diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/blob-upload.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/blob-upload.ts
index 1e60770d..6f5bf734 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/blob-upload.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/blob-upload.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export async function uploadZipToBlobStorage(
   zipUploadStream.pipe(uploadStream) // This stream is used for the upload
   zipUploadStream.pipe(hashStream).setEncoding('hex') // This stream is used to compute a hash of the zip content that gets used. Integrity check
 
+  core.info('Beginning upload of artifact content to blob storage')
   try {
     await blockBlobClient.uploadStream(
       uploadStream,
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/zip.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/zip.ts
index 531f2950..953fc79e 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/zip.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/upload/zip.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ export async function createZipUploadStream(
 
   zip.on('finish', zipFinishCallback)
   zip.on('end', zipEndCallback)
-  core.debug(`Number of files to upload: ${uploadSpecification.length}`)
   for (const file of uploadSpecification) {
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       if (file.sourcePath !== null) {
-        core.debug(`Creating file entry: ${file.sourcePath}`)
         // Add a normal file to the zip
         zip.entry(
           createReadStream(file.sourcePath),
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ export async function createZipUploadStream(
         )
       } else {
         // add directory to zip
-        core.debug(`Creating directory entry: ${file.destinationPath}`)
         zip.entry(
           null,
           {name: `${file.destinationPath}/`},