diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index ba7ae6bd..9b958fcf 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ mod tokio_file {
             let mut stream = stream.into_streamer();
 
             while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+                tracing::trace!("write_from_stream: looping");
+
                 let mut bytes = res?;
 
                 self.inner.write_all_buf(&mut bytes).await?;
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ mod io_uring {
             let mut cursor: u64 = 0;
 
             loop {
+                tracing::trace!("write_from_bytes: looping");
+
                 if cursor == len {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -189,12 +193,16 @@ mod io_uring {
             let mut cursor: u64 = 0;
 
             while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+                tracing::trace!("write_from_stream while: looping");
+
                 let mut buf = res?;
 
                 let len = buf.len();
                 let mut position = 0;
 
                 loop {
+                    tracing::trace!("write_from_stream: looping");
+
                     if position == len {
                         break;
                     }
@@ -234,6 +242,8 @@ mod io_uring {
             let mut cursor: u64 = 0;
 
             loop {
+                tracing::trace!("write_from_async_read: looping");
+
                 let max_size = 65_536;
                 let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(max_size.try_into().unwrap());
 
@@ -246,6 +256,8 @@ mod io_uring {
                 let mut position = 0;
 
                 loop {
+                    tracing::trace!("write_from_async_read: looping inner");
+
                     if position == n {
                         break;
                     }
@@ -288,6 +300,8 @@ mod io_uring {
             let mut cursor: u64 = 0;
 
             loop {
+                tracing::trace!("read_to_async_write: looping");
+
                 if cursor == size {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -343,6 +357,8 @@ mod io_uring {
             let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
 
             loop {
+                tracing::trace!("bytes_stream: looping");
+
                 let max_size = read_until.saturating_sub(cursor);
 
                 if max_size == 0 {
diff --git a/src/ingest.rs b/src/ingest.rs
index 4dc2d257..eba10791 100644
--- a/src/ingest.rs
+++ b/src/ingest.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ where
     let mut stream = stream.into_streamer();
 
     while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("aggregate: looping");
+
         buf.add_bytes(res?);
     }
 
@@ -269,6 +271,8 @@ impl Session {
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, hash))]
     async fn create_alias(&mut self, hash: Hash, input_type: InternalFormat) -> Result<(), Error> {
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("create_alias: looping");
+
             let alias = Alias::generate(input_type.file_extension().to_string());
 
             if self
@@ -281,8 +285,6 @@ impl Session {
 
                 return Ok(());
             }
-
-            tracing::trace!("Alias exists, regenerating");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0365f1ab..4ca65518 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1418,6 +1418,8 @@ where
         let mut streamer = stream.into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = streamer.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("srv_response: looping");
+
             let item = res.map_err(Error::from)??;
             yielder.yield_ok(item).await;
         }
@@ -1790,6 +1792,8 @@ fn spawn_cleanup(repo: ArcRepo, config: &Configuration) {
         let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(30));
 
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("queue_cleanup: looping");
+
             interval.tick().await;
 
             if let Err(e) = queue::cleanup_outdated_variants(&repo).await {
diff --git a/src/middleware/payload.rs b/src/middleware/payload.rs
index 0af71aee..765a7676 100644
--- a/src/middleware/payload.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/payload.rs
@@ -19,21 +19,29 @@ async fn drain(rx: flume::Receiver<actix_web::dev::Payload>) {
     let mut set = JoinSet::new();
 
     while let Ok(payload) = rx.recv_async().await {
+        tracing::trace!("drain: looping");
+
         // draining a payload is a best-effort task - if we can't collect in 2 minutes we bail
         set.spawn_local(tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(120), async move {
             let mut streamer = payload.into_streamer();
-            while streamer.next().await.is_some() {}
+            while streamer.next().await.is_some() {
+                tracing::trace!("drain drop bytes: looping");
+            }
         }));
 
         let mut count = 0;
 
