(void);                     // the window lost the focus: the session's reports at the next present, in play
 void gfx_exit_log(void);                        // back end's lines for the exit summary (weak no-op in prof_win.c)
 void gfx_window_closed(void);                   // gfx_present.c (gfx_wsys.h): the end of a closed window; does not return
diff --git a/runtime/perf.c b/runtime/perf.c
index 5b4db880..5522a250 100644
--- a/runtime/perf.c
+++ b/runtime/perf.c
@@ -775,6 +775,19 @@ void perf_summary_flush(void) {   // at exit (prof_write)
     summary_t0 = 0;
 }
 
+// A fatal error's frame-time summary (dispatch.c fatal_end), on the failing thread, which may hold any lock: the
+// running period's "frametime" lines and the stutter map so far, the map only when its lock is free. The back end's
+// exit lines (gfx_exit_log) and the trace's segments (seg_close) are left out: they read state the failure may have
+// left half made. The present thread's numbers may be caught mid-frame if it still runs past ft_stop's wait.
+void perf_summary_flush_try(void) {
+    ft_stop();
+    if (summary_t0) {
+        ft_report(kern_now_ns(), "at a fatal error");
+        if (!stutter_report_as("at a fatal error", 1)) rt_log("stutter map: its lock is held; not written at the fatal error");
+    }
+    summary_t0 = 0;
+}
+
 // Returns the replay time since the previous present. add 0: the exit's summary is written (ft_stop), so the frame
 // is not added to it.
 static uint64_t ft_frame(uint64_t frame, uint64_t now, uint64_t d, int add) {
diff --git a/runtime/stutter_map.c b/runtime/stutter_map.c
index 8b689b05..bf6de34b 100644
--- a/runtime/stutter_map.c
+++ b/runtime/stutter_map.c
@@ -427,14 +427,20 @@ typedef struct {
     const Pipe *list[SM_PIPES];
 } MapCopy;
 
-void stutter_report(const char *tag) {
-    if (!stutter_map_on) return;
+// try_only: sm_lock is only tried (a fatal error's summary, perf.c perf_summary_flush_try, on a thread that may
+// hold it); 0 when it was held and nothing was written.
+int stutter_report_as(const char *tag, int try_only) {
+    if (!stutter_map_on) return 1;
     MapCopy *m = malloc(sizeof *m);
     if (!m) {
         rt_log("stutter map (%s): no memory for the report", tag);
-        return;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!try_only) plat_mutex_lock(&sm_lock);
+    else if (!plat_mutex_trylock(&sm_lock)) {
+        free(m);
+        return 0;
     }
-    plat_mutex_lock(&sm_lock);
     int na = n_areas;
     memcpy(m->areas, areas, (size_t)na * sizeof *areas);
     uint32_t np = 0, lost = pipes_lost;
@@ -502,4 +508,7 @@ void stutter_report(const char *tag) {
                p->fresh ? ", a shader translated in play" : "");
     }
     free(m);
+    return 1;
 }
+
+void stutter_report(const char *tag) { stutter_report_as(tag, 0); }
diff --git a/runtime/stutter_map.h b/runtime/stutter_map.h
index de259af4..70cc0fc5 100644
--- a/runtime/stutter_map.h
+++ b/runtime/stutter_map.h
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ void stutter_ready(int mesh, const uint8_t *vi, const uint8_t *fi, double ms, in
 void stutter_frame(uint64_t frame, uint64_t now, uint64_t d, const uint64_t *part, const char *const *names, int n,
                    int cause);
 void stutter_report(const char *tag);   // the map so far; every 5 minutes of play, at a focus loss in play and at exit
+int stutter_report_as(const char *tag, int try_only);   // try_only 1: only when its lock is free (0: it was not, nothing written)
diff --git a/tests/fatal_exit_check.c b/tests/fatal_exit_check.c
index b398d87c..4c40d9f8 100644
--- a/tests/fatal_exit_check.c
+++ b/tests/fatal_exit_check.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ void prof_sampler_write(void) {}
 void rtss_limit_restore(void) {}
 void kern_checkpoint(void) {}
 
+// perf.c's summary at a fatal error, which dispatch.c calls through a weak symbol
+void perf_summary_flush_try(void) { say("frametime: at a fatal error\n"); }
+
 // input.c's stop, which dispatch.c calls through a weak symbol: says it ran, or hangs as when SDL's lock is held
 static int rumble_hangs;
 void input_rumble_hd_stop(void) {
diff --git a/tests/fatal_exit_check.py b/tests/fatal_exit_check.py
index 12df584e..19e62205 100644
--- a/tests/fatal_exit_check.py
+++ b/tests/fatal_exit_check.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ def static_checks():
     print(f'static: main.c crash_handler starts with the shared guard: {"ok" if ok else "FAIL (" + first + ")"}',
           flush=True)
     bad += not ok
+    # the fatal error's summary leaves out what the failure may have left half made, and only tries the map's lock
+    flush = re.sub(r'//[^\n]*', '', function((RT / 'perf.c').read_text(encoding='utf-8'), 'void perf_summary_flush_try(void)'))
+    ok = ('stutter_report_as(' in flush and 'stutter_report(' not in flush and 'gfx_exit_log' not in flush
+          and 'seg_close' not in flush)
+    print(f'static: perf.c perf_summary_flush_try tries the stutter map\'s lock and leaves the back end out: '
+          f'{"ok" if ok else "FAIL"}', flush=True)
+    bad += not ok
     # both failed ends stop HD rumble through the bounded stop, after RivaTuner's restore
     fatal = re.sub(r'//[^\n]*', '', function((RT / 'dispatch.c').read_text(encoding='utf-8'),
                                               'static void fatal_end(int code, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {'))
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ def static_checks():
 
 CASES = [
     # mode, exit code, lines that must be there, lines that must not
-    ('fatal', 70, ['FATAL: the test\'s fatal error 1', 'rumble: stopped'], ['detach:']),
+    ('fatal', 70, ['FATAL: the test\'s fatal error 1', 'frametime: at a fatal error', 'rumble: stopped'], ['detach:']),
     # the rumble stop hangs (SDL's lock held by a thread that crashed): the end goes on after 300 ms
     ('fatal_rumble', 70, ['FATAL: the test\'s fatal error 1'], ['rumble: stopped', 'detach:']),
     # two faults at once: the first report whole, the second thread waits (dispatch.c rt_ending_enter)
diff --git a/tests/stutter_hitch_check.c b/tests/stutter_hitch_check.c
index 65f73bb2..9de2f1ee 100644
--- a/tests/stutter_hitch_check.c
+++ b/tests/stutter_hitch_check.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ int cfg_bool(const char *name) { return !strcmp(name, "NX2NAVI_STUTTER_MAP"); }
 uint64_t kern_now_ns(void) { return clock_ns; }
 void plat_mutex_lock(PlatMutex *m) { (void)m; }
 void plat_mutex_unlock(PlatMutex *m) { (void)m; }
+int plat_mutex_trylock(PlatMutex *m) { (void)m; return 1; }
 static int logged;
 static char head[1400];   // the last report's first line
 void rt_log(const char *fmt, ...) {