diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
index 049840c051a..6398e0a6cc2 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@
 
 
 def _is_pruning_due(cc_pair: ConnectorCredentialPair) -> bool:
-    """Returns boolean indicating if pruning is due."""
+    """Returns boolean indicating if pruning is due.
+
+    Next pruning time is calculated as a delta from the last successful prune, or the
+    last successful indexing if pruning has never succeeded.
+
+    TODO(rkuo): consider whether we should allow pruning to be immediately rescheduled
+    if pruning fails (which is what it does now). A backoff could be reasonable.
+    """
 
     # skip pruning if no prune frequency is set
     # pruning can still be forced via the API which will run a pruning task directly
@@ -225,6 +232,8 @@ def connector_pruning_generator_task(
     pruning_ctx_dict["request_id"] = self.request.id
     pruning_ctx.set(pruning_ctx_dict)
 
+    task_logger.info(f"Pruning generator starting: cc_pair={cc_pair_id}")
+
     redis_connector = RedisConnector(tenant_id, cc_pair_id)
 
     r = get_redis_client(tenant_id=tenant_id)
@@ -255,6 +264,11 @@ def connector_pruning_generator_task(
                 )
                 return
 
+            task_logger.info(
+                f"Pruning generator running connector: "
+                f"cc_pair={cc_pair_id} "
+                f"connector_source={cc_pair.connector.source}"
+            )
             runnable_connector = instantiate_connector(
                 db_session,
                 cc_pair.connector.source,
@@ -269,6 +283,7 @@ def connector_pruning_generator_task(
                 lock,
                 r,
             )
+
             # a list of docs in the source
             all_connector_doc_ids: set[str] = extract_ids_from_runnable_connector(
                 runnable_connector, callback
@@ -290,8 +305,8 @@ def connector_pruning_generator_task(
             task_logger.info(
                 f"Pruning set collected: "
                 f"cc_pair={cc_pair_id} "
-                f"docs_to_remove={len(doc_ids_to_remove)} "
-                f"doc_source={cc_pair.connector.source}"
+                f"connector_source={cc_pair.connector.source} "
+                f"docs_to_remove={len(doc_ids_to_remove)}"
             )
 
             task_logger.info(
@@ -314,10 +329,10 @@ def connector_pruning_generator_task(
             f"Failed to run pruning: cc_pair={cc_pair_id} connector={connector_id}"
         )
 
-        redis_connector.prune.generator_clear()
-        redis_connector.prune.taskset_clear()
-        redis_connector.prune.set_fence(False)
+        redis_connector.prune.reset()
         raise e
     finally:
         if lock.owned():
             lock.release()
+
+        task_logger.info(f"Pruning generator finished: cc_pair={cc_pair_id}")
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/connector.py
index 9f1fe2e05f5..b702a957416 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/connector.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def _convert_object_to_document(
                 self.confluence_client, confluence_object
             )
 
-        if object_text is None:
+        if not object_text:
             return None
 
         # Get space name
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/onyx_confluence.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/onyx_confluence.py
index c01f45dea6a..89c50f28181 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/onyx_confluence.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/confluence/onyx_confluence.py
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ def _paginate_url(
 
         while url_suffix:
             try:
+                logger.info(f"Making confluence call to {url_suffix}")
                 next_response = self.get(url_suffix)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception("Error in danswer_cql: \n")
+                logger.exception(f"Error in confluence call to {url_suffix}")
                 raise e
             yield next_response.get("results", [])
             url_suffix = next_response.get("_links", {}).get("next")
diff --git a/backend/danswer/redis/redis_connector_prune.py b/backend/danswer/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
index 25e0a6314de..f8e6f372619 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ def generate_tasks(
 
         return len(async_results)
 
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        self.redis.delete(self.generator_progress_key)
+        self.redis.delete(self.generator_complete_key)
+        self.redis.delete(self.taskset_key)
+        self.redis.delete(self.fence_key)
+
     @staticmethod
     def remove_from_taskset(id: int, task_id: str, r: redis.Redis) -> None:
         taskset_key = f"{RedisConnectorPrune.TASKSET_PREFIX}_{id}"