         // drain completed tasks
         while set.join_next().now_or_never().is_some() {
+            tracing::trace!("drain join now: looping");
+
             count += 1;
         }
 
         // if we're past the limit, wait for completions
         while set.len() > LIMIT {
+            tracing::trace!("drain join await: looping");
+
             if set.join_next().await.is_some() {
                 count += 1;
             }
@@ -45,7 +53,9 @@ async fn drain(rx: flume::Receiver<actix_web::dev::Payload>) {
     }
 
     // drain set
-    while set.join_next().await.is_some() {}
+    while set.join_next().await.is_some() {
+        tracing::trace!("drain join await cleanup: looping");
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
diff --git a/src/migrate_store.rs b/src/migrate_store.rs
index 661ae61d..4cb04d39 100644
--- a/src/migrate_store.rs
+++ b/src/migrate_store.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ where
     let mut joinset = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
 
     while let Some(hash) = stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("do_migrate_store: looping");
+
         let hash = hash?;
 
         if joinset.len() >= concurrency {
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ where
     }
 
     while let Some(res) = joinset.join_next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("do_migrate_store: join looping");
+
         res.map_err(|_| UploadError::Canceled)??;
     }
 
@@ -383,6 +387,8 @@ where
     let mut failure_count = 0;
 
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("migrate_file: looping");
+
         match do_migrate_file(tmp_dir, repo, from, to, identifier, timeout).await {
             Ok(identifier) => return Ok(identifier),
             Err(MigrateError::From(e)) if e.is_not_found() && skip_missing_files => {
diff --git a/src/queue.rs b/src/queue.rs
index d543a429..d976aa39 100644
--- a/src/queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue.rs
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ async fn process_jobs<S, F>(
     let worker_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
 
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("process_jobs: looping");
+
         let res = job_loop(repo, store, config, worker_id, queue, callback).await;
 
         if let Err(e) = res {
@@ -274,6 +276,8 @@ where
         + Copy,
 {
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("job_loop: looping");
+
         let fut = async {
             let (job_id, job) = repo.pop(queue, worker_id).await?;
 
@@ -334,6 +338,8 @@ async fn process_image_jobs<S, F>(
     let worker_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
 
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("process_image_jobs: looping");
+
         let res = image_job_loop(
             tmp_dir,
             repo,
@@ -388,6 +394,8 @@ where
         + Copy,
 {
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("image_job_loop: looping");
+
         let fut = async {
             let (job_id, job) = repo.pop(queue, worker_id).await?;
 
@@ -439,6 +447,8 @@ where
     let mut hb = None;
 
     loop {
+        tracing::trace!("heartbeat: looping");
+
         tokio::select! {
             output = &mut fut => {
                 return output;
diff --git a/src/queue/cleanup.rs b/src/queue/cleanup.rs
index 6c497bcc..07540ed8 100644
--- a/src/queue/cleanup.rs
+++ b/src/queue/cleanup.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ async fn all_variants(repo: &ArcRepo) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let mut hash_stream = hash_stream.into_streamer();
 
     while let Some(res) = hash_stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("all_variants: looping");
+
         let hash = res?;
         super::cleanup_variants(repo, hash, None).await?;
     }
@@ -159,6 +161,8 @@ async fn outdated_variants(repo: &ArcRepo, config: &Configuration) -> Result<(),
     let mut variant_stream = repo.older_variants(since).await?.into_streamer();
 
     while let Some(res) = variant_stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("outdated_variants: looping");
+
         let (hash, variant) = res?;
         super::cleanup_variants(repo, hash, Some(variant)).await?;
     }
@@ -174,6 +178,8 @@ async fn outdated_proxies(repo: &ArcRepo, config: &Configuration) -> Result<(),
     let mut alias_stream = repo.older_aliases(since).await?.into_streamer();
 
     while let Some(res) = alias_stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("outdated_proxies: looping");
+
         let alias = res?;
         if let Some(token) = repo.delete_token(&alias).await? {
             super::cleanup_alias(repo, alias, token).await?;
@@ -229,6 +235,8 @@ where
     let mut count: u64 = 0;
 
