diff --git a/core/services/gateway/handlers/functions/allowlist.go b/core/services/gateway/handlers/functions/allowlist.go
index 19bc61aabad..0ee9b5bcfb9 100644
--- a/core/services/gateway/handlers/functions/allowlist.go
+++ b/core/services/gateway/handlers/functions/allowlist.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package functions
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync"
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ func (a *onchainAllowlist) updateFromContractV1(ctx context.Context, blockNum *b
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "unexpected error during functions_router.GetAllowListId")
 	}
-	a.lggr.Debugw("successfully fetched allowlist route ID", "id", tosID)
+	a.lggr.Debugw("successfully fetched allowlist route ID", "id", hex.EncodeToString(tosID[:]))
 	if tosID == [32]byte{} {
 		return errors.New("allowlist route ID has not been set")
 	}
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/functions/reporting.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/functions/reporting.go
index 9f6c6848edf..f2e2f86aba2 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/functions/reporting.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/functions/reporting.go
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ var (
 		Help: "Metric to track number of reporting plugin Report calls",
 	}, []string{"jobID"})
 
+	promReportingPluginsReportNumObservations = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "functions_reporting_plugin_report_num_observations",
+		Help: "Metric to track number of observations available in the report phase",
+	}, []string{"jobID"})
+
 	promReportingAcceptReports = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "functions_reporting_plugin_accept",
 		Help: "Metric to track number of accepting reports",
@@ -265,6 +270,7 @@ func (r *functionsReporting) Report(ctx context.Context, ts types.ReportTimestam
 		"oracleID":      r.genericConfig.OracleID,
 		"nObservations": len(obs),
 	})
+	promReportingPluginsReportNumObservations.WithLabelValues(r.jobID.String()).Set(float64(len(obs)))
 
 	queryProto := &encoding.Query{}
 	err := proto.Unmarshal(query, queryProto)
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/s4/plugin.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/s4/plugin.go
index 0aca93e55e6..7e4b91be97e 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/s4/plugin.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/s4/plugin.go
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@ func (c *plugin) Report(_ context.Context, ts types.ReportTimestamp, _ types.Que
 
 	promReportingPluginsReportRowsCount.WithLabelValues(c.config.ProductName).Set(float64(len(reportRows)))
 	c.logger.Debug("S4StorageReporting Report", commontypes.LogFields{
-		"epoch":       ts.Epoch,
-		"round":       ts.Round,
-		"nReportRows": len(reportRows),
+		"epoch":         ts.Epoch,
+		"round":         ts.Round,
+		"nReportRows":   len(reportRows),
+		"nObservations": len(aos),
 	})
 
 	return true, report, nil
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/threshold/decryption_queue.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/threshold/decryption_queue.go
index 1ffc63e5898..442fcffe8b4 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/threshold/decryption_queue.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/threshold/decryption_queue.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (dq *decryptionQueue) GetRequests(requestCountLimit int, totalBytesLimit in
 		pendingRequest, exists := dq.pendingRequests[string(ciphertextId)]
 
 		if !exists {
-			dq.lggr.Debugf("pending decryption request for ciphertextId %s expired", ciphertextId)
+			dq.lggr.Debugf("decryption request for ciphertextId %s already processed or expired", ciphertextId)
 			indicesToRemove[i] = struct{}{}
 			continue
 		}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (dq *decryptionQueue) SetResult(ciphertextId decryptionPlugin.CiphertextId,
 
 		// Cache plaintext result in completedRequests map for cacheTimeoutMs to account for delayed Decrypt() calls
 		timer := time.AfterFunc(dq.completedRequestsCacheTimeout, func() {
-			dq.lggr.Debugf("expired decryption result for ciphertextId %s from completedRequests cache", ciphertextId)
+			dq.lggr.Debugf("removing completed decryption result for ciphertextId %s from cache", ciphertextId)
 			dq.mu.Lock()
 			delete(dq.completedRequests, string(ciphertextId))
 			dq.mu.Unlock()