diff --git a/atroposlib/envs/teacher_distillation_env.py b/atroposlib/envs/teacher_distillation_env.py
index 7874f466..ee2ab8b4 100644
--- a/atroposlib/envs/teacher_distillation_env.py
+++ b/atroposlib/envs/teacher_distillation_env.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 import logging
 import time
+import uuid
 from abc import ABC
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -362,21 +363,65 @@ class TeacherDistillationEnv(BaseEnv, ABC):
     ) -> Tuple[List[List[int]], List[List[float]]]:
         assert self.teacher_server is not None
         start = time.time()
+        request_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
+        teacher_target = "unknown"
+        teacher_model = "unknown"
+        if getattr(self.teacher_server, "servers", None):
+            teacher_config = self.teacher_server.servers[0].config
+            teacher_target = getattr(teacher_config, "base_url", None) or "local"
+            teacher_model = getattr(teacher_config, "model_name", None) or "unknown"
+
+        logger.info(
+            "[TeacherDistill][%s] teacher request start seq_len=%s top_k=%s "
+            "teacher_model=%s teacher_target=%s",
+            request_id,
+            len(token_ids),
+            top_k,
+            teacher_model,
+            teacher_target,
+        )
         print(
-            f"[TeacherDistill] requesting teacher logprobs: "
-            f"seq_len={len(token_ids)} top_k={top_k}",
+            f"[TeacherDistill][{request_id}] teacher request start "
+            f"seq_len={len(token_ids)} top_k={top_k} "
+            f"teacher_model={teacher_model} teacher_target={teacher_target}",
             flush=True,
         )
-        payload = await self.teacher_server.get_logprobs(
-            input_ids=token_ids,
-            top_k=top_k,
-            max_tokens=1,
-            split="train",
-        )
+        try:
+            payload = await self.teacher_server.get_logprobs(
+                input_ids=token_ids,
+                top_k=top_k,
+                max_tokens=1,
+                split="train",
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            elapsed = time.time() - start
+            logger.exception(
+                "[TeacherDistill][%s] teacher request failed after %.2fs",
+                request_id,
+                elapsed,
+            )
+            print(
+                f"[TeacherDistill][{request_id}] teacher request failed "
+                f"after {elapsed:.2f}s",
+                flush=True,
+            )
+            raise
+
         elapsed = time.time() - start
+        prompt_positions = len(payload.get("prompt_topk_token_ids", []))
+        logger.info(
+            "[TeacherDistill][%s] teacher response received seq_len=%s top_k=%s "
+            "prompt_positions=%s elapsed=%.2fs",
+            request_id,
+            len(token_ids),
+            top_k,
+            prompt_positions,
+            elapsed,
+        )
         print(
-            f"[TeacherDistill] received teacher logprobs: "
-            f"seq_len={len(token_ids)} top_k={top_k} elapsed={elapsed:.2f}s",
+            f"[TeacherDistill][{request_id}] teacher response received "
+            f"seq_len={len(token_ids)} top_k={top_k} "
+            f"prompt_positions={prompt_positions} elapsed={elapsed:.2f}s",
             flush=True,
         )
         return payload["prompt_topk_token_ids"], payload["prompt_topk_logprobs"]