diff --git a/gamedata/scripts/lua_help_ex.script b/gamedata/scripts/lua_help_ex.script
index 57df322bf..a79496085 100644
--- a/gamedata/scripts/lua_help_ex.script
+++ b/gamedata/scripts/lua_help_ex.script
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@
         jit.allocprof.resume() // re-arm and continue capturing
     }
 
+    jit.util { // additions beyond stock jit.util
+        table jit.util.gcstat() // {total, threshold, estimate, debt} in bytes plus cycles = completed GC collections since start; read-only snapshot, values may be mid-cycle under parallel GC
+    }
+
     globals {
         string dik_to_keyname(number dik, boolean localize)
         int get_modded_exes_version() // Returns modded exes version in integer format
diff --git a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lib_jit.c b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lib_jit.c
index 27f937453..c30f1452a 100644
--- a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lib_jit.c	
+++ b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lib_jit.c	
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ static void setintfield(lua_State *L, GCtab *t, const char *name, int32_t val)
   setintV(lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newz(L, name)), val);
 }
 
+/* GC counters are MSize (uint32); a double holds the full range without the int32 wrap. */
+static void setnumfield(lua_State *L, GCtab *t, const char *name, lua_Number val)
+{
+  setnumV(lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newz(L, name)), val);
+}
+
 /* local info = jit.util.funcinfo(func [,pc]) */
 LJLIB_CF(jit_util_funcinfo)
 {
@@ -268,6 +274,29 @@ LJLIB_CF(jit_util_funcuvname)
   return 0;
 }
 
+extern uint32_t lj_gc_cycles;  /* Defined in lj_gc.c: completed GC cycles since start. */
+
+/* local info = jit.util.gcstat() -- GC counters: total, threshold, estimate, debt (bytes) and cycles (completed collections) */
+LJLIB_CF(jit_util_gcstat)
+{
+  global_State *g = G(L);
+  /* Snapshot before allocating: lua_createtable/lj_str_newz can run a GC step that moves these. */
+  lua_Number total = (lua_Number)g->gc.total;
+  lua_Number threshold = (lua_Number)g->gc.threshold;
+  lua_Number estimate = (lua_Number)g->gc.estimate;
+  lua_Number debt = (lua_Number)g->gc.debt;
+  lua_Number cycles = (lua_Number)lj_gc_cycles;
+  GCtab *t;
+  lua_createtable(L, 0, 5);
+  t = tabV(L->top-1);
+  setnumfield(L, t, "total", total);
+  setnumfield(L, t, "threshold", threshold);
+  setnumfield(L, t, "estimate", estimate);
+  setnumfield(L, t, "debt", debt);
+  setnumfield(L, t, "cycles", cycles);
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /* -- Reflection API for traces ------------------------------------------- */
 
 #if LJ_HASJIT
@@ -544,8 +573,9 @@ static void jit_profile_callback(lua_State *L2, lua_State *L, int samples,
     setstrV(L2, L2->top++, lj_str_new(L2, &vmst, 1));
     status = lua_pcall(L2, 3, 0, 0);  /* callback(thread, samples, vmstate) */
     if (status) {
+      /* Panic logs and returns; drop the sample and keep sampling, never exit the game. */
       if (G(L2)->panic) G(L2)->panic(L2);
-      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      lua_settop(L2, 0);
     }
     lj_trace_abort(G(L2));
   }
diff --git a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.c b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.c
index 12acdae44..3fa089cd0 100644
--- a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.c	
+++ b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.c	
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "luajit.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
 #define ALLOCPROF_LEAF_SLOTS	4096
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ static struct {
   uint8_t saved_mask;
   int32_t saved_count;
   int32_t saved_cstart;
-  AllocProfEntry leaf[ALLOCPROF_LEAF_SLOTS];
-  AllocProfEntry stack[ALLOCPROF_STACK_SLOTS];
+  AllocProfEntry *leaf;   /* Heap, first start; kept so dump reads work after stop. */
+  AllocProfEntry *stack;
 } AS;
 
 static uint32_t allocprof_hash(const char *s, size_t n)
@@ -54,7 +55,12 @@ static void allocprof_record(AllocProfEntry *tab, int slots, int *used,
 {
   size_t n = strlen(key);
   uint32_t h, i;
-  if (n >= sizeof(tab->key)) n = sizeof(tab->key) - 1;
+  if (n >= sizeof(tab->key)) {
+    /* Cut at the last ';' so a partial frame drops whole, never mid-name. */
+    size_t j = sizeof(tab->key) - 1;
+    while (j > 0 && key[j] != ';') j--;
+    n = j > 0 ? j : sizeof(tab->key) - 1;
+  }
   h = allocprof_hash(key, n) & (uint32_t)(slots - 1);
   for (i = 0; i < (uint32_t)slots; i++) {
     AllocProfEntry *e = &tab[(h + i) & (uint32_t)(slots - 1)];
@@ -123,7 +129,20 @@ void lj_allocprof_start(lua_State *L, int depth)
   }
   if (depth < 1) depth = 1;
   if (depth > ALLOCPROF_MAX_DEPTH) depth = ALLOCPROF_MAX_DEPTH;
-  memset(&AS, 0, sizeof(AS));
+  if (!AS.leaf) {
+    AS.leaf = (AllocProfEntry *)calloc(ALLOCPROF_LEAF_SLOTS, sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
+    AS.stack = (AllocProfEntry *)calloc(ALLOCPROF_STACK_SLOTS, sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
+    if (!AS.leaf || !AS.stack) {
+      free(AS.leaf); free(AS.stack);
+      AS.leaf = NULL; AS.stack = NULL;
+      return;
+    }
+  } else {
+    memset(AS.leaf, 0, ALLOCPROF_LEAF_SLOTS * sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
+    memset(AS.stack, 0, ALLOCPROF_STACK_SLOTS * sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
+  }
+  AS.leaf_used = 0;
+  AS.stack_used = 0;
   AS.g = g;
   AS.depth = depth;
   AS.saved_mask = g->hookmask;
@@ -157,9 +176,9 @@ void lj_allocprof_stop(lua_State *L)
 
