diff --git a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
index 15d1ab575..0d8f6b45b 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
   it('will perform retries', async () => {
     registry.stop();
 
-    // hide the errors for this test--it's supposed to have errors, and showing them is misleading
-    logs.init(false);
+    logs.init(true);
+    // // hide the errors for this test--it's supposed to have errors, and showing them is misleading
+    // logs.init(false);
 
     factory = new RepositoryFactory('single');
     factory.init();
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/mockLogs.ts b/src/__fixtures__/mockLogs.ts
index c6db65f5e..45e83a964 100644
--- a/src/__fixtures__/mockLogs.ts
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/mockLogs.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function initMockLogs(opts?: MockLogsOptions | boolean | MockLogMethod[])
 
   const logs: MockLogs = {
     mocks: {} as MockLogs['mocks'],
-    realConsole: { ...console },
+    realConsole: { ...require('console') },
     init: (shouldLog = alsoLog) => {
       logs.restore(); // clear any previous mocks
       mockedMethods.forEach(method => {
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts b/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
index 498c2752a..a499f771f 100644
--- a/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/repository.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ${gitResult.stderr.toString()}`);
     return gitResult;
   }
 
-  /** Log the results of a git command to stdio (for debugging) */
+  /** Log the results of a git command to non-wrapped console.log (for debugging) */
   async gitConsoleLog(args: string[]) {
     realConsole.log(`$ git ${args.join(' ')}`);
     const res = await execa('git', args, { cwd: this.rootPath, all: true, reject: false });
diff --git a/src/publish/publishToRegistry.ts b/src/publish/publishToRegistry.ts
index 6ae9d7f1f..2a64f2062 100644
--- a/src/publish/publishToRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/publish/publishToRegistry.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ export async function publishToRegistry(originalBumpInfo: BumpInfo, options: Bea
   const bumpInfo = _.cloneDeep(originalBumpInfo);
   const { modifiedPackages, newPackages, packageInfos } = bumpInfo;
 
+  console.log('Bumping versions');
   if (options.bump) {
     await performBump(bumpInfo, options);
   }
+  console.log('Finished bumping versions');
 
   const succeededPackages = new Set<string>();
 
   let invalid = false;
+  console.log('Validating versions');
   if (!(await validatePackageVersions(bumpInfo, registry))) {
     displayManualRecovery(bumpInfo, succeededPackages);
     invalid = true;
@@ -37,16 +40,20 @@ export async function publishToRegistry(originalBumpInfo: BumpInfo, options: Bea
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
+  console.log('Validation passed');
   // get the packages to publish, reducing the set by packages that don't need publishing
   const packagesToPublish = toposortPackages([...modifiedPackages, ...newPackages], packageInfos).filter(pkg => {
     const { publish, reasonToSkip } = shouldPublishPackage(bumpInfo, pkg);
     if (!publish) {
       console.log(`Skipping publish - ${reasonToSkip}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log('Publishing - ' + pkg);
     }
     return publish;
   });
 
   // performing publishConfig and workspace version overrides requires this procedure to ONLY be run right before npm publish, but NOT in the git push
+  console.log('Performing publish overrides');
   performPublishOverrides(packagesToPublish, bumpInfo.packageInfos);
 
   // if there is a prepublish hook perform a prepublish pass, calling the routine on each package
diff --git a/src/publish/validatePackageDependencies.ts b/src/publish/validatePackageDependencies.ts
index c8832585e..a042738e3 100644
--- a/src/publish/validatePackageDependencies.ts
+++ b/src/publish/validatePackageDependencies.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { shouldPublishPackage } from './shouldPublishPackage';
  * Validate no private package is listed as package dependency for packages which will be published.
  */
 export function validatePackageDependencies(bumpInfo: BumpInfo): boolean {
+  console.log('Validating package dependencies');
   let hasErrors: boolean = false;
   const { modifiedPackages, newPackages, packageInfos } = bumpInfo;