diff --git a/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go b/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
index bcc4362db..1e29d7e8d 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
@@ -408,11 +408,18 @@ func (m *NodeExecutionManager) listNodeExecutions(
 	if len(output.NodeExecutions) == int(limit) {
 		token = strconv.Itoa(offset + len(output.NodeExecutions))
 	}
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "using [%s] as pagination token", token)
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "transforming node executions [%+v]", output.NodeExecutions)
 	nodeExecutionList, err := m.transformNodeExecutionModelList(ctx, output.NodeExecutions)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Debugf(ctx, "failed to transform node execution models for request with err: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "node execution models are [%+v]", nodeExecutionList)
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "would return response [%+v]", &admin.NodeExecutionList{
+		NodeExecutions: nodeExecutionList,
+		Token:          token,
+	})
 
 	return &admin.NodeExecutionList{
 		NodeExecutions: nodeExecutionList,
diff --git a/pkg/repositories/transformers/execution.go b/pkg/repositories/transformers/execution.go
index f9e626ebf..4b17217d6 100644
--- a/pkg/repositories/transformers/execution.go
+++ b/pkg/repositories/transformers/execution.go
@@ -342,11 +342,14 @@ func FromExecutionModel(ctx context.Context, executionModel models.Execution, op
 	if err = proto.Unmarshal(executionModel.Closure, &closure); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.NewFlyteAdminErrorf(codes.Internal, "failed to unmarshal closure")
 	}
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "possibly trimming error message for [%+v]", executionModel.ExecutionKey)
 	if closure.GetError() != nil && opts != nil && opts.TrimErrorMessage && len(closure.GetError().Message) > 0 {
 		trimmedErrOutputResult := closure.GetError()
+		logger.Infof(ctx, "overwriting original error message [%+v]", trimmedErrOutputResult.Message)
 		if len(trimmedErrOutputResult.Message) > trimmedErrMessageLen {
 			trimmedErrOutputResult.Message = trimmedErrOutputResult.Message[0:trimmedErrMessageLen]
 		}
+		logger.Infof(ctx, "with trimmed message [%+v]", trimmedErrOutputResult)
 		closure.OutputResult = &admin.ExecutionClosure_Error{
 			Error: trimmedErrOutputResult,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/repositories/transformers/node_execution.go b/pkg/repositories/transformers/node_execution.go
index f1d90361f..fbaf36b52 100644
--- a/pkg/repositories/transformers/node_execution.go
+++ b/pkg/repositories/transformers/node_execution.go
@@ -321,11 +321,17 @@ func FromNodeExecutionModel(nodeExecutionModel models.NodeExecution, opts *Execu
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.NewFlyteAdminErrorf(codes.Internal, "failed to unmarshal closure")
 	}
+
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+	logger.Infof(ctx, "possibly trimming error message for [%+v]", nodeExecutionModel.NodeExecutionKey)
 	if closure.GetError() != nil && opts != nil && opts.TrimErrorMessage && len(closure.GetError().Message) > 0 {
 		trimmedErrOutputResult := closure.GetError()
+
+		logger.Infof(context.TODO(), "overwriting original error message [%+v]", trimmedErrOutputResult.Message)
 		if len(trimmedErrOutputResult.Message) > trimmedErrMessageLen {
 			trimmedErrOutputResult.Message = trimmedErrOutputResult.Message[0:trimmedErrMessageLen]
 		}
+		logger.Infof(ctx, "with trimmed message [%+v]", trimmedErrOutputResult)
 		closure.OutputResult = &admin.NodeExecutionClosure_Error{
 			Error: trimmedErrOutputResult,
 		}