diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/cleanup.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/cleanup.go
index 75cc45f38..5a8a3ea86 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/cleanup.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/cleanup.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type CleanupManager[T metav1.Object] struct {
 }
 
 func NewCleanupManager[T metav1.Object](informer cache.SharedIndexInformer, getComputeDomain GetComputeDomainFunc, callback CleanupCallback[T]) *CleanupManager[T] {
+	klog.Infof("Creating new Cleanup Manager for %T", *new(T))
 	return &CleanupManager[T]{
 		informer:         informer,
 		getComputeDomain: getComputeDomain,
@@ -61,19 +62,25 @@ func (m *CleanupManager[T]) periodicCleanup(ctx context.Context) {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			klog.V(6).Infof("Running periodic sync to remove %T objects owned by stale ComputeDomain", *new(T))
 			store := m.informer.GetStore()
-			for _, item := range store.List() {
+			items := store.List()
+			klog.V(6).Infof("Found %d items to check for cleanup", len(items))
+
+			for _, item := range items {
 				obj, ok := item.(T)
 				if !ok {
+					klog.V(6).Infof("Expected object %T but got %T, skipping..", *new(T), obj)
 					continue
 				}
 
 				labels := obj.GetLabels()
 				if labels == nil {
+					klog.V(6).Infof("Object %T has no labels, skipping..", *new(T))
 					continue
 				}
 
 				uid, exists := labels[computeDomainLabelKey]
 				if !exists {
+					klog.V(6).Infof("Object %T does not have ComputeDomain label, skipping..", *new(T))
 					continue
 				}
 
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ func (m *CleanupManager[T]) periodicCleanup(ctx context.Context) {
 				}
 
 				if computeDomain != nil {
+					klog.V(6).Infof("ComputeDomain with UID %s still exists, skipping cleanup", uid)
 					continue
 				}
 
diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/computedomain.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/computedomain.go
index 2e0829b6a..2ecd430bd 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/computedomain.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/computedomain.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -64,11 +65,13 @@ func NewComputeDomainManager(config *ManagerConfig) *ComputeDomainManager {
 	factory := nvinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(config.clientsets.Nvidia, informerResyncPeriod)
 	informer := factory.Resource().V1beta1().ComputeDomains().Informer()
 
+	klog.Infof("Creating new ComputeDomainManager for %s/%s", config.driverName, config.driverNamespace)
 	m := &ComputeDomainManager{
 		config:   config,
 		factory:  factory,
 		informer: informer,
 	}
+	// TODO (swati) add logs for daemonset and resourceClaimTemplate managers in verbose mode
 	m.daemonSetManager = NewDaemonSetManager(config, m.Get)
 	m.resourceClaimTemplateManager = NewWorkloadResourceClaimTemplateManager(config, m.Get)
 
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ func (m *ComputeDomainManager) Get(uid string) (*nvapi.ComputeDomain, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving ComputeDomain by UID: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(cds) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No ComputeDomain found with UID: %s", uid)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	if len(cds) != 1 {
@@ -166,11 +170,12 @@ func (m *ComputeDomainManager) RemoveFinalizer(ctx context.Context, uid string)
 		return fmt.Errorf("error retrieving ComputeDomain: %w", err)
 	}
 	if cd == nil {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("ComputeDomain with UID %s not found, nothing to do", uid)
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if cd.GetDeletionTimestamp() == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("attempting to remove finalizer before ComputeDomain marked for deletion")
+		return fmt.Errorf("attempting to remove finalizer before ComputeDomain %s/%s with UID %s marked for deletion", cd.Namespace, cd.Name, uid)
 	}
 
 	newCD := cd.DeepCopy()
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ func (m *ComputeDomainManager) RemoveFinalizer(ctx context.Context, uid string)
 		}
 	}
 	if len(cd.Finalizers) == len(newCD.Finalizers) {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Finalizer not found on ComputeDomain %s/%s, nothing to do", cd.Namespace, cd.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -191,6 +197,20 @@ func (m *ComputeDomainManager) RemoveFinalizer(ctx context.Context, uid string)
 	return nil
 }
 
