diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/object.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/object.go
index 960cf4b93258..77a233bdf730 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/object.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/object.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/container/types"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/fileservice"
+	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/logutil"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/objectio"
 	v2 "github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/util/metric/v2"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ type ObjectEntry struct {
 	table *TableEntry
 	*ObjectNode
 	objData data.Object
+
+	hasPrintedPrepareComapct bool
 }
 
 func (entry *ObjectEntry) GetLoaded() bool {
@@ -647,6 +650,50 @@ func (entry *ObjectEntry) GetPKZoneMap(
 	}
 	return stats.SortKeyZoneMap(), nil
 }
+
+func (entry *ObjectEntry) CheckPrintPrepareCompact() bool {
+	entry.RLock()
+	defer entry.RUnlock()
+	return entry.CheckPrintPrepareCompactLocked()
+}
+
+func (entry *ObjectEntry) CheckPrintPrepareCompactLocked() bool {
+	lastNode := entry.GetLatestNodeLocked()
+	startTS := lastNode.GetStart()
+	return startTS.Physical() < time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()-(time.Minute*30).Nanoseconds()
+}
+
+func (entry *ObjectEntry) PrintPrepareCompactDebugLog() {
+	if entry.hasPrintedPrepareComapct {
+		return
+	}
+	entry.hasPrintedPrepareComapct = true
+	s := fmt.Sprintf("prepare compact failed, obj %v", entry.PPString(3, 0, ""))
+	lastNode := entry.GetLatestNodeLocked()
+	startTS := lastNode.GetStart()
+	if lastNode.Txn != nil {
+		s = fmt.Sprintf("%s txn is %x.", s, lastNode.Txn.GetID())
+	}
+	it := entry.GetTable().MakeObjectIt(false)
+	for ; it.Valid(); it.Next() {
+		obj := it.Get().GetPayload()
+		obj.RLock()
+		sameTxn := false
+		obj.LoopChainLocked(func(m *MVCCNode[*ObjectMVCCNode]) bool {
+			if m.Start.Equal(&startTS) {
+				sameTxn = true
+				return false
+			}
+			return true
+		})
+		obj.RUnlock()
+		if sameTxn {
+			s = fmt.Sprintf("%s %v.", s, obj.PPString(3, 0, ""))
+		}
+	}
+	logutil.Infof(s)
+}
+
 func MockObjEntryWithTbl(tbl *TableEntry, size uint64) *ObjectEntry {
 	stats := objectio.NewObjectStats()
 	objectio.SetObjectStatsSize(stats, uint32(size))
diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/aobj.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/aobj.go
index ce89aa7f8526..c74ce5a123e4 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/aobj.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/aobj.go
@@ -123,15 +123,25 @@ func (obj *aobject) PrepareCompact() bool {
 
 	if droppedCommitted {
 		if !obj.meta.PrepareCompactLocked() {
+			if obj.meta.CheckPrintPrepareCompactLocked() {
+				obj.meta.PrintPrepareCompactDebugLog()
+			}
 			return false
 		}
 	} else {
 		if !obj.meta.PrepareCompactLocked() ||
 			!obj.appendMVCC.PrepareCompactLocked() /* all appends are committed */ {
+			if obj.meta.CheckPrintPrepareCompactLocked() {
+				logutil.Infof("obj %v, data prepare compact failed", obj.meta.ID.String())
+			}
 			return false
 		}
 	}
-	return obj.RefCount() == 0
+	prepareCompact := obj.RefCount() == 0
+	if !prepareCompact && obj.meta.CheckPrintPrepareCompactLocked() {
+		logutil.Infof("obj %v, data ref count > 0", obj.meta.ID.String())
+	}
+	return prepareCompact
 }
 
 func (obj *aobject) Pin() *common.PinnedItem[*aobject] {
diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/obj.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/obj.go
index b07745fe0a2c..5e99a54789cf 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/obj.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/obj.go
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ func (obj *object) OnApplyDelete(
 }
 
 func (obj *object) PrepareCompact() bool {
-	return obj.meta.PrepareCompact()
+	prepareCompact := obj.meta.PrepareCompact()
+	if !prepareCompact && obj.meta.CheckPrintPrepareCompact() {
+		obj.meta.PrintPrepareCompactDebugLog()
+	}
+	return prepareCompact
 }
 
 func (obj *object) PrepareCompactInfo() (result bool, reason string) {