diff --git a/client/allocator/Cargo.toml b/client/allocator/Cargo.toml
index e2fc69e26db1..4911e47dfd7a 100644
--- a/client/allocator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 sp-std = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../primitives/std", default-features = false }
 sp-core = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core", default-features = false }
 sp-wasm-interface = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../primitives/wasm-interface", default-features = false }
-log = { version = "0.4.11", optional = true }
+log = "0.4.11"
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.21" }
 
 [features]
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ std = [
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"sp-core/std",
 	"sp-wasm-interface/std",
-	"log",
 ]
diff --git a/client/allocator/src/freeing_bump.rs b/client/allocator/src/freeing_bump.rs
index 3e9b0c979036..1fc6dc31f752 100644
--- a/client/allocator/src/freeing_bump.rs
+++ b/client/allocator/src/freeing_bump.rs
@@ -85,16 +85,7 @@ fn error(msg: &'static str) -> Error {
 	Error::Other(msg)
 }
 
-/// A custom "trace" implementation that is only activated when `feature = std`.
-///
-/// Uses `wasm-heap` as default target.
-macro_rules! trace {
-	( $( $args:expr ),+ ) => {
-		sp_std::if_std! {
-			log::trace!(target: "wasm-heap", $( $args ),+);
-		}
-	}
-}
+const LOG_TARGET: &'static str = "wasm-heap";
 
 // The minimum possible allocation size is chosen to be 8 bytes because in that case we would have
 // easier time to provide the guaranteed alignment of 8.
@@ -146,6 +137,7 @@ impl Order {
 	/// `MIN_POSSIBLE_ALLOCATION <= size <= MAX_POSSIBLE_ALLOCATION`
 	fn from_size(size: u32) -> Result<Self, Error> {
 		let clamped_size = if size > MAX_POSSIBLE_ALLOCATION {
+			log::warn!(target: LOG_TARGET, "going to fail due to allocating {:?}", size);
 			return Err(Error::RequestedAllocationTooLarge);
 		} else if size < MIN_POSSIBLE_ALLOCATION {
 			MIN_POSSIBLE_ALLOCATION
@@ -331,6 +323,19 @@ pub struct FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
 	free_lists: FreeLists,
 	total_size: u32,
 	poisoned: bool,
+	max_total_size: u32,
+	max_bumper: u32,
+}
+
+impl Drop for FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
+	fn drop(&mut self) {
+		log::debug!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			"allocator being destroyed, max_total_size {}, max_bumper {}",
+			self.max_total_size,
+			self.max_bumper,
+		)
+	}
 }
 
 impl FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
@@ -347,6 +352,8 @@ impl FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
 			free_lists: FreeLists::new(),
 			total_size: 0,
 			poisoned: false,
+			max_total_size: 0,
+			max_bumper: aligned_heap_base,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -404,7 +411,21 @@ impl FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
 		Header::Occupied(order).write_into(mem, header_ptr)?;
 
 		self.total_size += order.size() + HEADER_SIZE;
-		trace!("Heap size is {} bytes after allocation", self.total_size);
+
+		log::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			"after allocation, total_size = {}, bumper = {}.",
+			self.total_size,
+			self.bumper,
+		);
+
+		// update trackers if needed.
+		if self.total_size > self.max_total_size {
+			self.max_total_size = self.total_size;
+		}
+		if self.bumper > self.max_bumper {
+			self.max_bumper = self.bumper;
+		}
 
 		bomb.disarm();
 		Ok(Pointer::new(header_ptr + HEADER_SIZE))
@@ -442,7 +463,11 @@ impl FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
 			.total_size
 			.checked_sub(order.size() + HEADER_SIZE)
 			.ok_or_else(|| error("Unable to subtract from total heap size without overflow"))?;
-		trace!("Heap size is {} bytes after deallocation", self.total_size);
+		log::trace!(
+			"after deallocation, total_size = {}, bumper = {}.",
+			self.total_size,
+			self.bumper,
+		);
 
 		bomb.disarm();
 		Ok(())
@@ -450,11 +475,11 @@ impl FreeingBumpHeapAllocator {
 
 	/// Increases the `bumper` by `size`.
 	///
-	/// Returns the `bumper` from before the increase.
-	/// Returns an `Error::AllocatorOutOfSpace` if the operation
-	/// would exhaust the heap.
+	/// Returns the `bumper` from before the increase. Returns an `Error::AllocatorOutOfSpace` if
+	/// the operation would exhaust the heap.
 	fn bump(bumper: &mut u32, size: u32, heap_end: u32) -> Result<u32, Error> {
 		if *bumper + size > heap_end {
+			log::error!(target: LOG_TARGET, "running out of space with current bumper {}, mem size {}", bumper, heap_end);
 			return Err(Error::AllocatorOutOfSpace);
 		}
 
diff --git a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/instance_wrapper.rs b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/instance_wrapper.rs
index 10c4926743cf..816099aee804 100644
--- a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/instance_wrapper.rs
+++ b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/instance_wrapper.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ fn get_table(instance: &Instance) -> Option<Table> {
 		.cloned()
 }
 
-/// Functions realted to memory.
+/// Functions related to memory.
 impl InstanceWrapper {
 	/// Read data from a slice of memory into a destination buffer.
 	///