diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllAppsFromOverview.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllAppsFromOverview.java
index dd286bd1f2..42817c1af7 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllAppsFromOverview.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllAppsFromOverview.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.tapl;
 
 import android.graphics.Point;
-import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 /**
  * Operations on AllApps opened from Overview.
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public final class AllAppsFromOverview extends AllApps {
                 allAppsContainer, "search_container_all_apps");
         final Point start = qsb.getVisibleCenter();
         final int endY = (int) (mLauncher.getDevice().getDisplayHeight() * 0.6);
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("AllAppsFromOverview.switchBackToOverview before swipe");
         mLauncher.swipe(start.x, start.y, start.x, endY);
 
         return new Overview(mLauncher);
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
index 17bf5fcece..ea47503eb6 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public final class AppIcon {
      * Clicks the icon to launch its app.
      */
     public Background launch() {
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("AppIcon.launch before click");
         LauncherInstrumentation.assertTrue(
                 "Launching an app didn't open a new window: " + mIcon.getText(),
                 mIcon.clickAndWait(Until.newWindow(), LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 434e421b69..441fc65bd3 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import android.app.UiAutomation;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.provider.Settings;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
  */
 public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
 
+    private static final String TAG = "Tapl";
+
     // Types for launcher containers that the user is interacting with. "Background" is a
     // pseudo-container corresponding to inactive launcher covered by another app.
     enum ContainerType {
@@ -119,6 +122,10 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
         return mSwipeUpEnabledOverride != null ? mSwipeUpEnabledOverride : mSwipeUpEnabled;
     }
 
+    static void log(String message) {
+        Log.d(TAG, message);
+    }
+
     private static void fail(String message) {
         Assert.fail("http://go/tapl : " + message);
     }
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
     }
 
     private UiObject2 verifyContainerType(ContainerType containerType) {
+        log("verifyContainerType: " + containerType);
         switch (containerType) {
             case WORKSPACE: {
                 waitUntilGone(APPS_RES_ID);
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
index db0e6c5dbc..9841274d6f 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.tapl;
 
 import android.graphics.Point;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.test.uiautomator.Direction;
 import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-
 /**
  * Overview pane.
  */
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public final class Overview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
      */
     public void flingForward() {
         final UiObject2 overview = verifyActiveContainer();
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("Overview.flingForward before fling");
         overview.fling(Direction.LEFT, DEFAULT_FLING_SPEED);
         mLauncher.waitForIdle();
         verifyActiveContainer();
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public final class Overview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
      */
     public void flingBackward() {
         final UiObject2 overview = verifyActiveContainer();
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("Overview.flingBackward before fling");
         overview.fling(Direction.RIGHT, DEFAULT_FLING_SPEED);
         mLauncher.waitForIdle();
         verifyActiveContainer();
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ public final class Overview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
         // Swipe from navbar to the top.
         final UiObject2 navBar = mLauncher.getSystemUiObject("navigation_bar_frame");
         final Point start = navBar.getVisibleCenter();
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("Overview.switchToAllApps before swipe");
         mLauncher.swipe(start.x, start.y, start.x, 0);
 
         return new AllAppsFromOverview(mLauncher);