+// logNodesWithComputeDomainLabel logs nodes that have a ComputeDomain label and returns their names.
+func (m *ComputeDomainManager) logNodesWithComputeDomainLabel(nodes *corev1.NodeList, cdUID string) []string {
+	if len(nodes.Items) == 0 {
+		klog.Infof("No nodes found with label for ComputeDomain with UID %s", cdUID)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	nodeNames := []string{}
+	for _, node := range nodes.Items {
+		nodeNames = append(nodeNames, node.Name)
+	}
+	return nodeNames
+}
+
 // AssertWorkloadsCompletes ensures that all workloads asssociated with a ComputeDomain have completed.
 //
 // TODO: We should probably also check to ensure that all ResourceClaims
@@ -215,9 +235,9 @@ func (m *ComputeDomainManager) AssertWorkloadsCompleted(ctx context.Context, cdU
 	}
 
 	if len(nodes.Items) != 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nodes exist with label for ComputeDomain %s", cdUID)
+		nodeNames := m.logNodesWithComputeDomainLabel(nodes, cdUID)
+		return fmt.Errorf("nodes %v with label for ComputeDomain %s", nodeNames, cdUID)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/controller.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/controller.go
index 5e29d54e2..4ea9552c0 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/controller.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-dra-driver-gpu/pkg/flags"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-dra-driver-gpu/pkg/workqueue"
 )
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ func NewController(config *Config) *Controller {
 // It initializes the work queue, starts the ComputeDomain manager, and handles
 // graceful shutdown when the context is cancelled.
 func (c *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	klog.Info("Starting ComputeDomain Controller")
+
 	workQueue := workqueue.New(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter())
 
 	managerConfig := &ManagerConfig{
@@ -78,5 +82,6 @@ func (c *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error stopping ComputeDomain manager: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.Info("ComputeDomain Controller is shutdown")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/daemonset.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/daemonset.go
index 9b6157f92..a79f0b4e6 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/daemonset.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/daemonset.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func NewDaemonSetManager(config *ManagerConfig, getComputeDomain GetComputeDomai
 
 	informer := factory.Apps().V1().DaemonSets().Informer()
 
+	klog.Infof("Creating new DaemonSetManager for driver %s/%s", config.driverNamespace, config.driverName)
 	m := &DaemonSetManager{
 		config:           config,
 		getComputeDomain: getComputeDomain,
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) Create(ctx context.Context, namespace string, cd *nva
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving DaemonSet: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(ds) > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than one DaemonSet found with same ComputeDomain UID")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than one DaemonSet found with same ComputeDomain UID %s", cd.UID)
 	}
 	if len(ds) == 1 {
 		return ds[0], nil
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) Create(ctx context.Context, namespace string, cd *nva
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating DaemonSet: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully created DaemonSet %s/%s for ComputeDomain %s/%s", d.Namespace, d.Name, cd.Namespace, cd.Name)
 	return d, nil
 }
 
@@ -218,9 +220,10 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, cdUID string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error retrieving DaemonSet: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(ds) > 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("more than one DaemonSet found with same ComputeDomain UID")
+		return fmt.Errorf("more than one DaemonSet found with same ComputeDomain UID %s", cdUID)
 	}
 	if len(ds) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No DaemonSet found for ComputeDomain UID %s, nothing to delete", cdUID)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, cdUID string) error {
 	}
 
 	if d.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("DaemonSet %s/%s is already marked for deletion", d.Namespace, d.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, cdUID string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("erroring deleting DaemonSet: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully deleted DaemonSet %s/%s for ComputeDomain UID %s", d.Namespace, d.Name, cdUID)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) removeFinalizer(ctx context.Context, cdUID string) er
 		return fmt.Errorf("more than one DaemonSet found with same ComputeDomain UID")
 	}
 	if len(ds) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No DaemonSet found for ComputeDomain UID %s, nothing to remove finalizer from", cdUID)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) removeFinalizer(ctx context.Context, cdUID string) er
 		}
 	}
 	if len(d.Finalizers) == len(newD.Finalizers) {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Finalizer %s not found on DaemonSet %s/%s", computeDomainFinalizer, d.Namespace, d.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -322,10 +329,12 @@ func (m *DaemonSetManager) onAddOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting ComputeDomain: %w", err)
 	}
 	if cd == nil {
+		klog.V(2).Info("No ComputeDomain found, skipping processing")
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if int(d.Status.NumberReady) != cd.Spec.NumNodes {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("DaemonSet %s/%s has %d ready nodes, expecting %d, waiting for all nodes to be ready", d.Namespace, d.Name, d.Status.NumberReady, cd.Spec.NumNodes)
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/indexers.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/indexers.go
index 6f9a1f58b..068834552 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/indexers.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/indexers.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 func uidIndexer[T metav1.ObjectMetaAccessor](obj any) ([]string, error) {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func addComputeDomainLabelIndexer[T metav1.ObjectMetaAccessor](informer cache.Sh
 			if value, exists := labels[computeDomainLabelKey]; exists {
 				return []string{value}, nil
 			}
+			klog.V(2).Info("No object found with ComputeDomain Label")
 			return nil, nil
 		},
 	})
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ func getByComputeDomainUID[T1 *T2, T2 any](ctx context.Context, informer cache.S
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting %T via ComputeDomain label: %w", *new(T1), err)
 	}
 	if len(objs) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No object found with ComputeDomain Label with UID %s", cdUID)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
@@ -70,5 +73,6 @@ func getByComputeDomainUID[T1 *T2, T2 any](ctx context.Context, informer cache.S
 		ds = append(ds, d)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Found %d objects with ComputeDomain Label with UID %s", len(ds), cdUID)
 	return ds, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/resourceclaimtemplate.go b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/resourceclaimtemplate.go
index 5a06598c4..75c9a339a 100644
--- a/cmd/compute-domain-controller/resourceclaimtemplate.go
+++ b/cmd/compute-domain-controller/resourceclaimtemplate.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func newBaseResourceClaimTemplateManager(config *ManagerConfig, getComputeDomain
 
