diff --git a/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_e2e.erl b/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_e2e.erl
index 53a5bb04a..183bc1547 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_e2e.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_e2e.erl
@@ -211,14 +211,21 @@ assert_block({replica_2_9, Address}, MinedBlock) ->
 	
 
 assert_syncs_range(Node, StartOffset, EndOffset) ->
-	?assert(
-		ar_util:do_until(
-			fun() -> has_range(Node, StartOffset, EndOffset) end,
-			100,
-			60_000
-		),
-		iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format(
-			"~s Failed to sync range ~p - ~p", [Node, StartOffset, EndOffset]))).
+	HasRange = ar_util:do_until(
+		fun() -> has_range(Node, StartOffset, EndOffset) end,
+		100,
+		60_000
+	),
+	case HasRange of
+		true ->
+			ok;
+		false ->
+			SyncRecord = ar_http_iface_client:get_sync_record(Node, json),
+			?assert(false, 
+				iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format(
+					"~s failed to sync range ~p - ~p. Sync record: ~p", 
+					[Node, StartOffset, EndOffset, SyncRecord])))
+	end.
 
 assert_does_not_sync_range(Node, StartOffset, EndOffset) ->
 	ar_util:do_until(
diff --git a/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_repack_mine_tests.erl b/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_repack_mine_tests.erl
index 611634068..103f45c01 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_repack_mine_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/e2e/ar_repack_mine_tests.erl
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ repack_mine_test_() ->
 %% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 test_repack_mine({FromPackingType, ToPackingType}) ->
 	ar_e2e:delayed_print(<<" ~p -> ~p ">>, [FromPackingType, ToPackingType]),
+	?LOG_INFO([{event, test_repack_mine}, {module, ?MODULE},
+		{from_packing_type, FromPackingType}, {to_packing_type, ToPackingType}]),
 	ValidatorNode = peer1,
 	RepackerNode = peer2,
 	{Blocks, _AddrA, Chunks} = ar_e2e:start_source_node(
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ test_repack_mine({FromPackingType, ToPackingType}) ->
 
 test_repacking_blocked({FromPackingType, ToPackingType}) ->
 	ar_e2e:delayed_print(<<" ~p -> ~p ">>, [FromPackingType, ToPackingType]),
+	?LOG_INFO([{event, test_repacking_blocked}, {module, ?MODULE},
+		{from_packing_type, FromPackingType}, {to_packing_type, ToPackingType}]),
 	ValidatorNode = peer1,
 	RepackerNode = peer2,
 	{Blocks, _AddrA, Chunks} = ar_e2e:start_source_node(
diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/ar_http_iface_client.erl b/apps/arweave/src/ar_http_iface_client.erl
index 49895c6bc..121247017 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/ar_http_iface_client.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/ar_http_iface_client.erl
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 	 get_block/3, get_tx/2, get_txs/2, get_tx_from_remote_peer/2,
 	 get_tx_data/2, get_wallet_list_chunk/2, get_wallet_list_chunk/3,
 	 get_wallet_list/2, add_peer/1, get_info/1, get_info/2, get_peers/1,
-	 get_time/2, get_height/1, get_block_index/3, get_sync_record/1,
-	 get_sync_record/3, get_chunk_binary/3, get_mempool/1,
+	 get_time/2, get_height/1, get_block_index/3,
+	 get_sync_record/1, get_sync_record/2, get_sync_record/3,
+	 get_chunk_binary/3, get_mempool/1,
 	 get_sync_buckets/1, get_recent_hash_list/1,
 	 get_recent_hash_list_diff/2, get_reward_history/3,
 	 get_block_time_history/3, push_nonce_limiter_update/3,
@@ -360,7 +361,14 @@ decode_block_index(Bin, json) ->
 	end.
 
 get_sync_record(Peer) ->
-	Headers = [{<<"Content-Type">>, <<"application/etf">>}],
+	get_sync_record(Peer, binary).
+
+get_sync_record(Peer, Encoding) ->
+	ContentType = case Encoding of
+		binary -> <<"application/etf">>;
+		json -> <<"application/json">>
+	end,
+	Headers = [{<<"Content-Type">>, ContentType}],
 	handle_sync_record_response(ar_http:req(#{
 		peer => Peer,
 		method => get,