diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/poe-powered.sh b/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/poe-powered.sh
index 221fd7ee34e..cca571f8878 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/poe-powered.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/poe-powered.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ fi
 
 set -ex
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Clear out any previous run's artifacts.
 rm -rf results/
 mkdir -p results
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ mkdir -p results
 # state, since it's volume-mounted on the host.
 rsync -a --delete $BM_ROOTFS/ /nfs/
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # If BM_BOOTFS is an URL, download it
 if echo $BM_BOOTFS | grep -q http; then
   apt install -y wget
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ if echo $BM_BOOTFS | grep -q http; then
   BM_BOOTFS=/tmp/bootfs.tar
 fi
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # If BM_BOOTFS is a file, assume it is a tarball and uncompress it
 if [ -f $BM_BOOTFS ]; then
   mkdir -p /tmp/bootfs
@@ -93,14 +99,20 @@ if [ -f $BM_BOOTFS ]; then
   BM_BOOTFS=/tmp/bootfs
 fi
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Install kernel modules (it could be either in /lib/modules or
 # /usr/lib/modules, but we want to install in the latter)
 [ -d $BM_BOOTFS/usr/lib/modules ] && rsync -a $BM_BOOTFS/usr/lib/modules/ /nfs/usr/lib/modules/
 [ -d $BM_BOOTFS/lib/modules ] && rsync -a $BM_BOOTFS/lib/modules/ /nfs/lib/modules/
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Install kernel image + bootloader files
 rsync -aL --delete $BM_BOOTFS/boot/ /tftp/
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Set up the pxelinux config for Jetson Nano
 mkdir -p /tftp/pxelinux.cfg
 cat <<EOF >/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default-arm-tegra210-p3450-0000
@@ -132,6 +144,8 @@ EOF
 mkdir -p /nfs/results
 . $BM/rootfs-setup.sh /nfs
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 echo "$BM_CMDLINE" > /tftp/cmdline.txt
 
 # Add some required options in config.txt
@@ -155,8 +169,12 @@ while [ $((ATTEMPTS--)) -gt 0 ]; do
 done
 set -e
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Bring artifacts back from the NFS dir to the build dir where gitlab-runner
 # will look for them.
 cp -Rp /nfs/results/. results/
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 exit $ret
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/rootfs-setup.sh b/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/rootfs-setup.sh
index 7a706d0a024..e6272b72e1e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/rootfs-setup.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/bare-metal/rootfs-setup.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ mkdir -p $rootfs_dst/results
 cp $BM/bm-init.sh $rootfs_dst/init
 cp $CI_COMMON/init*.sh $rootfs_dst/
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 # Make JWT token available as file in the bare-metal storage to enable access
 # to MinIO
 cp "${CI_JOB_JWT_FILE}" "${rootfs_dst}${CI_JOB_JWT_FILE}"
 
+date +'%F %T'
+
 cp $CI_COMMON/capture-devcoredump.sh $rootfs_dst/
 cp $CI_COMMON/intel-gpu-freq.sh $rootfs_dst/
 
@@ -28,3 +32,5 @@ set -x
 # Add the Mesa drivers we built, and make a consistent symlink to them.
 mkdir -p $rootfs_dst/$CI_PROJECT_DIR
 rsync -aH --delete $CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/ $rootfs_dst/$CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/
+
+date +'%F %T'