diff --git a/enterprise/server/remote_execution/container/container.go b/enterprise/server/remote_execution/container/container.go
index 2f5c2ff6e40..b26594e3fa6 100644
--- a/enterprise/server/remote_execution/container/container.go
+++ b/enterprise/server/remote_execution/container/container.go
@@ -229,6 +229,16 @@ func (s *UsageStats) Reset() {
 	s.peakMemoryUsageBytes = 0
 }
 
+// TODO: remove after debugging stats issue
+func (s *UsageStats) Clone() *UsageStats {
+	clone := *s
+	if s.last != nil {
+		clone.last = s.last.CloneVT()
+	}
+	// Baseline PSI protos are readonly; no need to clone.
+	return &clone
+}
+
 // TaskStats returns the usage stats for an executed task.
 func (s *UsageStats) TaskStats() *repb.UsageStats {
 	if s.last == nil {
diff --git a/enterprise/server/remote_execution/containers/podman/podman.go b/enterprise/server/remote_execution/containers/podman/podman.go
index 1edeac05715..922cacb289d 100644
--- a/enterprise/server/remote_execution/containers/podman/podman.go
+++ b/enterprise/server/remote_execution/containers/podman/podman.go
@@ -479,7 +479,32 @@ func (c *podmanCommandContainer) Create(ctx context.Context, workDir string) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+// As a precursor to https://github.com/buildbuddy-io/buildbuddy/pull/7126, see
+// how much CPU usage has been incurred since we resumed the runner. Any usage
+// here is being misattributed to the exec_duration, when the usage actually
+// happened while downloading inputs and/or refreshing container credentials.
+// TODO: remove after debugging CPU sizing issue
+func (c *podmanCommandContainer) logCPUSinceUnpause(ctx context.Context) {
+	s := c.stats.Clone()
+	s.Reset()
+	cid, err := c.getCID(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	lifetimeStats, err := c.cgroupPaths.Stats(ctx, cid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	s.Update(lifetimeStats)
+	cpuNanos := s.TaskStats().GetCpuNanos()
+	if cpuNanos > 0 {
+		log.CtxInfof(ctx, "%d CPU-nanos used between Unpause() and Exec()", cpuNanos)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *podmanCommandContainer) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd *repb.Command, stdio *interfaces.Stdio) *interfaces.CommandResult {
+	c.logCPUSinceUnpause(ctx)
+
 	// Reset usage stats since we're running a new task. Note: This throws away
 	// any resource usage between the initial "Create" call and now, but that's
 	// probably fine for our needs right now.