diff --git a/wled00/data/index.js b/wled00/data/index.js
index 766cd820..bf86d6d8 100644
--- a/wled00/data/index.js
+++ b/wled00/data/index.js
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ function populateInfo(i)
 ${urows}
 ${urows===""?'':'<tr><td colspan=2><hr style="height:1px;border-width:0;color:SeaGreen;background-color:Seagreen"></td></tr>'}
 ${i.opt&0x100?inforow("Net Serial ☾","<button class=\"btn btn-xs\" onclick=\"requestJson({'netDebug':"+(i.opt&0x0080?"false":"true")+"});\"><i class=\"icons "+(i.opt&0x0080?"on":"off")+"\">&#xe08f;</i></button>"):''}
+${i.serialOnline?inforow(i.serialOnline,"TX="+i.sTX,"; RX="+i.sRX):""}
+${i.opt&0x100?'<tr><td colspan=2><hr style="height:1px;border-width:0;color:GoldenRod;background-color:GoldenRod"></td></tr>':''}
 ${inforow("Build",i.vid)}
 ${inforow("Estimated current",pwru)}
 ${inforow("Average FPS",i.leds.fps)}
diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 61fabbff..2115d962 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -972,6 +972,12 @@ void serializeInfo(JsonObject root)
     default: root[F("e32flashtext")] = F(" (other)"); break;
   }
   #endif
+  #if defined(WLED_DEBUG) || defined(WLED_DEBUG_HOST) || defined(SR_DEBUG) || defined(SR_STATS)
+  // WLEDMM add status of Serial, incuding pin alloc
+  root[F("serialOnline")] = Serial ? (canUseSerial()?F("Serial ready"):F("Serial in use")) : F("Serial disconected");  // "Disconnected" may happen on boards with USB CDC
+  root[F("sRX")] = pinManager.isPinAllocated(hardwareRX) ? pinManager.getPinOwnerText(hardwareRX): F("free");
+  root[F("sTX")] = pinManager.isPinAllocated(hardwareTX) ? pinManager.getPinOwnerText(hardwareTX): F("free");
+  #endif
   // end WLEDMM
 
   root[F("uptime")] = millis()/1000 + rolloverMillis*4294967;
diff --git a/wled00/wled.cpp b/wled00/wled.cpp
index 0ba201b5..f52d7c34 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.cpp
+++ b/wled00/wled.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ void WLED::loop()
     DEBUG_PRINT(F("Runtime: "));       DEBUG_PRINTLN(millis());
     DEBUG_PRINT(F("Unix time: "));     toki.printTime(toki.getTime());
     DEBUG_PRINT(F("Free heap: "));     DEBUG_PRINTLN(ESP.getFreeHeap());
+	#ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+    DEBUG_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); DEBUG_PRINT(F(" free stack ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+	#endif
     #if defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32) && defined(WLED_USE_PSRAM)
     if (psramFound()) {
       //DEBUG_PRINT(F("Total PSRAM: "));    DEBUG_PRINT(ESP.getPsramSize()/1024); DEBUG_PRINTLN("kB");
@@ -292,17 +295,17 @@ void WLED::setup()
   #else
   #endif
   #if defined(WLED_DEBUG) && defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32) && (defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S2) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3) || ARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT)
-  delay(2500);  // allow CDC USB serial to initialise
+  if (!Serial) delay(2500);  // WLEDMM allow CDC USB serial to initialise
   #endif
 
   #if ARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT
-  delay(2500);  // WLEDMM: always allow CDC USB serial to initialise
+  if (!Serial) delay(2500);  // WLEDMM: always allow CDC USB serial to initialise
   Serial.println("wait 1");  // waiting a bit longer ensures that a  debug messages are shown in serial monitor
-  delay(2500);
+  if (!Serial) delay(2500);
   Serial.println("wait 2");
-  delay(2500);
+  if (!Serial) delay(2500);
 
