diff --git a/pkg/ccl/crosscluster/logical/logical_replication_writer_processor.go b/pkg/ccl/crosscluster/logical/logical_replication_writer_processor.go
index 9c2c3a492409..c7c9fa09f707 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/crosscluster/logical/logical_replication_writer_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/crosscluster/logical/logical_replication_writer_processor.go
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	lrw.subscription = sub
 	lrw.workerGroup.GoCtx(func(_ context.Context) error {
 		if err := sub.Subscribe(subscriptionCtx); err != nil {
+			log.Infof(lrw.Ctx(), "subscription completed. Error: %s", err)
 			lrw.sendError(errors.Wrap(err, "subscription"))
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	lrw.workerGroup.GoCtx(func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		defer close(lrw.checkpointCh)
 		if err := lrw.consumeEvents(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Infof(lrw.Ctx(), "consumer completed. Error: %s", err)
 			lrw.sendError(errors.Wrap(err, "consume events"))
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -391,10 +393,10 @@ func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) ConsumerClosed() {
 
 func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) close() {
 	streampb.UnregisterActiveLogicalConsumerStatus(&lrw.debug)
-
 	if lrw.Closed {
 		return
 	}
+	log.Infof(lrw.Ctx(), "logical replication writer processor closing")
 	defer lrw.frontier.Release()
 
 	if lrw.streamPartitionClient != nil {
@@ -443,12 +445,19 @@ func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) sendError(err error) {
 // the event channel has closed.
 func (lrw *logicalReplicationWriterProcessor) consumeEvents(ctx context.Context) error {
 	before := timeutil.Now()
+	lastLog := timeutil.Now()
 	for event := range lrw.subscription.Events() {
 		lrw.debug.RecordRecv(timeutil.Since(before))
 		before = timeutil.Now()
 		if err := lrw.handleEvent(ctx, event); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if timeutil.Since(lastLog) > 5*time.Minute {
+			lastLog = timeutil.Now()
+			if !lrw.frontier.Frontier().GoTime().After(timeutil.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute)) {
+				log.Infof(lrw.Ctx(), "lagging frontier: %s with span %s", lrw.frontier.Frontier(), lrw.frontier.PeekFrontierSpan())
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return lrw.subscription.Err()
 }