diff --git a/src/internal/connector/exchange/api/events.go b/src/internal/connector/exchange/api/events.go
index e8ce617ce..a3f91dd4f 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/exchange/api/events.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/exchange/api/events.go
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ func (c Events) GetItem(
 		event models.Eventable
 	)
 
+	if d, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
+		logger.Ctx(ctx).Infof("GetItem Context is %s\n", d.String())
+	} else {
+		logger.Ctx(ctx).Info("GetItem Context has no deadline")
+	}
+
 	event, err = c.stable.Client().UsersById(user).EventsById(itemID).Get(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, graph.Stack(ctx, err)
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/exchange/exchange_data_collection.go b/src/internal/connector/exchange/exchange_data_collection.go
index fe06c317d..0f857cf40 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/exchange/exchange_data_collection.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/exchange/exchange_data_collection.go
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ func (col Collection) DoNotMergeItems() bool {
 // Items() channel controller
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+var global = 1
+
 // streamItems is a utility function that uses col.collectionType to be able to serialize
 // all the M365IDs defined in the added field. data channel is closed by this function
 func (col *Collection) streamItems(ctx context.Context, errs *fault.Bus) {
@@ -239,6 +241,18 @@ func (col *Collection) streamItems(ctx context.Context, errs *fault.Bus) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			defer func() { <-semaphoreCh }()
 
+			if global == 0 {
+				log.Infow("Sleeping for 100 seconds")
+				time.Sleep(110 * time.Second)
+				global = 1
+			}
+
+			if d, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
+				log.Infof("Corso Context is %s\n", d.String())
+			} else {
+				log.Info("Corso Context has no deadline")
+			}
+
 			item, info, err := getItemWithRetries(
 				ctx,
 				user,
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/graph/retry_middleware.go b/src/internal/connector/graph/retry_middleware.go
index c836a251b..4a9924405 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/graph/retry_middleware.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/graph/retry_middleware.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
 	backoff "github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	khttp "github.com/microsoft/kiota-http-go"
 )
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ func (middleware RetryHandler) retryRequest(
 		return nil, Stack(ctx, respErr).With("retry_count", executionCount)
 	}
 
+	if d, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
+		logger.Ctx(ctx).Infof("Context is %s\n", d.String())
+	} else {
+		logger.Ctx(ctx).Infow("Context has no deadline")
+	}
+
 	return resp, nil
 }