diff --git a/src/Containers.jsx b/src/Containers.jsx
index 695b5bbc9..079bb321a 100644
--- a/src/Containers.jsx
+++ b/src/Containers.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const ContainerActions = ({ container, healthcheck, onAddNotification, version,
     const isRunning = container.State == "running";
     const isPaused = container.State === "paused";
 
+    utils.debug(container.isSystem, "ContainerActions names", JSON.stringify(container.Names), "status", container.State);
+
     const deleteContainer = (event) => {
         setActionsKebabOpen(false);
 
@@ -76,13 +78,16 @@ const ContainerActions = ({ container, healthcheck, onAddNotification, version,
 
     const stopContainer = (force) => {
         const args = {};
+        if (force)
+            args.t = 0;
+
+        utils.debug(container.isSystem, "stopContainer", container.Id, "args", JSON.stringify(args));
 
         setActionsKebabOpen(false);
 
-        if (force)
-            args.t = 0;
         client.postContainer(container.isSystem, "stop", container.Id, args)
                 .catch(ex => {
+                    utils.debug(container.isSystem, "stopContainer", container.Id, "failed", JSON.stringify(ex));
                     const error = cockpit.format(_("Failed to stop container $0"), container.Names);
                     onAddNotification({ type: 'danger', error, errorDetail: ex.message });
                 });
diff --git a/src/PodActions.jsx b/src/PodActions.jsx
index 5e7f92bfe..46cc7d71a 100644
--- a/src/PodActions.jsx
+++ b/src/PodActions.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import cockpit from 'cockpit';
 import { useDialogs } from "dialogs.jsx";
 
 import * as client from './client.js';
+import { debug } from './util.js';
 
 const _ = cockpit.gettext;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ export const PodActions = ({ onAddNotification, pod }) => {
     const Dialogs = useDialogs();
     const [isOpen, setOpen] = useState(false);
 
+    debug(pod.isSystem, "PodActions name", pod.Name, "status", pod.Status);
+
     const dropdownItems = [];
     // Possible Pod Statuses can be found here https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/libpod/define/podstate.go
     if (pod.Status == "Running" || pod.Status == "Paused") {
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 48e1ad5de..e8ee33fbd 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -1155,9 +1155,27 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
     def testLifecycleOperationsUser(self):
         self._testLifecycleOperations(False)
 
+    def testLifecycleOperationsUser2(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(False)
+
+    def testLifecycleOperationsUser3(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(False)
+
+    def testLifecycleOperationsUser4(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(False)
+
     def testLifecycleOperationsSystem(self):
         self._testLifecycleOperations(True)
 
+    def testLifecycleOperationsSystem2(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(True)
+
+    def testLifecycleOperationsSystem3(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(True)
+
+    def testLifecycleOperationsSystem4(self):
+        self._testLifecycleOperations(True)
+
     def _testLifecycleOperations(self, auth):
         b = self.browser
 
@@ -1165,6 +1183,9 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
             self.allow_browser_errors("Failed to start system podman.socket.*")
 
         self.login()
+
+        b.eval_js('window.debugging = "podman"')
+        b.cdp.trace = True
         self.filter_containers('all')
 
         # run a container