diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4ffd8cc..a244bb6 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Nokia EDA in GitHub Codespaces",
-    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:main",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:logging-and-other",
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
             "version": "latest",
diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index 461c157..795367b 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 source .devcontainer/utils.sh
 
-echo "System has $(nproc) CPUs"
-free -m
+dump_system_info
+
+log "Waiting for docker"
+T_START=$(date +%s)
 
 ensure-docker-is-ready
 
+T_END=$(date +%s)
+log "Docker is ready. Took $((T_END-T_START)) seconds."
+
+log "Creating k3d cluster"
+T_START=$(date +%s)
+
 # start the k3d cluster
 k3d cluster create eda-demo \
     --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
     --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
     --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
     --port "9443:443" \
-    --port "9400-9410:9400-9410"
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+    --port "9400-9410:9400-9410"
+
+T_END=$(date +%s)
+log "K3d cluster is ready. Took $((T_END-T_START)) seconds."
+
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
index ed1d11d..16427f8 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+source .devcontainer/utils.sh
 
+if check_eda_api_reachability; then
+  clear
    printf "
        \033[38;2;255;124;88m⢀\033[38;2;255;218;152m⢀\033[38;2;255;115;123m⡄\033[38;2;255;197;123m⣠\033[38;2;255;179;106m⣦\033[38;2;252;111;48m⣴\033[38;2;255;195;123m⣎\033[38;2;255;197;129m⣤\033[38;2;255;197;128m⠖\033[38;2;255;170;142m⢀\033[38;2;255;136;135m⡀\033[0m     \033[0m          
      \033[38;2;255;167;7m⢠\033[38;2;252;185;65m⣤\033[38;2;253;143;93m⣿\033[38;2;252;195;143m⣿\033[38;2;246;128;79m⣿\033[38;2;229;121;83m⣿\033[38;2;244;150;123m⣿\033[38;2;244;164;137m⣿\033[38;2;243;170;132m⣿\033[38;2;253;183;152m⣶\033[38;2;255;162;126m⣿\033[38;2;255;81;63m⣯\033[38;2;255;131;41m⣴\033[38;2;254;122;52m⡶\033[38;2;255;75;14m⠂\033[0m   \033[0m          
@@ -12,5 +15,9 @@
         \033[38;2;136;239;251m⠭\033[38;2;98;228;253m⢿\033[38;2;40;200;254m⣿\033[38;2;52;178;245m⣿\033[38;2;6;82;178m⣿\033[38;2;26;44;115m⣿\033[38;2;50;37;110m⣿\033[38;2;30;4;41m⣿\033[38;2;133;11;57m⣿\033[38;2;12;20;68m⠋\033[38;2;17;0;32m⡏\033[38;2;16;0;30m⠈\033[0m   \033[0m          
          \033[38;2;109;240;255m⠉\033[38;2;105;231;245m⠛\033[38;2;24;75;129m⠉\033[38;2;44;12;58m⠙\033[38;2;55;26;87m⠋\033[38;2;15;0;29m⠘\033[38;2;16;0;31m⠁\033[38;2;16;0;29m⠉\033[0m      \033[0m          
 "
-echo "
-   ⚡ EDA UI: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
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+  echo "
+   ⚡ EDA UI: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
+else
+  log "Unable to reach EDA API server. Dumping system info"
+  dump_system_info
+fi
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index df64d97..6256e8b 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@ prefix=$(printf '%s' 'Z2hwCg==' | base64 -d)
 suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
+log "Starting image prepull"
+T_START=$(date +%s)
 # preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
 # to reduce the number of jobs: PARALLEL_JOBS=$(($(nproc) - 1))
 PARALLEL_JOBS=$(nproc)
 docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $PARALLEL_JOBS -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
+T_END=$(date +%s)
+log "Images pulled. Took $((T_END-T_START)) seconds."
+
+log "Starting TRY EDA"
+T_START=$(date +%s)
+
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
+
+T_END=$(date +%s)
+log "TRY EDA done. Took $((T_END-T_START)) seconds."
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/utils.sh b/.devcontainer/utils.sh
index db3cac8..0a0aee1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/utils.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/utils.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,28 @@ function ensure-docker-is-ready {
         sleep 1
     done
     echo "Docker is ready"
+}
+
+function log {
+    local msg="${1:-}"
+    echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $msg"
+}
+
+function check_eda_api_reachability {
+    log "Checking EDA API reachability"
+    curl -vkf --retry 3 "https://127.0.0.1:$EDA_PORT" -o /dev/null
+}
+
+function dump_system_info {
+    log "SYSTEM INFO: nproc"
+    echo "System has $(nproc) CPUs"
+
+    log "MEMORY: free -m"
+    free -m
+
+    log "DISK: df -h"
+    df -h
+
+    log "DISK: lsblk"
+    lsblk
 }
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