     while let Some(hash) = hash_stream.try_next().await? {
+        tracing::trace!("prune: looping");
+
         let repo = repo.clone();
         let store = store.clone();
 
diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index c226307c..eaada7ae 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ impl dyn FullRepo {
             let mut slug = None;
 
             loop {
+                tracing::trace!("hashes_stream: looping");
+
                 let page = repo.hash_page(slug, 100).await?;
 
                 slug = page.next();
diff --git a/src/repo/migrate.rs b/src/repo/migrate.rs
index 5f32fbad..8dc39d06 100644
--- a/src/repo/migrate.rs
+++ b/src/repo/migrate.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn migrate_repo(old_repo: ArcRepo, new_repo: ArcRepo) -> Result
 
     let mut index = 0;
     while let Some(res) = hash_stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("migrate_repo: looping");
+
         if let Ok(hash) = res {
             migrate_hash(old_repo.clone(), new_repo.clone(), hash).await;
         } else {
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn migrate_04<S: Store + 'static>(
 
     let mut index = 0;
     while let Some(res) = hash_stream.next().await {
+        tracing::trace!("migrate_04: looping");
+
         if let Ok(hash) = res {
             set.spawn_local(migrate_hash_04(
                 tmp_dir.clone(),
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn migrate_04<S: Store + 'static>(
         }
 
         while set.len() >= config.upgrade.concurrency {
+            tracing::trace!("migrate_04: join looping");
+
             if set.join_next().await.is_some() {
                 index += 1;
 
@@ -135,6 +141,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn migrate_04<S: Store + 'static>(
     }
 
     while set.join_next().await.is_some() {
+        tracing::trace!("migrate_04: cleanup join looping");
+
         index += 1;
 
         if index % pct == 0 {
@@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ async fn migrate_hash(old_repo: ArcRepo, new_repo: ArcRepo, hash: Hash) {
     let mut hash_failures = 0;
 
     while let Err(e) = do_migrate_hash(&old_repo, &new_repo, hash.clone()).await {
+        tracing::trace!("migrate_hash: looping");
+
         hash_failures += 1;
 
         if hash_failures > 10 {
diff --git a/src/repo/postgres.rs b/src/repo/postgres.rs
index 85c20d02..ccb3aff8 100644
--- a/src/repo/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/repo/postgres.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ async fn delegate_notifications(
     let upload_notifier_state = UploadNotifierState { inner: &inner };
 
     while let Ok(notification) = receiver.recv_async().await {
+        tracing::trace!("delegate_notifications: looping");
         metrics::counter!("pict-rs.postgres.notification").increment(1);
 
         match notification.channel() {
@@ -418,6 +419,8 @@ fn spawn_db_notification_task(
 ) {
     crate::sync::spawn("postgres-notifications", async move {
         while let Some(res) = std::future::poll_fn(|cx| conn.poll_message(cx)).await {
+            tracing::trace!("db_notification_task: looping");
+
             match res {
                 Err(e) => {
                     tracing::error!("Database Connection {e:?}");
@@ -1138,6 +1141,8 @@ impl QueueRepo for PostgresRepo {
         use schema::job_queue::dsl::*;
 
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("pop: looping");
+
             let mut conn = self.get_connection().await?;
 
             let notifier: Arc<Notify> = self
@@ -1667,6 +1672,8 @@ impl UploadRepo for PostgresRepo {
         let interest = self.inner.interest(upload_id);
 
