diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
index 89a00c6be5d54..08ac840df5765 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        error!(
+        debug!(
             epoch,
             worker_id,
             collected = ?self.collected_barrier.iter().map(|(epoch, _)| *epoch).collect_vec(),
diff --git a/src/storage/src/hummock/utils.rs b/src/storage/src/hummock/utils.rs
index 1e1b230964020..883bae08cb00c 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/hummock/utils.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/hummock/utils.rs
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_for_epoch(
 ) -> StorageResult<()> {
     let mut receiver = notifier.subscribe();
     // avoid unnecessary check in the loop if the value does not change
-    let max_committed_epoch = *receiver.borrow_and_update();
+    let mut max_committed_epoch = *receiver.borrow_and_update();
     if max_committed_epoch >= wait_epoch {
         return Ok(());
     }
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_for_epoch(
                 // See #3845 for more details.
                 tracing::warn!(
                     epoch = wait_epoch,
+                    max_committed_epoch,
                     "wait_epoch timeout when waiting for version update",
                 );
                 continue;
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_for_epoch(
                 return Err(HummockError::wait_epoch("tx dropped").into());
             }
             Ok(Ok(_)) => {
-                let max_committed_epoch = *receiver.borrow();
+                max_committed_epoch = *receiver.borrow();
                 if max_committed_epoch >= wait_epoch {
                     return Ok(());
                 }
diff --git a/src/stream/src/task/barrier_manager.rs b/src/stream/src/task/barrier_manager.rs
index 0c0ef21a74ac1..28bb450d3c07d 100644
--- a/src/stream/src/task/barrier_manager.rs
+++ b/src/stream/src/task/barrier_manager.rs
@@ -521,6 +521,18 @@ impl LocalBarrierWorker {
         create_actor_result: StreamResult<CreateActorOutput>,
     ) {
         let result = create_actor_result.map(|output| {
+            // TODO: should be removed before merged
+            let actors = output
+                .actors
+                .iter()
+                .map(|actor| actor.actor_context.id)
+                .collect_vec();
+            let senders = output
+                .senders
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(actor_id, senders)| (*actor_id, senders.len()))
+                .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+            error!(?actors, ?senders, "actor created");
             for (actor_id, senders) in output.senders {
                 self.register_sender(actor_id, senders);
             }
@@ -715,7 +727,7 @@ impl LocalBarrierWorker {
 
     /// Register sender for source actors, used to send barriers.
     fn register_sender(&mut self, actor_id: ActorId, senders: Vec<UnboundedSender<Barrier>>) {
-        tracing::debug!(
+        tracing::error!(
             target: "events::stream::barrier::manager",
             actor_id = actor_id,
             "register sender"
@@ -765,7 +777,7 @@ impl LocalBarrierWorker {
                 .watermark_epoch
                 .store(barrier.epoch.curr, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
         }
-        debug!(
+        error!(
             target: "events::stream::barrier::manager::send",
             "send barrier {:?}, senders = {:?}, actor_ids_to_collect = {:?}",
             barrier,