diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds.cfg b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds.cfg
index d547e7c0e08..888be05cde5 100644
--- a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds.cfg
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Location of the continuous shell script in repository.
 build_file: "grpc/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_bazel.sh"
-timeout_mins: 60
+timeout_mins: 90
 env_vars {
   key: "BAZEL_SCRIPT"
   value: "tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_bazel_test_in_docker.sh"
diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_bazel_test_in_docker.sh b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_bazel_test_in_docker.sh
index c921ba8fca5..9129e259eef 100755
--- a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_bazel_test_in_docker.sh
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_bazel_test_in_docker.sh
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ bazel build test/cpp/interop:xds_interop_client
     --project_id=grpc-testing \
     --gcp_suffix=$(date '+%s') \
     --verbose \
-    --client_cmd='bazel-bin/test/cpp/interop/xds_interop_client --server=xds-experimental:///{server_uri} --stats_port={stats_port} --qps={qps}'
+    --client_cmd='GRPC_VERBOSITY=debug GRPC_TRACE=xds,xds_client bazel-bin/test/cpp/interop/xds_interop_client --server=xds-experimental:///{server_uri} --stats_port={stats_port} --qps={qps}'
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_xds_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_xds_tests.py
index 41fffec3f26..d17b277b685 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_xds_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_xds_tests.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ from src.proto.grpc.testing import test_pb2_grpc
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt='%(asctime)s: %(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
+console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 logger.addHandler(console_handler)
 
 
@@ -458,6 +460,8 @@ nohup build/install/grpc-interop-testing/bin/xds-test-server --port=%d 1>/dev/nu
         }
     }
 
+
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.instanceTemplates().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                     body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -475,6 +479,7 @@ def add_instance_group(gcp, zone, name, size):
         }]
     }
 
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.instanceGroupManagers().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                         zone=zone,
                                                         body=config).execute()
@@ -496,6 +501,7 @@ def create_health_check(gcp, name):
             'portName': 'grpc'
         }
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.healthChecks().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -512,6 +518,7 @@ def create_health_check_firewall_rule(gcp, name):
         'sourceRanges': ['35.191.0.0/16', '130.211.0.0/22'],
         'targetTags': ['allow-health-checks'],
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.firewalls().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                             body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -527,6 +534,7 @@ def add_backend_service(gcp, name):
         'portName': 'grpc',
         'protocol': 'HTTP2'
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.backendServices().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                   body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -548,6 +556,7 @@ def create_url_map(gcp, name, backend_service, host_name):
             'pathMatcher': _PATH_MATCHER_NAME
         }]
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.urlMaps().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                           body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -559,6 +568,7 @@ def create_target_http_proxy(gcp, name):
         'name': name,
         'url_map': gcp.url_map.url,
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.targetHttpProxies().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                     body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -574,6 +584,7 @@ def create_global_forwarding_rule(gcp, name, ip, port):
         'network': args.network,
         'target': gcp.target_http_proxy.url,
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.globalForwardingRules().insert(project=gcp.project,
                                                         body=config).execute()
     wait_for_global_operation(gcp, result['name'])
@@ -676,6 +687,7 @@ def patch_backend_instances(gcp,
             'maxRate': 1 if balancing_mode == 'RATE' else None
         } for instance_group in instance_groups],
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.backendServices().patch(
         project=gcp.project, backendService=backend_service.name,
         body=config).execute()
@@ -711,6 +723,7 @@ def patch_url_map_backend_service(gcp, backend_service):
             'defaultService': backend_service.url,
         }]
     }
+    logger.debug('Sending GCP request with body=%s', config)
     result = gcp.compute.urlMaps().patch(project=gcp.project,
                                          urlMap=gcp.url_map.name,
                                          body=config).execute()