diff --git a/docker/pyproject.deps.toml b/docker/pyproject.deps.toml
index 9601223..3568a83 100644
--- a/docker/pyproject.deps.toml
+++ b/docker/pyproject.deps.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mcp-plex"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.13"
 dependencies = [
   "fastmcp>=2.11.2",
diff --git a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/enrichment.py b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/enrichment.py
index db3cee8..ad504d6 100644
--- a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/enrichment.py
+++ b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/enrichment.py
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ def imdb_retry_queue(self) -> IMDbRetryQueue:
     async def run(self) -> None:
         """Execute the enrichment stage."""
 
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Starting enrichment stage with movie batch size=%d and episode batch size=%d.",
+            self._movie_batch_size,
+            self._episode_batch_size,
+        )
         while True:
             got_item = False
             try:
@@ -349,10 +354,26 @@ async def run(self) -> None:
                     break
 
                 if isinstance(batch, MovieBatch):
+                    self._logger.info(
+                        "Enriching movie batch with %d item(s) (ingest queue=%d).",
+                        len(batch.movies),
+                        self._ingest_queue.qsize(),
+                    )
                     await self._handle_movie_batch(batch)
                 elif isinstance(batch, EpisodeBatch):
+                    self._logger.info(
+                        "Enriching episode batch for %s with %d item(s) (ingest queue=%d).",
+                        getattr(batch.show, "title", str(batch.show)),
+                        len(batch.episodes),
+                        self._ingest_queue.qsize(),
+                    )
                     await self._handle_episode_batch(batch)
                 elif isinstance(batch, SampleBatch):
+                    self._logger.info(
+                        "Forwarding sample batch with %d item(s) (ingest queue=%d).",
+                        len(batch.items),
+                        self._ingest_queue.qsize(),
+                    )
                     await self._handle_sample_batch(batch)
                 else:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging for future types
                     self._logger.warning(
@@ -363,6 +384,10 @@ async def run(self) -> None:
                     self._ingest_queue.task_done()
 
         await self._persistence_queue.put(PERSIST_DONE)
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Enrichment stage completed; persistence sentinel emitted (retry queue=%d).",
+            self._imdb_retry_queue.qsize(),
+        )
 
     async def _handle_movie_batch(self, batch: MovieBatch) -> None:
         """Enrich and forward Plex movie batches to the persistence stage."""
@@ -448,7 +473,13 @@ async def _emit_persistence_batch(
 
         if not aggregated:
             return
-        await self._persistence_queue.put(list(aggregated))
+        payload = list(aggregated)
+        await self._persistence_queue.put(payload)
+        self._logger.debug(
+            "Enqueued %d aggregated item(s) for persistence (queue size=%d).",
+            len(payload),
+            self._persistence_queue.qsize(),
+        )
 
     async def _enrich_movies(
         self, client: Any, movies: Sequence[Any]
@@ -604,6 +635,10 @@ async def _retry_imdb_batches(self) -> bool:
         if self._imdb_retry_queue.empty():
             return False
 
+        self._logger.debug(
+            "Processing IMDb retry queue with %d pending id(s).",
+            self._imdb_retry_queue.qsize(),
+        )
         imdb_ids: list[str] = []
         while (
             len(imdb_ids) < self._imdb_batch_limit
diff --git a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/ingestion.py b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/ingestion.py
index 54eccee..b5b9bcf 100644
--- a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/ingestion.py
+++ b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/ingestion.py
@@ -60,13 +60,27 @@ async def run(self) -> None:
         ported from the legacy loader.
         """
 
+        mode = "sample" if self._sample_items is not None else "plex"
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Starting ingestion stage (%s mode) with movie batch size=%d, episode batch size=%d, sample batch size=%d.",
+            mode,
+            self._movie_batch_size,
+            self._episode_batch_size,
+            self._sample_batch_size,
+        )
         if self._sample_items is not None:
             await self._run_sample_ingestion(self._sample_items)
         else:
             await self._run_plex_ingestion()
 
+        self._logger.debug("Publishing ingestion completion sentinels to downstream stages.")
         await self._output_queue.put(None)
         await self._output_queue.put(self._completion_sentinel)
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Ingestion stage finished after queuing %d batch(es) covering %d item(s).",
+            self._batches_ingested,
+            self._items_ingested,
+        )
 
     @property
     def items_ingested(self) -> int:
@@ -84,11 +98,23 @@ async def _run_sample_ingestion(self, items: Sequence[AggregatedItem]) -> None:
         """Placeholder hook for the sample ingestion flow."""
 
