diff --git a/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs b/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs
index 22e766b5f1..3f4cee6e34 100644
--- a/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use super::{
 use crate::{auth::ClientCredentials, compute, http, scram};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
+use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tokio_postgres::config::SslMode;
 use tracing::{error, info, info_span, warn, Instrument};
 
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@ impl Api {
                 .build()?;
 
             info!(url = request.url().as_str(), "sending http request");
+            let start = Instant::now();
             let response = self.endpoint.execute(request).await?;
+            info!(duration = ?start.elapsed(), "received http response");
             let body = match parse_body::<GetRoleSecret>(response).await {
                 Ok(body) => body,
                 // Error 404 is special: it's ok not to have a secret.
@@ -88,7 +91,9 @@ impl Api {
                 .build()?;
 
             info!(url = request.url().as_str(), "sending http request");
+            let start = Instant::now();
             let response = self.endpoint.execute(request).await?;
+            info!(duration = ?start.elapsed(), "received http response");
             let body = parse_body::<WakeCompute>(response).await?;
 
             // Unfortunately, ownership won't let us use `Option::ok_or` here.
diff --git a/proxy/src/http.rs b/proxy/src/http.rs
index e281240380..755137807b 100644
--- a/proxy/src/http.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/http.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ pub mod server;
 pub mod sql_over_http;
 pub mod websocket;
 
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
+use futures::FutureExt;
 pub use reqwest::{Request, Response, StatusCode};
 pub use reqwest_middleware::{ClientWithMiddleware, Error};
 pub use reqwest_retry::{policies::ExponentialBackoff, RetryTransientMiddleware};
+use tokio::time::Instant;
+use tracing::trace;
 
 use crate::url::ApiUrl;
 use reqwest_middleware::RequestBuilder;
@@ -20,13 +23,21 @@ use reqwest_middleware::RequestBuilder;
 /// because it takes care of observability (OpenTelemetry).
 /// We deliberately don't want to replace this with a public static.
 pub fn new_client() -> ClientWithMiddleware {
-    reqwest_middleware::ClientBuilder::new(reqwest::Client::new())
+    let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
+        .dns_resolver(Arc::new(GaiResolver::default()))
+        .connection_verbose(true)
+        .build()
+        .expect("Failed to create http client");
+
+    reqwest_middleware::ClientBuilder::new(client)
         .with(reqwest_tracing::TracingMiddleware::default())
         .build()
 }
 
 pub fn new_client_with_timeout(default_timout: Duration) -> ClientWithMiddleware {
     let timeout_client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
+        .dns_resolver(Arc::new(GaiResolver::default()))
+        .connection_verbose(true)
         .timeout(default_timout)
         .build()
         .expect("Failed to create http client with timeout");
@@ -39,6 +50,10 @@ pub fn new_client_with_timeout(default_timout: Duration) -> ClientWithMiddleware
         // As per docs, "This middleware always errors when given requests with streaming bodies".
         // That's all right because we only use this client to send `serde_json::RawValue`, which
         // is not a stream.
+        //
+        // ex-maintainer note:
+        // this limitation can be fixed if streaming is necessary.
+        // retries will still not be performed, but it wont error immediately
         .with(RetryTransientMiddleware::new_with_policy(retry_policy))
         .build()
 }
@@ -81,6 +96,37 @@ impl Endpoint {
     }
 }
 
+/// https://docs.rs/reqwest/0.11.18/src/reqwest/dns/gai.rs.html
+use hyper::{
+    client::connect::dns::{GaiResolver as HyperGaiResolver, Name},
+    service::Service,
+};
+use reqwest::dns::{Addrs, Resolve, Resolving};
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct GaiResolver(HyperGaiResolver);
+
+impl Default for GaiResolver {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self(HyperGaiResolver::new())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Resolve for GaiResolver {
+    fn resolve(&self, name: Name) -> Resolving {
+        let this = &mut self.0.clone();
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        Box::pin(
+            Service::<Name>::call(this, name.clone()).map(move |result| {
+                let resolve_duration = start.elapsed();
+                trace!(duration = ?resolve_duration, addr = %name, "resolve host complete");
+                result
+                    .map(|addrs| -> Addrs { Box::new(addrs) })
+                    .map_err(|err| -> Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync> { Box::new(err) })
+            }),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;