diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreBackupManager.java b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreBackupManager.java
index c4eb56bf84..beaf45512d 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreBackupManager.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreBackupManager.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Map<String, String>> upload(CheckpointId checkpointId,
         CompletionStage<String> snapshotIndexBlobIdFuture =
             snapshotIndexFuture
                 .thenComposeAsync(si -> {
-                  LOG.trace("Uploading Snapshot index for task: {} store: {}", taskName, storeName);
+                  LOG.info("Uploading Snapshot index: {} for task: {} store: {}", si, taskName, storeName);
                   return blobStoreUtil.putSnapshotIndex(si);
                 }, executor);
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> cleanUp(CheckpointId checkpointId, Map<String, St
         // 1. remove TTL of index blob and all of its files and sub-dirs marked for retention
         CompletionStage<Void> removeTTLFuture =
             snapshotIndexFuture.thenComposeAsync(snapshotIndex -> {
-              LOG.debug("Removing TTL for index blob: {} and all of its files and sub-dirs for task: {} store :{}",
+              LOG.info("Removing TTL for index blob: {} and all of its files and sub-dirs for task: {} store :{}",
                   snapshotIndexBlobId, taskName, storeName);
               return blobStoreUtil.removeTTL(snapshotIndexBlobId, snapshotIndex, requestMetadata);
             }, executor);
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> cleanUp(CheckpointId checkpointId, Map<String, St
         // 2. delete the files/subdirs marked for deletion in the snapshot index.
         CompletionStage<Void> cleanupRemoteSnapshotFuture =
             snapshotIndexFuture.thenComposeAsync(snapshotIndex -> {
-              LOG.debug("Deleting files and dirs to remove for current index blob: {} for task: {} store: {}",
+              LOG.info("Deleting files and dirs to remove for current index blob: {} for task: {} store: {}",
                   snapshotIndexBlobId, taskName, storeName);
               return blobStoreUtil.cleanUpDir(snapshotIndex.getDirIndex(), requestMetadata);
             }, executor);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> cleanUp(CheckpointId checkpointId, Map<String, St
             snapshotIndexFuture.thenComposeAsync(snapshotIndex -> {
               if (snapshotIndex.getPrevSnapshotIndexBlobId().isPresent()) {
                 String blobId = snapshotIndex.getPrevSnapshotIndexBlobId().get();
-                LOG.debug("Removing previous snapshot index blob: {} from blob store for task: {} store: {}.",
+                LOG.info("Removing previous snapshot index blob: {} from blob store for task: {} store: {}.",
                     blobId, taskName, storeName);
                 return blobStoreUtil.deleteSnapshotIndexBlob(blobId, requestMetadata);
               } else {
diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreRestoreManager.java b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreRestoreManager.java
index 22aaecb323..2429a0ae5c 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreRestoreManager.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/BlobStoreRestoreManager.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void deleteUnusedStoresFromBlobStore(String jobName, String jobId, String
     List<CompletionStage<Void>> storeDeletionFutures = new ArrayList<>();
     initialStoreSnapshotIndexes.forEach((storeName, scmAndSnapshotIndex) -> {
       if (!storesToBackup.contains(storeName) && !storesToRestore.contains(storeName)) {
-        LOG.debug("Removing task: {} store: {} from blob store. It is either no longer used, " +
+        LOG.info("Removing task: {} store: {} from blob store. It is either no longer used, " +
             "or is no longer configured to be backed up or restored with blob store.", taskName, storeName);
         DirIndex dirIndex = scmAndSnapshotIndex.getRight().getDirIndex();
         Metadata requestMetadata =
diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/index/DirIndex.java b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/index/DirIndex.java
index 31819be54e..bdc3c7e074 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/index/DirIndex.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/index/DirIndex.java
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 package org.apache.samza.storage.blobstore.index;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 
@@ -48,6 +51,12 @@ public DirIndex(String dirName,
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(filesRemoved);
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(subDirsPresent);
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(subDirsRemoved);
+    // Check to validate that a file is not present in file removed and file present list
+    Set<String> filesPresentSet = filesPresent.stream().map(FileIndex::getFileName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    Set<String> filesRemovedSet = filesRemoved.stream().map(FileIndex::getFileName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    Sets.SetView<String> presentAndRemovedFilesSet = Sets.intersection(filesPresentSet, filesRemovedSet);
+    Preconditions.checkState(presentAndRemovedFilesSet.isEmpty(),
+        String.format("File present in both filesPresent and filesRemoved set: %s", presentAndRemovedFilesSet));
     this.dirName = dirName;
     this.filesPresent = filesPresent;
     this.filesRemoved = filesRemoved;
diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/container/TaskInstance.scala b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/container/TaskInstance.scala
index 40229e0f9d..929864203e 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/container/TaskInstance.scala
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/container/TaskInstance.scala
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class TaskInstance(
         // WARNING: cleanUp is NOT optional with blob stores since this is where we reset the TTL for
         // tracked blobs. if this TTL reset is skipped, some of the blobs retained by future commits may
         // be deleted in the background by the blob store, leading to data loss.
-        debug("Cleaning up stale state from previous run for taskName: %s" format taskName)
+        info("Cleaning up stale state from previous run for taskName: %s" format taskName)
         commitManager.cleanUp(checkpointV2.getCheckpointId, checkpointV2.getStateCheckpointMarkers)
       }
     }
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class TaskInstance(
     new Function[util.Map[String, util.Map[String, String]], CompletableFuture[Void]] {
       override def apply(uploadSCMs: util.Map[String, util.Map[String, String]]): CompletableFuture[Void] = {
         // Perform cleanup on unused checkpoints
-        debug("Cleaning up old checkpoint state for taskName: %s checkpointId: %s" format(taskName, checkpointId))
+        info("Cleaning up old checkpoint state for taskName: %s checkpointId: %s" format(taskName, checkpointId))
         val cleanUpStartTime = System.nanoTime()
         try {
           commitManager.cleanUp(checkpointId, uploadSCMs)