diff --git a/src/mongo/db/s/shardsvr_check_metadata_consistency_command.cpp b/src/mongo/db/s/shardsvr_check_metadata_consistency_command.cpp
index 80723c14bba..65122a7ae41 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/s/shardsvr_check_metadata_consistency_command.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/s/shardsvr_check_metadata_consistency_command.cpp
@@ -211,10 +211,14 @@ public:
 
             std::vector<RemoteCursor> cursors;
 
+            logd("SSS Going to execute checkMetadatatConsistency on a shard");
+
             // Need to retrieve a list of databases which this shard is primary for and run the
             // command on each of them.
             for (const auto& db : getDatabasesThisShardIsPrimaryFor(opCtx)) {
                 const auto dbNss = NamespaceStringUtil::deserialize(db.getDbName(), nss.coll());
+                logd("SSS checking db {}", db.getDbName());
+
                 ScopedSetShardRole scopedSetShardRole(opCtx,
                                                       dbNss,
                                                       boost::none /* shardVersion */,
diff --git a/src/mongo/s/commands/cluster_check_metadata_consistency_cmd.cpp b/src/mongo/s/commands/cluster_check_metadata_consistency_cmd.cpp
index bed40815bb1..fa694c86747 100644
--- a/src/mongo/s/commands/cluster_check_metadata_consistency_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/s/commands/cluster_check_metadata_consistency_cmd.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
 namespace mongo {
 namespace {
 
+MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(hangBeforeSendingCheckMetadataConsistencyCmdToShards);
+
 /*
  * Return the set of shards that are primaries for at least one database
  */
@@ -186,6 +188,8 @@ public:
                 requests.emplace_back(std::move(shardId), shardRequestWithOpKey.getOwned());
             }
 
+            hangBeforeSendingCheckMetadataConsistencyCmdToShards.pauseWhileSet();
+
             // Send a request to the configsvr to check cluster metadata consistency.
             const auto configOpKey = UUID::gen();
             ConfigsvrCheckClusterMetadataConsistency configsvrRequest;