diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index d3a4cb5d5..1a1cdfcd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ jobs:
         testsuite: replication
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
+    - name: Debug wait
+      uses: ./.github/actions/debug-wait
+      timeout-minutes: 60
+      if: always()
+  
     - name: run feature lifecycle tests
       uses: ./.github/actions/ft-test
       with:
@@ -197,9 +202,3 @@ jobs:
         # will crash if they end up in memory all at the same time (circuit breaking
         # ineffective) while waiting to be committed to the kafka topic.
         NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=150'
-
-    - name: Debug wait
-      uses: ./.github/actions/debug-wait
-      timeout-minutes: 60
-      if: failure() && runner.debug == '1'
-
diff --git a/conf/config.json b/conf/config.json
index 46c590d60..4e5fd814d 100644
--- a/conf/config.json
+++ b/conf/config.json
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
         }
     },
     "log": {
-        "logLevel": "info",
+        "logLevel": "debug",
         "dumpLevel": "error"
     },
     "metrics": {
diff --git a/tests/config.json b/tests/config.json
index 4536aa80f..b0c7c676e 100644
--- a/tests/config.json
+++ b/tests/config.json
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
         }
     },
     "log": {
-        "logLevel": "info",
+        "logLevel": "debug",
         "dumpLevel": "error"
     },
     "metrics": {
diff --git a/tests/config.notification.json b/tests/config.notification.json
index 5fc51ab1d..b7ce35d6d 100644
--- a/tests/config.notification.json
+++ b/tests/config.notification.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         }
     },
     "log": {
-        "logLevel": "info",
+        "logLevel": "debug",
         "dumpLevel": "error"
     },
     "server": {
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/config/config.json b/tests/unit/lib/config/config.json
index 57b697014..c553fd6a5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/config/config.json
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/config/config.json
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
         }
     },
     "log": {
-        "logLevel": "info",
+        "logLevel": "debug",
         "dumpLevel": "error"
     },
     "metrics": {