-  Serial.flush();
+  if (Serial) Serial.flush(); // WLEDMM
   Serial.setTimeout(350); // WLEDMM: don't change timeout, as it causes crashes later
   // WLEDMM: redirect debug output to HWCDC
   Serial0.setDebugOutput(false);
@@ -403,6 +406,12 @@ void WLED::setup()
   DEBUG_PRINTLN(ESP.getCoreVersion());
 #endif
   DEBUG_PRINT(F("heap ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(ESP.getFreeHeap());
+#ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+  #if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(4, 4, 0)  // unfortunately not availeable in older framework versions
+  USER_PRINT(F("\nArduino  max stack  ")); USER_PRINTLN(getArduinoLoopTaskStackSize());
+  #endif
+  USER_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); USER_PRINT(F(" free stack ")); USER_PRINTLN(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+#endif
 
   #if defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32) && defined(WLED_USE_PSRAM)
   if (psramFound()) {
@@ -456,6 +465,9 @@ void WLED::setup()
   registerUsermods();
 
   DEBUG_PRINT(F("heap ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(ESP.getFreeHeap());
+  #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+  DEBUG_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); DEBUG_PRINT(F(" free stack ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+  #endif
 
   for (uint8_t i=1; i<WLED_MAX_BUTTONS; i++) btnPin[i] = -1;
 
@@ -563,6 +575,9 @@ void WLED::setup()
   DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("initServer"));
   initServer();
   DEBUG_PRINT(F("heap ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(ESP.getFreeHeap());
+  #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+  DEBUG_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); DEBUG_PRINT(F(" free stack ")); DEBUG_PRINTLN(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+  #endif
 
   enableWatchdog();
 
@@ -827,9 +842,9 @@ void WLED::initConnection()
   USER_PRINT(F("Connecting to "));
   USER_PRINT(clientSSID);
   USER_PRINT(" / ");
-  for(int i = 0; i<strlen(clientPass); i++){
+  for(unsigned i = 0; i<strlen(clientPass); i++) {
       USER_PRINT("*");
-   }
+  }
   USER_PRINTLN(" ...");
 
   // convert the "serverDescription" into a valid DNS hostname (alphanumeric)
diff --git a/wled00/wled_server.cpp b/wled00/wled_server.cpp
index e98de951..8b0f0f9f 100644
--- a/wled00/wled_server.cpp
+++ b/wled00/wled_server.cpp
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ void initServer()
   #endif
   server.on("/", HTTP_GET, [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request){
     USER_PRINTF("%s Client request %s\n", serverDescription, request->url().c_str()); //WLEDMM: want to see if client connects to wled, for netdebug also wants to know server
+    #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+    USER_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); USER_PRINT(F(" min free stack ")); USER_PRINTLN(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+    #endif
     if (captivePortal(request)) return;
     serveIndexOrWelcome(request);
   });
@@ -551,6 +554,13 @@ void serveSettingsJS(AsyncWebServerRequest* request)
   strcat_P(buf,PSTR("function GetV(){var d=document;"));
   getSettingsJS(request, subPage, buf+strlen(buf));  // this may overflow by 35bytes!!! WLEDMM add request
   strcat_P(buf,PSTR("}"));
+
+  #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+    DEBUG_PRINT(F("ServeSettingsJS: "));
+    DEBUG_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); DEBUG_PRINT(F(" min free stack ")); DEBUG_PRINT(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
+    DEBUG_PRINTF(PSTR(" bytes.\tString buffer usage: %4d of %d bytes\n"), strlen(buf)+1, SETTINGS_STACK_BUF_SIZE+37);
+  #endif
+
   request->send(200, "application/javascript", buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/wled00/ws.cpp b/wled00/ws.cpp
index 6db459ac..ef676ca5 100644
--- a/wled00/ws.cpp
+++ b/wled00/ws.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ void sendDataWs(AsyncWebSocketClient * client)
     DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Out of memory (WS)!"));
     return;
   }
+  #else
+    //DEBUG_PRINT(pcTaskGetTaskName(NULL)); DEBUG_PRINT(F(" min free stack ")); DEBUG_PRINT(uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL));
   #endif
   buffer = ws.makeBuffer(len); // will not allocate correct memory sometimes on ESP8266
   #ifdef ESP8266