diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/recents/di/RecentsDependencies.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/recents/di/RecentsDependencies.kt
index 2b364f954d..358537cb29 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/recents/di/RecentsDependencies.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/recents/di/RecentsDependencies.kt
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class RecentsDependencies private constructor(private val appContext: Context) {
         fun initialize(view: View): RecentsDependencies = initialize(view.context)
 
         fun initialize(context: Context): RecentsDependencies {
+            Log.d(TAG, "initializing")
             synchronized(this) {
                 activeRecentsCount++
                 instance = RecentsDependencies(context.applicationContext)
@@ -286,10 +287,12 @@ class RecentsDependencies private constructor(private val appContext: Context) {
             activeRecentsCount--
             if (activeRecentsCount == 0) {
                 instance.scopes.clear()
+                Log.d(TAG, "destroyed", Exception("Printing stack trace"))
             } else {
-                instance.log(
+                Log.d(
+                    TAG,
                     "RecentsDependencies was not destroyed. " +
-                        "There is still an active RecentsView instance."
+                        "There is still an active RecentsView instance.",
                 )
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ViewPool.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ViewPool.java
index 2fa8bf4681..d1cd30f0d5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ViewPool.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/ViewPool.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.android.launcher3.util;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Handler;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import com.android.launcher3.util.ViewPool.Reusable;
  * During initialization, views are inflated on the background thread.
  */
 public class ViewPool<T extends View & Reusable> {
+    private static final String TAG = ViewPool.class.getSimpleName();
 
     private final Object[] mPool;
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ public class ViewPool<T extends View & Reusable> {
                 T view = inflateNewView(inflater);
                 handler.post(() -> addToPool(view));
             }
+            Log.d(TAG, "initPool complete");
         }, "ViewPool-init").start();
     }