diff --git a/internal/controllers/reconciliation/controller.go b/internal/controllers/reconciliation/controller.go
index 69e9e10c..df2b2bcc 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/reconciliation/controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/reconciliation/controller.go
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func (c *Controller) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *reconstitution.Request)
 		current.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil ||
 		(resource.Deleted() && comp.Annotations["eno.azure.io/deletion-strategy"] == "orphan") // orphaning should be reflected on the status.
 	c.writeBuffer.PatchStatusAsync(ctx, &resource.ManifestRef, patchResourceState(deleted, ready))
+	logger.V(0).Info("Wrote patch status to the buffer", "deleted", deleted, "ready", ready)
 	if ready == nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: wait.Jitter(c.readinessPollInterval, 0.1)}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/flowcontrol/writebuffer.go b/internal/flowcontrol/writebuffer.go
index 229421de..9d060d06 100644
--- a/internal/flowcontrol/writebuffer.go
+++ b/internal/flowcontrol/writebuffer.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -171,7 +172,14 @@ func (w *ResourceSliceWriteBuffer) updateSlice(ctx context.Context, sliceNSN typ
 		if patch == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-
+		// NOTE: This is slow and purely for debugging.
+		u := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+		if err := u.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(slice.Spec.Resources[update.SlicedResource.Index].Manifest)); err != nil {
+			logger = logger.WithValues("index", update.SlicedResource.Index)
+		} else {
+			logger = logger.WithValues("resource-name", u.GetName(), "resource-kind", u.GroupVersionKind().Kind)
+		}
+		logger.V(1).Info("will patch status for resource")
 		patches = append(patches, &jsonPatch{
 			Op:    "replace",
 			Path:  fmt.Sprintf("/status/resources/%d", update.SlicedResource.Index),
diff --git a/internal/reconstitution/queueprocessor.go b/internal/reconstitution/queueprocessor.go
index c7bb91c0..50272417 100644
--- a/internal/reconstitution/queueprocessor.go
+++ b/internal/reconstitution/queueprocessor.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ func (q *queueProcessor) processQueueItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
 
 	logger := q.Logger.WithValues("compositionName", req.Composition.Name, "compositionNamespace", req.Composition.Namespace, "resourceKind", req.Resource.Kind, "resourceName", req.Resource.Name, "resourceNamespace", req.Resource.Namespace)
 	ctx = logr.NewContext(ctx, logger)
+	logger.Info("processing queue item")
+	defer logger.Info("done with queue item")
 
 	result, err := q.Handler.Reconcile(ctx, &req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ func (q *queueProcessor) processQueueItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
+	logger.Info("forgetting queue item")
 	q.Queue.Forget(item)
 	return true
 }