diff --git a/nano/node/node.cpp b/nano/node/node.cpp
index 589112e7b0..18d9da21d5 100644
--- a/nano/node/node.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/node.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,9 @@ void nano::node::process_active (std::shared_ptr<nano::block> const & incoming)
 
 [[nodiscard]] nano::block_status nano::node::process (store::write_transaction const & transaction, std::shared_ptr<nano::block> block)
 {
-	return ledger.process (transaction, block);
+	auto status = ledger.process (transaction, block);
+	logger.debug (nano::log::type::node, "Directly processed block: {} (status: {})", block->hash ().to_string (), to_string (status));
+	return status;
 }
 
 nano::block_status nano::node::process (std::shared_ptr<nano::block> block)
diff --git a/nano/test_common/testutil.cpp b/nano/test_common/testutil.cpp
index c7b126f2ad..31b8bbb3d4 100644
--- a/nano/test_common/testutil.cpp
+++ b/nano/test_common/testutil.cpp
@@ -339,3 +339,14 @@ void nano::test::print_all_blocks (nano::node & node)
 		std::cout << b->to_json ();
 	}
 }
+
+std::vector<std::shared_ptr<nano::block>> nano::test::all_blocks (nano::node & node)
+{
+	auto transaction = node.store.tx_begin_read ();
+	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<nano::block>> result;
+	for (auto it = node.store.block.begin (transaction), end = node.store.block.end (); it != end; ++it)
+	{
+		result.push_back (it->second.block);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
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diff --git a/nano/test_common/testutil.hpp b/nano/test_common/testutil.hpp
index a2706dc3f8..36ec9a3143 100644
--- a/nano/test_common/testutil.hpp
+++ b/nano/test_common/testutil.hpp
@@ -425,5 +425,10 @@ namespace test
 	 * \brief Debugging function to print all blocks in a node. Intented to be used to debug unit tests.
 	 */
 	void print_all_blocks (nano::node & node);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns all blocks in the ledger
+	 */
+	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<nano::block>> all_blocks (nano::node &);
 }
 }
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