diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
index 04776a23e6f..fbd6cf8c199 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+// TODO(bkonyi): remove and cleanup prints once https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/172636
+// is resolved.
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_print
+
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:dds/dap.dart';
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ class DapTestClient {
     bool? supportsRunInTerminalRequest,
     bool? supportsProgressReporting,
   }) async {
+    print('DapTestClient.initialize: wait for responses');
     final List<ProtocolMessage> responses = await Future.wait(<Future<ProtocolMessage>>[
       event('initialized'),
       sendRequest(
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ class DapTestClient {
       ),
       sendRequest(SetExceptionBreakpointsArguments(filters: <String>[exceptionPauseMode])),
     ]);
+    print('DapTestClient.initialize: got responses, sending config done');
     await sendRequest(ConfigurationDoneArguments());
     return responses[1] as Response; // Return the initialize response.
   }
@@ -261,8 +267,12 @@ class DapTestClient {
     Future<Object?> Function()? launch,
   }) {
     return Future.wait(<Future<Object?>>[
-      initialize(exceptionPauseMode: exceptionPauseMode),
-      launch?.call() ?? this.launch(program: program, cwd: cwd),
+      initialize(
+        exceptionPauseMode: exceptionPauseMode,
+      ).then((_) => print('DapTestClient.initialize: completed')),
+      (launch?.call() ?? this.launch(program: program, cwd: cwd)).then(
+        (_) => print('DapTestClient.launch: completed'),
+      ),
     ], eagerError: true);
   }
 
@@ -398,11 +408,20 @@ extension DapTestClientExtension on DapTestClient {
     final Future<List<Map<String, Object?>>> testNotificationEventsFuture = testNotificationEvents
         .toList();
 
+    print('DapTestClient.start: started');
     if (start != null) {
       await start();
     } else {
       await this.start(program: program, cwd: cwd, launch: launch);
     }
+    print('DapTestClient.start: completed');
+
+    unawaited(outputEventsFuture.then((_) => print('DapTestClient.outputEventsFuture: completed')));
+    unawaited(
+      testNotificationEventsFuture.then(
+        (_) => print('DapTestClient.testNotificationEventsFuture: completed'),
+      ),
+    );
 
     return TestEvents(
       output: await outputEventsFuture,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_support.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_support.dart
index d0d4f9e2e1a..52039ff4c86 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_support.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_support.dart
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ final useInProcessDap = Platform.environment['DAP_TEST_INTERNAL'] == 'true';
 /// This is useful for debugging locally or on the bots and will include both
 /// DAP traffic (between the test DAP client and the DAP server) and the VM
 /// Service traffic (wrapped in a custom 'dart.log' event).
-final verboseLogging = Platform.environment['DAP_TEST_VERBOSE'] == 'true';
+final bool verboseLogging =
+    Platform.environment['DAP_TEST_VERBOSE'] == 'true' ||
+    // Enable verbose logging on CI bots.
+    // TODO(bkonyi): remove this once https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/172636 is resolved.
+    Platform.environment.containsKey('SWARMING_TASK_ID');
 
 const endOfErrorOutputMarker =
     '════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════';