diff --git a/include/mimalloc/internal.h b/include/mimalloc/internal.h
index 8669fa80..afdfe822 100644
--- a/include/mimalloc/internal.h
+++ b/include/mimalloc/internal.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ mi_block_t* _mi_page_ptr_unalign(const mi_page_t* page, const void* p);
 bool        _mi_free_delayed_block(mi_block_t* block);
 // void        _mi_free_generic(mi_segment_t* segment, mi_page_t* page, bool is_local, void* p) mi_attr_noexcept;  // for runtime integration
 void        _mi_padding_shrink(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block, const size_t min_size);
+void        _mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
 
 // "libc.c"
 #include    <stdarg.h>
diff --git a/src/arena.c b/src/arena.c
index ad919a6e..194854a2 100644
--- a/src/arena.c
+++ b/src/arena.c
@@ -622,6 +622,10 @@ void _mi_arena_page_free(mi_page_t* page) {
   mi_assert_internal(mi_page_all_free(page));
   mi_assert_internal(page->next==NULL);
 
+  #if MI_STAT > 1
+  _mi_page_free_collect(page, true);  
+  #endif
+
   #if MI_DEBUG>1
   if (page->memid.memkind==MI_MEM_ARENA && !mi_page_is_full(page)) {
     size_t bin = _mi_bin(mi_page_block_size(page));
@@ -665,7 +669,6 @@ void _mi_arena_page_abandon(mi_page_t* page) {
     mi_assert_internal(mi_bitmap_is_clearN(&arena->slices_purge, slice_index, slice_count));
     // mi_assert_internal(mi_bitmap_is_setN(&arena->slices_dirty, slice_index, slice_count));
 
-    _mi_page_unown(page);
     bool were_zero = mi_pairmap_set(&arena->pages_abandoned[bin], slice_index);
     MI_UNUSED(were_zero); mi_assert_internal(were_zero);
     mi_atomic_increment_relaxed(&subproc->abandoned_count[bin]);
@@ -673,8 +676,9 @@ void _mi_arena_page_abandon(mi_page_t* page) {
   else {
     // page is full (or a singleton), page is OS/externally allocated
     // leave as is; it will be reclaimed when an object is free'd in the page
-    _mi_page_unown(page);
-  }  
+  }
+  _mi_page_unown(page);
+  mi_stat_increase(_mi_stats_main.pages_abandoned, 1);
 }
 
 // called from `mi_free` if trying to unabandon an abandoned page
@@ -704,6 +708,7 @@ void _mi_arena_page_unabandon(mi_page_t* page) {
     // nothing to do    
     // TODO: maintain count of these as well?
   }
+  mi_stat_decrease(_mi_stats_main.pages_abandoned, 1);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/free.c b/src/free.c
index 03f93cf3..4ba6d6cc 100644
--- a/src/free.c
+++ b/src/free.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ terms of the MIT license. A copy of the license can be found in the file
 static void   mi_check_padding(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
 static bool   mi_check_is_double_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
 static size_t mi_page_usable_size_of(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
-static void   mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
+// static void   _mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block);
 
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static inline void mi_free_block_local(mi_page_t* page, mi_block_t* block, bool
   // checks
   if mi_unlikely(mi_check_is_double_free(page, block)) return;
   mi_check_padding(page, block);
-  if (track_stats) { mi_stat_free(page, block); }
+  if (track_stats) { _mi_stat_free(page, block); }
   #if (MI_DEBUG>0) && !MI_TRACK_ENABLED  && !MI_TSAN && !MI_GUARDED
   memset(block, MI_DEBUG_FREED, mi_page_block_size(page));
   #endif
@@ -199,9 +199,20 @@ static void mi_decl_noinline mi_free_try_reclaim_mt(mi_page_t* page) {
   }
 }
 
