diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/hooks.go b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/hooks.go
index e686304cba5..f0c954ecfeb 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/hooks.go
@@ -12,43 +12,56 @@ import (
 )
 
 // "Almost nobody should use this hook" but we do because we need ctx and AfterCreate doesn't have it.
-func (b *FolderAPIBuilder) beginCreate(_ context.Context, obj runtime.Object, _ *metav1.CreateOptions) (registry.FinishFunc, error) {
+func (b *FolderAPIBuilder) beginCreate(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, _ *metav1.CreateOptions) (registry.FinishFunc, error) {
+	log := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 	meta, err := utils.MetaAccessor(obj)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to access new folder object metadata", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if meta.GetFolder() == "" {
 		// Zanzana only cares about parent-child folder relationships; nothing to do if folder is at root.
+		log.Info("Skipping Zanzana folder propagation for new root-level folder", "folder", meta.GetName())
 		return func(ctx context.Context, success bool) {}, nil
 	}
 
 	return func(ctx context.Context, success bool) {
 		if success {
+			log.Info("Propagating new folder to Zanzana", "folder", meta.GetName(), "parent", meta.GetFolder())
 			b.writeFolderToZanzana(ctx, meta)
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Got success=false in folder create hook", "folder", meta.GetName())
 		}
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // "Almost nobody should use this hook" but we do because we need ctx and AfterUpdate doesn't have it.
-func (b *FolderAPIBuilder) beginUpdate(_ context.Context, obj runtime.Object, old runtime.Object, _ *metav1.UpdateOptions) (registry.FinishFunc, error) {
+func (b *FolderAPIBuilder) beginUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, old runtime.Object, _ *metav1.UpdateOptions) (registry.FinishFunc, error) {
+	log := logging.FromContext(ctx)
 	updatedMeta, err := utils.MetaAccessor(obj)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to access updated folder object metadata", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	oldMeta, err := utils.MetaAccessor(old)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to access existing folder object metadata", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if updatedMeta.GetFolder() == oldMeta.GetFolder() {
 		// No change to parent folder, nothing to do.
+		log.Info("Skipping Zanzana folder propagation; no change in parent", "folder", oldMeta.GetName())
 		return func(ctx context.Context, success bool) {}, nil
 	}
 
 	return func(ctx context.Context, success bool) {
 		if success {
+			log.Info("Propagating updated folder to Zanzana", "folder", oldMeta.GetName(), "oldParent", oldMeta.GetFolder(), "newParent", updatedMeta.GetFolder())
 			b.writeFolderToZanzana(ctx, updatedMeta)
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Got success=false in folder update hook", "folder", oldMeta.GetName())
 		}
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/register.go
index b07ce13b90b..a82fdbf1182 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/register.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 
 	authlib "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/logging"
+
 	folders "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/folder/pkg/apis/folder/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/reconcilers"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
@@ -181,9 +183,13 @@ func (b *FolderAPIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserver.API
 			return err
 		}
 
+		log := logging.FromContext(context.Background())
 		if b.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagZanzana) {
+			log.Info("Enabling Zanzana folder propagation hooks")
 			store.BeginCreate = b.beginCreate
 			store.BeginUpdate = b.beginUpdate
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Zanzana is not enabled; skipping folder propagation hooks")
 		}
 
 		dw, err := dualWriteBuilder(resourceInfo.GroupResource(), legacyStore, store)