diff --git a/node/network/availability-distribution/src/requester/fetch_task/mod.rs b/node/network/availability-distribution/src/requester/fetch_task/mod.rs
index 89b634a5ce7e..c6356c9ccd5f 100644
--- a/node/network/availability-distribution/src/requester/fetch_task/mod.rs
+++ b/node/network/availability-distribution/src/requester/fetch_task/mod.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@ impl RunningTask {
 		&mut self,
 		validator: &AuthorityDiscoveryId,
 	) -> std::result::Result<ChunkFetchingResponse, TaskError> {
+		gum::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			origin = ?validator,
+			relay_parent = ?self.relay_parent,
+			group_index = ?self.group_index,
+			session_index = ?self.session_index,
+			chunk_index = ?self.request.index,
+			candidate_hash = ?self.request.candidate_hash,
+			"Starting chunk request",
+		);
+
 		let (full_request, response_recv) =
 			OutgoingRequest::new(Recipient::Authority(validator.clone()), self.request);
 		let requests = Requests::ChunkFetchingV1(full_request);
@@ -346,13 +357,13 @@ impl RunningTask {
 			Err(RequestError::InvalidResponse(err)) => {
 				gum::warn!(
 					target: LOG_TARGET,
-					origin= ?validator,
+					origin = ?validator,
 					relay_parent = ?self.relay_parent,
 					group_index = ?self.group_index,
 					session_index = ?self.session_index,
 					chunk_index = ?self.request.index,
 					candidate_hash = ?self.request.candidate_hash,
-					err= ?err,
+					err = ?err,
 					"Peer sent us invalid erasure chunk data"
 				);
 				Err(TaskError::PeerError)
@@ -360,13 +371,13 @@ impl RunningTask {
 			Err(RequestError::NetworkError(err)) => {
 				gum::debug!(
 					target: LOG_TARGET,
-					origin= ?validator,
+					origin = ?validator,
 					relay_parent = ?self.relay_parent,
 					group_index = ?self.group_index,
 					session_index = ?self.session_index,
 					chunk_index = ?self.request.index,
 					candidate_hash = ?self.request.candidate_hash,
-					err= ?err,
+					err = ?err,
 					"Some network error occurred when fetching erasure chunk"
 				);
 				Err(TaskError::PeerError)
@@ -374,7 +385,7 @@ impl RunningTask {
 			Err(RequestError::Canceled(oneshot::Canceled)) => {
 				gum::debug!(
 					target: LOG_TARGET,
-					origin= ?validator,
+					origin = ?validator,
 					relay_parent = ?self.relay_parent,
 					group_index = ?self.group_index,
 					session_index = ?self.session_index,
diff --git a/node/network/bridge/src/network.rs b/node/network/bridge/src/network.rs
index 32dc79d25814..ec7623bb2e1d 100644
--- a/node/network/bridge/src/network.rs
+++ b/node/network/bridge/src/network.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ impl Network for Arc<NetworkService<Block, Hash>> {
 		let peer_id = match peer {
 			Recipient::Peer(peer_id) => Some(peer_id),
 			Recipient::Authority(authority) => {
+				gum::trace!(
+					target: LOG_TARGET,
+					?authority,
+					"Searching for peer id to connect to authority",
+				);
+
 				let mut found_peer_id = None;
 				// Note: `get_addresses_by_authority_id` searched in a cache, and it thus expected
 				// to be very quick.
@@ -196,6 +202,14 @@ impl Network for Arc<NetworkService<Block, Hash>> {
 			Some(peer_id) => peer_id,
 		};
 
+		gum::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			%peer_id,
+			protocol = %req_protocol_names.get_name(protocol),
+			?if_disconnected,
+			"Starting request",
+		);
+
 		NetworkService::start_request(
 			self,
 			peer_id,