         item_count = len(items)
+        start_batches = self._batches_ingested
+        start_items = self._items_ingested
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Beginning sample ingestion for %d item(s) with batch size=%d.",
+            item_count,
+            self._sample_batch_size,
+        )
         self._logger.info(
             "Sample ingestion has not been ported yet; %d items queued for later.",
             item_count,
         )
         await self._enqueue_sample_batches(items)
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Queued %d sample batch(es) covering %d item(s).",
+            self._batches_ingested - start_batches,
+            self._items_ingested - start_items,
+        )
         await asyncio.sleep(0)
 
     async def _run_plex_ingestion(self) -> None:
@@ -97,6 +123,11 @@ async def _run_plex_ingestion(self) -> None:
         if self._plex_server is None:
             self._logger.warning("Plex server unavailable; skipping ingestion.")
         else:
+            self._logger.info(
+                "Beginning Plex ingestion with movie batch size=%d and episode batch size=%d.",
+                self._movie_batch_size,
+                self._episode_batch_size,
+            )
             await self._ingest_plex(
                 plex_server=self._plex_server,
                 movie_batch_size=self._movie_batch_size,
@@ -104,6 +135,11 @@ async def _run_plex_ingestion(self) -> None:
                 output_queue=self._output_queue,
                 logger=self._logger,
             )
+            self._logger.info(
+                "Completed Plex ingestion; emitted %d batch(es) covering %d item(s).",
+                self._batches_ingested,
+                self._items_ingested,
+            )
         await asyncio.sleep(0)
 
     async def _ingest_plex(
@@ -120,6 +156,11 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
         movies_attr = getattr(plex_server, "movies", [])
         movies_source = movies_attr() if callable(movies_attr) else movies_attr
         movies = list(movies_source)
+        logger.info(
+            "Discovered %d Plex movie(s) for ingestion.",
+            len(movies),
+        )
+        movie_batches = 0
         for batch_index, chunk in enumerate(
             chunk_sequence(movies, movie_batch_size), start=1
         ):
@@ -131,6 +172,7 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
             await output_queue.put(batch)
             self._items_ingested += len(batch_movies)
             self._batches_ingested += 1
+            movie_batches += 1
             logger.info(
                 "Queued Plex movie batch %d with %d movies (total items=%d).",
                 batch_index,
@@ -141,6 +183,12 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
         shows_attr = getattr(plex_server, "shows", [])
         shows_source = shows_attr() if callable(shows_attr) else shows_attr
         shows = list(shows_source)
+        logger.info(
+            "Discovered %d Plex show(s) for ingestion.",
+            len(shows),
+        )
+        episode_batches = 0
+        episode_total = 0
         for show in shows:
             show_title = getattr(show, "title", str(show))
             episodes_attr = getattr(show, "episodes", [])
@@ -148,6 +196,8 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
                 episodes_attr() if callable(episodes_attr) else episodes_attr
             )
             episodes = list(episodes_source)
+            if not episodes:
+                logger.debug("Show %s yielded no episodes for ingestion.", show_title)
             for batch_index, chunk in enumerate(
                 chunk_sequence(episodes, episode_batch_size), start=1
             ):
@@ -159,6 +209,8 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
                 await output_queue.put(batch)
                 self._items_ingested += len(batch_episodes)
                 self._batches_ingested += 1
+                episode_batches += 1
+                episode_total += len(batch_episodes)
                 logger.info(
                     "Queued Plex episode batch %d for %s with %d episodes (total items=%d).",
                     batch_index,
@@ -167,6 +219,13 @@ async def _ingest_plex(
                     self._items_ingested,
                 )
 
+        logger.debug(
+            "Plex ingestion summary: %d movie batch(es), %d episode batch(es), %d episode(s).",
+            movie_batches,
+            episode_batches,
+            episode_total,
+        )
+
     async def _enqueue_sample_batches(
         self, items: Sequence[AggregatedItem]
     ) -> None:
@@ -180,3 +239,8 @@ async def _enqueue_sample_batches(
             await self._output_queue.put(SampleBatch(items=batch_items))
             self._items_ingested += len(batch_items)
             self._batches_ingested += 1
+            self._logger.debug(
+                "Queued sample batch with %d item(s) (total items=%d).",
+                len(batch_items),
+                self._items_ingested,
+            )
diff --git a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/orchestrator.py b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/orchestrator.py
index 8a51753..38ab417 100644
--- a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/orchestrator.py
+++ b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/orchestrator.py
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ def __init__(
     async def run(self) -> None:
         """Execute the configured pipeline stages concurrently."""
 
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Launching loader orchestrator with %d persistence worker(s).",
+            self._persistence_worker_count,
+        )
         try:
             async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as group:
                 group.create_task(
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ async def run(self) -> None:
             # Re-raise the first underlying error after cleanup so callers see the
             # original exception rather than the wrapper.
             raise failures[0].error
+        else:
+            self._logger.info("Loader orchestrator run completed successfully.")
 
     async def _run_stage(
         self,
@@ -96,14 +102,22 @@ async def _run_stage(
     ) -> None:
         """Execute *runner* and wrap unexpected exceptions with stage metadata."""
 
