diff --git a/maestro_worker_python/request_logging.py b/maestro_worker_python/request_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cabcf92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maestro_worker_python/request_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Access-log instrumentation hardened against a missing peer address.
+
+json_logging 1.5.1 dereferences Starlette's optional ``Request.client``
+unguarded, so a request whose peer socket is already gone (kubelet resetting a
+timed-out readiness probe, typically) loses its access-log line to a formatter
+traceback on stderr. Delete this once bobbui/json-logging-python#116 reaches a
+release.
+"""
+
+import json_logging
+from json_logging.framework.fastapi import (
+    FastAPIAppRequestInstrumentationConfigurator,
+    FastAPIRequestInfoExtractor,
+    FastAPIResponseInfoExtractor,
+)
+from json_logging.frameworks import register_framework_support
+from starlette.requests import Request
+
+
+class ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor(FastAPIRequestInfoExtractor):
+    def get_remote_ip(self, request: Request) -> str:
+        return request.client.host if request.client else json_logging.EMPTY_VALUE
+
+    def get_remote_port(self, request: Request) -> int | str:
+        return request.client.port if request.client else json_logging.EMPTY_VALUE
+
+
+def register_client_safe_request_extractor() -> None:
+    """Must run before ``init_fastapi``, which freezes the extractor in a singleton."""
+    register_framework_support(
+        "fastapi",
+        app_configurator=None,
+        app_request_instrumentation_configurator=FastAPIAppRequestInstrumentationConfigurator,
+        request_info_extractor_class=ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor,
+        response_info_extractor_class=FastAPIResponseInfoExtractor,
+    )
diff --git a/maestro_worker_python/serve.py b/maestro_worker_python/serve.py
index 7a262eb..5a1964b 100644
--- a/maestro_worker_python/serve.py
+++ b/maestro_worker_python/serve.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from .health import get_health_metadata
 from .kill_process import kill_child_processes, terminate_current_process
 from .load_worker import load_worker
+from .request_logging import register_client_safe_request_extractor
 from .response import ValidationError, WorkerResponse
 
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ async def lifespan(_app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
 logging.basicConfig(level=settings.log_level.upper())
 
 if settings.enable_json_logging:
+    register_client_safe_request_extractor()
     json_logging.init_fastapi(enable_json=True)
     json_logging.init_request_instrument(app)
     json_logging.config_root_logger()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 010a333..c835820 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "maestro-worker-python"
-version = "5.1.1"
+version = "5.1.2"
 description = "Utility to run workers on Moises/Maestro"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
diff --git a/tests/test_request_logging.py b/tests/test_request_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cec09b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_request_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+import json_logging
+import pytest
+from starlette.requests import Request
+
+from maestro_worker_python.request_logging import (
+    ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor,
+    register_client_safe_request_extractor,
+)
+
+
+def _request(client: tuple[str, int] | None) -> Request:
+    return Request({"type": "http", "method": "GET", "path": "/health", "headers": [], "client": client})
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def extractor() -> ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor:
+    return ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor()
+
+
+def test_reports_peer_address_when_present(extractor):
+    request = _request(("10.0.0.1", 54321))
+    assert extractor.get_remote_ip(request) == "10.0.0.1"
+    assert extractor.get_remote_port(request) == 54321
+
+
+def test_reports_empty_value_when_peer_is_gone(extractor):
+    request = _request(None)
+    assert extractor.get_remote_ip(request) == json_logging.EMPTY_VALUE
+    assert extractor.get_remote_port(request) == json_logging.EMPTY_VALUE
+
+
+def test_registration_replaces_only_the_request_extractor(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    before = json_logging._framework_support_map["fastapi"]
+    monkeypatch.setitem(json_logging._framework_support_map, "fastapi", dict(before))
+
+    register_client_safe_request_extractor()
+
+    after = json_logging._framework_support_map["fastapi"]
+    assert after["request_info_extractor_class"] is ClientSafeRequestInfoExtractor
+    assert {k: v for k, v in after.items() if k != "request_info_extractor_class"} == {
+        k: v for k, v in before.items() if k != "request_info_extractor_class"
+    }
+
+
+# json_logging's init mutates process-wide logging state and caches the extractor in a
+# singleton, so the serving path can only be exercised honestly in a fresh interpreter.
+SERVE_A_REQUEST_WITHOUT_A_PEER = """
+import asyncio, sys
+from maestro_worker_python import serve
+
+scope = {
+    "type": "http", "asgi": {"version": "3.0"}, "http_version": "1.1", "scheme": "http",
+    "method": "GET", "path": "/health", "raw_path": b"/health", "query_string": b"",
+    "root_path": "", "headers": [], "client": None, "server": ("testserver", 80),
+}
+
+async def receive():
+    return {"type": "http.request", "body": b"", "more_body": False}
+
+messages = []
+
+async def send(message):
+    messages.append(message)
+
+asyncio.run(serve.app(scope, receive, send))
+print([m["status"] for m in messages if m["type"] == "http.response.start"], file=sys.stderr)
+"""
+
+
+def test_serving_a_request_without_a_peer_logs_cleanly(tmp_path):
+    worker_path = tmp_path / "worker.py"
+    worker_path.write_text("class MoisesWorker:\n    pass\n")
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-c", textwrap.dedent(SERVE_A_REQUEST_WITHOUT_A_PEER)],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env={"ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING": "true", "MODEL_PATH": str(worker_path)},
+    )
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    assert "[200]" in result.stderr
+    assert "Logging error" not in result.stderr, result.stderr
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d30db63..6258f4d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "maestro-worker-python"
-version = "5.1.1"
+version = "5.1.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "fastapi" },