diff --git a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemoteLogMetadataCache.java b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemoteLogMetadataCache.java
index 84dd0dbf21090..4f4c329bd6a4c 100644
--- a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemoteLogMetadataCache.java
+++ b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemoteLogMetadataCache.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ protected final void handleSegmentWithDeleteSegmentStartedState(RemoteLogSegment
     }
 
     private void handleSegmentWithDeleteSegmentFinishedState(RemoteLogSegmentMetadata remoteLogSegmentMetadata) {
-        log.debug("Removing the entry as it reached the terminal state: [{}]", remoteLogSegmentMetadata);
+        log.error("Removing the entry as it reached the terminal state: [{}]", remoteLogSegmentMetadata);
 
         doHandleSegmentStateTransitionForLeaderEpochs(remoteLogSegmentMetadata,
                                                       (leaderEpoch, remoteLogLeaderEpochState, startOffset, segmentId) ->
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ private void doHandleSegmentStateTransitionForLeaderEpochs(RemoteLogSegmentMetad
             Integer leaderEpoch = entry.getKey();
             Long startOffset = entry.getValue();
             // leaderEpochEntries will be empty when resorting the metadata from snapshot.
+            log.error("Loading leaderEpochEntries: [{}] while handling state transition for remoteLogSegmentMetadata {} with state {}",
+                    leaderEpochEntries, remoteLogSegmentMetadata, remoteLogSegmentMetadata.state());
             RemoteLogLeaderEpochState remoteLogLeaderEpochState = leaderEpochEntries.computeIfAbsent(
                     leaderEpoch, x -> new RemoteLogLeaderEpochState());
             action.accept(leaderEpoch, remoteLogLeaderEpochState, startOffset, remoteLogSegmentId);
diff --git a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemotePartitionMetadataStore.java b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemotePartitionMetadataStore.java
index 8e4d281af2f9f..41bc38ab2a727 100644
--- a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemotePartitionMetadataStore.java
+++ b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/metadata/storage/RemotePartitionMetadataStore.java
@@ -147,12 +147,14 @@ public Iterator<RemoteLogSegmentMetadata> listRemoteLogSegments(TopicIdPartition
 
     private FileBasedRemoteLogMetadataCache getRemoteLogMetadataCache(TopicIdPartition topicIdPartition)
             throws RemoteResourceNotFoundException {
+        log.error("Getting RemoteLogMetadataCache for topicIdPartition: {} from {}", topicIdPartition, idToRemoteLogMetadataCache);
         FileBasedRemoteLogMetadataCache remoteLogMetadataCache = idToRemoteLogMetadataCache.get(topicIdPartition);
         if (remoteLogMetadataCache == null) {
             throw new RemoteResourceNotFoundException("No resource found for partition: " + topicIdPartition);
         }
         log.error("remoteLogMetadataCache.isInitialized(): {}", remoteLogMetadataCache.isInitialized());
-        log.error("remoteLogMetadataCache: {}", remoteLogMetadataCache);
+        log.error("remoteLogMetadataCache epoch entries: {}", remoteLogMetadataCache.leaderEpochEntries);
+        log.error("remoteLogMetadataCache idToSegmentMetadata entries: {}", remoteLogMetadataCache.idToSegmentMetadata);
         if (!remoteLogMetadataCache.isInitialized()) {
             // Throwing a retriable ReplicaNotAvailableException here for clients retry. We can introduce a new more
             // appropriate exception with a KIP in the future.