diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_instances.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_instances.py
index 9d75c5875..2241c4c6a 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_instances.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_instances.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ async def _process_next_instance():
 
 
 async def _process_instance(session: AsyncSession, instance: InstanceModel):
+    logger.debug("%s: processing instance, status: %s", fmt(instance), instance.status.upper())
     # Refetch to load related attributes.
     # Load related attributes only for statuses that always need them.
     if instance.status in (