diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 0f6e32f856..54fdeb283a 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ### dev-v2 (not yet released)
 
+*   Core library:
+    *   Log a warning when `SingleSampleMediaPeriod` transforms a load error
+        into end-of-stream.
 *   Extractors:
     *   Fix Vorbis private codec data parsing in the Matroska extractor
         ([#8496](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/8496)).
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/SingleSampleMediaPeriod.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/SingleSampleMediaPeriod.java
index 23c623e000..9e5d8aae54 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/SingleSampleMediaPeriod.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/SingleSampleMediaPeriod.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader.Loadable;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TransferListener;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Assertions;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Log;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Util;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 /* package */ final class SingleSampleMediaPeriod
     implements MediaPeriod, Loader.Callback<SingleSampleMediaPeriod.SourceLoadable> {
 
+  private static final String TAG = "SingleSampleMediaPeriod";
+
   /** The initial size of the allocation used to hold the sample data. */
   private static final int INITIAL_SAMPLE_SIZE = 1024;
 
@@ -290,6 +293,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 
     LoadErrorAction action;
     if (treatLoadErrorsAsEndOfStream && errorCanBePropagated) {
+      Log.w(TAG, "Loading failed, treating as end-of-stream.", error);
       loadingFinished = true;
       action = Loader.DONT_RETRY;
     } else {