diff --git a/agent/proxycfg/state.go b/agent/proxycfg/state.go
index 59968e83e6..fd9bdc802c 100644
--- a/agent/proxycfg/state.go
+++ b/agent/proxycfg/state.go
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ func (s *state) initialConfigSnapshot() ConfigSnapshot {
 }
 
 func (s *state) run() {
+	logger := s.logger.Named(logging.ProxyConfig)
+
 	// Close the channel we return from Watch when we stop so consumers can stop
 	// watching and clean up their goroutines. It's important we do this here and
 	// not in Close since this routine sends on this chan and so might panic if it
@@ -603,10 +605,13 @@ func (s *state) run() {
 		case <-s.ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case u := <-s.ch:
+			logger.Trace("A blocking query returned; handling snapshot update",
+				"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(),
+			)
+
 			if err := s.handleUpdate(u, &snap); err != nil {
-				s.logger.Error("watch error",
-					"id", u.CorrelationID,
-					"error", err,
+				logger.Error("Failed to handle update from watch",
+					"id", u.CorrelationID, "error", err,
 				)
 				continue
 			}
@@ -616,18 +621,24 @@ func (s *state) run() {
 			// etc on future updates.
 			snapCopy, err := snap.Clone()
 			if err != nil {
-				s.logger.Error("Failed to copy config snapshot for proxy",
-					"proxy", s.proxyID,
-					"error", err,
+				logger.Error("Failed to copy config snapshot for proxy",
+					"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(), "error", err,
 				)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			select {
+			// try to send
 			case s.snapCh <- *snapCopy:
-				// try to send
+				logger.Trace("Delivered new snapshot to proxy config watchers",
+					"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(),
+				)
+
+			// avoid blocking if a snapshot is already buffered
 			default:
-				// avoid blocking if a snapshot is already buffered
+				logger.Trace("Failed to deliver new snapshot to proxy config watchers",
+					"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(),
+				)
 			}
 
 			// Allow the next change to trigger a send
@@ -638,18 +649,25 @@ func (s *state) run() {
 			continue
 
 		case replyCh := <-s.reqCh:
+			logger.Trace("A proxy config snapshot was requested",
+				"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(),
+			)
+
 			if !snap.Valid() {
 				// Not valid yet just respond with nil and move on to next task.
 				replyCh <- nil
+
+				logger.Trace("The proxy's config snapshot is not valid yet",
+					"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(),
+				)
 				continue
 			}
 			// Make a deep copy of snap so we don't mutate any of the embedded structs
 			// etc on future updates.
 			snapCopy, err := snap.Clone()
 			if err != nil {
-				s.logger.Error("Failed to copy config snapshot for proxy",
-					"proxy", s.proxyID,
-					"error", err,
+				logger.Error("Failed to copy config snapshot for proxy",
+					"proxy-id", s.proxyID.String(), "error", err,
 				)
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/agent/xds/server.go b/agent/xds/server.go
index d8a7ecbe51..b2506a753c 100644
--- a/agent/xds/server.go
+++ b/agent/xds/server.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/logging"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (s *Server) process(stream ADSStream, reqCh <-chan *envoy.DiscoveryRequest) error {
+	logger := s.Logger.Named(logging.XDS)
+
 	// xDS requires a unique nonce to correlate response/request pairs
 	var nonce uint64
 
@@ -324,6 +327,9 @@ func (s *Server) process(stream ADSStream, reqCh <-chan *envoy.DiscoveryRequest)
 			// state machine.
 			defer watchCancel()
 
+			logger.Trace("watching proxy, pending initial proxycfg snapshot",
+				"proxy-id", proxyID.String())
+
 			// Now wait for the config so we can check ACL
 			state = statePendingInitialConfig
 		case statePendingInitialConfig:
@@ -335,6 +341,9 @@ func (s *Server) process(stream ADSStream, reqCh <-chan *envoy.DiscoveryRequest)
 			// Got config, try to authenticate next.
 			state = stateRunning
 
+			logger.Trace("Got initial config snapshot",
+				"proxy-id", cfgSnap.ProxyID.String())
+
 			// Lets actually process the config we just got or we'll mis responding
 			fallthrough
 		case stateRunning:
@@ -346,6 +355,9 @@ func (s *Server) process(stream ADSStream, reqCh <-chan *envoy.DiscoveryRequest)
 			// timer is first started.
 			extendAuthTimer()
 
+			logger.Trace("Invoking all xDS resource handlers and sending new data if there is any",
+				"proxy-id", cfgSnap.ProxyID.String())
+
 			// See if any handlers need to have the current (possibly new) config
 			// sent. Note the order here is actually significant so we can't just
 			// range the map which has no determined order. It's important because:
diff --git a/logging/names.go b/logging/names.go
index 5449900615..b9616b167a 100644
--- a/logging/names.go
+++ b/logging/names.go
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ const (
 	UIMetricsProxy     string = "ui_metrics_proxy"
 	WAN                string = "wan"
 	Watch              string = "watch"
+	XDS                string = "xds"
 	Vault              string = "vault"
 )