diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 167acf0e69..2cd7ba44d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2859,22 +2859,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
-version = "1.0.12"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ad29a609b6bcd67fee905812e544992d216af9d755757c05ed2d0e15a74c6ecc"
+checksum = "c95a7476719eab1e366eaf73d0260af3021184f18177925b07f54b30089ceead"
 dependencies = [
  "pin-project-internal",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-internal"
-version = "1.0.12"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "069bdb1e05adc7a8990dce9cc75370895fbe4e3d58b9b73bf1aee56359344a55"
+checksum = "39407670928234ebc5e6e580247dd567ad73a3578460c5990f9503df207e8f07"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4979,6 +4979,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics",
  "nix",
  "once_cell",
+ "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pq_proto",
  "rand",
diff --git a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
index 8239ffff57..634d251515 100644
--- a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ pq_proto.workspace = true
 metrics.workspace = true
 workspace_hack.workspace = true
 
+# needed to have pin-projected with PinnedDrop
+pin-project = "1.1"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 byteorder.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/lib.rs b/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
index 4e4f79ab6b..1183bdd33c 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -147,3 +147,56 @@ macro_rules! const_assert {
         const _: () = assert!($($args)*);
     };
 }
+
+pub mod cancel_log {
+    pub trait CancelationLoggingExt {
+        fn log_being_canceled(self, step: &'static str) -> LogCancelation<Self>
+        where
+            Self: Sized;
+    }
+
+    impl<Fut: std::future::Future> CancelationLoggingExt for Fut {
+        fn log_being_canceled(self, step: &'static str) -> LogCancelation<Self>
+        where
+            Self: Sized,
+        {
+            LogCancelation {
+                inner: self,
+                name: Some(step),
+                span: tracing::Span::current(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[pin_project::pin_project(PinnedDrop)]
+    pub struct LogCancelation<Fut> {
+        #[pin]
+        inner: Fut,
+        name: Option<&'static str>,
+        span: tracing::Span,
+    }
+
+    impl<Fut: std::future::Future> std::future::Future for LogCancelation<Fut> {
+        type Output = Fut::Output;
+
+        fn poll(
+            self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+        ) -> std::task::Poll<Self::Output> {
+            let this = self.project();
+            let ready = std::task::ready!(this.inner.poll(cx));
+            this.name.take();
+            std::task::Poll::Ready(ready)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[pin_project::pinned_drop]
+    impl<Fut> PinnedDrop for LogCancelation<Fut> {
+        fn drop(self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>) {
+            if let Some(name) = self.name {
+                let _g = self.span.enter();
+                tracing::info!("canceled while waiting for {name}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs b/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
index 91f4fda5eb..fe23187f4f 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use crate::tenant::{LogicalSizeCalculationCause, PageReconstructError, Timeline}
 use crate::{config::PageServerConf, tenant::mgr};
 use utils::{
     auth::JwtAuth,
+    cancel_log::CancelationLoggingExt,
     http::{
         endpoint::{self, attach_openapi_ui, auth_middleware, check_permission_with},
         error::{ApiError, HttpErrorBody},
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ async fn build_timeline_info(
                     CancellationToken::new(),
                     ctx,
                 )
+                .log_being_canceled("get_current_logical_size_non_incremental")
                 .await?,
         );
     }
@@ -338,7 +340,9 @@ async fn timeline_detail_handler(request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body
     let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::MgmtRequest, DownloadBehavior::Download);
 
     let timeline_info = async {
-        let tenant = mgr::get_tenant(tenant_id, true).await?;
+        let tenant = mgr::get_tenant(tenant_id, true)
+            .log_being_canceled("get_tenant")
+            .await?;
 
         let timeline = tenant
             .get_timeline(timeline_id, false)
@@ -349,6 +353,7 @@ async fn timeline_detail_handler(request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body
             include_non_incremental_logical_size.unwrap_or(false),
             &ctx,
         )
+        .log_being_canceled("build_timeline_info")
         .await
         .context("get local timeline info")
         .map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
@@ -356,6 +361,7 @@ async fn timeline_detail_handler(request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body
         Ok::<_, ApiError>(timeline_info)
     }
     .instrument(info_span!("timeline_detail", tenant = %tenant_id, timeline = %timeline_id))
+    .log_being_canceled("whole response")
     .await?;
 
     json_response(StatusCode::OK, timeline_info)