diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 0a4ae73830..47980566d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -74,8 +74,36 @@ jobs:
       # Use the compiler fork in flake.lock, including both Android ABIs.
       # Stock GHC installed by ghcup is not interchangeable with this compiler.
       - name: Build existing Haskell outputs
+        id: haskell_build
         run: make nix-build
 
+      # Diagnose the same native library after failure. Keep the canonical
+      # failure and its flags intact; this is a separate diagnostic derivation.
+      - name: Trace native Linux GHC phases after failure
+        id: ghc_phase_trace
+        if: ${{ failure() && matrix.system == 'x86_64-linux' && steps.haskell_build.outcome == 'failure' }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [ -d "result-nix/$NIX_SYSTEM/lib:simplex-chat" ]; then
+            echo 'Native library already built; skipping its diagnostic trace.'
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo 'attempted=true' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          flake_ref="git+file://$GITHUB_WORKSPACE?rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          original="(builtins.getFlake \"$flake_ref\").hydraJobs.x86_64-linux.\"lib:simplex-chat\""
+          timeout --kill-after=30s 7200s nice -n 10 nix build \
+            --file scripts/nix/trace-native-ghc.nix --arg original "$original" \
+            --no-link -L --keep-failed --max-jobs 1 --cores 1 --timeout 7200 \
+            2>&1 | tee native-linux-ghc-phase-trace.log
+
+      - name: Upload native Linux GHC phase log
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.ghc_phase_trace.outputs.attempted == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nix-ghc-phase-trace-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: native-linux-ghc-phase-trace.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
       - name: Check native CLI encryption and profile passwords
         run: python3 scripts/nix/smoke-cli.py "result-nix/$NIX_SYSTEM/exe:simplex-chat/bin/simplex-chat"
 
diff --git a/scripts/nix/README.md b/scripts/nix/README.md
index 80c2e1e9fc..c43a1b2f8d 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/README.md
+++ b/scripts/nix/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ Darwin ARM64/x86_64, with a six-hour job limit. It uploads the existing library
 and CLIs under an artifact named for the source SHA. Each native CLI also runs
 the encrypted-store and profile-password smoke test, which can be repeated with
 `python3 scripts/nix/smoke-cli.py result-nix/BUILD_SYSTEM/exe:simplex-chat/bin/simplex-chat`.
+
+After a failed native x86_64 Linux library build, CI tries a separate derivation
+with `-v2 -ddump-timings` on compile calls and uploads
+`native-linux-ghc-phase-trace.log`, including when that trace fails. Compiler
+queries and the original source, plan, dependency units and GHC arguments stay
+unchanged. The canonical build remains failed. The trace has one job/core and a
+two-hour wall-clock/per-derivation bound; the job's six-hour limit stays in place.
+`trace-native-ghc.nix` accepts the original component via `--arg original` for the
+same diagnostic locally.
+
 Hydra continues to consume
 the same `hydraJobs` attributes. The older application release workflow still
 uses its existing GHCup/Docker compiler settings; migrating that packaging and
diff --git a/scripts/nix/trace-native-ghc.nix b/scripts/nix/trace-native-ghc.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a6cd72941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/nix/trace-native-ghc.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Compile-phase diagnostics for an existing, already-planned native component.
+# This produces a different derivation; it does not change source, plan, compiler,
+# dependency units or the original GHC arguments. Query output stays unchanged.
+{ original }:
+let
+  needle = "    printf '#!/bin/sh\\nexec %s \"$@\"\\n' \"$g\" > \"$wrapBin/$gName\"";
+  replacement = "    printf '#!/bin/sh\\n"
+    + "ghcTraceCompile=\\n"
+    + "for arg do\\n"
+    + "  case \"$arg\" in\\n"
+    + "    --numeric-version|--version|-V|--info|--print-*|--show-*|--supported-*|--abi-hash|-M)\\n"
+    + "      exec \"%s\" \"$@\"\\n"
+    + "      ;;\\n"
+    + "    @*|--make|-c) ghcTraceCompile=1 ;;\\n"
+    + "  esac\\n"
+    + "done\\n"
+    + "if [ -n \"$ghcTraceCompile\" ]; then\\n"
+    + "  exec \"%s\" \"$@\" -v2 -ddump-timings\\n"
+    + "fi\\n"
+    + "exec \"%s\" \"$@\"\\n"
+    + "' \"$g\" \"$g\" \"$g\" > \"$wrapBin/$gName\"";
+  occurrences = phase: builtins.div
+    (builtins.stringLength phase - builtins.stringLength
+      (builtins.replaceStrings [ needle ] [ "" ] phase))
+    (builtins.stringLength needle);
+in original.overrideAttrs (old:
+  # Fail visibly if the pinned v2 builder changes its wrapper-generation seam.
+  assert occurrences old.buildPhase == 1; {
+    buildPhase = builtins.replaceStrings [ needle ] [ replacement ] old.buildPhase;
+  })