diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/package.yml b/.gitea/workflows/package.yml
index 07784b4..25a10a2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/package.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
           REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+          GITEA_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
         run: |
           if [ -z "${REGISTRY_HOST:-}" ]; then
             echo "Missing resolved environment value: REGISTRY_HOST"
@@ -78,6 +79,22 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+          echo "Registry username: ${REGISTRY_USERNAME}"
+          echo "Image target: ${IMAGE_REF}"
+
+          API_SERVER_URL="${GITEA_SERVER_URL%/}"
+          api_user="$(curl -fsS \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" \
+            "${API_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/user" \
+            | sed -n 's/.*"login"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' \
+            | head -n 1 || true)"
+
+          if [ -n "${api_user}" ]; then
+            echo "Registry token resolves to Gitea user: ${api_user}"
+          else
+            echo "Could not resolve Gitea user from REGISTRY_PASSWORD token; docker login may still use a password or a token without API access."
+          fi
+
           echo "Logging into registry host: ${REGISTRY_HOST}"
           echo "${REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | docker login "$REGISTRY_HOST" \
             --username "${REGISTRY_USERNAME}" \