diff --git a/hyperactor/src/actor.rs b/hyperactor/src/actor.rs
index 7e8f4b24..c07122d8 100644
--- a/hyperactor/src/actor.rs
+++ b/hyperactor/src/actor.rs
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ impl<A: Actor> ActorHandle<A> {
     /// Signal the actor to drain its current messages and then stop.
     #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)] // TODO: Consider reducing the size of `ActorError`.
     pub fn drain_and_stop(&self) -> Result<(), ActorError> {
+        tracing::info!("ActorHandle::drain_and_stop called: {}", self.actor_id());
         self.cell.signal(Signal::DrainAndStop)
     }
 
diff --git a/hyperactor/src/proc.rs b/hyperactor/src/proc.rs
index c8f72db5..5e298c33 100644
--- a/hyperactor/src/proc.rs
+++ b/hyperactor/src/proc.rs
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ impl Proc {
             match entry.value().upgrade() {
                 None => (), // the root's cell has been dropped
                 Some(cell) => {
+                    tracing::info!("sending stop signal to {}", cell.actor_id());
                     if let Err(err) = cell.signal(Signal::DrainAndStop) {
                         tracing::error!(
                             "{}: failed to send stop signal to pid {}: {:?}",
@@ -855,6 +856,7 @@ impl<A: Actor> Instance<A> {
     /// Signal the actor to stop.
     #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)] // TODO: Consider reducing the size of `ActorError`.
     pub fn stop(&self) -> Result<(), ActorError> {
+        tracing::info!("Instance::stop called, {}", self.cell.actor_id());
         self.cell.signal(Signal::DrainAndStop)
     }
 
@@ -1053,6 +1055,7 @@ impl<A: Actor> Instance<A> {
                 }
                 signal = self.signal_receiver.recv() => {
                     let signal = signal.map_err(ActorError::from);
+                    tracing::debug!("Received signal {signal:?}");
                     match signal? {
                         signal@(Signal::Stop | Signal::DrainAndStop) => {
                             need_drain = matches!(signal, Signal::DrainAndStop);
diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/process.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/process.rs
index 798fb77e..dc6c4b42 100644
--- a/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/process.rs
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/process.rs
@@ -266,14 +266,17 @@ impl Child {
         };
         let group = self.group.clone();
         let stop_reason = self.stop_reason.clone();
+        tracing::info!("spawning watchdog");
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let exit_timeout =
                 hyperactor::config::global::get(hyperactor::config::PROCESS_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
             #[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)]
             if tokio::time::timeout(exit_timeout, exit_flag).await.is_err() {
+                tracing::info!("watchdog timeout, killing process");
                 let _ = stop_reason.set(ProcStopReason::Watchdog);
                 group.fail();
             }
+            tracing::info!("Watchdog task exit");
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/remoteprocess.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/remoteprocess.rs
index 783e81cd..41043d03 100644
--- a/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/remoteprocess.rs
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/alloc/remoteprocess.rs
@@ -171,10 +171,13 @@ impl RemoteProcessAllocator {
             if let Some(active_allocation) = active_allocation.take() {
                 tracing::info!("previous alloc found, stopping");
                 active_allocation.cancel_token.cancel();
-                // should be ok to wait even if original caller has gone since heartbeat
-                // will eventually timeout and exit the loop.
-                if let Err(e) = active_allocation.handle.await {
-                    tracing::error!("allocation handler failed: {}", e);
+                match active_allocation.handle.await {
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        tracing::info!("allocation stopped.")
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::error!("allocation handler failed: {}", e);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ impl RemoteProcessAllocator {
 
                             ensure_previous_alloc_stopped(&mut active_allocation).await;
 
+                            tracing::info!("allocating...");
                             match process_allocator.allocate(spec.clone()).await {
                                 Ok(alloc) => {
                                     let cancel_token = CancellationToken::new();
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ impl RemoteProcessAllocator {
         heartbeat_interval: Duration,
         cancel_token: CancellationToken,
     ) {
+        tracing::info!("handle allocation request, bootstrap_addr: {bootstrap_addr}");
         // start proc message forwarder
         let (forwarder_addr, forwarder_rx) =
             match channel::serve(ChannelAddr::any(bootstrap_addr.transport())).await {
@@ -326,6 +331,7 @@ impl RemoteProcessAllocator {
         heartbeat_interval: Duration,
         cancel_token: CancellationToken,
     ) {
+        tracing::info!("starting handle allocation loop");
         let tx = match channel::dial(bootstrap_addr) {
             Ok(tx) => tx,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -417,7 +423,7 @@ impl RemoteProcessAllocator {
                 }
             }
         }
-        tracing::debug!("allocation handler loop exited");
+        tracing::info!("allocation handler loop exited");
         if running {
             tracing::info!("stopping processes");
             if let Err(e) = alloc.stop_and_wait().await {
diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
index c769f969..6dcb76b6 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ impl PythonActorMeshRef {
 
 impl Drop for PythonActorMesh {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
+        tracing::info!(
+            "Dropping PythonActorMesh: {}",
+            self.inner.borrow().unwrap().name()
+        );
         self.monitor.abort();
     }
 }
@@ -390,6 +394,7 @@ async fn get_next(
         },
         Some(event) => PyActorSupervisionEvent::from(event.clone()),
     };
+    tracing::info!("recv supervision event: {supervision_event:?}");
 
     Python::with_gil(|py| supervision_event.into_py_any(py))
 }
@@ -476,6 +481,7 @@ impl MonitoredPythonOncePortReceiver {
     name = "ActorSupervisionEvent",
     module = "monarch._rust_bindings.monarch_hyperactor.actor_mesh"
 )]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PyActorSupervisionEvent {
     /// Actor ID of the actor where supervision event originates from.
     #[pyo3(get)]