diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
index 09d1c721..8b1bd54e 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
@@ -827,10 +827,6 @@ export async function* streamAgent({
             tools,
             signal,
         )) {
-            // Only log significant events (not text-delta to reduce noise)
-            if (event.type !== 'text-delta') {
-                loopLogger.log('got llm-stream-event:', event.type);
-            }
             messageBuilder.ingest(event);
             yield* processEvent({
                 runId,
@@ -924,9 +920,11 @@ async function* streamLlm(
     tools: ToolSet,
     signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): AsyncGenerator<z.infer<typeof LlmStepStreamEvent>, void, unknown> {
+    const converted = convertFromMessages(messages);
+    console.log(`! SENDING payload to model: `, JSON.stringify(converted))
     const { fullStream } = streamText({
         model,
-        messages: convertFromMessages(messages),
+        messages: converted,
         system: instructions,
         tools,
         stopWhen: stepCountIs(1),
@@ -935,7 +933,7 @@ async function* streamLlm(
     for await (const event of fullStream) {
         // Check abort on every chunk for responsiveness
         signal?.throwIfAborted();
-        // console.log("\n\n\t>>>>\t\tstream event", JSON.stringify(event));
+        console.log("-> \t\tstream event", JSON.stringify(event));
         switch (event.type) {
             case "error":
                 yield {