 void lj_allocprof_reset(void)
 {
-  if (!AS.g) return;
-  memset(AS.leaf, 0, sizeof(AS.leaf));
-  memset(AS.stack, 0, sizeof(AS.stack));
+  if (!(AS.g && AS.leaf)) return;
+  memset(AS.leaf, 0, ALLOCPROF_LEAF_SLOTS * sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
+  memset(AS.stack, 0, ALLOCPROF_STACK_SLOTS * sizeof(AllocProfEntry));
   AS.leaf_used = 0;
   AS.stack_used = 0;
   lj_allocprof_dropped = 0;
@@ -208,7 +227,7 @@ int lj_allocprof_slots(int stacks)
 const AllocProfEntry *lj_allocprof_slot(int stacks, int k)
 {
   AllocProfEntry *tab = stacks ? AS.stack : AS.leaf;
-  return tab[k].bytes ? &tab[k] : NULL;
+  return (tab && tab[k].bytes) ? &tab[k] : NULL;
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.h b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.h
index 99fe50c77..6a7dc83d0 100644
--- a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.h	
+++ b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_allocprof.h	
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #if LJ_HASPROFILE
 
 typedef struct AllocProfEntry {
-  char key[512];
+  char key[4096];
   uint64_t bytes;
 } AllocProfEntry;
 
diff --git a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_gc.c b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_gc.c
index bed48ddd5..83eae78e5 100644
--- a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_gc.c	
+++ b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_gc.c	
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ static void atomic(global_State *g, lua_State *L)
 }
 
 /* GC state machine. Returns a cost estimate for each step performed. */
+/* Completed GC cycles since process start, read via jit.util.gcstat. A file-scope
+** global, not a GCState field, so it does not shift global_State layout. */
+uint32_t lj_gc_cycles = 0;
+
 static size_t gc_onestep(lua_State *L)
 {
   global_State *g = G(L);
@@ -646,6 +650,7 @@ static size_t gc_onestep(lua_State *L)
       } else {  /* Otherwise skip this phase to help the JIT. */
 	g->gc.state = GCSpause;  /* End of GC cycle. */
 	g->gc.debt = 0;
+	lj_gc_cycles++;
       }
     }
     return GCSWEEPMAX*GCSWEEPCOST;
@@ -664,6 +669,7 @@ static size_t gc_onestep(lua_State *L)
 #endif
     g->gc.state = GCSpause;  /* End of GC cycle. */
     g->gc.debt = 0;
+    lj_gc_cycles++;
     return 0;
   default:
     lua_assert(0);
diff --git a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_profile.c b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_profile.c
index cb02b793b..c56aad76c 100644
--- a/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_profile.c	
+++ b/src/3rd party/luajit-2/src/lj_profile.c	
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "lua.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 #if LJ_PROFILE_SIGPROF
 
@@ -249,6 +250,20 @@ static void profile_timer_stop(ProfileState *ps)
 
 #elif LJ_PROFILE_WTHREAD
 
+static uint64_t profile_rng = 0x2545f4914f6cdd1dull;
+
+/* Randomized sleep from exp(interval): breaks phase-lock so periodic work cannot alias the sampler. */
+static int profile_jitter(int interval)
+{
+  uint64_t x = profile_rng;
+  double u, d;
+  x ^= x << 13; x ^= x >> 7; x ^= x << 17;
+  profile_rng = x;
+  u = ((double)(x >> 11) + 1.0) / 9007199254740993.0;
+  d = -(double)interval * log(u);
+  return d < 1.0 ? 1 : (int)d;
+}
+
 /* Windows timer thread. */
 static DWORD WINAPI profile_thread(void *psx)
 {
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI profile_thread(void *psx)
   int interval = ps->interval;
   if (ps->wmm_tbp) ps->wmm_tbp(interval);
   while (1) {
-    Sleep(interval);
+    Sleep((DWORD)profile_jitter(interval));
     if (ps->abort) break;
     profile_trigger(ps);
   }
@@ -342,8 +357,8 @@ LUA_API void luaJIT_profile_stop(lua_State *L)
   ProfileState *ps = &profile_state;
   global_State *g = ps->g;
   if (G(L) == g) {  /* Only stop profiler if started by this VM. */
+    profile_timer_stop(ps);  /* Join the timer thread first: no profile_trigger can read a cleared g. */
     ps->g = NULL;
-    profile_timer_stop(ps);
     g->hookmask &= (uint8_t)~(HOOK_PROFILE |
 			      (ps->added_maskline ? LUA_MASKLINE : 0));
     g->hookcount = ps->saved_count;
@@ -356,7 +371,7 @@ LUA_API void luaJIT_profile_stop(lua_State *L)
 LUA_API const char *luaJIT_profile_dumpstack(lua_State *L, const char *fmt,
 					     int depth, size_t *len)
 {
-  static char buf[2048];
+  static char buf[8192];
   size_t n = 0;
   int level;
   int maxd = depth < 0 ? -depth : depth;