diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c795a9e2..82baf8b9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2696,6 +2696,7 @@ name = "kaspa-p2p-flows"
 version = "0.13.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "chrono",
  "futures",
  "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88a0e9fba..f26f501da 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = [
 ] }
 tower = "0.4.7"
 hyper = "0.14.27"
+chrono = "0.4.31"
 # workflow dependencies that are not a part of core libraries
 
 # workflow-perf-monitor = { path = "../../../workflow-perf-monitor-rs" }
diff --git a/consensus/src/pipeline/pruning_processor/processor.rs b/consensus/src/pipeline/pruning_processor/processor.rs
index fe3d2a15d..e9bb7fe32 100644
--- a/consensus/src/pipeline/pruning_processor/processor.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/pipeline/pruning_processor/processor.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ impl PruningProcessor {
             // This indicates the node crashed during a former pruning point move and we need to recover
             if pruning_utxoset_position != pruning_point {
                 info!("Recovering pruning utxo-set from {} to the pruning point {}", pruning_utxoset_position, pruning_point);
-                self.advance_pruning_utxoset(pruning_utxoset_position, pruning_point);
+                if !self.advance_pruning_utxoset(pruning_utxoset_position, pruning_point) {
+                    info!("Interrupted while advancing the pruning point UTXO set: Process is exiting");
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -189,7 +192,11 @@ impl PruningProcessor {
             info!("Periodic pruning point movement: advancing from {} to {}", current_pruning_info.pruning_point, new_pruning_point);
 
             // Advance the pruning point utxoset to the state of the new pruning point using chain-block UTXO diffs
-            self.advance_pruning_utxoset(current_pruning_info.pruning_point, new_pruning_point);
+            if !self.advance_pruning_utxoset(current_pruning_info.pruning_point, new_pruning_point) {
+                info!("Interrupted while advancing the pruning point UTXO set: Process is exiting");
+                return;
+            }
+            info!("Updated the pruning point UTXO set");
 
             // Finally, prune data in the new pruning point past
             self.prune(new_pruning_point);
@@ -199,9 +206,12 @@ impl PruningProcessor {
         }
     }
 
-    fn advance_pruning_utxoset(&self, utxoset_position: Hash, new_pruning_point: Hash) {
+    fn advance_pruning_utxoset(&self, utxoset_position: Hash, new_pruning_point: Hash) -> bool {
         let mut pruning_utxoset_write = self.pruning_utxoset_stores.write();
         for chain_block in self.reachability_service.forward_chain_iterator(utxoset_position, new_pruning_point, true).skip(1) {
+            if self.is_consensus_exiting.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                return false;
+            }
             let utxo_diff = self.utxo_diffs_store.get(chain_block).expect("chain blocks have utxo state");
             let mut batch = WriteBatch::default();
             pruning_utxoset_write.utxo_set.write_diff_batch(&mut batch, utxo_diff.as_ref()).unwrap();
@@ -211,8 +221,10 @@ impl PruningProcessor {
         drop(pruning_utxoset_write);
 
         if self.config.enable_sanity_checks {
+            info!("Performing a sanity check that the new UTXO set has the expected UTXO commitment");
             self.assert_utxo_commitment(new_pruning_point);
         }
+        true
     }
 
     fn assert_utxo_commitment(&self, pruning_point: Hash) {
diff --git a/protocol/flows/Cargo.toml b/protocol/flows/Cargo.toml
index 2c651ee6c..e6ea97782 100644
--- a/protocol/flows/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocol/flows/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ log.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "signal" ] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "signal"] }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true, features = ["net"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
+chrono.workspace = true
diff --git a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
index fd58ca761..8dc7fedf7 100644
--- a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
+++ b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ pub enum IbdType {
     DownloadHeadersProof,
 }
 
+struct QueueChunkOutput {
+    jobs: Vec<BlockValidationFuture>,
+    daa_score: u64,
+    timestamp: u64,
+}
 // TODO: define a peer banning strategy
 
 impl IbdFlow {
@@ -372,12 +377,18 @@ impl IbdFlow {
         let mut chunk_stream = HeadersChunkStream::new(&self.router, &mut self.incoming_route);
 
         if let Some(chunk) = chunk_stream.next().await? {
-            let mut prev_daa_score = chunk.last().expect("chunk is never empty").daa_score;
+            let (mut prev_daa_score, mut prev_timestamp) = {
+                let last_header = chunk.last().expect("chunk is never empty");
+                (last_header.daa_score, last_header.timestamp)
+            };
             let mut prev_jobs: Vec<BlockValidationFuture> =
                 chunk.into_iter().map(|h| consensus.validate_and_insert_block(Block::from_header_arc(h)).virtual_state_task).collect();
 
