diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11f410f..9feb7b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
+## 0.7.21 - 2025-01-16
+* Add additional logging for task generation that takes a long time.
 
 ## 0.7.20 - 2025-01-16
 * DEVPROD-14172 Update shrub-rs dependency that includes papertrail.trace command
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 39f92aa..67a1b19 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongo-task-generator"
-version = "0.7.20"
+version = "0.7.21"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dddc43f..e5dbbe9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "mongo-task-generator"
 description = "Dynamically split evergreen tasks into subtasks for testing the mongodb/mongo project."
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.7.20"
+version = "0.7.21"
 repository = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-task-generator"
 authors = ["Decision Automation Group <dev-prod-dag@mongodb.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6566b89..9ffcd56 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use task_types::{
     resmoke_config_writer::{ResmokeConfigActor, ResmokeConfigActorService},
     resmoke_tasks::{GenResmokeConfig, GenResmokeTaskService, GenResmokeTaskServiceImpl},
 };
+use tokio::{runtime::Handle, task::JoinHandle, time};
 use tracing::{event, Level};
 use utils::fs_service::FsServiceImpl;
 
@@ -434,6 +435,8 @@ impl GenerateTasksService for GenerateTasksServiceImpl {
         &self,
         deps: &Dependencies,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Mutex<GenTaskCollection>>> {
+        let _monitor = RemainingTaskMonitor::new();
+
         let build_variant_list = self.evg_config_service.sort_build_variants_by_required();
         let build_variant_map = self.evg_config_service.get_build_variant_map();
         let task_map = Arc::new(self.evg_config_service.get_task_def_map());
@@ -533,6 +536,11 @@ impl GenerateTasksService for GenerateTasksServiceImpl {
             handle.await.unwrap();
         }
 
+        event!(
+            Level::INFO,
+            "Finished creating task definitions for all tasks."
+        );
+
         Ok(generated_tasks)
     }
 
@@ -762,6 +770,11 @@ impl GenerateTasksService for GenerateTasksServiceImpl {
             }
         }
 
+        event!(
+            Level::INFO,
+            "Finished creating build variant definitions containing all the generated tasks."
+        );
+
         Ok(generated_build_variants)
     }
 }
@@ -804,6 +817,35 @@ fn lookup_task_name(
     }
 }
 
+/// Runs a task that will periodically report the number of active tasks since the monitor was created.
+struct RemainingTaskMonitor {
+    handle: JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl RemainingTaskMonitor {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let metrics = Handle::current().metrics();
+        let offset = metrics.num_alive_tasks() + 1; // + 1 to include the task spawned below.
+        let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+                event!(
+                    Level::INFO,
+                    "Waiting on {} generate tasks to finish...",
+                    Handle::current().metrics().num_alive_tasks() - offset
+                );
+            }
+        });
+
+        Self { handle }
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for RemainingTaskMonitor {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.handle.abort();
+    }
+}
+
 /// Spawn a tokio task to perform the task generation work.
 ///
 /// # Arguments