-// Push a block that is owned by another thread on its page-local thread free list. 
+// Push a block that is owned by another thread (or abandoned) on its page-local thread free list. 
 static void mi_decl_noinline mi_free_block_mt(mi_page_t* page, mi_block_t* block)
 {
+  // adjust stats (after padding check and potentially recursive `mi_free` above)
+  _mi_stat_free(page, block);    // stat_free may access the padding
+  mi_track_free_size(block, mi_page_usable_size_of(page, block));
+
+  // _mi_padding_shrink(page, block, sizeof(mi_block_t));
+  #if (MI_DEBUG>0) && !MI_TRACK_ENABLED  && !MI_TSAN       // note: when tracking, cannot use mi_usable_size with multi-threading
+  size_t dbgsize = mi_usable_size(block);
+  if (dbgsize > MI_MiB) { dbgsize = MI_MiB; }
+  _mi_memset_aligned(block, MI_DEBUG_FREED, dbgsize);
+  #endif
+
   // push atomically on the page thread free list
   mi_thread_free_t tf_new;
   mi_thread_free_t tf_old = mi_atomic_load_relaxed(&page->xthread_free);
@@ -532,7 +543,7 @@ static void mi_check_padding(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
 
 // only maintain stats for smaller objects if requested
 #if (MI_STAT>0)
-static void mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
+void _mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
   #if (MI_STAT < 2)
   MI_UNUSED(block);
   #endif
@@ -554,7 +565,7 @@ static void mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
   }
 }
 #else
-static void mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
+void _mi_stat_free(const mi_page_t* page, const mi_block_t* block) {
   MI_UNUSED(page); MI_UNUSED(block);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 759d096d..b69058cc 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static mi_option_desc_t options[_mi_option_last] =
          UNINIT, MI_OPTION(guarded_sample_rate)},       // 1 out of N allocations in the min/max range will be guarded (=4000)
   { 0,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(guarded_sample_seed)},
   { 0,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(target_segments_per_thread) }, // abandon segments beyond this point, or 0 to disable.
-  { 1,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(eager_abandon) },
+  { 0,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(eager_abandon) },
 };
 
 static void mi_option_init(mi_option_desc_t* desc);
diff --git a/src/page.c b/src/page.c
index fdbcfff1..8cdfd6be 100644
--- a/src/page.c
+++ b/src/page.c
@@ -189,10 +189,11 @@ static void _mi_page_thread_free_collect(mi_page_t* page)
   size_t count = 1;
   mi_block_t* tail = head;
   mi_block_t* next;
-  while ((next = mi_block_next(page,tail)) != NULL && count <= max_count) {
+  while( (next = mi_block_next(page,tail)) != NULL && count <= max_count) {
     count++;
     tail = next;
   }
+
   // if `count > max_count` there was a memory corruption (possibly infinite list due to double multi-threaded free)
   if (count > max_count) {
     _mi_error_message(EFAULT, "corrupted thread-free list\n");
diff --git a/test/test-stress.c b/test/test-stress.c
index 9a89744e..61d1424a 100644
--- a/test/test-stress.c
+++ b/test/test-stress.c
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ static int ITER    = 20;
 static int THREADS = 8;
 static int SCALE   = 10;
 static int ITER    = 10;
-#elif 0
+#elif 1
 static int THREADS = 4;
 static int SCALE   = 100;
-static int ITER    = 20;
+static int ITER    = 50;
 #else
 static int THREADS = 32;      // more repeatable if THREADS <= #processors
 static int SCALE   = 25;      // scaling factor
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void test_stress(void) {
     run_os_threads(THREADS, &stress);
     #if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(USE_STD_MALLOC)
     // switch between arena and OS allocation for testing
-    mi_option_set_enabled(mi_option_disallow_arena_alloc, (n%2)==1);
+    // mi_option_set_enabled(mi_option_disallow_arena_alloc, (n%2)==1);
     #endif
     #ifdef HEAP_WALK
     size_t total = 0;
@@ -248,7 +248,14 @@ static void test_stress(void) {
       { printf("- iterations left: %3d\n", ITER - (n + 1)); }
     #endif
   }
-}
+  // clean up
+  for (int i = 0; i < TRANSFERS; i++) {
+    void* p = atomic_exchange_ptr(&transfer[i], NULL);
+    if (p != NULL) {
+      free_items(p);
+    }
+  }
+} 
 
 #ifndef STRESS
 static void leak(intptr_t tid) {
@@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 #ifndef USE_STD_MALLOC
   #ifndef NDEBUG
+  // mi_debug_show_arenas(true, true, false);
   mi_collect(true);
   mi_debug_show_arenas(true,true,false);
   #endif