diff --git a/cmd/core-runtime/main.go b/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
index 7a2a6d3..f71f639 100644
--- a/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
@@ -529,7 +529,10 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		conversationHistory = append(conversationHistory, recentUserHistory...)
 		if continuation := interactiondomain.ContinueLocalSearch(effectiveTaskMessage, conversationHistory); continuation != "" {
+			log.Printf("interaction continuation selected: conversation=%s history=%d", conversation.ID, len(conversationHistory))
 			effectiveTaskMessage = continuation
+		} else if len(conversationHistory) > 0 {
+			log.Printf("interaction continuation not selected: conversation=%s history=%d", conversation.ID, len(conversationHistory))
 		}
 		if request.ConversationID != "" && interactiondomain.IsRetryRequest(utterance.Content) {
 			if len(conversationHistory) > 0 {