diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/extractHeatmapDataStep.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/extractHeatmapDataStep.ts
index c9b00160c4474..4b41818eb6b63 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/extractHeatmapDataStep.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/extractHeatmapDataStep.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { URL } from 'url'
 
 import { eventDroppedCounter } from '../../../main/ingestion-queues/metrics'
 import { PreIngestionEvent, RawClickhouseHeatmapEvent, TimestampFormat } from '../../../types'
+import { status } from '../../../utils/status'
 import { castTimestampOrNow } from '../../../utils/utils'
 import { isDistinctIdIllegal } from '../person-state'
 import { captureIngestionWarning } from '../utils'
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ function extractScrollDepthHeatmapData(event: PreIngestionEvent): RawClickhouseH
     }
 
     if (!isValidNumber($viewport_height) || !isValidNumber($viewport_width)) {
+        status.warn('👀', '[extract-heatmap-data] dropping because invalid viewport dimensions', {
+            $viewport_height,
+            $viewport_width,
+        })
         return drop('invalid_viewport_dimensions')
     }