 	informer := factory.Resource().V1beta1().ResourceClaimTemplates().Informer()
 
+	klog.Infof("Creating new ResourceClaimTemplateManager for driver %s/%s", config.driverNamespace, config.driverName)
 	m := &BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager{
 		config:           config,
 		getComputeDomain: getComputeDomain,
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ func (m *BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager) Create(ctx context.Context, templateP
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating ResourceClaimTemplate: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully created ResourceClaimTemplate %s/%s for ComputeDomain %s/%s", rct.Namespace, rct.Name, m.config.driverNamespace, m.config.driverName)
 	return rct, nil
 }
 
@@ -179,12 +181,14 @@ func (m *BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, cdUID str
 		return fmt.Errorf("more than one ResourceClaimTemplate found with same ComputeDomain UID")
 	}
 	if len(rcts) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No ResourceClaimTemplate found for ComputeDomain UID %s, nothing to delete", cdUID)
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	rct := rcts[0]
 
 	if rct.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("ResourceClaimTemplate %s/%s is already marked for deletion", rct.Namespace, rct.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ func (m *BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, cdUID str
 		return fmt.Errorf("erroring deleting ResourceClaimTemplate: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully deleted ResourceClaimTemplate %s/%s for ComputeDomain UID %s", rct.Namespace, rct.Name, cdUID)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -205,6 +210,7 @@ func (m *BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager) RemoveFinalizer(ctx context.Context,
 		return fmt.Errorf("more than one ResourceClaimTemplate found with same ComputeDomain UID")
 	}
 	if len(rcts) == 0 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("No ResourceClaimTemplate found for ComputeDomain UID %s, nothing to remove finalizer from", cdUID)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -222,6 +228,7 @@ func (m *BaseResourceClaimTemplateManager) RemoveFinalizer(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 	}
 	if len(rct.Finalizers) == len(newRCT.Finalizers) {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Finalizer %s not found on DaemonSet %s/%s", computeDomainFinalizer, rct.Namespace, rct.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -286,6 +293,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetResourceClaimTemplateManager) Create(ctx context.Context, name
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than one ResourceClaimTemplate found with same ComputeDomain UID")
 	}
 	if len(rcts) == 1 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Found ResourceClaimTemplate %s/%s for ComputeDomain UID %s", rcts[0].Namespace, rcts[0].Name, cd.UID)
 		return rcts[0], nil
 	}
 
@@ -310,6 +318,7 @@ func (m *DaemonSetResourceClaimTemplateManager) Create(ctx context.Context, name
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating ResourceClaimTemplate from base: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully created ResourceClaimTemplate from base %s/%s for ComputeDomain %s/%s", rct.Namespace, rct.Name, cd.Namespace, cd.Name)
 	return rct, nil
 }
 
@@ -346,6 +355,7 @@ func (m *WorkloadResourceClaimTemplateManager) Create(ctx context.Context, names
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than one ResourceClaimTemplate found with same ComputeDomain UID")
 	}
 	if len(rcts) == 1 {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Found ResourceClaimTemplate %s/%s for ComputeDomain UID %s", rcts[0].Namespace, rcts[0].Name, cd.UID)
 		return rcts[0], nil
 	}