diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_manager.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_manager.ts
index 35ca439bb9130..d269e69f75bd1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_manager.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_manager.ts
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ export class TaskManager {
     taskInstance: TaskInstanceWithDeprecatedFields,
     options?: object
   ): Promise<ConcreteTaskInstance> {
+    if (taskInstance?.scope?.includes('alerting')) {
+      console.log(
+        `:::::: TaskManager.schedule(${taskInstance.params?.alertId}) [availableWorkers=${this.pool.availableWorkers}]`
+      );
+    }
     await this.waitUntilStarted();
     const { taskInstance: modifiedTask } = await this.middleware.beforeSave({
       ...options,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
index bfdbe0d376f58..13db893116073 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ export class TaskStore {
       { id: taskInstance.id, refresh: false }
     );
 
+    if (taskInstance?.scope?.includes('alerting')) {
+      console.log(`:::::: TaskStore.schedule(${taskInstance.params?.alertId})`);
+      console.log(`:::::: ${JSON.stringify(savedObject)}`);
+    }
+
     return savedObjectToConcreteTaskInstance(savedObject);
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
index 17dba0cb85572..782845d70ac45 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ export default function createUpdateTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             .expect(200);
           objectRemover.add(space.id, createdAlert.id, 'alert', 'alerts');
 
+          console.log('scheduled with interval of 30m');
+
           await retry.try(async () => {
             const alertTask = await getAlertingTaskById(createdAlert.scheduledTaskId);
             expect(alertTask.status).to.eql('idle');
@@ -742,6 +744,8 @@ export default function createUpdateTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             ensureDatetimeIsWithinRange(Date.parse(alertTask.runAt), 30 * 60 * 1000);
           });
 
+          console.log('has been rescheduled after first run');
+
           await ensureTasksIndexRefreshed();
 
           const updatedData = {