diff --git a/router/src/infer.rs b/router/src/infer.rs
index 787ccfcf..8547df98 100644
--- a/router/src/infer.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ impl Infer {
 ///
 /// Batches requests and sends them to the inference server
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+#[instrument(skip_all)]
 async fn batching_task(
     mut client: ShardedClient,
     waiting_served_ratio: f32,
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ async fn batching_task(
         // Get the next batch from the queue
         // This batch might be smaller than the maximum batch size if there are not enough requests
         // waiting in the queue
+        tracing::debug!("First batch");
         while let Some((mut entries, batch, span)) = queue
             .next_batch(None, max_batch_prefill_tokens, max_batch_total_tokens)
             .await
@@ -378,6 +380,8 @@ async fn prefill(
     let batch_id = batch.id;
     metrics::increment_counter!("tgi_batch_inference_count", "method" => "prefill");
 
+    tracing::debug!("Prefill");
+
     match client.prefill(batch).await {
         Ok((generations, next_batch)) => {
             // Update health
@@ -415,6 +419,8 @@ async fn decode(
     let batch_ids: Vec<u64> = batches.iter().map(|b| b.id).collect();
     metrics::increment_counter!("tgi_batch_inference_count", "method" => "decode");
 
+    tracing::debug!("Decode");
+
     match client.decode(batches).await {
         Ok((generations, next_batch)) => {
             // Update health
@@ -513,6 +519,7 @@ fn send_responses(
 ) -> Result<bool, Box<SendTimeoutError<Result<InferStreamResponse, InferError>>>> {
     // Return directly if the channel is disconnected
     if entry.response_tx.is_disconnected() {
+        metrics::increment_counter!("tgi_request_failure", "err" => "dropped");
         return Ok(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/router/src/queue.rs b/router/src/queue.rs
index 1ab9eb11..7eee91ea 100644
--- a/router/src/queue.rs
+++ b/router/src/queue.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ impl Queue {
             .unwrap();
         // Await on response channel
         // Unwrap is safe here
-        response_receiver.await.unwrap()
+        let response = response_receiver.await.unwrap();
+        tracing::debug!("Next batch: {}", response.is_some());
+        response
     }
 }