             while let Some(chunk) = chunk_stream.next().await? {
-                let current_daa_score = chunk.last().expect("chunk is never empty").daa_score;
+                let (current_daa_score, current_timestamp) = {
+                    let last_header = chunk.last().expect("chunk is never empty");
+                    (last_header.daa_score, last_header.timestamp)
+                };
                 let current_jobs = chunk
                     .into_iter()
                     .map(|h| consensus.validate_and_insert_block(Block::from_header_arc(h)).virtual_state_task)
@@ -386,8 +397,9 @@ impl IbdFlow {
                 // Join the previous chunk so that we always concurrently process a chunk and receive another
                 try_join_all(prev_jobs).await?;
                 // Log the progress
-                progress_reporter.report(prev_chunk_len, prev_daa_score);
+                progress_reporter.report(prev_chunk_len, prev_daa_score, prev_timestamp);
                 prev_daa_score = current_daa_score;
+                prev_timestamp = current_timestamp;
                 prev_jobs = current_jobs;
             }
 
@@ -513,17 +525,19 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
         let mut progress_reporter = ProgressReporter::new(low_header.daa_score, high_header.daa_score, "blocks");
 
         let mut iter = hashes.chunks(IBD_BATCH_SIZE);
-        let (mut prev_jobs, mut prev_daa_score) =
+        let QueueChunkOutput { jobs: mut prev_jobs, daa_score: mut prev_daa_score, timestamp: mut prev_timestamp } =
             self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, iter.next().expect("hashes was non empty")).await?;
 
         for chunk in iter {
-            let (current_jobs, current_daa_score) = self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, chunk).await?;
+            let QueueChunkOutput { jobs: current_jobs, daa_score: current_daa_score, timestamp: current_timestamp } =
+                self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, chunk).await?;
             let prev_chunk_len = prev_jobs.len();
             // Join the previous chunk so that we always concurrently process a chunk and receive another
             try_join_all(prev_jobs).await?;
             // Log the progress
-            progress_reporter.report(prev_chunk_len, prev_daa_score);
+            progress_reporter.report(prev_chunk_len, prev_daa_score, prev_timestamp);
             prev_daa_score = current_daa_score;
+            prev_timestamp = current_timestamp;
             prev_jobs = current_jobs;
         }
 
@@ -538,9 +552,10 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
         &mut self,
         consensus: &ConsensusProxy,
         chunk: &[Hash],
-    ) -> Result<(Vec<BlockValidationFuture>, u64), ProtocolError> {
+    ) -> Result<QueueChunkOutput, ProtocolError> {
         let mut jobs = Vec::with_capacity(chunk.len());
         let mut current_daa_score = 0;
+        let mut current_timestamp = 0;
         self.router
             .enqueue(make_message!(
                 Payload::RequestIbdBlocks,
@@ -557,9 +572,10 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
                 return Err(ProtocolError::OtherOwned(format!("sent header of {} where expected block with body", block.hash())));
             }
             current_daa_score = block.header.daa_score;
+            current_timestamp = block.header.timestamp;
             jobs.push(consensus.validate_and_insert_block(block).virtual_state_task);
         }
 
-        Ok((jobs, current_daa_score))
+        Ok(QueueChunkOutput { jobs, daa_score: current_daa_score, timestamp: current_timestamp })
     }
 }
diff --git a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
index ae2c2ed3b..458138a25 100644
--- a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
+++ b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use chrono::{Local, LocalResult, TimeZone};
 use kaspa_core::info;
 
 /// Minimum number of items to report
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ impl ProgressReporter {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn report(&mut self, processed_delta: usize, current_daa_score: u64) {
+    pub fn report(&mut self, processed_delta: usize, current_daa_score: u64, current_timestamp: u64) {
         self.current_batch += processed_delta;
         let now = Instant::now();
         if now - self.last_log_time < REPORT_TIME_GRANULARITY && self.current_batch < REPORT_BATCH_GRANULARITY && self.processed > 0 {
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ impl ProgressReporter {
         let relative_daa_score = if current_daa_score > self.low_daa_score { current_daa_score - self.low_daa_score } else { 0 };
         let percent = ((relative_daa_score as f64 / (self.high_daa_score - self.low_daa_score) as f64) * 100.0) as i32;
         if percent > self.last_reported_percent {
-            info!("IBD: Processed {} {} ({}%)", self.processed, self.object_name, percent);
+            let date = match Local.timestamp_opt(current_timestamp as i64 / 1000, 1000 * (current_timestamp as u32 % 1000)) {
+                LocalResult::None | LocalResult::Ambiguous(_, _) => "cannot parse date".into(),
+                LocalResult::Single(date) => date.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f:%z").to_string(),
+            };
+            info!("IBD: Processed {} {} ({}%) last block timestamp: {}", self.processed, self.object_name, percent, date);
             self.last_reported_percent = percent;
         }
         self.last_log_time = now;