+        stage_name = self._describe_stage(spec)
+        self._logger.info("Starting %s.", stage_name)
         try:
             result = runner(*args)
             if inspect.isawaitable(result):
                 await result
         except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            self._logger.debug("%s cancelled.", stage_name)
             raise
         except BaseException as exc:
+            self._logger.debug(
+                "%s raised %s", stage_name, exc, exc_info=exc
+            )
             raise _StageFailure(spec, exc) from exc
+        else:
+            self._logger.info("%s completed successfully.", stage_name)
 
     async def _handle_failures(self, failures: list[_StageFailure]) -> None:
         """Log stage-specific failures and drain queues during cancellation."""
diff --git a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/persistence.py b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/persistence.py
index f03b184..83f030f 100644
--- a/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/persistence.py
+++ b/mcp_plex/loader/pipeline/persistence.py
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ async def enqueue_points(
         if not points:
             return
 
+        total_points = len(points)
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Received %d point(s) for persistence; chunking with buffer size=%d.",
+            total_points,
+            self._upsert_buffer_size,
+        )
         for chunk in chunk_sequence(list(points), self._upsert_buffer_size):
             batch = list(chunk)
             if not batch:
@@ -174,10 +180,21 @@ async def enqueue_points(
             except BaseException:
                 self._upsert_semaphore.release()
                 raise
+            else:
+                self._logger.debug(
+                    "Queued persistence batch with %d point(s) (queue size=%d).",
+                    len(batch),
+                    self._persistence_queue.qsize(),
+                )
 
     async def run(self, worker_id: int) -> None:
         """Drain the persistence queue until a sentinel is received."""
 
+        self._logger.info(
+            "Starting persistence worker %d (buffer size=%d).",
+            worker_id,
+            self._upsert_buffer_size,
+        )
         while True:
             payload = await self._persistence_queue.get()
             try:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b39c9c..2329904 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "mcp-plex"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 
 description = "Plex-Oriented Model Context Protocol Server"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.13"
diff --git a/tests/test_ingestion_stage.py b/tests/test_ingestion_stage.py
index eb23d3a..764ea68 100644
--- a/tests/test_ingestion_stage.py
+++ b/tests/test_ingestion_stage.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
 
+import pytest
+
 from mcp_plex.common.types import AggregatedItem, PlexItem
 from mcp_plex.loader.pipeline.channels import (
     INGEST_DONE,
@@ -237,10 +239,19 @@ async def scenario() -> tuple[list[object], int, int]:
     assert isinstance(batches[4], EpisodeBatch)
     assert [episode.title for episode in batches[4].episodes] == ["S01E01", "S01E02"]
 
-    assert caplog.messages == [
+    expected_tail = [
         "Queued Plex movie batch 1 with 2 movies (total items=2).",
         "Queued Plex movie batch 2 with 1 movies (total items=3).",
         "Queued Plex episode batch 1 for Show A with 2 episodes (total items=5).",
         "Queued Plex episode batch 2 for Show A with 1 episodes (total items=6).",
         "Queued Plex episode batch 1 for Show B with 2 episodes (total items=8).",
     ]
+    observed_iter = iter(caplog.messages)
+    for expected in expected_tail:
+        for message in observed_iter:
+            if message == expected:
+                break
+        else:  # pragma: no cover - pytest fail helper
+            pytest.fail(f"Expected log message not found: {expected}")
+    assert "Discovered 3 Plex movie(s) for ingestion." in caplog.messages
+    assert "Discovered 2 Plex show(s) for ingestion." in caplog.messages
diff --git a/tests/test_loader_logging.py b/tests/test_loader_logging.py
index a0a8262..9d96316 100644
--- a/tests/test_loader_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_loader_logging.py
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ def test_run_logs_upsert(monkeypatch, caplog):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
         asyncio.run(loader.run(None, None, None, sample_dir, None, None))
     assert "Starting staged loader (sample mode)" in caplog.text
+    assert "Launching loader orchestrator" in caplog.text
+    assert "Starting ingestion stage (sample mode)" in caplog.text
     assert "Upsert worker 0 handling 2 points" in caplog.text
     assert "Upsert worker 0 processed 2 items" in caplog.text
     assert "Loaded 2 items" in caplog.text
+    assert "Ingestion stage finished" in caplog.text
+    assert "Loader orchestrator run completed successfully" in caplog.text
 
 
 def test_run_logs_no_points(monkeypatch, caplog):
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ def test_run_logs_no_points(monkeypatch, caplog):
         asyncio.run(loader.run(None, None, None, sample_dir, None, None))
     assert "Loaded 0 items" in caplog.text
     assert "No points to upsert" in caplog.text
+    assert "Ingestion stage finished" in caplog.text
 
 
 def test_run_rejects_invalid_upsert_buffer_size(monkeypatch):
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c351934..24830f2 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mcp-plex"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "fastapi" },