diff --git a/src/internal/m365/exchange/backup.go b/src/internal/m365/exchange/backup.go
index 1f2732ea0..197753ecc 100644
--- a/src/internal/m365/exchange/backup.go
+++ b/src/internal/m365/exchange/backup.go
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ func ProduceBackupCollections(
 		return nil, nil, false, err
 	}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "can_use_previous_backup", canUsePreviousBackup)
+
 	for _, scope := range eb.Scopes() {
 		if el.Failure() != nil {
 			break
diff --git a/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collections.go b/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collections.go
index 0e4a2549c..b32d39282 100644
--- a/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collections.go
+++ b/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collections.go
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ func (c *Collections) Get(
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "can_use_previous_backup", canUsePreviousBackup)
+
 	driveTombstones := map[string]struct{}{}
 
 	for driveID := range oldPathsByDriveID {
diff --git a/src/internal/operations/backup.go b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
index f3a3cbd55..8390f1afd 100644
--- a/src/internal/operations/backup.go
+++ b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) do(
 		return nil, clues.Stack(err)
 	}
 
-	mans, mdColls, canUseMetaData, err := produceManifestsAndMetadata(
+	mans, mdColls, canUseMetadata, err := produceManifestsAndMetadata(
 		ctx,
 		kbf,
 		op.kopia,
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) do(
 		return nil, clues.Wrap(err, "producing manifests and metadata")
 	}
 
-	if canUseMetaData {
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "can_use_metadata", canUseMetadata)
+
+	if canUseMetadata {
 		lastBackupVersion = mans.MinBackupVersion()
 	}
 
@@ -325,7 +327,10 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) do(
 		return nil, clues.Wrap(err, "producing backup data collections")
 	}
 
-	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "coll_count", len(cs))
+	ctx = clues.Add(
+		ctx,
+		"can_use_previous_backup", canUsePreviousBackup,
+		"collection_count", len(cs))
 
 	writeStats, deets, toMerge, err := consumeBackupCollections(
 		ctx,
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) do(
 		cs,
 		ssmb,
 		backupID,
-		op.incremental && canUseMetaData && canUsePreviousBackup,
+		op.incremental && canUseMetadata && canUsePreviousBackup,
 		op.Errors)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, clues.Wrap(err, "persisting collection backups")
@@ -476,6 +481,8 @@ func consumeBackupCollections(
 	isIncremental bool,
 	errs *fault.Bus,
 ) (*kopia.BackupStats, *details.Builder, kopia.DetailsMergeInfoer, error) {
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "collection_source", "operations")
+
 	complete := observe.MessageWithCompletion(ctx, "Backing up data")
 	defer func() {
 		complete <- struct{}{}
diff --git a/src/internal/streamstore/streamstore.go b/src/internal/streamstore/streamstore.go
index 25bad8c2d..9deb0176d 100644
--- a/src/internal/streamstore/streamstore.go
+++ b/src/internal/streamstore/streamstore.go
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ func write(
 	dbcs []data.BackupCollection,
 	errs *fault.Bus,
 ) (string, error) {
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "collection_source", "streamstore")
+
 	backupStats, _, _, err := bup.ConsumeBackupCollections(
 		ctx,
 		nil,