diff --git a/pkg/sfu/forwardstats.go b/pkg/sfu/forwardstats.go
index aa6aaa627..0601168b5 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/forwardstats.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/forwardstats.go
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 package sfu
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
-
 	"github.com/livekit/livekit-server/pkg/telemetry/prometheus"
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/utils"
 )
 
+const (
+	highForwardingLatency = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	skewFactor            = 10
+)
+
 type ForwardStats struct {
-	lock         sync.Mutex
-	lastLeftNano atomic.Int64
-	latency      *utils.LatencyAggregate
-	closeCh      chan struct{}
+	lock    sync.Mutex
+	latency *utils.LatencyAggregate
+	closeCh chan struct{}
 }
 
 func NewForwardStats(latencyUpdateInterval, reportInterval, latencyWindowLength time.Duration) *ForwardStats {
@@ -27,21 +31,18 @@ func NewForwardStats(latencyUpdateInterval, reportInterval, latencyWindowLength
 	return s
 }
 
-func (s *ForwardStats) Update(arrival, left int64) {
+func (s *ForwardStats) Update(arrival, left int64) (int64, bool) {
 	transit := left - arrival
-
-	// ignore if transit is too large or negative, this could happen if system time is adjusted
-	if transit < 0 || time.Duration(transit) > 5*time.Second {
-		return
-	}
-	lastLeftNano := s.lastLeftNano.Load()
-	if left < lastLeftNano || !s.lastLeftNano.CompareAndSwap(lastLeftNano, left) {
-		return
+	isHighForwardingLatency := false
+	if time.Duration(transit) > highForwardingLatency {
+		isHighForwardingLatency = true
 	}
 
 	s.lock.Lock()
-	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 	s.latency.Update(time.Duration(arrival), float64(transit))
+	s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	return transit, isHighForwardingLatency
 }
 
 func (s *ForwardStats) GetStats() (time.Duration, time.Duration) {
@@ -49,7 +50,16 @@ func (s *ForwardStats) GetStats() (time.Duration, time.Duration) {
 	w := s.latency.Summarize()
 	s.lock.Unlock()
 
-	return time.Duration(w.Mean()), time.Duration(w.StdDev())
+	latency, jitter := time.Duration(w.Mean()), time.Duration(w.StdDev())
+	if jitter > latency*skewFactor {
+		logger.Infow(
+			"high jitter in forwarding path",
+			"latency", latency,
+			"jitter", jitter,
+			"stats", fmt.Sprintf("count %.2f, mean %.2f, stdDev %.2f", w.Count(), w.Mean(), w.StdDev()),
+		)
+	}
+	return latency, jitter
 }
 
 func (s *ForwardStats) GetLastStats(duration time.Duration) (time.Duration, time.Duration) {
@@ -67,10 +77,12 @@ func (s *ForwardStats) Stop() {
 func (s *ForwardStats) report(reportInterval time.Duration) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(reportInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-s.closeCh:
 			return
+
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			latency, jitter := s.GetLastStats(reportInterval)
 			latencySlow, jitterSlow := s.GetStats()
diff --git a/pkg/sfu/receiver.go b/pkg/sfu/receiver.go
index 464e2e954..02e3b6caf 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/receiver.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/receiver.go
@@ -827,7 +827,13 @@ func (w *WebRTCReceiver) forwardRTP(layer int32, buff *buffer.Buffer) {
 
 		// track delay/jitter
 		if writeCount > 0 && w.forwardStats != nil {
-			w.forwardStats.Update(pkt.Arrival, mono.UnixNano())
+			if latency, isHigh := w.forwardStats.Update(pkt.Arrival, mono.UnixNano()); isHigh {
+				w.logger.Infow(
+					"high forwarding latency",
+					"latency", latency,
+					"writeCount", writeCount,
+				)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// track video layers