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("wait: looping");
+
             let interest_future = interest.notified_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5));
 
             let mut conn = self.get_connection().await?;
@@ -1788,6 +1795,8 @@ where
 {
     streem::try_from_fn(|yielder| async move {
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("page_stream: looping");
+
             let mut page = (next)(inner.clone(), older_than).await?;
 
             if let Some((last_time, last_item)) = page.pop() {
diff --git a/src/repo/sled.rs b/src/repo/sled.rs
index 3400f0ae..e8d424f4 100644
--- a/src/repo/sled.rs
+++ b/src/repo/sled.rs
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ impl UploadRepo for SledRepo {
         }
 
         while let Some(event) = (&mut subscriber).await {
+            tracing::trace!("wait: looping");
+
             match event {
                 sled::Event::Remove { .. } => {
                     return Err(RepoError::AlreadyClaimed);
@@ -679,6 +681,8 @@ impl QueueRepo for SledRepo {
         let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
 
         loop {
+            tracing::trace!("pop: looping");
+
             let queue = self.queue.clone();
             let job_state = self.job_state.clone();
 
diff --git a/src/store.rs b/src/store.rs
index 636f86e7..b9e435f5 100644
--- a/src/store.rs
+++ b/src/store.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ pub(crate) trait Store: Clone + Debug {
             .into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(bytes) = streamer.try_next().await.map_err(StoreError::ReadStream)? {
+            tracing::trace!("to_bytes: looping");
+
             buf.add_bytes(bytes);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/store/file_store.rs b/src/store/file_store.rs
index a38f3533..378473e6 100644
--- a/src/store/file_store.rs
+++ b/src/store/file_store.rs
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ impl FileStore {
 
     async fn try_remove_parents(&self, mut path: &Path) {
         while let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+            tracing::trace!("try_remove_parents: looping");
+
             if parent.ends_with(&self.root_dir) {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/store/object_store.rs b/src/store/object_store.rs
index 53f3c820..6c817540 100644
--- a/src/store/object_store.rs
+++ b/src/store/object_store.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ where
     let mut stream = stream.into_streamer();
 
     while buf.len() < CHUNK_SIZE {
+        tracing::trace!("read_chunk: looping");
+
         if let Some(bytes) = stream.try_next().await? {
             buf.add_bytes(bytes)
         } else {
@@ -284,6 +286,8 @@ impl Store for ObjectStore {
             let mut futures = Vec::new();
 
             while !complete {
+                tracing::trace!("save_stream: looping");
+
                 part_number += 1;
 
                 let buf = if let Some(buf) = first_chunk.take() {
@@ -459,6 +463,8 @@ impl Store for ObjectStore {
         let mut stream = stream.into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("read_into: looping");
+
             let mut bytes = res.map_err(payload_to_io_error)?;
             writer.write_all_buf(&mut bytes).await?;
         }
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index e5aa7d6f..0b2e57d4 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ where
             let mut streamer = stream.into_streamer();
 
             while let Some(item) = streamer.next().await {
+                tracing::trace!("metrics: looping");
+
                 yielder.yield_(item).await;
             }
         }
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ where
         let mut streamer = stream.into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = streamer.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("make send tx: looping");
+
             if tx.send_async(res).await.is_err() {
                 break;
             }
@@ -45,6 +49,8 @@ where
         let mut stream = rx.into_stream().into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("make send rx: looping");
+
             yiedler.yield_(res).await;
         }
 
@@ -71,6 +77,8 @@ where
         let mut stream = rx.into_stream().into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("from_iterator: looping");
+
             yielder.yield_(res).await;
         }
 
@@ -89,6 +97,8 @@ where
         let mut streamer = stream.into_streamer();
 
         while let Some(res) = streamer.next().await {
+            tracing::trace!("map: looping");
+
             yielder.yield_((f)(res)).await;
         }
     })
@@ -153,6 +163,8 @@ where
             let mut streamer = stream.into_streamer();
 
             while let Some(res) = streamer.next().await {
+                tracing::trace!("timeout: looping");
+
                 yielder.yield_ok(res).await;
             }
         })
@@ -173,6 +185,8 @@ where
         let mut count = 0;
 
         while let Some(bytes) = streamer.try_next().await? {
+            tracing::trace!("limit: looping");
+
             count += bytes.len();
 
             if count > limit {