diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/archive.nim b/waku/waku_archive/archive.nim
index 53053585f..914c7366d 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/archive.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/archive.nim
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ proc handleMessage*(
 ) {.async.} =
   self.validator(msg).isOkOr:
     waku_archive_errors.inc(labelValues = [error])
+    trace "invalid message",
+      msg_hash = computeMessageHash(pubsubTopic, msg).to0xHex(),
+      pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
+      contentTopic = msg.contentTopic,
+      timestamp = msg.timestamp,
+      error = error
     return
 
   let msgHash = computeMessageHash(pubsubTopic, msg)
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ proc handleMessage*(
   (await self.driver.put(msgHash, pubsubTopic, msg)).isOkOr:
     waku_archive_errors.inc(labelValues = [insertFailure])
     trace "failed to insert message",
-      hash_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
+      msg_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
       pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
       contentTopic = msg.contentTopic,
       timestamp = msg.timestamp,
@@ -103,7 +109,34 @@ proc handleMessage*(
     return
 
   trace "message archived",
-    hash_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
+    msg_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
+    pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
+    contentTopic = msg.contentTopic,
+    timestamp = msg.timestamp
+
+  let insertDuration = getTime().toUnixFloat() - insertStartTime
+  waku_archive_insert_duration_seconds.observe(insertDuration)
+
+proc syncMessageIngress*(
+    self: WakuArchive,
+    msgHash: WakuMessageHash,
+    pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic,
+    msg: WakuMessage,
+) {.async.} =
+  let insertStartTime = getTime().toUnixFloat()
+
+  (await self.driver.put(msgHash, pubsubTopic, msg)).isOkOr:
+    waku_archive_errors.inc(labelValues = [insertFailure])
+    trace "failed to insert message",
+      msg_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
+      pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
+      contentTopic = msg.contentTopic,
+      timestamp = msg.timestamp,
+      error = error
+    return
+
+  trace "message archived",
+    msg_hash = msgHash.to0xHex(),
     pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
     contentTopic = msg.contentTopic,
     timestamp = msg.timestamp
diff --git a/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
index 0a5e6e49d..620ff1fa6 100644
--- a/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ proc createTransferCallback(
 
       for kv in response.messages:
         let handleRes = catch:
-          await wakuArchive.handleMessage(kv.pubsubTopic.get(), kv.message.get())
+          await wakuArchive.syncMessageIngress(
+            kv.messageHash, kv.pubsubTopic.get(), kv.message.get()
+          )
 
         if handleRes.isErr():
           error "message transfer failed", error = handleRes.error.msg