diff --git a/rs/execution_environment/tests/canister_logging.rs b/rs/execution_environment/tests/canister_logging.rs
index 8c68e960e710..b7bd2d55d065 100644
--- a/rs/execution_environment/tests/canister_logging.rs
+++ b/rs/execution_environment/tests/canister_logging.rs
@@ -2254,6 +2254,57 @@ fn test_canister_resize_down_preserves_logs() {
     assert_eq!(logs_before, logs_after);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_canister_resize_down_below_record_size_truncates_logs() {
+    let log_memory_limit = TEST_DEFAULT_LOG_MEMORY_LIMIT as u64;
+    // The largest log content that still fits a log memory store of that size.
+    let max_content_len = log_memory_limit as usize - LogMemoryStore::estimate_record_size(0);
+
+    let env = setup_env();
+    let controller = PrincipalId::new_anonymous();
+    let canister_id = create_and_install_canister(
+        &env,
+        CanisterSettingsArgsBuilder::new()
+            .with_controllers(vec![controller])
+            .with_log_memory_limit(64 * KIB)
+            .with_log_visibility(LogVisibilityV2::Public)
+            .build(),
+        UNIVERSAL_CANISTER_WASM.to_vec(),
+    );
+
+    // Store records that do not fit the smallest accepted log memory limit.
+    let message = [b'a'; MAX_LOG_MESSAGE_LEN];
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        let _ = env.execute_ingress(
+            canister_id,
+            "update",
+            wasm().debug_print(&message).reply().build(),
+        );
+    }
+    let logs_before = fetch_log_records(&env, controller, canister_id);
+    assert_eq!(logs_before.len(), 2);
+    assert_gt!(logs_before[0].content.len(), max_content_len);
+
+    // Shrinking the limit below a single stored record makes `LogMemoryStore::resize_impl`
+    // migrate the records into a buffer they no longer fit. They must be truncated.
+    let _ = env.update_settings(
+        &canister_id,
+        CanisterSettingsArgsBuilder::new()
+            .with_log_memory_limit(log_memory_limit)
+            .build(),
+    );
+
+    // The records must be truncated to fit the smaller buffer, not dropped.
+    let logs_after = fetch_log_records(&env, controller, canister_id);
+    assert!(
+        !logs_after.is_empty(),
+        "records were dropped instead of truncated"
+    );
+    for record in &logs_after {
+        assert_le!(record.content.len(), max_content_len);
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_canister_log_resize_deducts_cycles() {
     let log_memory_limit = 2 * MIB;
diff --git a/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/log_record.rs b/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/log_record.rs
index c6925281626e..457934165cd1 100644
--- a/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/log_record.rs
+++ b/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/log_record.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ impl LogRecord {
         8 + 8 + 4 + content_len
     }
 
+    /// Truncates the content so that the whole record fits within `data_capacity`.
+    ///
+    /// The "a single record fits the ring buffer" invariant is established when the
+    /// record is *created*: `CanisterLog::add_record` truncates the content against the
+    /// store's byte capacity at that moment. Nothing re-establishes it when the capacity
+    /// is lowered afterwards, which is what `update_settings` does when it shrinks
+    /// `log_memory_limit`: `LogMemoryStore::resize_impl` then migrates the already
+    /// stored records into a smaller ring buffer they no longer fit.
+    pub fn truncate_to_capacity(&mut self, data_capacity: usize) {
+        let max_content_len = data_capacity.saturating_sub(Self::estimate_bytes_len(0));
+        if self.content.len() > max_content_len {
+            self.content.truncate(max_content_len);
+            self.len = max_content_len as u32;
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn matches(&self, filter: &FetchCanisterLogsFilter) -> bool {
         match filter {
             FetchCanisterLogsFilter::ByIdx(r) => r.start <= self.idx && self.idx < r.end,
diff --git a/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/ring_buffer.rs b/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/ring_buffer.rs
index 65197ca09d13..2438425dc7fd 100644
--- a/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/ring_buffer.rs
+++ b/rs/replicated_state/src/canister_state/system_state/log_memory_store/ring_buffer.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ impl RingBuffer {
         }
         let mut index_table = self.io.load_index_table();
         let mut h = self.io.load_header();
-        for record in iter.map(LogRecord::from) {
+        for mut record in iter.map(LogRecord::from) {
             // Check that records are added in order, otherwise it breaks the index.
             if record.idx < h.next_idx {
                 debug_assert!(
@@ -168,11 +168,14 @@ impl RingBuffer {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // A single record must fit the ring buffer. That holds when the record is
+            // created, but not once the capacity has been lowered underneath it (see
+            // `LogRecord::truncate_to_capacity`), so re-establish it here — truncating
+            // the record rather than dropping it, which is what `add_record` does when
+            // the same limit is applied at creation time.
+            record.truncate_to_capacity(h.data_capacity.get() as usize);
+
             let added_size = MemorySize::new(record.bytes_len() as u64);
-            if added_size > h.data_capacity {
-                debug_assert!(false, "Log record size exceeds ring buffer capacity");
-                continue;
-            }
             self.evict_for_size(&mut h, added_size);
 
             // Save the record at the tail position.