diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/child.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/child.rs
index ad244ed46e311..3c5f0fd37e673 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/child.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/child.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use tokio::{
     process::Command as TokioCommand,
     sync::{mpsc, watch, RwLock},
 };
-use tracing::debug;
+use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
 use super::Command;
 
@@ -480,8 +480,12 @@ impl Child {
 
     /// Wait for the `Child` to exit, returning the exit code.
     pub async fn wait(&mut self) -> Option<ChildExit> {
+        trace!("watching exit channel of {}", self.label);
         // If sending end of exit channel closed, then return last value in the channel
-        self.exit_channel.changed().await.ok();
+        match self.exit_channel.changed().await {
+            Ok(()) => trace!("exit channel was updated"),
+            Err(_) => trace!("exit channel sender was dropped"),
+        }
         *self.exit_channel.borrow()
     }
 
@@ -654,7 +658,10 @@ impl Child {
         ) -> Option<Result<(), io::Error>> {
             match stream {
                 Some(stream) => match stream.read_until(b'\n', buffer).await {
-                    Ok(0) => None,
+                    Ok(0) => {
+                        trace!("reached EOF");
+                        None
+                    }
                     Ok(_) => Some(Ok(())),
                     Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
                 },
@@ -669,26 +676,31 @@ impl Child {
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 Some(result) = next_line(&mut stdout_lines, &mut stdout_buffer) => {
+                    trace!("processing stdout line");
                     result?;
                     add_trailing_newline(&mut stdout_buffer);
                     stdout_pipe.write_all(&stdout_buffer)?;
                     stdout_buffer.clear();
                 }
                 Some(result) = next_line(&mut stderr_lines, &mut stderr_buffer) => {
+                    trace!("processing stderr line");
                     result?;
                     add_trailing_newline(&mut stderr_buffer);
                     stdout_pipe.write_all(&stderr_buffer)?;
                     stderr_buffer.clear();
                 }
                 status = self.wait(), if !is_exited => {
+                    trace!("child process exited: {}", self.label());
                     is_exited = true;
                     // We don't abort in the cases of a zero exit code as we could be
                     // caching this task and should read all the logs it produces.
                     if status != Some(ChildExit::Finished(Some(0))) {
+                        debug!("child process failed, skipping reading stdout/stderr");
                         return Ok(status);
                     }
                 }
                 else => {
+                    trace!("flushing child stdout/stderr buffers");
                     // In the case that both futures read a complete line
                     // the future not chosen in the select will return None if it's at EOF
                     // as the number of bytes read will be 0.
@@ -753,6 +765,7 @@ impl ChildStateManager {
         match state {
             ChildState::Exited(exit) => {
                 // ignore the send error, failure means the channel is dropped
+                trace!("sending child exit");
                 self.exit_tx.send(Some(exit)).ok();
             }
             ChildState::Running(_) => {
@@ -783,6 +796,7 @@ impl ChildStateManager {
         }
 
         // ignore the send error, the channel is dropped anyways
+        trace!("sending child exit");
         self.exit_tx.send(Some(child_exit)).ok();
     }
 }
@@ -832,6 +846,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test_case(false)]
     #[test_case(TEST_PTY)]
+    #[tracing_test::traced_test]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_wait(use_pty: bool) {
         let script = find_script_dir().join_component("hello_world.js");
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/mod.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/mod.rs
index 0fdbc3efff594..da7bd0a5bebdc 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/process/mod.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct ProcessManagerInner {
 
 impl ProcessManager {
     pub fn new(use_pty: bool) -> Self {
+        debug!("spawning children with pty: {use_pty}");
         Self {
             state: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ProcessManagerInner {
                 is_closing: false,
@@ -75,8 +76,14 @@ impl ProcessManager {
         command: Command,
         stop_timeout: Duration,
     ) -> Option<io::Result<child::Child>> {
+        let label = tracing::enabled!(tracing::Level::TRACE)
+            .then(|| command.label())
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        trace!("acquiring lock for spawning {label}");
         let mut lock = self.state.lock().unwrap();
+        trace!("acquired lock for spawning {label}");
         if lock.is_closing {
+            debug!("process manager closing");
             return None;
         }
         let child = child::Child::spawn(
@@ -87,6 +94,7 @@ impl ProcessManager {
         if let Ok(child) = &child {
             lock.children.push(child.clone());
         }
+        trace!("releasing lock for spawning {label}");
         Some(child)
     }