diff --git a/src/job/mod.rs b/src/job/mod.rs
index 84395d86..06007f41 100644
--- a/src/job/mod.rs
+++ b/src/job/mod.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,16 @@ async fn sync_all_wallets(
         .expect("couldn't build JobExecutor")
         .execute(|_| async move {
             for (account_id, wallet_id) in wallets.all_ids().await? {
-                let _ = spawn_sync_wallet(&pool, SyncWalletData::new(account_id, wallet_id)).await;
+                if let Err(err) =
+                    spawn_sync_wallet(&pool, SyncWalletData::new(account_id, wallet_id)).await
+                {
+                    tracing::error!(
+                        account_id = %account_id,
+                        wallet_id = %wallet_id,
+                        error = %err,
+                        "failed to spawn sync_wallet"
+                    );
+                }
             }
             Ok::<(), JobError>(())
         })
diff --git a/src/job/sync_wallet.rs b/src/job/sync_wallet.rs
index ec14e931..19378e3e 100644
--- a/src/job/sync_wallet.rs
+++ b/src/job/sync_wallet.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ use crate::{
     wallet::*,
 };
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+const BDK_SYNC_WARN_AFTER: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20 * 60);
+const BDK_SYNC_HARD_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30 * 60);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SyncWalletData {
@@ -105,7 +109,56 @@ pub async fn execute(
         let (blockchain, current_height) = init_electrum(&deps.blockchain_cfg.electrum_url).await?;
         span.record("current_height", current_height);
         let latest_change_settle_height = wallet.config.latest_change_settle_height(current_height);
-        keychain_wallet.sync(blockchain).await?;
+        let sync_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        let sync_fut = keychain_wallet.sync(blockchain);
+        tokio::pin!(sync_fut);
+
+        let warn_timer = tokio::time::sleep(BDK_SYNC_WARN_AFTER);
+        tokio::pin!(warn_timer);
+
+        let hard_timer = tokio::time::sleep(BDK_SYNC_HARD_TIMEOUT);
+        tokio::pin!(hard_timer);
+
+        let mut warned = false;
+        let mut hard_threshold_reached = false;
+
+        loop {
+            tokio::select! {
+                res = &mut sync_fut => {
+                    if hard_threshold_reached {
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            wallet_id = %data.wallet_id,
+                            keychain_id = %keychain_id,
+                            elapsed_secs = sync_start.elapsed().as_secs(),
+                            hard_timeout_secs = BDK_SYNC_HARD_TIMEOUT.as_secs(),
+                            "bdk sync finished after hard-timeout threshold"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    res?;
+                    break;
+                }
+                _ = &mut warn_timer, if !warned => {
+                    warned = true;
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        wallet_id = %data.wallet_id,
+                        keychain_id = %keychain_id,
+                        elapsed_secs = sync_start.elapsed().as_secs(),
+                        warn_after_secs = BDK_SYNC_WARN_AFTER.as_secs(),
+                        "bdk sync exceeded warning threshold"
+                    );
+                }
+                _ = &mut hard_timer, if !hard_threshold_reached => {
+                    hard_threshold_reached = true;
+                    tracing::error!(
+                        wallet_id = %data.wallet_id,
+                        keychain_id = %keychain_id,
+                        elapsed_secs = sync_start.elapsed().as_secs(),
+                        hard_timeout_secs = BDK_SYNC_HARD_TIMEOUT.as_secs(),
+                        "bdk sync exceeded hard-timeout threshold; waiting for sync completion"
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
         let bdk_txs = Transactions::new(keychain_id, pool.clone());
         let bdk_utxos = BdkUtxos::new(keychain_id, pool.clone());
         let mut txs_to_skip = Vec::new();