diff --git a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/acpSessionManager.ts b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/acpSessionManager.ts
index d313cba7..cfa299bf 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/acpSessionManager.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/acpSessionManager.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class AcpSessionManager {
       pendingRequests,
       nextRequestId,
     );
-    console.log('[ACP] Authenticate successful');
+    console.log('[ACP] Authenticate successful', response);
     return response;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenAgentManager.ts b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenAgentManager.ts
index cce68a53..e60ee3a2 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenAgentManager.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenAgentManager.ts
@@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ export class QwenAgentManager {
             try {
               // Let CLI handle authentication - it's the single source of truth
               await this.connection.authenticate(authMethod);
+              console.log(
+                '[QwenAgentManager] createNewSession Authentication successful. Retrying session/new...',
+              );
               // Add a slight delay to ensure auth state is settled
               await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 300));
               await this.connection.newSession(workingDir);
diff --git a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenConnectionHandler.ts b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenConnectionHandler.ts
index 13bbd6aa..c66ee23c 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenConnectionHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/services/qwenConnectionHandler.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ export class QwenConnectionHandler {
             // newSession may cause the cli authorization jump to be triggered again
             // Add a slight delay to ensure auth state is settled
             await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 300));
+            console.log(
+              '[QwenAgentManager] newSessionWithRetry Authentication successful',
+            );
             // Retry immediately after successful auth
             await connection.newSession(workingDir);
             console.log(