diff --git a/src/management/instance-manager.ts b/src/management/instance-manager.ts
index 8fa15198..ba39c65c 100644
--- a/src/management/instance-manager.ts
+++ b/src/management/instance-manager.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import ProfileContextSyncLock from './profile-context-sync-lock';
 import { DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_CONTEXT_MODE } from '../auth/account-context';
 import type { AccountContextPolicy } from '../auth/account-context';
 import { getCcsDir, getCcsHome } from '../utils/config-manager';
+import { createLogger } from '../services/logging';
+
+const logger = createLogger('management:instance-manager');
 
 const MANAGED_MCP_SERVER_NAMES = new Set(['ccs-websearch', 'ccs-image-analysis', 'ccs-browser']);
 
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ class InstanceManager {
     await this.contextSyncLock.withLock(profileName, async () => {
       // Lazy initialization
       if (!fs.existsSync(instancePath)) {
+        logger.stage('route', 'instance.init', 'Initializing new profile instance', {
+          profile: profileName,
+          bare: options.bare === true,
+        });
         this.initializeInstance(profileName, instancePath, options);
       }
 
@@ -170,6 +177,9 @@ class InstanceManager {
         }
 
         fs.rmSync(instancePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        logger.stage('cleanup', 'instance.deleted', 'Profile instance deleted', {
+          profile: profileName,
+        });
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/targets/claude-adapter.ts b/src/targets/claude-adapter.ts
index 397ce6e1..750a301d 100644
--- a/src/targets/claude-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/targets/claude-adapter.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import { getWebSearchHookEnv } from '../utils/websearch-manager';
 import { appendBrowserToolArgs } from '../utils/browser';
 import { wireChildProcessSignals } from '../utils/signal-forwarder';
 import { runCleanup } from '../errors';
+import { createLogger } from '../services/logging';
+
+const adapterLogger = createLogger('targets:claude');
 
 export class ClaudeAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
   readonly type: TargetType = 'claude';
@@ -101,6 +104,13 @@ export class ClaudeAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
     const isPowerShellScript = isWindows && /\.ps1$/i.test(claudeCli);
     const needsShell = isWindows && /\.(cmd|bat)$/i.test(claudeCli);
 
+    const spawnStartedAt = Date.now();
+    adapterLogger.stage('dispatch', 'target.spawn', 'Spawning Claude CLI child process', {
+      target: 'claude',
+      claudeCli,
+      argCount: args.length,
+    });
+
     let child: ChildProcess;
     if (isPowerShellScript) {
       child = spawn(
@@ -128,6 +138,16 @@ export class ClaudeAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
       });
     }
 
+    child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+      adapterLogger.stage(
+        'respond',
+        'target.exit',
+        'Claude CLI child process exited',
+        { target: 'claude', exitCode: code, signal },
+        { latencyMs: Date.now() - spawnStartedAt }
+      );
+    });
+
     wireChildProcessSignals(child, async (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
       if (err.code === 'EACCES') {
         console.error(`[X] Claude CLI is not executable: ${claudeCli}`);
diff --git a/src/targets/codex-adapter.ts b/src/targets/codex-adapter.ts
index f82aa23b..31cf2104 100644
--- a/src/targets/codex-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/targets/codex-adapter.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import {
   getCodexBinaryInfo,
   readCodexVersion,
 } from './codex-detector';
+import { createLogger } from '../services/logging';
+
+const adapterLogger = createLogger('targets:codex');
 
 const CODEX_RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ID = 'ccs_runtime';
 const CODEX_RUNTIME_ENV_KEY = 'CCS_CODEX_API_KEY';
@@ -310,6 +313,13 @@ export class CodexAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
     const isPowerShellScript = isWindows && /\.ps1$/i.test(codexPath);
     const needsShell = isWindows && /\.(cmd|bat)$/i.test(codexPath);
 
+    const spawnStartedAt = Date.now();
+    adapterLogger.stage('dispatch', 'target.spawn', 'Spawning Codex CLI child process', {
+      target: 'codex',
+      codexPath,
+      argCount: args.length,
+    });
+
     let child: ChildProcess;
     if (isPowerShellScript) {
       child = spawn(
@@ -329,6 +339,16 @@ export class CodexAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
       child = spawn(codexPath, args, { stdio: 'inherit', windowsHide: true, env: launchEnv });
     }
 
+    child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+      adapterLogger.stage(
+        'respond',
+        'target.exit',
+        'Codex CLI child process exited',
+        { target: 'codex', exitCode: code, signal },
+        { latencyMs: Date.now() - spawnStartedAt }
+      );
+    });
+
     wireChildProcessSignals(child, (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
       if (err.code === 'EACCES') {
         console.error(`[X] Codex CLI is not executable: ${codexPath}`);
diff --git a/src/targets/droid-adapter.ts b/src/targets/droid-adapter.ts
index c162f7f3..025875a9 100644
--- a/src/targets/droid-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/targets/droid-adapter.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/shell-executor';
 import { wireChildProcessSignals } from '../utils/signal-forwarder';
 import { runCleanup } from '../errors';
+import { createLogger } from '../services/logging';
+
+const adapterLogger = createLogger('targets:droid');
 
 export class DroidAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
   readonly type: TargetType = 'droid';
@@ -122,6 +125,13 @@ export class DroidAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
     const isPowerShellScript = isWindows && /\.ps1$/i.test(droidPath);
     const needsShell = isWindows && /\.(cmd|bat)$/i.test(droidPath);
 
+    const spawnStartedAt = Date.now();
+    adapterLogger.stage('dispatch', 'target.spawn', 'Spawning Droid CLI child process', {
+      target: 'droid',
+      droidPath,
+      argCount: args.length,
+    });
+
     let child: ChildProcess;
     if (isPowerShellScript) {
       child = spawn(
@@ -149,6 +159,16 @@ export class DroidAdapter implements TargetAdapter {
       });
     }
 
+    child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+      adapterLogger.stage(
+        'respond',
+        'target.exit',
+        'Droid CLI child process exited',
+        { target: 'droid', exitCode: code, signal },
+        { latencyMs: Date.now() - spawnStartedAt }
+      );
+    });
+
     wireChildProcessSignals(child, (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
       if (err.code === 'EACCES') {
         console.error(`[X] Droid CLI is not executable: ${droidPath}`);