diff --git a/tsdb/agent/db.go b/tsdb/agent/db.go
index 36324c0ae6..02a2eada88 100644
--- a/tsdb/agent/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/agent/db.go
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ func (db *DB) keepSeriesInWALCheckpointFn(last int) func(id chunks.HeadSeriesRef
 }
 
 func (db *DB) truncate(mint int64) error {
+	db.logger.Info("series GC started")
 	db.mtx.RLock()
 	defer db.mtx.RUnlock()
 
diff --git a/tsdb/compact.go b/tsdb/compact.go
index 6c79059ad1..49e88d6320 100644
--- a/tsdb/compact.go
+++ b/tsdb/compact.go
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ func (c *LeveledCompactor) Write(dest string, b BlockReader, mint, maxt int64, b
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	uid := ulid.MustNew(ulid.Now(), rand.Reader)
+	c.logger.Info("write block started", "mint", mint, "maxt", maxt, "ulid", uid)
 
 	meta := &BlockMeta{
 		ULID:    uid,
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ func (c *LeveledCompactor) Write(dest string, b BlockReader, mint, maxt int64, b
 	}
 
 	c.logger.Info(
-		"write block",
+		"write block completed",
 		"mint", meta.MinTime,
 		"maxt", meta.MaxTime,
 		"ulid", meta.ULID,
diff --git a/tsdb/db.go b/tsdb/db.go
index 093ec5ab27..b0de45775d 100644
--- a/tsdb/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/db.go
@@ -1420,6 +1420,7 @@ func (db *DB) compactOOOHead(ctx context.Context) error {
 // Each ULID in the result corresponds to a block in a unique time range.
 // The db.cmtx mutex should be held before calling this method.
 func (db *DB) compactOOO(dest string, oooHead *OOOCompactionHead) (_ []ulid.ULID, err error) {
+	db.logger.Info("out-of-order compaction started")
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	blockSize := oooHead.ChunkRange()
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index 18afd089ae..957cad52e4 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -1415,6 +1415,7 @@ func (h *Head) truncateOOO(lastWBLFile int, newMinOOOMmapRef chunks.ChunkDiskMap
 // truncateSeriesAndChunkDiskMapper is a helper function for truncateMemory and truncateOOO.
 // It runs GC on the Head and truncates the ChunkDiskMapper accordingly.
 func (h *Head) truncateSeriesAndChunkDiskMapper(caller string) error {
+	h.logger.Info("Head GC started", "caller", caller)
 	start := time.Now()
 	headMaxt := h.MaxTime()
 	actualMint, minOOOTime, minMmapFile := h.gc()