diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go b/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
index dbb7c2f8bd8..5b65bf63e44 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var _ services.Service = &client{}
 func NewClient(remoteCapabilityInfo commoncap.CapabilityInfo, localDonInfo commoncap.DON, dispatcher types.Dispatcher,
 	requestTimeout time.Duration, lggr logger.Logger) *client {
 	return &client{
-		lggr:                     lggr,
+		lggr:                     lggr.Named("TargetClient"),
 		remoteCapabilityInfo:     remoteCapabilityInfo,
 		localDONInfo:             localDonInfo,
 		dispatcher:               dispatcher,
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ func (c *client) Execute(ctx context.Context, capReq commoncap.CapabilityRequest
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get message ID for request: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	c.lggr.Debugw("executing remote target", "messageID", messageID)
+
 	if _, ok := c.messageIDToCallerRequest[messageID]; ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request for message ID %s already exists", messageID)
 	}
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ func (c *client) Receive(ctx context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) {
 
 	messageID := GetMessageID(msg)
 
+	c.lggr.Debugw("Remote client target receiving message", "messageID", messageID)
+
 	req := c.messageIDToCallerRequest[messageID]
 	if req == nil {
 		c.lggr.Warnw("received response for unknown message ID ", "messageID", messageID)
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/client_request.go b/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/client_request.go
index b48aa28207a..f1839ca8bdd 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/client_request.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/client_request.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type ClientRequest struct {
 	responseIDCount  map[[32]byte]int
 	errorCount       map[string]int
 	responseReceived map[p2ptypes.PeerID]bool
+	lggr             logger.Logger
 
 	requiredIdenticalResponses int
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func NewClientRequest(ctx context.Context, lggr logger.Logger, req commoncap.Cap
 		responseReceived:           responseReceived,
 		responseCh:                 make(chan commoncap.CapabilityResponse, 1),
 		wg:                         wg,
+		lggr:                       lggr,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ func (c *ClientRequest) OnMessage(_ context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) err
 		return fmt.Errorf("sender missing from message")
 	}
 
+	c.lggr.Debugw("OnMessage called for client request", "messageID", msg.MessageId)
+
 	sender := remote.ToPeerID(msg.Sender)
 
 	received, expected := c.responseReceived[sender]
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/server_request.go b/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/server_request.go
index 25d88d2192a..0596374903b 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/server_request.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/target/request/server_request.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func NewServerRequest(capability capabilities.TargetCapability, capabilityID str
 		callingDon:              callingDon,
 		requestMessageID:        requestMessageID,
 		requestTimeout:          requestTimeout,
-		lggr:                    lggr,
+		lggr:                    lggr.Named("ServerRequest"),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func (e *ServerRequest) OnMessage(ctx context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) e
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add requester to request: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	e.lggr.Debugw("OnMessage called for request", "msgId", msg.MessageId, "calls", len(e.requesters), "hasResponse", e.response != nil)
 	if e.minimumRequiredRequestsReceived() && !e.hasResponse() {
 		if err := e.executeRequest(ctx, msg.Payload); err != nil {
 			e.setError(types.Error_INTERNAL_ERROR, err.Error())
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ func (e *ServerRequest) sendResponse(requester p2ptypes.PeerID) error {
 		responseMsg.Payload = e.response.response
 	}
 
-	e.lggr.Debugw("Sending response", "receiver", requester)
+	e.lggr.Debugw("Sending response", "receiver", requester, "msgId", e.requestMessageID)
 	if err := e.dispatcher.Send(requester, &responseMsg); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to send response to dispatcher: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/target/server.go b/core/capabilities/remote/target/server.go
index 1453cfc3778..086be15f270 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/target/server.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/target/server.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func NewServer(peerID p2ptypes.PeerID, underlying commoncap.TargetCapability, ca
 		requestIDToRequest: map[string]*request.ServerRequest{},
 		requestTimeout:     requestTimeout,
 
-		lggr:   lggr,
+		lggr:   lggr.Named("TargetServer"),
 		stopCh: make(services.StopChan),
 	}
 }
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (r *server) Receive(ctx context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) {
 	r.receiveLock.Lock()
 	defer r.receiveLock.Unlock()
 
+	r.lggr.Debugw("received request for msg", "msgId", msg.MessageId)
 	if msg.Method != types.MethodExecute {
 		r.lggr.Errorw("received request for unsupported method type", "method", msg.Method)
 		return