diff --git a/progress/progress.go b/progress/progress.go
index fa3910100..b14f7896d 100644
--- a/progress/progress.go
+++ b/progress/progress.go
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ type Progress struct {
 	stopOnce sync.Once
 	// done is closed to tell the render loop to exit.
 	done chan struct{}
+	// loopDone is closed by the render loop when it exits; stop waits on it so
+	// no in-flight render can race the writes in Stop and StopAndClear.
+	loopDone chan struct{}
 }
 
 func NewProgress(w io.Writer) *Progress {
-	p := &Progress{w: bufio.NewWriter(w), done: make(chan struct{})}
+	p := &Progress{w: bufio.NewWriter(w), done: make(chan struct{}), loopDone: make(chan struct{})}
 	go p.start()
 	return p
 }
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ func (p *Progress) stop() (bool, int) {
 		stopped = true
 	})
 
+	// Wait for the render loop to exit so no render can race the writes below.
+	<-p.loopDone
+
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -74,12 +80,12 @@ func (p *Progress) Stop() bool {
 }
 
 func (p *Progress) StopAndClear() bool {
+	stopped, pos := p.stop()
 	defer p.w.Flush()
 
 	fmt.Fprint(p.w, "\033[?25l")
 	defer fmt.Fprint(p.w, "\033[?25h")
 
-	stopped, pos := p.stop()
 	if stopped {
 		// clear all progress lines
 		for i := range pos {
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ func (p *Progress) renderLocked() {
 func (p *Progress) start() {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(100 * time.Millisecond)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
+	defer close(p.loopDone)
 
 	for {
 		select {
diff --git a/server/sched.go b/server/sched.go
index ade914353..c1a95c339 100644
--- a/server/sched.go
+++ b/server/sched.go
@@ -1498,6 +1498,9 @@ func (s *Scheduler) waitForVRAMRecovery(runner *runnerRef, runners []ml.Filtered
 	return finished
 }
 
+// LogValue may run from goroutines that already hold refMu (see the scheduler
+// debug logs), so the unload-mutable fields are read only under TryLock and
+// omitted when the lock is contended.
 func (runner *runnerRef) LogValue() slog.Value {
 	if runner == nil {
 		return slog.StringValue("nil")
@@ -1507,24 +1510,27 @@ func (runner *runnerRef) LogValue() slog.Value {
 		modelID = runner.modelKey
 	}
 	attrs := []slog.Attr{}
-	if runner.model != nil {
-		attrs = append(attrs, slog.String("name", runner.model.Name))
-	}
-	if len(runner.gpus) > 0 {
-		attrs = append(attrs,
-			slog.Any("inference", runner.gpus),
-		)
+	if runner.refMu.TryLock() {
+		if runner.model != nil {
+			attrs = append(attrs, slog.String("name", runner.model.Name))
+		}
+		if len(runner.gpus) > 0 {
+			attrs = append(attrs,
+				slog.Any("inference", slices.Clone(runner.gpus)),
+			)
+		}
+		attrs = append(attrs, slog.Int("pid", runner.pid))
+		if runner.Options != nil {
+			attrs = append(attrs, slog.Int("num_ctx", runner.Options.NumCtx))
+		}
+		runner.refMu.Unlock()
 	}
 	attrs = append(attrs,
 		slog.String("size", format.HumanBytes2(runner.totalSize)),
 		slog.String("vram", format.HumanBytes2(runner.vramSize)),
 		slog.Int("parallel", runner.numParallel),
-		slog.Int("pid", runner.pid),
 		slog.String("model", modelID),
 	)
-	if runner.Options != nil {
-		attrs = append(attrs, slog.Int("num_ctx", runner.Options.NumCtx))
-	}
 	return slog.GroupValue(attrs...)
 }