diff --git a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_3838-restapi_eintr-t.cpp b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_3838-restapi_eintr-t.cpp
index b890a43d8..209dba0e7 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_3838-restapi_eintr-t.cpp
+++ b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_3838-restapi_eintr-t.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 
 const int SIGNAL_NUM = 5;
-const string base_address { "http://localhost:6070/sync/" };
+const string base_address { "http://proxysql:6070/sync/" };
 
 using params = std::string;
 using signal_t = int;
@@ -56,11 +56,22 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	diag("=== Regression Test #3838: RESTAPI Script Execution & Signals ===");
+	diag("This test verifies that scripts executed via ProxySQL RESTAPI");
+	diag("are not improperly interrupted by signals.");
+	diag("The test strategy is:");
+	diag("1. Register scripts in ProxySQL RESTAPI routes.");
+	diag("2. Issue multiple POST requests to these endpoints.");
+	diag("3. Issue various signals (SIGCONT, SIGSTOP, SIGTERM) to the child processes.");
+	diag("4. Verify that ProxySQL correctly reports exit statuses and handles timeouts.");
+	diag("==================================================================");
+
 	plan(endpoint_requests.size());
 
 	MYSQL* proxysql_admin = mysql_init(NULL);
 
 	// Initialize connections
+	diag("Connecting to ProxySQL Admin at %s:%d as %s", cl.host, cl.admin_port, cl.admin_username);
 	if (!proxysql_admin) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "File %s, line %d, Error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, mysql_error(proxysql_admin));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -71,12 +82,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	}
 
 	// Enable 'RESTAPI'
+	diag("Enabling RESTAPI on port 6070");
 	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET admin-restapi_enabled='true'");
 	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET admin-restapi_port=6070");
 
 	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD ADMIN VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
 
 	// Clean current 'restapi_routes' if any
+	diag("Configuring RESTAPI routes...");
 	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "DELETE FROM restapi_routes");
 
 	// Configure restapi_routes to be used
@@ -102,6 +115,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	}
 
 	// Load RESTAPI
+	diag("Loading RESTAPI to runtime");
 	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD RESTAPI TO RUNTIME");
 
 	// Sensible wait until the new configured enpoints are ready. Use the first enpoint for the check
@@ -109,6 +123,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	const string full_endpoint {
 		base_address + std::get<0>(first_request_tuple) + "/"
 	};
+	diag("Waiting for endpoint %s to be ready...", full_endpoint.c_str());
 	int endpoint_timeout = wait_post_enpoint_ready(full_endpoint, std::get<1>(first_request_tuple), 10, 500);
 
 	if (endpoint_timeout) {
@@ -125,12 +140,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		const int signal = std::get<3>(request);
 		const int exp_child_exit_st = std::get<4>(request);
 
+		diag("Processing request: endpoint=%s params=%s exp_rc=%ld signal=%d", endpoint.c_str(), params.c_str(), exp_rc, signal);
+
 		string post_out_err { "" };
 		uint64_t curl_res_code = 0;
 
 		CURLcode post_err = CURLE_HTTP_POST_ERROR;
 
 		// 1. Perform the POST operation
+		diag("  Starting POST request in separate thread...");
 		std::thread post_op_th([&] () -> void {
 			post_err = perform_simple_post(endpoint, params, curl_res_code, post_out_err);
 		});
@@ -142,6 +160,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		int waited = 0;
 		int e_res= 0;
 
+		diag("  Waiting for child process to spawn...");
 		while (waited < timeout) {
 			e_res = exec("ps aux | grep -e \"[/]bin/sh.*.simple_sleep.sh\" | awk '{print $2}'", s_pid);
 
@@ -165,6 +184,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			int pid = std::stol(s_pid);
 			int k_res = 0;
 
+			diag("  Sending %d signals to PID %d...", SIGNAL_NUM, pid);
 			if (signal == SIGCONT) {
 				for (int i = 0; i < SIGNAL_NUM; i++) {
 					k_res = kill(pid, SIGSTOP);
@@ -186,7 +206,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		diag("  Waiting for POST request to complete...");
 		post_op_th.join();
+		diag("  Request completed with curl_res_code=%ld and post_err=%d", curl_res_code, post_err);
 
 		try {
 			int child_exit_st = 0;
@@ -197,6 +219,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			if (j_curl_err.contains("error_code")) {
 				child_exit_st = std::stol(j_curl_err["error_code"].get<string>());
 			}
+			diag("  Parsed response: child_exit_st=%d", child_exit_st);
 
 			// NOTE: This is pointless because the value doesn't change, but it's a demonstration on how to
 			// recover child process exit statuses for debugging purposes.