diff --git a/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevel.kt b/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevel.kt
index 7aeaa1c67eb..00514af944e 100644
--- a/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevel.kt
+++ b/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevel.kt
@@ -30,5 +30,26 @@ public enum class LogLevel {
   WARN,
 
   /** Do not log anything. */
-  NONE,
+  NONE;
+
+  internal companion object {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns one of the two given log levels, the one that is "noisier" (i.e. that logs more).
+     *
+     * It can be useful to figure out which of two log levels are noisier on log level change, to
+     * emit a message about the log level change at the noisiest level.
+     */
+    fun noisiestOf(logLevel1: LogLevel, logLevel2: LogLevel): LogLevel =
+      when (logLevel1) {
+        DEBUG -> DEBUG
+        NONE -> logLevel2
+        WARN ->
+          when (logLevel2) {
+            DEBUG -> DEBUG
+            WARN -> WARN
+            NONE -> WARN
+          }
+      }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/core/Logger.kt b/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/core/Logger.kt
index 77639e94838..1d759735848 100644
--- a/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/core/Logger.kt
+++ b/firebase-dataconnect/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/core/Logger.kt
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ import android.util.Log
 import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.BuildConfig
 import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.LogLevel
 import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.core.LoggerGlobals.LOG_TAG
+import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.core.LoggerGlobals.Logger
 import com.google.firebase.util.nextAlphanumericString
 import kotlin.random.Random
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.DelicateCoroutinesApi
+import kotlinx.coroutines.GlobalScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 
 internal interface Logger {
   val name: String
@@ -59,7 +64,11 @@ private class LoggerImpl(override val name: String) : Logger {
 internal object LoggerGlobals {
   const val LOG_TAG = "FirebaseDataConnect"
 
-  val logLevel = MutableStateFlow(LogLevel.WARN)
+  val logLevel =
+    MutableStateFlow(LogLevel.WARN).also { logLevelFlow ->
+      val logger = Logger("LogLevelChange")
+      @OptIn(DelicateCoroutinesApi::class) logger.logChanges(logLevelFlow, GlobalScope)
+    }
 
   inline fun Logger.debug(message: () -> Any?) {
     if (logLevel.value <= LogLevel.DEBUG) debug("${message()}")
@@ -86,4 +95,21 @@ internal object LoggerGlobals {
   }
 
   fun Logger(name: String): Logger = LoggerImpl(name)
+
+  // Log a message each time the log level changes. This is intended to provide context when debug
+  // logging is enabled and no logs are produced, to at least confirm that debug logging has been
+  // enabled. Also, it will leave a "mark" in the logs when debug logging is _disabled_ to explain
+  // why the debug logs stop.
+  private fun Logger.logChanges(flow: MutableStateFlow<LogLevel>, coroutineScope: CoroutineScope) {
+    var previousLogLevel = flow.value
+    coroutineScope.launch {
+      flow.collect { newLogLevel: LogLevel ->
+        if (newLogLevel != previousLogLevel) {
+          val emitLogLevel = LogLevel.noisiestOf(newLogLevel, previousLogLevel)
+          log(null, emitLogLevel, "Log level changed to $newLogLevel (was $previousLogLevel)")
+          previousLogLevel = newLogLevel
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/firebase-dataconnect/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevelUnitTest.kt b/firebase-dataconnect/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevelUnitTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20073b7556d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firebase-dataconnect/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/dataconnect/LogLevelUnitTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.firebase.dataconnect
+
+import io.kotest.assertions.assertSoftly
+import io.kotest.assertions.withClue
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class LoggerUnitTest {
+
+  @Test
+  fun `noisiestOf()`() = runTest {
+    assertSoftly {
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.NONE)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.WARN)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.DEBUG)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.WARN)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.WARN)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.DEBUG)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.NONE, LogLevel.DEBUG)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.WARN, LogLevel.DEBUG)
+      verifyNoisiestOf(LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.DEBUG, LogLevel.DEBUG)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private companion object {
+
+    fun verifyNoisiestOf(logLevel1: LogLevel, logLevel2: LogLevel, expected: LogLevel) {
+      withClue("noisiestOf($logLevel1, $logLevel2)") {
+        LogLevel.noisiestOf(logLevel1, logLevel2) shouldBe expected
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}